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 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1.33.242 on lap 56
Podium
First
Renault
Second
McLaren-Mercedes
Third
Toyota
Lap leaders

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.

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.

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.

Constructor No Driver
McLaren-Mercedes 35 Spain Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber-Petronas -
Red Bull-Cosworth 37 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toyota 38 Brazil Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota 39 Denmark Nicolas Kiesa
Minardi-Cosworth -

Report

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.

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying took place on October 15.

Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap Grid
1 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 1:34.080 — 1
2 6 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:34.401 +0.321 2
3 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.488 +0.408 3
4 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:34.801 +0.721 4
5 10 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.188 +1.108 5
6 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:35.301 +1.221 6
7 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:35.428 +1.348 7
8 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:35.610 +1.534 8
9 17 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:35.723 +1.645 9
10 7 Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:35.739 +1.659 10
11 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:35.898 +1.818 11
12 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:36.044 +1.964 12
13 8 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW 1:36.445 +2.365 13
14 15 Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 1:36.472 +2.392 14
15 19 India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:36.707 +2.627 15
16 11 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:36.788 +2.708 16
17 4 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:37.083 +3.003 17
18 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:39.105 +5.025 18
19 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:39.233 +5.153 19
20 20 Monaco Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth 1:39.460 +5.380 20
Source:[5]

Race

The race was won by Fernando Alonso in the Renault.
Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault M 56 1:39:53.618 1 10
2 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 56 +4.015 3 8
3 17 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota M 56 +25.376 9 6
4 6 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault M 56 +26.114 2 5
5 15 Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth M 56 +31.839 14 4
6 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas M 56 +36.400 11 3
7 7 Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW M 56 +36.842 10 2
8 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda M 56 +41.249 4 1
9 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth M 56 +44.247 7
10 11 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas M 56 +59.977 16
11 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota B 56 +1:24.648 19
12 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 56 +1:32.812 8
13 8 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW M 55 Tyre 13
14 20 Monaco Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth B 55 Out of fuel 20
15 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota M 55 +1 lap 12
16 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth B 51 Wheel nut PL1
Ret 4 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda M 34 Gearbox 17
Ret 19 India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota B 28 Accident PL1
Ret 10 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes M 24 Engine 5
Ret 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 22 Spun off PL1
Sources:[2][6]
Notes

Championship standings after the race

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2005 Chinese Grand Prix.
  1. ^ "Shanghai F1: A glass half full or half empty?". usa.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "2005 FORMULA 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix - Race". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  3. ^ Salisbury, Matt (19 October 2005). "Albers: Schumacher admitted error". Crash. Crash Media Group. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Montoya: Drain broke whole side of car off!". Crash. 2005-10-16. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "2005 Chinese Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 16 October 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  7. ^ a b "China 2005 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.


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