2005_Malaysian_Grand_Prix

2005 Malaysian Grand Prix

Motor car race

The 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix (officially the 2005 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix)^[2] was a Formula One race held at Sepang on 20 March 2005.

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2005 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race 2 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship

Race details
Date	20 March 2005
Official name	2005 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix
Location	Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.543 km (3.444 miles)
Distance	56 laps, 310.408 km (192.879 miles)
Weather	Fine, Air: 34–36°C (93–97°F) and Track: 44–50°C (111–122°F)
Attendance	106,422 (Weekend) ^[1]
Pole position
Driver	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Time	3:07.672 (aggregate)
Fastest lap
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:35.483 on lap 23
Podium
First	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Second	Jarno Trulli	Toyota
Third	Nick Heidfeld	Williams-BMW
Lap leaders

Race report

This was another dominant win from Renault, as Fernando Alonso secured his first win of the season from pole position. At the start he led from Jarno Trulli, before finishing the race 20-odd seconds ahead of the Italian, claiming Toyota's first ever podium position.

Third place was taken by Nick Heidfeld in the Williams. He had been trailing Alonso's team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella, and his own teammate Mark Webber who collided at the end of lap 35. Having been passed by the Australian, Fisichella attempted to retake the position on the inside heading into the final corner, but lost control and slid into Webber's car.

Fourth was McLaren's Juan Pablo Montoya, after starting from 11th on the grid. He was followed home by Ralf Schumacher, David Coulthard, Michael Schumacher and Christian Klien. This made it four points finishes from four starts for Red Bull Racing. Kimi Räikkönen suffered a puncture immediately after his pitstop, and despite setting the fastest lap was unable to make up enough positions to score any points.

After retiring from the Australian Grand Prix a lap from the end, which caused the rules to be changed, Jenson Button and Anthony Davidson retired on the second lap of the race, both from engine failures. Davidson was substituting at British American Racing, as regular driver Takuma Sato was forced to withdraw with a fever. Alonso's win made him the first Spaniard ever to lead the Formula 1 World Championship.

The race ended Ferrari's run of 22 consecutive podium finishes, which started at the 2003 Italian Grand Prix.

The race also marked Rubens Barrichello's 200th Grand Prix.

The race also marked Toyota's first-ever podium in Formula One and first Asian-licensed constructor to score a podium since 1968 United States Grand Prix when John Surtees drove for Honda in the 3rd place.

Friday drivers

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.

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Constructor	No	Driver
McLaren-Mercedes	35	Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber-Petronas		none
Red Bull-Cosworth	37	Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toyota	38	Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota	39	Robert Doornbos
Minardi-Cosworth		none

Classification

Qualifying

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Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Q1	Q2	Total	Gap	Grid
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:32.582	1:35.090	3:07.672		1
2	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:32.672	1:35.253	3:07.925	+0.253	2
3	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:32.765	1:35.683	3:08.448	+0.776	3
4	7	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	1:33.204	1:35.700	3:08.904	+1.232	4
5	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:33.106	1:35.901	3:09.007	+1.335	5
6	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.839	1:36.644	3:09.483	+1.811	6
7	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	1:33.724	1:35.865	3:09.589	+1.917	7
8	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	1:33.809	1:35.891	3:09.700	+2.028	8
9	3	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:33.616	1:36.216	3:09.832	+2.160	9
10	8	Nick Heidfeld	Williams-BMW	1:33.464	1:36.453	3:09.917	+2.245	10
11	10	Juan-Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:33.333	1:36.757	3:10.090	+2.418	11
12	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:34.162	1:37.340	3:11.502	+3.830	12
13	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:34.072	1:37.561	3:11.633	+3.961	13
14	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:34.151	1:37.733	3:11.884	+4.212	14
15	4	Anthony Davidson	BAR-Honda	1:34.866	1:37.024	3:11.890	+4.218	15
16	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	1:34.887	1:38.108	3:12.995	+5.323	16
17	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota	1:37.806	1:39.850	3:17.656	+9.984	17
18	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota	1:37.856	1:40.106	3:17.962	+10.290	18
19	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	1:39.268	1:41.918	3:21.186	+13.514	20¹
20	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	1:40.432	1:42.569	3:23.001	+15.329	19
Sources:^[3]^[4]^[5]

Notes

^1 – Patrick Friesacher received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change.

Race

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Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	M	56	1:31:33.736	1	10
2	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	M	56	+24.327	2	8
3	8	Nick Heidfeld	Williams-BMW	M	56	+32.188	10	6
4	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	M	56	+41.631	11	5
5	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	M	56	+51.854	5	4
6	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	M	56	+1:12.543	8	3
7	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	B	56	+1:19.988	13	2
8	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	M	56	+1:20.835	7	1
9	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	M	56	+1:21.580	6
10	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	M	55	+1 Lap	14
11	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota	B	54	+2 Laps	17
12	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota	B	53	+3 Laps	18
13	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	B	52	+4 Laps	19
Ret	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	B	49	Handling	12
Ret	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	M	36	Collision	3
Ret	7	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	M	36	Collision	4
Ret	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	M	26	Spun Off	16
Ret	3	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	M	2	Engine	9
Ret	4	Anthony Davidson	BAR-Honda	M	2	Engine	15
Ret	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	B	2	Spun Off	20
Sources:^[6]^[7]

Championship standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
2	1	Fernando Alonso	16
1	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	10
1	3	Rubens Barrichello	8
5	4	Jarno Trulli	8
1	5	David Coulthard	8
Source: ^[8]

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Renault	26
4	2	Toyota	12
	3	Red Bull-Cosworth	11
2	4	Ferrari	10
	5	Williams-BMW	10
Source: ^[8]

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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"2005 FORMULA 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix - Race". Retrieved 21 December 2020.
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"2005 FORMULA 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix - Saturday Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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"2005 FORMULA 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix - Sunday Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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"Starting grid". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
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"2005 FORMULA 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix - Race". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
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"2005 Malaysian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 20 March 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
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"Malaysia 2005 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

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