2005 Malaysian Grand Prix

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2005 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race 2 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date20 March 2005
Official name 2005 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix
Location Sepang International Circuit
Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.543 km (3.444 miles)
Distance 56 laps, 310.408 km (192.879 miles)
Weather Fine, Air: 34–36 °C (93–97 °F) and Track: 44–50 °C (111–122 °F)
Attendance 106,422 (Weekend) [1]
Pole position
Driver Renault
Time 3:07.672 (aggregate)
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:35.483 on lap 23
Podium
First Renault
Second Toyota
Third Williams-BMW
Lap leaders
  • 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix

The 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix (officially the 2005 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix) [2] was a Formula One race held at Sepang on 20 March 2005.

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Background

After the Australian Grand Prix, Giancarlo Fisichella led the Drivers' Championship by two points ahead of Rubens Barrichello and four points ahead of Fernando Alonso. In the Constructors' Championship, Renault led Ferrari by eight points and Red Bull by nine points.

At BAR, after free practice on Friday, Takuma Sato was struck by a fever, following which the doctors advised him against taking part in the race. Therefore, since free practice on Saturday, the second car has been entrusted to third driver Anthony Davidson. For Davidson, the race was the first since the 2002 Belgian Grand Prix. [3]

The race also marked Rubens Barrichello's 200th Grand Prix.

Race

At the start, Alonso and Jarno Trulli were able to maintain their respective positions on the starting grid, followed by Fisichella and Mark Webber. Further back, Nick Heidfeld overtook the two Red Bulls and was now behind Kimi Räikkönen.

At the start of the second lap, Jenson Button attacked Räikkönen on the start-finish straight and overtook him, but retired immediately afterwards due to engine failure. At the same time, Patrick Friesacher in the Minardi went off the track in the first corner and also retired. A similar fate befell the other Honda engine, Davidson's, which caused a small fire.

During the 23rd lap, Räikkönen, who was in sixth place at the time, suffered a puncture and had to give up all desire to win. Three laps later, Jacques Villeneuve went off the track in the first corner and was the fourth driver to retire. Six laps later, Ralf Schumacher and Webber collided on the main straight, but without causing too much damage to the cars. Nineteen laps from the end, in the final corner, Webber tried to overtake Fisichella on the outside for third place, but the two collided: the Italian ended up on top of the Australian and both had to retire. Heidfeld benefited from this and took third place.

The Alonso ultimately won the race ahead of the Trulli and Heidfeld. For Alonso it was the second victory and the first since the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix. Alonso's win made him the first Spaniard ever to lead the Formula 1 World Championship. It was Heidfeld's second podium finish and first since the 2001 Brazilian Grand Prix.

The race also marked Toyota's first-ever podium in Formula One and first Asian-licensed constructor to score a podium since 1968 United States Grand Prix when John Surtees drove for Honda in the 3rd place.

The race ended Ferrari's run of 22 consecutive podium finishes, which started at the 2003 Italian Grand Prix.

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 none
Red Bull-Cosworth 37 Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toyota 38 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota 39 Flag of Monaco.svg Robert Doornbos
Minardi-Cosworth none

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2TotalGapGrid
15 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault 1:32.5821:35.0903:07.6721
216 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:32.6721:35.2533:07.925+0.2532
36 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:32.7651:35.6833:08.448+0.7763
47 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:33.2041:35.7003:08.904+1.2324
517 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:33.1061:35.9013:09.007+1.3355
69 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:32.8391:36.6443:09.483+1.8116
715 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 1:33.7241:35.8653:09.589+1.9177
814 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:33.8091:35.8913:09.700+2.0288
93 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:33.6161:36.2163:09.832+2.1609
108 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 1:33.4641:36.4533:09.917+2.24510
1110 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:33.3331:36.7573:10.090+2.41811
122 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:34.1621:37.3403:11.502+3.83012
131 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:34.0721:37.5613:11.633+3.96113
1412 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:34.1511:37.7333:11.884+4.21214
154 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Davidson BAR-Honda 1:34.8661:37.0243:11.890+4.21815
1611 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:34.8871:38.1083:12.995+5.32316
1719 Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:37.8061:39.8503:17.656+9.98417
1818 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:37.8561:40.1063:17.962+10.29018
1920 Flag of Austria.svg Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 1:39.2681:41.9183:21.186+13.51420 1
2021 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:40.4321:42.5693:23.001+15.32919
Sources: [4] [5] [6]
Notes

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault M 561:31:33.736110
216 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Toyota M 56+24.32728
38 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW M 56+32.188106
410 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes M 56+41.631115
517 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Toyota M 56+51.85454
614 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth M 56+1:12.54383
71 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 56+1:19.988132
815 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth M 56+1:20.83571
99 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 56+1:21.5806
1012 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas M 55+1 Lap14
1119 Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota B 54+2 Laps17
1218 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota B 53+3 Laps18
1321 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth B 52+4 Laps19
Ret2 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 49Handling12
Ret6 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Renault M 36Collision3
Ret7 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Williams-BMW M 36Collision4
Ret11 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas M 26Spun Off16
Ret3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button BAR-Honda M 2Engine9
Ret4 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Davidson BAR-Honda M 2Engine15
Ret20 Flag of Austria.svg Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth B 2Spun Off20
Sources: [7] [8]

Championship standings after the race

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