2005 German Grand Prix

2005 German Grand Prix
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Race details
Date	24 July 2005
Official name	Formula 1 Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 2005 [1]
Location	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.574 km (2.842 miles)
Distance	67 laps, 306.458 km (190.424 miles)
Weather	Cloudy with drizzle, but staying dry during the race. Air temp: 24°C.
Pole position
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:14.320
Fastest lap
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:14.873 on lap 24
Podium
First	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Second	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes
Third	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda
Lap leaders

A BAR-Honda during Friday afternoon practice

Michael Schumacher on his way to the grid

The 2005 German Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 2005) was a Formula One motor race held on 24 July 2005 in the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany at 14:00 CEST (UTC+2). The 67-lap race was the twelfth round of the 2005 Formula One season. Renault driver Fernando Alonso won the race, taking his sixth victory of the season, whilst Juan Pablo Montoya finished second for the McLaren team after starting from 19th place. BAR-Honda driver Jenson Button, completed the podium by finishing in third position. It was his first podium finish of the season, because the BAR team had been disqualified from the San Marino Grand Prix.

As a consequence of the race, Alonso extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship by 10 points to 36 points over his main title rival, McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen, who had retired from the lead of the race, but still remained second in the standings. Ferrari driver and reigning world champion Michael Schumacher, finished the race in fifth position and retained third place in the standings, albeit being 40 points behind Alonso. Juan Pablo Montoya was still in fourth, and Rubens Barichello remained fifth despite finishing out of the points. In the Constructors' Championship, Renault extended their lead to 22 points from title rivals McLaren. McLaren increased the gap between themselves and third placed Ferrari to 17 points, whilst Toyota and Williams remained fourth and fifth respectively.

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	Nat	Driver
McLaren-Mercedes		Alexander Wurz
Sauber-Petronas		-
Red Bull-Cosworth		Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toyota		Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota		Nicolas Kiesa
Minardi-Cosworth		-

Report

Kimi Räikkönen qualified first and maintained this position after the start and first round of pitstops. Meanwhile, his teammate Juan Pablo Montoya, had gained nine positions in the first lap after he had failed to set a qualifying time and started last on the grid.

However, on lap 35, Räikkönen's car suffered a hydraulics failure forcing his retirement from the race. This meant that Fernando Alonso inherited first position. It was Räikkönen's fifth consecutive retirement at the circuit. Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello suffered from the poor durability of the Bridgestone tyres on their Ferraris again, particularly Schumacher who had chosen a softer compound. This allowed Jenson Button to overtake Schumacher to take second place, although he quickly pitted, allowing Montoya take gain the position. Montoya then managed to stay ahead of Button after his own second stop. In the final laps of the race, Schumacher's problems allowed Giancarlo Fisichella to take his fourth place. During the race Jacques Villeneuve was in three separate collisions; he clashed with Barrichello on lap 1, Robert Doornbos on lap 4, and Tiago Monteiro on lap 27.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap	Grid
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.320	-	1
2	3	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:14.759	+0.439	2
3	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:14.904	+0.586	3
4	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:14.927	+0.609	4
5	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:15.006	+0.688	5
6	7	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	1:15.070	+0.752	6
7	8	Nick Heidfeld	Williams-BMW	1:15.403	+1.083	7
8	4	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	1:15.501	+1.181	8
9	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:15.532	+1.212	9
10	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	1:15.635	+1.315	10
11	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	1:15.679	+1.359	11
12	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:15.689	+1.369	12
13	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:16.009	+1.691	13
14	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	1:16.012	+1.694	14
15	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:16.230	+1.910	15
16	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	1:17.519	+3.199	16
17	20	Robert Doornbos	Minardi-Cosworth	1:18.313	+3.993	17
18	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota	1:18.599	+4.279	18
19	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	No time 1		20 3
20	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota	No time 2		19
Source: [2]

Notes

• ^1 – Juan Pablo Montoya did not get time, after spinning off the track in the final corner.
• ^2 – Narain Karthikeyan did not get time, after making a couple of mistakes and decided to abort the attempt. ^[3]
• ^3 – Juan Pablo Montoya received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	M	67	1:26:28.599	3	10
2	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	M	67	+22.569	20	8
3	3	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	M	67	+24.422	2	6
4	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	M	67	+50.587	4	5
5	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	B	67	+51.690	5	4
6	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	M	67	+52.242	12	3
7	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	M	67	+52.700	11	2
8	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	M	67	+56.570	13	1
9	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	M	67	+1:09.818	10
10	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	B	66	+1 lap	15
11	8	Nick Heidfeld	Williams-BMW	M	66	+1 lap	7
12	4	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	M	66	+1 lap	8
13	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	B	65	+2 laps	16
14	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	M	64	Engine	9
15	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	M	64	+3 laps	14
16	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota	B	64	+3 laps	19
17	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota	B	64	+3 laps	18
18	20	Robert Doornbos	Minardi-Cosworth	B	63	+4 laps	17
NC	7	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	M	55	+12 laps	6
Ret	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	M	35	Hydraulics	1
Sources: [4] [5]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Fernando Alonso 87 2 Kimi Räikkönen 51 3 Michael Schumacher 47 2 4 Juan Pablo Montoya 34 1 5 Rubens Barrichello 31 Source: [6]

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Renault 117 2 McLaren-Mercedes 95 3 Ferrari 78 4 Toyota 57 5 Williams-BMW 47 Source: [6]

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

See also

• 2005 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round

References

1. "German". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2005-07-25. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
2. "FORMULA 1 Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 2005 - Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 31 October 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
3. "Karthikeyan Rues Driving Errors". Autosport.com. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
4. "FORMULA 1 Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 2005 - Race". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
5. "2005 German Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 24 July 2005. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
6. "Germany 2005 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.

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