2005 Champ Car World Series

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2005 Champ Car season
Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford
Champ Car simplified logo (2003-2008).svg
Season
Races13
Start dateApril 10
End dateNovember 6
Awards
Drivers' champion Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais
Nations' Cup Flag of France.svg France
Rookie of the Year Flag of Germany.svg Timo Glock
  2004
2006  
Sebastien Bourdais won back-to-back drivers' titles driving for Newman-Haas Racing Bourdais.jpg
Sébastien Bourdais won back-to-back drivers' titles driving for Newman-Haas Racing

The 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season was the 27th overall and the second season of the Champ Car World Series era of American open-wheel racing. It began on April 10, 2005 in Long Beach, California and ended on November 6 in Mexico City, Mexico after 13 races. The Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford Drivers' Champion was Sébastien Bourdais, his second consecutive championship. The Rookie of the Year was Timo Glock.

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Drivers and teams

The 2.65 liter turbo V8 Ford-Cosworth XFE engine continued to be the exclusive power plant for the series. Bridgestone continued on as the exclusive series tire supplier as well. The two companies continued the marketing agreement that branded the series Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford. All teams ran the Lola B02/00 chassis after the 2002 bankruptcy of Reynard Motorsport prevented further development of their Reynard 02I, causing it to become uncompetitive against the Lola.

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2005 Champ Car season.

TeamNoDriversRacesPrimary Sponsors
Flag of the United States.svg Newman/Haas Racing 1 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais All McDonald's
2 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira 1–2 PacifiCare
Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià 3–13
Flag of the United States.svg Forsythe Championship Racing 3 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy All Indeck 10
Mountain Grand Lodge 3
7 Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez All Indeck 12
Roshfrans 1
Flag of the United States.svg CTE Racing-HVM 4 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Wirdheim 1–11 Eurosport 7
Liqui Moly 4
Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio del Monte 12 CTE Racing
50 Flag of Mexico.svg Homero Richards 13 Nextel
55 Flag of Denmark.svg Ronnie Bremer 1–5 Ansan, Korea 8
Flag of Brazil.svg Alex Sperafico 6–7
Flag of Mexico.svg Rodolfo Lavín 8–13 Corona 5
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Team Australia 5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Marshall 1–12 Aussie Vineyards
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power 13
2512
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Charles Zwolsman Jr. 13
15 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Tagliani All
Flag of the United States.svg Rocketsports Racing 8 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Glock All Deutsche Post
31 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay 1–11 Autobytel.com 1
Briggs & Stratton 3
Cytomax 4
Rocketsports Racing 1
Red Paw Systems 2
Commercial Defeasance 1
The Westin 1
Flag of the United States.svg Michael McDowell 12–13
Flag of the United States.svg RuSPORT 9 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson All SanDisk 2
Champ Car 2
Intel 4
RuSPORT 1
CDW 4
10 Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger AllBeijing '06 5
Western Union 5
CDW 1
Intel 2
Flag of the United States.svg Dale Coyne Racing 11 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Sperafico All Dale Coyne Racing 2
American Medical Response 2
Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q 9
19 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià 1–2 American Medical Response
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michael Valiante 4
Flag of Brazil.svg Tarso Marques 5
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel 6
Flag of Denmark.svg Ronnie Bremer 7–13
Flag of the United States.svg PKV Racing 12 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser All Gulfstream
21 Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta All Bell Micro
52 Flag of Mexico.svg Jorge Goeters 2Team Mexico
Flag of the United States.svg Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 27 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Andrew Ranger All Mi-Jack 10
Tide 3
34 Flag of France.svg Nelson Philippe AllWellbox Body Optimizer
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jensen MotorSport 41 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio del Monte 1 Konica Minolta

Team and driver changes

Similar to the 2003 and 2004 seasons, there were once again many changes for the 2005 season.

Mid-season changes

Season summary

Schedule

RndDateRace NameCircuitCity/Location
1April 10 Flag of the United States.svg Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach  S  Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
2May 22 Flag of Mexico.svg Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey  S  Fundidora Park Monterrey, Mexico
3June 4 Flag of the United States.svg Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 Presented by US Bank  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
4June 19 Flag of the United States.svg G.I. Joe's Presents the Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
5June 26 Flag of the United States.svg Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by U.S. Bank  S  Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
6July 10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Molson Indy Toronto  S  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
7July 17 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton  S  Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta
8July 31 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose  S  Streets of San Jose San Jose, California
9August 14 Flag of the United States.svg Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver Presented by PacifiCare  S  Denver Civic Center Denver, Colorado
10August 28 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Molson Indy Montreal  R  Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec
11September 24 Flag of the United States.svg Champ Car Hurricane Relief 400  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada
12October 23 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lexmark Indy 300  S  Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Australia
13November 6 Flag of Mexico.svg Gran Premio Telmex-Tecate Presented by Banamex  R  Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico

 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road course
 S  Street circuit

The initial 2005 schedule announced by Champ Car included 14 races, [21] but only 13 races actually took place during the season. The 14th race was scheduled to take place at a newly constructed permanent road circuit in the city of Ansan, South Korea on October 16, the week before the race at Surfers Paradise. The race was canceled in September when it was determined that the circuit was not ready to host the race. [22] It was the second year in a row that a race in Korea was canceled, as a street circuit race in the capital of Seoul was removed from the 2004 schedule. A date at the Ansan circuit was placed on Champ Car's initial 2006 schedule but that race would never take place either.

Race results

RndRace Name Pole position Fastest lap Led most lapsWinning driverWinning teamReport
1 Flag of the United States.svg Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
2 Flag of Mexico.svg Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of Germany.svg Timo Glock Flag of France.svg Nelson Philippe Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing Report
3 Flag of the United States.svg Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 Presented by US Bank Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Forsythe Championship Racing Report
4 Flag of the United States.svg G.I. Joe's Presents the Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing Report
5 Flag of the United States.svg Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by U.S. Bank Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Forsythe Championship Racing Report
6 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Molson Indy Toronto Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson RuSPORT Report
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
8 Flag of the United States.svg Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
9 Flag of the United States.svg Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver Presented by PacifiCare Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Molson Indy Montreal Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing Report
11 Flag of the United States.svg Champ Car Hurricane Relief 400 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lexmark Indy 300 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
13 Flag of Mexico.svg Gran Premio Telmex-Tecate Presented by Banamex Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson RuSPORT Report

Final driver standings

PosDriver LBH Flag of the United States.svg FUN Flag of Mexico.svg MIL Flag of the United States.svg POR Flag of the United States.svg CLE Flag of the United States.svg TOR Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg EDM Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg SJO Flag of the United States.svg DEN Flag of the United States.svg CGV Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg LVS Flag of the United States.svg SRF Flag of Australia (converted).svg MXC Flag of Mexico.svg Pts
1 Flag of France.svg Sébastien Bourdais 1*56255*11*14*11*17348
2 Flag of Spain.svg Oriol Servià 119316322341254288
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Justin Wilson 4441771441731171*265
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Paul Tracy 2151*31*163216*817*173246
5 Flag of the United States.svg A. J. Allmendinger 8102521214*17391322227
6 Flag of the United States.svg Jimmy Vasser 91456641111157336217
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alex Tagliani 15310184379145748207
8 Flag of Germany.svg Timo Glock  RY 611910107136132865202
9 Flag of Mexico.svg Mario Domínguez 5137417135521041812198
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Andrew Ranger  R 1721678111816101114109140
11 Flag of Brazil.svg Cristiano da Matta 106111*16171710186121914139
12 Flag of Denmark.svg Ronnie Bremer  R 71988146771718819139
13 Flag of France.svg Nelson Philippe 1812*1212131091591516147117
14 Flag of Sweden.svg Björn Wirdheim  R 128159151515811136115
15 Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Hunter-Reay 1371715186161461210110
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marcus Marshall  R 1416131412148121216911104
17 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Sperafico  R 1917141391810188181591892
18 Flag of Mexico.svg Rodolfo Lavín 135145131572
19 Flag of Brazil.svg Bruno Junqueira 3159
20 Flag of Brazil.svg Alex Sperafico 81224
21 Flag of the United States.svg Michael McDowell  R 121119
22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Will Power  R 151017
23 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Dalziel  R 913
24 Flag of Brazil.svg Tarso Marques 1110
25 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Michael Valiante  R 1110
26 Flag of Italy.svg Fabrizio del Monte  R 161610
27 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Charles Zwolsman Jr.  R 138
28 Flag of Mexico.svg Homero Richards  R 165
29 Flag of Mexico.svg Jorge Goeters  R 183
PosDriver LBH Flag of the United States.svg FUN Flag of Mexico.svg MIL Flag of the United States.svg POR Flag of the United States.svg CLE Flag of the United States.svg TOR Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg EDM Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg SJO Flag of the United States.svg DEN Flag of the United States.svg CGV Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg LVS Flag of the United States.svg SRF Flag of Australia (converted).svg MXC Flag of Mexico.svg Pts
ColorResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
Green4th & 5th place
Light Blue6th-10th place
Dark BlueFinished
(Outside Top 10)
PurpleDid not finish
RedDid not qualify
(DNQ)
BrownWithdrawn
(Wth)
BlackDisqualified
(DSQ)
WhiteDid not start
(DNS)
BlankDid not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
ItalicsRan fastest race lap
*Led most race laps
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

Nations' Cup

PosCountry LBH Flag of the United States.svg FUN Flag of Mexico.svg MIL Flag of the United States.svg POR Flag of the United States.svg CLE Flag of the United States.svg TOR Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg EDM Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg SJO Flag of the United States.svg DEN Flag of the United States.svg CGV Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg LVS Flag of the United States.svg SRF Flag of Australia (converted).svg MXC Flag of Mexico.svg Pts
1 Flag of France.svg France 1562551114117346
2 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 22131332105743322
3 Flag of Spain.svg Spain 119316322341254283
4 Flag of the United States.svg United States 872524111137322274
5 Flag of England.svg England 4441771441731171257
6 Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 311119810108612914211
7 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 5137417135521041312201
8 Flag of Germany.svg Germany 611910107136132865198
9 Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 71988146771718819133
10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 141613141214812121691110115
11 Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 128159151515811136113
12 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 913
13 Flag of Italy.svg Italy 161610
14 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 138
PosCountry LBH Flag of the United States.svg FUN Flag of Mexico.svg MIL Flag of the United States.svg POR Flag of the United States.svg CLE Flag of the United States.svg TOR Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg EDM Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg SJO Flag of the United States.svg DEN Flag of the United States.svg CGV Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg LVS Flag of the United States.svg SRF Flag of Australia (converted).svg MXC Flag of Mexico.svg Pts

Driver breakdown

PosDriverTeamEntriesWinsPodiumsTop 5Top 10PolesLaps LedPts
1 Flag of France.svg Bourdais Flag of the United States.svg Newman-Haas Racing 136711125358348
2 Flag of Spain.svg Servià Flag of the United States.svg Dale Coyne Racing
Flag of the United States.svg Newman-Haas Racing
13171011129288
3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Wilson Flag of the United States.svg RuSPORT 13238102123265
4 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tracy Flag of the United States.svg Forsythe Championship Racing 1327783512246
5 Flag of the United States.svg Allmendinger Flag of the United States.svg RuSPORT 13569159227
6 Flag of the United States.svg Vasser Flag of the United States.svg PKV Racing 13249127217
7 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tagliani Flag of Australia (converted).svg Team Australia 1325105207
8 Flag of Germany.svg Glock Flag of the United States.svg Rocketsports Racing 13121019202
9 Flag of Mexico.svg Domínguez Flag of the United States.svg Forsythe Championship Racing 131682198
10 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ranger Flag of the United States.svg Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 13116140
11 Flag of Brazil.svg da Matta Flag of the United States.svg PKV Racing 13111571139
12 Flag of Denmark.svg Bremer  R  Flag of the United States.svg CTE Racing - HVM
Flag of the United States.svg Dale Coyne Racing
12731139
13 Flag of France.svg Philippe Flag of the United States.svg Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 13423117
14 Flag of Sweden.svg Wirdheim  R  Flag of the United States.svg CTE Racing - HVM 11429115
15 Flag of the United States.svg Hunter-Reay Flag of the United States.svg Rocketsports Racing 114110
16 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marshall  R  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Team Australia 122104
17 Flag of Brazil.svg R. Sperafico  R  Flag of the United States.svg Dale Coyne Racing 13492
18 Flag of Mexico.svg Lavín Flag of the United States.svg CTE Racing - HVM 622572
19 Flag of Brazil.svg Junqueira Flag of the United States.svg Newman-Haas Racing 212221759
20 Flag of Brazil.svg A. Sperafico Flag of the United States.svg CTE Racing - HVM 2124
21 Flag of the United States.svg McDowell  R  Flag of the United States.svg Rocketsports Racing 219
22 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Power  R  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Team Australia 2117
23 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dalziel  R  Flag of the United States.svg Dale Coyne Racing 1113
24 Flag of Brazil.svg Marques Flag of the United States.svg Dale Coyne Racing 110
25 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Valiante  R  Flag of the United States.svg Dale Coyne Racing 110
26 Flag of Italy.svg del Monte  R  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jensen Motorsport
Flag of the United States.svg CTE Racing - HVM
210
27 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Zwolsman  R  Flag of Australia (converted).svg Team Australia 18
28 Flag of Mexico.svg Richards  R  Flag of the United States.svg CTE Racing - HVM 15
29 Flag of Mexico.svg Goeters  R  Flag of the United States.svg PKV Racing 13

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See also