2005_Chinese_Grand_Prix
2005 Chinese Grand Prix
Grand Prix race
The 2005 Chinese Grand Prix (officially the 2005 Formula 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix)[2] was the nineteenth and final Formula One motor race of the 2005 Formula One season which took place on 16 October 2005 at the Shanghai International Circuit. This was the second Chinese Grand Prix to be held since the event's 2004 inception.
| 2005 Chinese Grand Prix | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 19 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship | |||
| Race details | |||
| Date | 16 October 2005 | ||
| Official name | 2005 Formula 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, China | ||
| Course | Permanent Racing Facility | ||
| Course length | 5.451 km (3.387 miles) | ||
| Distance | 56 laps, 305.066 km (189.559 miles) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Attendance | 270,000 (Weekend)[1] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Renault | ||
| Time | 1.34.080 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren-Mercedes | |
| Time | 1.33.242 on lap 56 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Renault | ||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Third | Toyota | ||
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Lap leaders | |||
The race was won by the new World Champion, Renault's Fernando Alonso. McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen was four seconds behind in second position, a reflection of their season long duel for the championship. Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher was third. Renault won the Constructors' Championship at this race.
This was the final race for Antônio Pizzonia and the BAR, Minardi and Jordan teams, although all three teams continued into 2006 under different names (Honda, Toro Rosso and Midland respectively). This was also the last win for a car equipped with a 6-speed gearbox and with a V10 engine.
The bottom 6 teams in the 2004 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.
| Constructor | No | Driver |
|---|---|---|
| McLaren-Mercedes | 35 |  Pedro de la Rosa |
| Sauber-Petronas | - | |
| Red Bull-Cosworth | 37 |  Vitantonio Liuzzi |
| Toyota | 38 |  Ricardo Zonta |
| Jordan-Toyota | 39 |  Nicolas Kiesa |
| Minardi-Cosworth | - |
Background
After the Japanese Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso led the drivers' standings with 19 points ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and 61 points ahead of Michael Schumacher. Renault led the constructors' championship by 2 points ahead of McLaren and 76 points ahead of Ferrari.
Qualifying
Alonso took pole ahead of his teammate Giancarlo Fisichella. Raikkonen finished third ahead of Jenson Button and Juan Pablo Montoya.
Race
During warmup, as the cars ran from the pits to line up on the grid, a slow-moving Michael Schumacher pulled left into the path of Christijan Albers who was at speed. The cars collided causing considerable damage to each, earning Schumacher a reprimand from the stewards after the race.[3] Both drivers changed to their teams' spare cars and started the race from the pitlane, along with Narain Karthikeyan. Alonso dominated the race, taking a lights-to-flag victory, capping a best-ever season for Renault which included victories in both titles. McLaren's bid for the constructors' championship effectively ended on lap 5, when Montoya's engine failed, ending his race, having also sustained damage from running over a loose drain cover.[4]
Renault's number two driver Giancarlo Fisichella's chances of making the podium ended when he received a drive-through penalty for obstructive driving in the pits during the second safety car period. He ended the race less than a second behind Ralf Schumacher. Red Bull's Christian Klien had a career-best drive to take fifth position with Felipe Massa, Mark Webber and Jenson Button completing the point-scoring finishers. Räikkönen recorded the race's fastest lap, a record-equalling tenth for the season.
Qualifying
Qualifying took place on October 15.
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Lap | Gap | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Fernando Alonso |
Renault | 1:34.080 | — | 1 |
| 2 | 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella |
Renault | 1:34.401 | +0.321 | 2 |
| 3 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen |
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:34.488 | +0.408 | 3 |
| 4 | 3 |  Jenson Button |
BAR-Honda | 1:34.801 | +0.721 | 4 |
| 5 | 10 |  Juan Pablo Montoya |
McLaren-Mercedes | 1:35.188 | +1.108 | 5 |
| 6 | 1 |  Michael Schumacher |
Ferrari | 1:35.301 | +1.221 | 6 |
| 7 | 14 | David Coulthard |
Red Bull-Cosworth | 1:35.428 | +1.348 | 7 |
| 8 | 2 | Rubens Barrichello |
Ferrari | 1:35.610 | +1.534 | 8 |
| 9 | 17 | Ralf Schumacher |
Toyota | 1:35.723 | +1.645 | 9 |
| 10 | 7 |  Mark Webber |
Williams-BMW | 1:35.739 | +1.659 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | Felipe Massa |
Sauber-Petronas | 1:35.898 | +1.818 | 11 |
| 12 | 16 | Jarno Trulli |
Toyota | 1:36.044 | +1.964 | 12 |
| 13 | 8 | Antônio Pizzonia |
Williams-BMW | 1:36.445 | +2.365 | 13 |
| 14 | 15 |  Christian Klien |
Red Bull-Cosworth | 1:36.472 | +2.392 | 14 |
| 15 | 19 |  Narain Karthikeyan |
Jordan-Toyota | 1:36.707 | +2.627 | 15 |
| 16 | 11 |  Jacques Villeneuve |
Sauber-Petronas | 1:36.788 | +2.708 | 16 |
| 17 | 4 |  Takuma Sato |
BAR-Honda | 1:37.083 | +3.003 | 17 |
| 18 | 21 |  Christijan Albers |
Minardi-Cosworth | 1:39.105 | +5.025 | 18 |
| 19 | 18 |  Tiago Monteiro |
Jordan-Toyota | 1:39.233 | +5.153 | 19 |
| 20 | 20 |  Robert Doornbos |
Minardi-Cosworth | 1:39.460 | +5.380 | 20 |
Source:[5] | ||||||
Race
- Notes
- ^1 – Michael Schumacher, Narain Karthikeyan and Christijan Albers started from the pit lane.
- Bold text and an asterisk indicates the World Champions.
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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- "Montoya: Drain broke whole side of car off!". Crash. 2005-10-16. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
- "2005 FORMULA 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix - Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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