2005 Turkish Grand Prix | |||
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Race 14 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship | |||
Race details | |||
Date | 21 August 2005 | ||
Official name | 2005 Formula 1 Turkish Grand Prix [1] | ||
Location | Istanbul Park Tuzla, Turkey | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
Course length | 5.340 km (3.318 miles) | ||
Distance | 58 laps, 309.356 km (192.225 miles) | ||
Weather | Sunny; 30°C Air; 45°C Track | ||
Attendance | 100,000 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
Time | 1:26.797 | ||
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren-Mercedes | |
Time | 1:24.770 on lap 39 (lap record) | ||
Podium | |||
First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
Second | Renault | ||
Third | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
Lap leaders |
The 2005 Turkish Grand Prix (officially the 2005 Formula 1 Turkish Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 21 August 2005 at Istanbul Park, Tuzla, Turkey. It was the fourteenth race of the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship and the inaugural Turkish Grand Prix.
The 58-lap race was won by Finnish driver Kimi Räikkönen, driving a McLaren-Mercedes. Räikkönen took his fifth victory of the season after starting from pole position and leading every lap. Räikkönen's Colombian teammate, Juan Pablo Montoya, ran second until he collided with a backmarker and then ran wide in the closing laps, allowing Spaniard Fernando Alonso through in his Renault.
With five races remaining, Alonso led the Drivers' Championship by 24 points from Räikkönen, while Renault's lead over McLaren in the Constructors' Championship was nine points.
The bottom six 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 |
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McLaren-Mercedes | Pedro de la Rosa | |
Red Bull-Cosworth | Vitantonio Liuzzi | |
Toyota | Ricardo Zonta | |
Jordan-Toyota | Nicolas Kiesa | |
Minardi-Cosworth | Enrico Toccacelo |
Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Lap | Gap |
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1 | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:26.797 | - |
2 | 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:27.039 | +0.242 |
3 | 5 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:27.050 | +0.253 |
4 | 10 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren-Mercedes | 1:27.352 | +0.555 |
5 | 16 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:27.501 | +0.704 |
6 | 8 | Nick Heidfeld | Williams-BMW | 1:27.929 | +1.132 |
7 | 7 | Mark Webber | Williams-BMW | 1:27.944 | +1.147 |
8 | 12 | Felipe Massa | Sauber-Petronas | 1:28.419 | +1.622 |
9 | 17 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:28.594 | +1.797 |
10 | 15 | Christian Klien | Red Bull-Cosworth | 1:28.963 | +2.166 |
11 | 2 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:29.369 | +2.572 |
12 | 14 | David Coulthard | Red Bull-Cosworth | 1:29.764 | +2.967 |
13 | 3 | Jenson Button | BAR-Honda | 1:30.063 | +3.266 |
14 | 4 | Takuma Sato | BAR-Honda | 1:30.175 | +3.378 |
15 | 18 | Tiago Monteiro | Jordan-Toyota | 1:30.710 | +3.913 |
16 | 21 | Christijan Albers | Minardi-Cosworth | 1:32.186 | +5.389 |
17 | 20 | Robert Doornbos | Minardi-Cosworth | no time | |
18 | 11 | Jacques Villeneuve | Sauber-Petronas | no time | |
19 | 19 | Narain Karthikeyan | Jordan-Toyota | - | |
20 | 1 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | - | |
Source: [2] |
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