2005 Japanese Grand Prix
Information about 2005 Japanese Grand Prix
| Race details | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2005 Grand Prix season | ||
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| Date | October 9, 2005 | |
| Official name | XXXI Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix | |
| Location | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie, Japan | |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 3.608 mi / 5.807 km | |
| Distance | 53 laps, 191.224 mi / 307.771 km | |
| Weather | Fine | |
| Pole | ||
| Driver | 25px|border Ralf Schumacher | Toyota |
| Time | 1:46.106 | |
| Fastest Lap | ||
| Driver | 25px|border Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren-Mercedes |
| Time | 1:31.540 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | 25px|border Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren-Mercedes |
| Second | 25px|border Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault |
| Third | 25px|border Fernando Alonso | Renault |
Report
The 2005 Japanese Grand Prix was the eighteenth and penultimate race of the 2005 Formula One Season. After the track was subject to heavy rain, the familiar faces found themselves down the order, while Ralf Schumacher scored an unlikely pole. But by Sunday, the weather was warm, sunny, a nice fast track- a good track for the McLarens to excel. But with their drivers stranded well down the order (17th and 18th) a win seemed to be a difficult thing.By the end of lap one indeed McLaren had hit trouble, with Juan Pablo Montoya retired and Räikkönen moving through the order, but slowly. Meanwhile, Alonso came from 16th to 10th in one lap.
After the first pitstops Ralf Schumacher went down to eighth position, and Giancarlo Fisichella took a comfortable lead. But, well behind Fisichella, Alonso and Räikkönen were charging through the field at a tremendous rate, but they were well down on Fisichella, so they were surely never going to be a threat.
But, by the end of the race, the stunning pace of Alonso and Räikkönen had become too much. Alonso moved up from a 16th position grid slot to third. On the last lap, Räikkönen pulled an impressive overtaking move on Fisichella on the main straight into the first corner, and came from 17th on the grid to take a memorable win.
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Classification
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Lap | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | ){kind=small} Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:46.106 | — |
| 2 | 3 | ){kind=small} Jenson Button | BAR-Honda | 1:46.141 | +0.035 |
| 3 | 6 | ){kind=small} Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:46.276 | +0.170 |
| 4 | 15 | Christian Klien | Red Bull-Cosworth | 1:46.464 | +0.358 |
| 5 | 4 | ){kind=small} Takuma Sato | BAR-Honda | 1:46.841 | +0.358 |
| 6 | 14 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Cosworth | 1:46.892 | +0.786 |
| 7 | 7 | ){kind=small} Mark Webber | Williams-BMW | 1:47.233 | +1.127 |
| 8 | 11 | ){kind=small} Jacques Villeneuve | Sauber-Petronas | 1:47.440 | +1.334 |
| 9 | 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:48.248 | +2.142 |
| 10 | 12 | Felipe Massa | Sauber-Petronas | 1:48.278 | +2.172 |
| 11 | 19 | Narain Karthikeyan | Jordan-Toyota | 1:48.718 | +2.612 |
| 12 | 8 | Antônio Pizzonia | Williams-BMW | 1:48.898 | +2.792 |
| 13 | 21 | Christijan Albers | Minardi-Cosworth | 1:50.843 | +4.737 |
| 14 | 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:52.676 | +6.570 |
| 15 | 20 | Robert Doornbos | Minardi-Cosworth | 1:52.894 | +6.788 |
| 16 | 5 | ){kind=small} Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:54.667 | +8.561 |
| 17 | 9 | ){kind=small} Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren-Mercedes | 2:02.309 | +16.203 |
| 18 | 10 | ){kind=small} Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren-Mercedes | no time | |
| 19 | 16 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | no time | |
| 20 | 18 | ){kind=small} Tiago Monteiro | Jordan-Toyota | no time |
Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren-Mercedes | 53 | 1:29:02.212 | 17 | 10 |
| 2 | 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 53 | +1.6 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 53 | +17.4 | 16 | 6 |
| 4 | 7 | Mark Webber | Williams-BMW | 53 | +22.2 | 7 | 5 |
| 5 | 3 | Jenson Button | BAR-Honda | 53 | +29.5 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 14 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Cosworth | 53 | +31.6 | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 53 | +33.8 | 14 | 2 |
| 8 | 17 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 53 | +49.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | 15 | Christian Klien | Red Bull-Cosworth | 53 | +51.9 | 4 | |
| 10 | 12 | Felipe Massa | Sauber-Petronas | 53 | +57.5 | 10 | |
| 11 | 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 53 | +1:00.6 | 9 | |
| 12 | 11 | Jacques Villeneuve | Sauber-Petronas | 53 | +1:23.2 | 8 | |
| 13 | 18 | Tiago Monteiro | Jordan-Toyota | 52 | +1 Lap | 20 | |
| 14 | 20 | Robert Doornbos | Minardi-Cosworth | 51 | +2 Laps | 15 | |
| 15 | 19 | Narain Karthikeyan | Jordan-Toyota | 51 | +2 Laps | 11 | |
| 16 | 21 | Christijan Albers | Minardi-Cosworth | 49 | +4 Laps | 13 | |
| Ret | 8 | Antônio Pizzonia | Williams-BMW | 9 | Accident | 12 | |
| Ret | 16 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 9 | Accident | 19 | |
| Ret | 10 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren-Mercedes | 0 | Accident | 18 | |
| DSQ | 4 | Takuma Sato | BAR-Honda | 52 | Disqualified | 5 |
Notes
- Fastest Lap: Kimi Räikkönen; 1m 31.540s on lap 44.
- Lap Leaders: Ralf Schumacher 1-12 (12); Giancarlo Fisichella 13-20, 27-38, 46-52 (27); Jenson Button 21-22, 39-40 (4); David Coulthard 23 (1); Michael Schumacher 24-26 (3); Kimi Räikkönen 41-45, 53 (6)
- This was Kimi Räikkönen's last F1 victory with the McLaren team.
- This was McLaren team's last F1 victory until 2007.
- Takuma Sato disqualified for causing the collision with Jarno Trulli.
- 25 seconds added to Jacques Villeneuve's race time for forcing Juan Pablo Montoya off the track.
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| Previous race: 2004 Japanese Grand Prix | Japanese Grand Prix | Next race: 2006 Japanese Grand Prix |
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