2005 Belgian Grand Prix

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2005 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 16 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date11 September 2005
Official name 2005 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 6.976 km (4.335 miles)
Distance 44 laps, 306.944 km (190.726 miles)
Weather Wet and dry
Pole position
Driver
 McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:46.391
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Toyota
Time 1:51.543 on lap 44
Podium
First
 McLaren-Mercedes
Second
 Renault
Third
 BAR-Honda
Lap leaders
  • 2005 Belgian Grand Prix

The 2005 Belgian Grand Prix (officially the 2005 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix) [1] was a Formula One motor race held on 11 September 2005 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium. It was the sixteenth race of the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship and the 62nd Belgian Grand Prix.

Contents

The 44-lap race was won by Finnish driver Kimi Räikkönen, driving a McLaren-Mercedes, after he started from second position. Räikkönen's Colombian teammate, Juan Pablo Montoya, took pole position and led until his second pit stop on lap 33; he then maintained second place until a late collision with Brazilian driver Antônio Pizzonia in the Williams-BMW. Spaniard Fernando Alonso thus took second in his Renault, with Englishman Jenson Button third in a BAR-Honda.

With three races remaining, Alonso led the Drivers' Championship by 25 points from Räikkönen, needing only six more to clinch the title. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren reduced Renault's lead to six points.

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.

ConstructorNatDriver
McLaren-Mercedes Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Wurz
Sauber-Petronas -
Red Bull-Cosworth Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toyota Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota Flag of Denmark.svg Nicolas Kiesa
Minardi-Cosworth Flag of Italy.svg Enrico Toccacelo

Report

Background

Before the race, Renault were leading the Constructors' Championship with 144 points and McLaren were second with 136 points, with Ferrari third on 58 points. In the World Drivers' Championship, Renault driver Fernando Alonso was leading with 103 points; Kimi Räikkönen was second on 76 points, 27 points behind Alonso. Behind Alonso and Räikkönen in the Drivers' Championship, Michael Schumacher was third on 55 points in a Ferrari, with Juan Pablo Montoya and Jarno Trulli on 50 and 43 points respectively. [2]

Practice and qualifying

Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—two on Friday from 11:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 15:00 local time, with the final two sessions held on Saturday morning between 09:00 to 09:45 and 10:15 to 11:00. [3]

Saturday's afternoon qualifying session took place as a one-lap session held between 13:00 and 14:00. Drivers went out one at a time in the reverse order of their finishing positions at the previous race. The cars ran on the fuel that would be used for the Sunday race. [3]

Giancarlo Fisichella started the race from 13th place – the result of a ten-place grid penalty given for an engine change between final practice and qualifying on the Saturday. [4]

Race

Kimi Raikkonen won the race for the second consecutive year for McLaren. F1 Raikkonen 2005 Spa.jpg
Kimi Räikkönen won the race for the second consecutive year for McLaren.

The race took place in the afternoon from 14:00 local time. On lap 11 Fisichella had an accident at Eau Rouge, emerging unhurt from his wrecked Renault but this brought out the safety car. [5] On lap 14, Takuma Sato hit Michael Schumacher's car from behind, causing both to retire. [4] Antônio Pizzonia crashed into Juan Pablo Montoya—in second position at the time—shortly before the finish of the race. [4] Jacques Villeneuve was able to finish sixth by virtue of a one-stop pit strategy, while other drivers stopped as many as five times.

This race saw the Jordan team score their final point, courtesy of Tiago Monteiro, while the BAR team achieved their last podium finish through Jenson Button. Also, Ralf Schumacher scored his last, and Toyota's first, fastest lap.

Post-race

The race stewards ruled that Sato had caused the collision with Schumacher, and he would consequently drop ten places on the grid for the next Grand Prix in Brazil. They also fined Pizzonia $8,000 for his collision with Montoya. [6]

Unusually, McLaren did not send a representative to the podium to collect the constructors' trophy, so, Räikkönen accepted it on behalf of the team. [7]

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorLapGap
110 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:46.391
29 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:46.440+0.049
36 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:46.497+0.106
416 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:46.596+0.205
55 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault 1:46.760+0.369
617 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:47.401+1.010
71 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:47.476+1.085
812 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:47.867+1.476
93 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:47.978+1.587
107 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:48.071+1.680
114 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:48.353+1.962
1214 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:48.508+2.117
132 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:48.550+2.159
1411 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:48.889+2.498
158 Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW 1:48.898+2.507
1615 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 1:48.994+2.603
1720 Flag of Monaco.svg Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth 1:49.779+3.388
1821 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:49.842+3.451
1918 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:51.498+5.107
2019 Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:51.675+5.284
Source: [8]

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
19 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 441:30:01.295210
25 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault M 44+ 28.39448
33 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button BAR-Honda M 44+ 32.07786
47 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Williams-BMW M 44+ 1:09.16795
52 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 44+ 1:18.136124
611 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas M 44+ 1:27.435143
717 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Toyota M 44+ 1:27.57452
818 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota B 43+ 1 Lap191
915 Flag of Austria.svg Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth M 43+ 1 Lap16
1012 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas M 43+ 1 Lap7
1119 Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota B 43+ 1 Lap20
1221 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth B 42+ 2 LapsPL
1320 Flag of Monaco.svg Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth B 41+ 3 LapsPL
1410 Flag of Colombia.svg Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes M 40Collision1
158 Flag of Brazil.svg Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW M 39Collision15
Ret16 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Toyota M 34Accident3
Ret14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth M 18Engine11
Ret1 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 13Collision6
Ret4 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato BAR-Honda M 13Collision10
Ret6 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Renault M 10Accident13
Sources: [9] [10]

Championship standings after the race

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