2004 F1 Season

The 2004 season was the last great roar of Ferrari's golden era and, by the numbers, second only to 2002 in terms of dominance. The F2004 was an almost perfect car, and Michael Schumacher wrung it dry until he shattered his own records.

The German opened by winning twelve of the first thirteen races, a simply unreal streak, and posted thirteen wins across the eighteen rounds of the calendar. He secured the championship very early, at the Belgian Grand Prix, on the mythical Spa-Francorchamps circuit.

It was his seventh world title and fifth in a row, a record that seemed destined to stand unbeaten for generations. No one imagined then that it would be his last crown, nor that the red dynasty was about to break.