2005 San Marino Grand Prix

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2005 San Marino Grand Prix
Race 4 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
DateApril 24, 2005
Official name Formula 1 Gran Premio Foster's di San Marino 2005
Location Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.933 km (3.065 miles)
Distance 62 laps, 305.609 km (189.897 miles)
Weather Warm and cloudy
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Mercedes
Time 2:42.880 (aggregate)
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time 1:21.858 on lap 48
Podium
First Renault
Second Ferrari
Third McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders
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Alonso and Schumacher battle for the lead in the closing stages of the race. GP Imola2005 SchumiAlonso.jpg
Alonso and Schumacher battle for the lead in the closing stages of the race.

The 2005 San Marino Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio Foster's di San Marino 2005) was a Formula One motor race held on 24 April 2005 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy. The 62-lap race was the fourth round of the 2005 Formula One season, and the 25th running of the San Marino Grand Prix.

Contents

The race was won by Renault driver Fernando Alonso, who extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship after his third win and fourth podium from four races. Michael Schumacher finished the race in second position for the Ferrari team, only two-tenths of a second behind Alonso having challenged him for the win late into the race. BAR driver Jenson Button crossed the line in third place, but his team were subsequently disqualified for underweight cars; third place was then awarded to McLaren driver Alexander Wurz.

Pole position was taken by McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen, using the aggregate system which was in the rules at the start of the 2005 season. He led the race from the start until his retirement on lap 9 due to a driveshaft failure. Alonso took the lead and kept it except during the pit stop phases when it was held by Button, and later Schumacher when he overtook Button.

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 Austria.svg Christian Klien
Toyota 38 Flag of Brazil.svg Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota 39 Flag of Monaco.svg Robert Doornbos
Minardi-Cosworth -

Report

Background

Vitantonio Liuzzi replaced Christian Klien in the second Red Bull car, for this and the next three races; after unanimous agreement between the teams, Klien was allowed to race car #37 for Red Bull in the Friday practice sessions. Alexander Wurz drove the second McLaren-Mercedes car, in place of the injured Juan Pablo Montoya. During the first qualifying session on Saturday, Red Bull announced that they would use Ferrari engines for two years, beginning from the 2006 season.

Race

Räikkönen led from pole, pulling out a gap of several seconds, before his McLaren retired on lap nine with driveshaft problems. Alonso took over the lead, and was unchallenged until lap 50, when Michael Schumacher emerged from the pits just behind him. Schumacher had started 13th, and had been unable to pass Jarno Trulli for 20 laps, until the Italian pitted allowing Schumacher to increase his pace. After pitting himself, he emerged in third place ahead of Trulli and started to catch race leader Alonso. He caught up with second place driver Jenson Button and overtook him, overturning a 20-second gap in 13 laps. After the second round of pit-stops he emerged from the pits seconds behind Alonso. The next 12 laps saw the two battle for the lead but Schumacher was unable to overtake Alonso who took the race victory. Third was Button, followed by Wurz's McLaren, Takuma Sato, Jacques Villeneuve, Trulli and Ralf Schumacher. Ralf was later given a 25-second penalty as he was released into the path of Nick Heidfeld; this temporarily dropped him to 11th place. [1]

Post-race

During checks after the race it was found that Button's car had been under the 600 kg minimum weight requirement when drained of fuel. The race stewards cleared Button, as they believed data provided by BAR-Honda was sufficient to prove that they had been operating inside the rules, but the FIA appealed sending them to court. [2] They were found guilty, but the FIA's preferred penalty of having the team disqualified from the championship for the year was not carried through, and they were given a two-race ban, starting from the next round in Spain. In addition, Button's teammate Sato, who had finished 5th on the track, was disqualified from the race despite his car not being found to be underweight. [3] Wurz was thus promoted to third, followed by Villeneuve, Trulli, Heidfeld, Mark Webber and Liuzzi.

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button celebrate on the podium. Button was later disqualified from the race along with BAR team-mate Takuma Sato. GP Imola2005 Podium.jpg
Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button celebrate on the podium. Button was later disqualified from the race along with BAR team-mate Takuma Sato.

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying times from both Saturday and Sunday morning.

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2TotalGapGrid
19 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.8861:22.9942:42.8801
25 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault 1:19.8891:23.5522:43.441+0.5612
33 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:20.4641:23.6412:44.105+1.2253
47 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:20.4421:24.0692:44.511+1.6314
516 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:20.4921:24.0262:44.518+1.6385
64 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:20.8511:23.8072:44.658+1.7786
710 Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Wurz McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.6321:24.0572:44.689+1.8097
812 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:20.5931:24.3372:44.930+2.05018 1
98 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 1:20.8071:24.3892:45.196+2.3168
102 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:20.8921:24.3512:45.240+2.3639
1117 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:20.9941:24.4222:45.416+2.53610
1211 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:20.9991:25.2602:46.259+3.37911
136 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:21.7081:25.0022:46.710+3.83012
141 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:20.2601:26.9842:47.244+4.36413
1514 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:21.6321:26.4382:48.070+5.19014
1615 Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull-Cosworth 1:21.8041:26.3512:48.155+5.27515
1719 Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:23.1231:28.9762:52.099+9.21916
1818 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:25.1001:29.1522:54.252+11.37217
1920 Flag of Austria.svg Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 1:26.4841:30.5642:57.048+14.16819 1
2021 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:25.921No timeNo time20 1
Sources: [4] [5] [6]
Notes

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso Renault M 621:27:41.921210
21 Flag of Germany.svg Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 62+0.215138
310 Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Wurz McLaren-Mercedes M 62+27.55476
411 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas M 62+1:04.442115
516 Flag of Italy.svg Jarno Trulli Toyota M 62+1:10.25854
68 Flag of Germany.svg Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW M 62+1:11.28283
77 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Webber Williams-BMW M 62+1:23.29742
815 Flag of Italy.svg Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull-Cosworth M 62+1:23.764151
917 Flag of Germany.svg Ralf Schumacher Toyota M 62+1:35.841 2 10 
1012 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas M 61+1 Lap18
1114 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth M 61+1 Lap14
1219 Flag of India.svg Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota B 61+1 Lap16
1318 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota B 60+2 Laps17
Ret21 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth B 20Hydraulics20
Ret2 Flag of Brazil.svg Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 18Electrical9
Ret9 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 9Driveshaft1
Ret20 Flag of Austria.svg Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth B 8Clutch19
Ret6 Flag of Italy.svg Giancarlo Fisichella Renault M 5Accident12
DSQ3 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jenson Button BAR-Honda M 62Fuel (+10.481) 3 3
DSQ4 Flag of Japan.svg Takuma Sato BAR-Honda M 62Fuel (+34.783) 3 6
Sources: [7] [8]
Notes

Championship standings after the race

See also

Notes

  1. The podium ceremony was conducted with Jenson Button in 3rd place, prior to his disqualification.

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