BAR 006


The BAR 006 was a Formula One car that competed in the 2004 Formula One season. The car was driven by Jenson Button and Takuma Sato, and the official test driver was Anthony Davidson. The car scored 11 podiums and a single pole position, with the BAR-Honda team finishing second in the championship. The BAR-Honda 006 was officially launched at Circuit de Catalunya, Spain.

2004 Season

From the onset of the season, the car proved to be very competitive with Jenson Button scoring six podiums from the first eight races, including his first podium in Malaysia as well as his first pole position in Imola. The podiums continued with Takuma Sato becoming the first Japanese driver to score a podium since 1990 at Indianapolis and Button taking four further podiums in the latter stages of the season. Overall the car scored 11 podiums and one pole position.
After a close fight with Renault, BAR-Honda finished second in the Constructors' Championship, beating every team except Ferrari. Button, who many tipped as driver of the year, finished third in the Drivers' Championship. Despite some reliability problems for Sato, he finished eighth in the Drivers' Championship, the best-ever result for a Japanese driver in Formula One.

Complete Formula One results

YearEntrantEngineTyresDrivers123456789101112131415161718PointsWCC
2004Lucky Strike BAR HondaHonda RA004E V10AUSMALBHRSMRESPMONEURCANUSAFRAGBRGERHUNBELITACHNJPNBRA1192nd
2004Lucky Strike BAR HondaHonda RA004E V10Jenson Button63328233Ret5425Ret323Ret1192nd
2004Lucky Strike BAR HondaHonda RA004E V10Takuma Sato9155165RetRetRet3Ret1186Ret46461192nd