2005 Chinese Grand Prix

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2005 Chinese Grand Prix
Race 19 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date16 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 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1.33.242 on lap 56
Podium
First Renault
Second McLaren-Mercedes
Third Toyota
Lap leaders
  • 2005 Chinese Grand Prix

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.

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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.

ConstructorNoDriver
McLaren-Mercedes 35 Flag of Spain.svg Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber-Petronas -
Red Bull-Cosworth 37 Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toyota 38 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota 39 Flag of Denmark.svg 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. This was the final race with Jim Rosenthal as ITV anchor in the United Kingdom. For the 2006 F1 season, Steve Rider returned to his position as anchor after losing his job when ITV got the rights to broadcast for 1997. On BBC Radio 5 Live, this was Ben Edwards’s final race as radio commentator. Starting from 2006, David Croft would gain the commentary position alongside Maurice Hamilton. Edwards would later return for the 2012 F1 season replacing Martin Brundle on BBC TV commentary.

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.

PosNoDriverConstructorLapGapGrid
15 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault 1:34.0801
26 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:34.401+0.3212
39 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.488+0.4083
43 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:34.801+0.7214
510 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.188+1.1085
61 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:35.301+1.2216
714 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:35.428+1.3487
82 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:35.610+1.5348
917 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:35.723+1.6459
107 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:35.739+1.65910
1112 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:35.898+1.81811
1216 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:36.044+1.96412
138 Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW 1:36.445+2.36513
1415 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 1:36.472+2.39214
1519 Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:36.707+2.62715
1611 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:36.788+2.70816
174 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:37.083+3.00317
1821 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:39.105+5.02518
1918 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:39.233+5.15319
2020 Flag of Monaco.svg Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth 1:39.460+5.38020
Source: [5]

Race

The race was won by Fernando Alonso in the Renault. Fernando Alonso 2005 China.jpg
The race was won by Fernando Alonso in the Renault.
PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault M 561:39:53.618110
29 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 56+4.01538
317 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Toyota M 56+25.37696
46 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Renault M 56+26.11425
515 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth M 56+31.839144
612 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas M 56+36.400113
77 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Williams-BMW M 56+36.842102
83 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button BAR-Honda M 56+41.24941
914 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth M 56+44.2477
1011 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas M 56+59.97716
1118 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota B 56+1:24.64819
122 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 56+1:32.8128
138 Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW M 55Tyre13
1420 Flag of Monaco.svg Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth B 55Out of fuel20
1516 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Toyota M 55+1 lap12
1621 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth B 51Wheel nutPL 1
Ret4 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato BAR-Honda M 34Gearbox17
Ret19 Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota B 28AccidentPL 1
Ret10 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes M 24Engine5
Ret1 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 22Spun offPL 1
Sources: [2] [6]
Notes

Championship standings after the race

References

  1. "Shanghai F1: A glass half full or half empty?". usa.chinadaily.com.cn. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  2. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "China 2005 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
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