Formula 1 World Championship 2005

Formula 1 World Championship 2005

World Champion
Driver:	Fernando Alonso
Constructor:	Renault
Season dates
Number of races:	19th
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Racing scene from the British GP 2005 (Alonso before Raikkonen)

Podium of the GP San Marino 2005

Defending champion Michael Schumacher at the 2005 Canadian GP

The 2005 Formula 1 World Championship was the 56th season of the Formula 1 World Championship . It was held over 19 races from March 6th to October 16th.

For the first time Fernando Alonso World Champion. He was the first Spanish Formula 1 world champion and at the age of 24 the youngest title holder in history until the record was broken in 2008 by Lewis Hamilton (and then in 2010 by Sebastian Vettel ).

The Renault team of team boss Flavio Briatore also won the constructors' championship besides the world title in the championship. This was the first design engineer title for the Renault team, which has been racing again since 2002.

Changes in 2005

Regulations

The first six races of the 2005 season took place with changed qualifying rules. The starting positions were determined in two rounds, each with a qualifying round. The first round took place on Saturday afternoon, the second on Sunday morning. After the Saturday qualifying, the racing cars were allowed to be refueled, the Sunday qualifying had to be driven with the amount of fuel intended for the race. On May 24, 2005, after a meeting of the team bosses with FIA President Max Mosley, Formula 1 returned to the 2004 rule with a single qualifying lap on Saturday.

The most serious rule change was introduced with regard to racing tires : tire changes were prohibited this season, i. H. each driver had to drive both qualifying laps and the race with a single set of tires. Tire changes were only permitted in the event of flat tires and wet weather.

After it was introduced last season that every engine had to last an entire race weekend, this rule was tightened this season: now every engine is to be used over two race weekends. If an engine has to be replaced before qualifying due to a defect, the driver receives a penalty in the form of a 10 starting position deterioration. If the engine has to be replaced during or after qualifying, the driver will be transferred to the end of the starting field as a penalty.

In order to create better conditions for overtaking, the regulations for aerodynamics have been changed. The size and placement of the front and rear wings, specifications for the height of the nose and other rules were changed.

driver

Only seven drivers drove for the same team as in the previous season: Michael Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello, Jenson Button, Takuma Sato, Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa. With Christijan Albers, Tiago Monteiro, Patrick Friesacher and Narain Karthikeyan, the first Indian Formula 1 driver, there were four new drivers. Jacques Villeneuve also returned to Formula 1 after an absence of about a year.

Teams

The Austrian entrepreneur and billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz took over the former Jaguar Racing Team and formed the new Red Bull Racing team from it. The new team started with a British license, just like Jaguar before. The team Jordan Grand Prix was taken over by the Midland Group , but started this season under the name Jordan. Jordan started using Toyota engines in 2005. Sauber switched the tire supplier from Bridgestone to Michelin. After the USA Grand Prix, Peter Sauber sold the majority of the team to BMW, so that the BMW-Sauber team was formed in the following season.

Teams and drivers

image	team	chassis	engine	tires	No.	Regular driver	run	No.	Third driver	Test driver
	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari F2004 Ferrari F2005	Ferrari 3.0 V10	B.	01	Michael sSchumacher	1-19		- 1	Luca Badoer Marc Gené
					02	Rubens Barrichello	1-19
	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR 007	Honda 3.0 V10	M.	03	Jenson Button	1-4, 7-19		- 1	Enrique Bernoldi Adam Carroll Anthony Davidson Tony Kanaan Alan van der Merwe
					04th	Takuma Satō	1, 3, 4, 7-19
						Anthony Davidson	2
	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault R25	Renault 3.0 V10	M.	05	Fernando Alonso	1-19		- 1	Lucas di Grassi Heikki Kovalainen Robert Kubica Giorgio Mondini Franck Montagny
					06th	Giancarlo Fisichella	1-19
	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	Williams FW27	BMW 3.0 V10	M.	07th	Mark Webber	1-19		- 1	Antonio Pizzonia Andy Priaulx Nico Rosberg Sebastian Vettel
					08th	Nick Heidfeld	1-14
						Antonio Pizzonia	15-19
	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren MP4-20	Mercedes-Benz 3.0 V10	M.	09	Kimi Raikkonen	1-19	35	Pedro de la Rosa Alexander Wurz	Gary Paffett
					10	Juan Pablo Montoya	1-2, 5-19
						Pedro de la Rosa	3
						Alexander Wurz	4th
	Clean Petronas	Clean C24	Petronas 3.0 V10	M.	11	Jacques Villeneuve	1-19	36	-
					12	Felipe Massa	1-19
	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull RB1	Cosworth 3.0 V10	M.	14th	David Coulthard	1-19	37	Christian Klien Vitantonio Liuzzi Scott Speed	Neel Jani
					15th	Christian Klien	1-3, 8-19
						Vitantonio Liuzzi	4-7
	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota TF105	Toyota 3.0 V10	M.	16	Jarno Trulli	1-19	38	Olivier Panis Ricardo Zonta	Ryan Briscoe Borja García Franck Perera
					17th	Ralf Schumacher	1-8, 10-19
						Ricardo Zonta	9
	Jordan Grand Prix	Jordan EJ15	Toyota 3.0 V10	B.	18th	Tiago Monteiro	1-19	39	Robert Doornbos Nicolas Kiesa Franck Montagny Sakon Yamamoto	Mario Domínguez Nicky Pastorelli
					19th	Narain Karthikeyan	1-19
	Minardi F1 team	Minardi PS04B Minardi PS05	Cosworth 3.0 V10	B.	20th	Patrick Friesacher	1-11	40	Chanoch Nissany Enrico Toccacelo	Juan Cáceres Roldán Rodríguez
						Robert Doornbos	12-19
					21st	Christijan Albers	1-19

¹ The first four teams of the previous season were not allowed to use a third driver in the Friday practice sessions.

Racing calendar

No.	date	Grand Prix	route	Distance (km)	Pole position	Fastest race lap	winner	Overall leading driver	Overall leading designer
01	6th March	Australia	Albert Park Circuit	307,574	Giancarlo Fisichella	Fernando Alonso	Giancarlo Fisichella	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault
02	March, 20th	Malaysia	Sepang International Circuit	310.408	Fernando Alonso	Kimi Raikkonen	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso
03	3rd of April	Bahrain	Bahrain International Circuit	308.769	Fernando Alonso	Pedro de la Rosa	Fernando Alonso
04th	April 24th	San Marino	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	305.609	Kimi Raikkonen	Michael sSchumacher	Fernando Alonso
05	8th of May	Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	305.256	Kimi Raikkonen	Giancarlo Fisichella	Kimi Raikkonen
06th	May 22	Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	260.520	Kimi Raikkonen	Michael sSchumacher	Kimi Raikkonen
07th	May 29th	Europe	Nürburgring	308,863	Nick Heidfeld	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso
08th	June 12	Canada	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve	305.270	Jenson Button	Kimi Raikkonen	Kimi Raikkonen
09	June 19th	United States	Indianapolis Motor Speedway	306,016	Jarno Trulli	Michael sSchumacher	Michael sSchumacher
10	3rd of July	France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	308,586	Fernando Alonso	Kimi Raikkonen	Fernando Alonso
11	10th of July	Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	308,355	Fernando Alonso	Kimi Raikkonen	Juan Pablo Montoya
12	24th July	Germany	Hockenheimring	306,485	Kimi Raikkonen	Kimi Raikkonen	Fernando Alonso
13	July 31	Hungary	Hungaroring	306.663	Michael sSchumacher	Kimi Raikkonen	Kimi Raikkonen
14th	August 21	Turkey	Istanbul Park Circuit	309,396	Kimi Raikkonen	Juan Pablo Montoya	Kimi Raikkonen
15th	September 4th	Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	306.720	Juan Pablo Montoya	Kimi Raikkonen	Juan Pablo Montoya
16	September 11	Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	306.812	Juan Pablo Montoya	Ralf Schumacher	Kimi Raikkonen
17th	25th of September	Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	305.909	Fernando Alonso	Kimi Raikkonen	Juan Pablo Montoya		McLaren-Mercedes
18th	9th October	Japan	Suzuka International Racing Course	307,573	Ralf Schumacher	Kimi Raikkonen	Kimi Raikkonen		Renault
19th	October, 16th	People's Republic of China	Shanghai International Circuit	305.256	Fernando Alonso	Kimi Raikkonen	Fernando Alonso

Race reports

Australian Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2005 Australian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1: 24: 17.336
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 4.553
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 6.712
4th	David Coulthard	Red Bull - Cosworth	+ 16.131
5	Mark Webber	Williams - BMW	+ 17,908
6th	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 35.023
7th	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	+ 38.997
8th	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 39.633

The Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne took place on March 6, 2005 and went over a distance of 56 laps (296.968 km).

Fisichella achieved the first pole position of the 2005 season ahead of Trulli and Webber. Fisichella was able to convert this into a victory in the race, Alonso set the fastest race lap in 1: 25.683 minutes.

Michael Schumacher had to retire on lap 43 after a self-inflicted accident with Nick Heidfeld. This accident also led to the retirement of Heidfeld. Together with Albers, 3 out of 20 drivers did not finish.

Malaysian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 31: 33.736
2	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+ 24.327
3	Nick Heidfeld	Williams - BMW	+ 32.188
4th	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 41.631
5	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 51.854
6th	David Coulthard	Red Bull - Cosworth	+1: 12.543
7th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+1: 19.988
8th	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	+1: 20.835

The Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang took place on March 20, 2005 and covered a distance of 56 laps (310.408 km).

In the second race of the season, a Renault driver also won both pole position and the race. This time Fernando Alonso succeeded. Raikkonen drove the fastest lap with 1: 35.483 minutes.

On the 36th lap of the race, Fisichella and Webber collided, both of which were then unable to finish the race. Heidfeld benefited from this and thus took 3rd place behind Trulli. There were other failures from Barrichello, Villeneuve, Button, Davidson and Friesacher.

Bahrain Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 29: 18,531
2	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+ 13.409
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 32.063
4th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 53.272
5	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes	+1: 02.988
6th	Mark Webber	Williams - BMW	+1: 14.701
7th	Felipe Massa	Clean - Petronas	+ 1 lap
8th	David Coulthard	Red Bull - Cosworth	+ 1 lap

The Bahrain Grand Prix in as-Sachir took place on April 3, 2005 and covered a distance of 57 laps (308.523 km).

Pole position went to Alonso in front of Michael Schumacher and Trulli.

Fernando Alonso won the race again. Even with the F2005 used for the first time, Ferrari was unable to intervene in the championship ranking. For Schumacher it was the first failure due to a technical defect since the 2001 German Grand Prix .

McLaren-Mercedes driver Pedro de la Rosa set the fastest race lap with 1: 31.447 minutes.

San Marino Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 27: 41.921
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 0.215
3	Alexander Wurz	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 28,554
4th	Jacques Villeneuve	Clean - Petronas	+1: 04.442
5	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+1: 10.258
6th	Nick Heidfeld	Williams - BMW	+1: 11.282
7th	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	+1: 23.297
8th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull - Cosworth	+1: 23.764

The San Marino Grand Prix in Imola took place on April 24, 2005 and covered a distance of 62 laps (305.609 km).

In qualifying, Raikkonen took pole position ahead of Alonso and Button. Michael Schumacher only made 13th on the grid after a driving mistake, but moved up to 2nd place in the race. He also drove the fastest race lap with 1: 21.858 minutes.

Raikkonen dropped out on the 9th lap of the race due to a broken drive shaft. Albers, Barrichello, Friesacher and Fisichella did not finish the race either.

At the award ceremony, Jenson Button was on podium 3. His BAR-Honda team-mate Takuma Satō finished the race in 5th place, but both were later disqualified because their racing cars had an illegal weight.

Third place went to Alexander Wurz, who had his only season assignment in San Marino.

Spanish Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 27: 16.830
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 27.652
3	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+ 45.947
4th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 46.719
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 57.936
6th	Mark Webber	Williams - BMW	+1: 08.542
7th	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 1 lap
8th	David Coulthard	Red Bull - Cosworth	+ 1 lap

The Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona took place on May 8, 2005 and covered a distance of 66 laps (305.256 km).

In qualifying, Raikkonen secured first place on the grid with a time of 2: 31.421 minutes (2 sessions) ahead of Webber and Alonso. The race began with a safety car phase immediately after the start, as both Minardis had problems starting.

Raikkonen dominated the race and was able to convert his pole position into a clear victory. Fisichella drove the fastest lap with 1: 15.641 minutes.

Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher, Albers, Friesacher and Liuzzi were canceled.

Monaco Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 45: 15.556
2	Nick Heidfeld	Williams - BMW	+ 13.877
3	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	+ 18.484
4th	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 36.487
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 36.647
6th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 37.177
7th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 37.223
8th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 37.570

The Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo took place on May 22, 2005 and covered a distance of 77 laps (259.490 km).

Raikkonen took pole position ahead of Alonso and Webber. The race was again dominated by Raikkonen. Nick Heidfeld achieved the best Formula 1 position of his career with 2nd place ahead of his Williams-BMW team-mate Webber.

Michael Schumacher drove the fastest race lap with 1: 15.842 minutes.

Despite a few accidents, only 4 drivers dropped out: Liuzzi, Friesacher, Coulthard and Karthikeyan.

Grand Prix of Europe

space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 31: 46.648
2	Nick Heidfeld	Williams - BMW	+ 16,567
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 18,549
4th	David Coulthard	Red Bull - Cosworth	+ 31,588
5	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 50.445
6th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 51.932
7th	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 58.173
8th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+1: 11.091

The European Grand Prix at the Nürburgring took place on May 29, 2005 and covered a distance of 60 laps (308.863 km).

Nick Heidfeld secured pole position in qualifying and finished second in the race. The winner was Fernando Alonso, who also set the fastest race lap with 1: 30.711 minutes on his 44th lap.

With Ralf Schumacher and Mark Webber only two drivers dropped out prematurely. Kimi Raikkonen, who dominated the race from the start, did not reach the finish due to a broken right front axle in the first corner of the last lap. The vibrations caused by a brake plate and the ban on changing tires gave the suspension the rest. However, due to the distance covered, it was rated eleventh.

Canadian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 32.09.290
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 1.137
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 40.483
4th	Felipe Massa	Clean - Petronas	+ 55.139
5	Mark Webber	Williams - BMW	+ 55.779
6th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 1 lap
7th	David Coulthard	Red Bull - Cosworth	+ 1 lap
8th	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	+ 1 lap

The Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal took place on June 12, 2005 and went over a distance of 70 laps (305.270 km).

On Saturday Jenson Button reached pole position with a time of 1: 15.217 minutes ahead of Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso.

Kimi Räikkönen drove the fastest race lap on the 23rd lap with a time of 1: 14.384 minutes. Raikkonen won the race just ahead of Michael Schumacher.

Montoya was disqualified in the 52nd lap for ignoring the red light in the pit lane. The following 8 drivers dropped out during the course of the race: Trulli, Button, Heidfeld, Satō, Friesacher, Alonso, Fisichella and Karthikeyan.

United States Grand Prix

→ Main article : 2005 USA Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	1: 29: 43,181
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 1.522
3	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan - Toyota	+ 1 lap
4th	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan Toyota	+ 1 lap
5	Christijan Albers	Minardi - Cosworth	+ 2 rounds
6th	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	+ 2 rounds

The US Grand Prix in Indianapolis took place on June 19, 2005 and went over a distance of 73 laps (306.016 km).

In this race, Michelin only gave a durability of ten laps for its tires. In order to avoid endangering the drivers, the teams equipped with Michelin tires did not take part in the race and drove back into the pit lane after the warm-up lap . The race was therefore contested by only six drivers. The teams' attempt to defuse the route or to use new tires specially flown in by Michelin failed in advance, as both the FIA and Ferrari, as the Bridgestone team, did not agree to a change in the route and the FIA ​​a change the tire would have imposed a penalty in accordance with the regulations. The suggestion that the Michelin teams should avoid the curve by driving through the pit lane was also rejected by the Michelin teams.

French Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 31: 22,233
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 11.805
3	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+1: 21.914
4th	Jenson Button	BAR - Honda	+ 1 lap
5	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+ 1 lap
6th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 1 lap
7th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 1 lap
8th	Jacques Villeneuve	Clean - Petronas	+ 1 lap

The French Grand Prix in Magny-Cours took place on July 3, 2005 and covered a distance of 70 laps (308.586 km).

Fernando Alonso secured pole position in qualifying ahead of Trulli and Raikkonen. However, due to an engine change, Raikkonen was moved back ten starting positions.

Räikkönen achieved the fastest race lap with 1: 16.423 minutes. The winner was Fernando Alonso, the first Renault victory in the French Grand Prix in 22 years.

Montoya, Albers, Friesacher, Massa and Klien were canceled.

Great Britain Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 24: 29.588
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 2.739
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 14,436
4th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 17.914
5	Jenson Button	BAR - Honda	+ 40.264
6th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+1: 15.322
7th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+1: 16.567
8th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+1: 19.212

The Grand Prix of Great Britain in Silverstone took place on July 10, 2005 and went over a distance of 60 laps (308.355 km).

Juan Pablo Montoya won the McLaren-Mercedes home game at Silverstone, and this was Montoya's first win for McLaren-Mercedes. In qualifying he started from 12th place. Fernando Alonso had achieved pole position, who further increased his lead in the overall lead with second place ahead of Raikkonen.

Raikkonen drove the fastest race lap with 1: 20.502 minutes. With Karthikeyan, only one of the 20 drivers who started could not finish the race. It was canceled due to an electrical problem.

Grand Prix of Germany

space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 26: 28.599
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 22,569
3	Jenson Button	BAR - Honda	+ 24,422
4th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 50.587
5	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 51.690
6th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 52.242
7th	David Coulthard	Red Bull - Cosworth	+ 52,700
8th	Felipe Massa	Clean - Petronas	+ 56.570

The German Grand Prix in Hockenheim took place on July 24, 2005 and covered a distance of 67 laps (306.458 km).

The qualifying on Saturday won Raikkonen ahead of Button and Alonso. The race was also dominated by Raikkonen for more than half of the distance until he was eliminated on the 32nd lap with a defect. The fastest race lap was also driven by Raikkonen with 1: 14.873 minutes.

Alonso won, increasing his lead over Raikkonen by 10 to 36 points.

The failure of Raikkonen was the only one in this race, all other 19 drivers crossed the finish line.

Hungarian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 37: 25.552
2	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 35,581
3	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 36.129
4th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+ 54.221
5	Jenson Button	BAR - Honda	+ 58.832
6th	Nick Heidfeld	Williams - BMW	+1: 08.375
7th	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	+ 1 lap
8th	Takuma Satō	BAR Honda	+ 1 lap

The Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest took place on July 31, 2005 and covered a distance of 70 laps (306,663 km).

Michael Schumacher secured the pole position ahead of Montoya and Trulli. Raikkonen, who started from 4th place, won the race. With Michael and Ralf Schumacher, two German drivers stood on the podium for the first time in the season.

Alonso was only able to achieve 11th place due to an accident at the start in the first corner and thus received no points for the third time in the season after a failure in Montreal and the race in Indianapolis.

The fastest race lap went to Raikkonen with 1: 21.219 minutes. With Villeneuve, Montoya, Doornbos, Coulthard and Klien 5 drivers were canceled.

Turkey Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 24: 34.454
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 18.609
3	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 19.635
4th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 37.973
5	Jenson Button	BAR - Honda	+ 39,304
6th	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+ 55,420
7th	David Coulthard	Red Bull - Cosworth	+1: 09.296
8th	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	+1: 11.622

The Turkish Grand Prix , on the Asian part of Istanbul , took place on August 21, 2005 and covered a distance of 58 laps (309.396 km).

With the pole position on Saturday and his victory on Sunday, Kimi Raikkonen had a perfect weekend at the first Formula 1 race in Turkey. In qualifying he set the fastest time with 1: 26.797 minutes ahead of Fisichella and Alonso.

Raikkonen clearly dominated the race. Montoya was narrowly beaten by Alonso due to driving errors in the last laps, so that the double success for McLaren-Mercedes that had been emerging for a long time was prevented.

The fastest race lap was driven by Juan Pablo Montoya with 1: 24.770 minutes. Albers, Michael Schumacher, Heidfeld, Massa and Webber left early.

Italian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 14: 28.659
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 2.479
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 17.975
4th	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 22.775
5	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+ 33.786
6th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 43.925
7th	Antonio Pizzonia	Williams - BMW	+ 44.643
8th	Jenson Button	BAR - Honda	+1: 03.635

The Italian Grand Prix in Monza took place on September 4, 2005 and covered a distance of 53 laps (306.720 km).

Raikkonen won qualifying ahead of Montoya and Alonso, but was put back ten places due to an engine change.

The race was won despite significant problems with the Montoya tires. His team-mate Räikkönen also had tire problems, so that he only achieved fourth place and thus again lost important points for the overall standings.

The fastest lap was set by Raikkonen with 1: 21.504 minutes. There were no failures, all drivers reached the finish.

The race result made it clear that Michael Schumacher could no longer defend his world title.

Belgian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 30: 01.295
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 28.394
3	Jenson Button	BAR - Honda	+ 32.077
4th	Mark Webber	Williams - BMW	+1: 09.167
5	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+1: 18.136
6th	Jacques Villeneuve	Clean - Petronas	+1: 27.435
7th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+1: 27.576
8th	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan - Toyota	+ 1 lap

The Belgian Grand Prix in Spa-Francorchamps took place on September 11, 2005 and covered a distance of 44 laps (306.944 km).

On the road that was slippery due to the rain, Raikkonen decided the race ahead of Alonso and Button. Montoya, who was in second place up to the fourth lap before the end, dropped out after a collision with Pizzonia. Michael Schumacher and Satō collided in the 13th lap of the race and also had to end the race. Other failures were Trulli, Coulthard, Fisichella.

Ralf Schumacher drove the fastest race lap with 1: 51.453 minutes. Montoya was the fastest in qualifying ahead of Räikkönen and Fisichella.

Brazilian Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 29: 20.574
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	+ 2.527
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 24.840
4th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 35.668
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 40.218
6th	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	+1: 09.173
7th	Jenson Button	BAR - Honda	+ 1 lap
8th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 1 lap

The Brazilian Grand Prix in São Paulo took place on September 25, 2005 and covered a distance of 71 laps (305.909 km).

With his third place in this 17th of 19 races of the season, Fernando Alonso secured the driver's title early in the Renault . At the age of 24, Alonso was the youngest Formula 1 world champion and the first Spaniard to win this title.

On Saturday Alonso had reached pole position ahead of Montoya and Fisichella. Even the double victory of the McLaren-Mercedes drivers Montoya in front of Raikkonen could no longer prevent Alonso from winning the world championship.

Immediately after the start there was a safety car phase because of an accident between Williams-BMW drivers Pizzonia and Webber and Coulthard. Webber was able to continue the race after 25 laps. The race was over for Pizzonia and Coulthard. With Doornbos and Monteiro there were two more failures. Raikkonen set the fastest lap time of 1: 12.268 minutes.

Japanese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	1: 29: 02,212
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 1.633
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	+ 17.456
4th	Mark Webber	Williams - BMW	+ 22.274
5	Jenson Button	BAR - Honda	+ 29.507
6th	David Coulthard	Red Bull - Cosworth	+ 31.601
7th	Michael sSchumacher	Ferrari	+ 33.879
8th	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 49.548

The Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka took place on October 9, 2005 and covered a distance of 53 laps (307.573 km).

Ralf Schumacher achieved pole position ahead of Button and Fisichella in a qualifying that was influenced by rain.

In the race, Raikkonen was able to overtake Fisichella on the last lap and thus celebrate his 7th win of the season, although he only started 17th. The fastest lap was also Räikkönen with 1: 31.540 minutes.

In the 10th round Satō caused an accident with Trulli, which was eliminated. Satō was able to continue, but was later disqualified. Montoya and Pizzonia didn't finish the race either.

Oddly enough, Michael Schumacher had to let the Renault driver Fernando Alonso go outside when Alonso and Raikkonen were close to Schumacher. That last happened in 1996 in Estoril with Jacques Villeneuve.

Chinese Grand Prix

space	driver	team	time
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1: 39: 53.618
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren - Mercedes	+ 4.015
3	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+ 25.376
4th	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	+ 26.114
5	Christian Klien	Red Bull - Cosworth	+ 31.839
6th	Felipe Massa	Clean - Petronas	+ 36,400
7th	Mark Webber	Williams - BMW	+ 36.842
8th	Jenson Button	BAR - Honda	+ 41.249

The Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai took place on October 16, 2005 and covered a distance of 56 laps (305.256 km).

Alonso achieved pole position ahead of Fisichella and Raikkonen. Räikkönen drove the fastest race lap with a time of 1: 33.242 minutes.

Alonso was able to conclude his successful season with another victory, which also brought Renault the constructors' championship title.

The race was eventful with two safety car phases due to accidents. There was already an accident between Michael Schumacher and Albers during the warm-up lap. Both cars were destroyed, so that the two drivers had to start out of the pit lane with the replacement car. Michael Schumacher later retired after slipping off the racetrack. There were further failures from Satō, Karthikeyan and Montoya.

Qualifying duels

driver : driver  Ferrari  Michael sSchumacher 12: 7 (16: 9)  Rubens Barrichello  BAR Honda  Jenson Button 15: 1 (18: 1)  Takuma Satō 1: 0 (2: 0)  Anthony Davidson  Renault  Fernando Alonso 15: 4 (19: 6)  Giancarlo Fisichella  Williams-BMW  Mark Webber 9: 5 (14: 6)  Nick Heidfeld 5: 0 (5: 0)  Antonio Pizzonia  McLaren-Mercedes  Kimi Raikkonen 9: 8 (16: 5)  Juan Pablo Montoya 0: 1 (1: 1)  Pedro de la Rosa 1: 0 (2: 0)  Alexander Wurz

driver : driver  Clean Petronas  Jacques Villeneuve 7:12 (7:18)  Felipe Massa  Red Bull-Cosworth  David Coulthard 7: 8 (7:11)  Christian Klien 4: 0 (6: 1)  Vitantonio Liuzzi  Toyota  Jarno Trulli 14: 4 (20: 4)  Ralf Schumacher 1: 0 (1: 0)  Ricardo Zonta  Jordan Toyota  Narain Karthikeyan 10: 9 (15:10)  Tiago Monteiro  Minardi-Cosworth  Christijan Albers 6: 5 (8: 9)  Patrick Friesacher 6: 2 (6: 2)  Robert Doornbos

Two qualifying sessions took place in the first six races. The results in brackets also contain the results from the six double qualifying sessions.

World championship ratings

Driver's ranking of the 2005 Formula 1 season

The world champion will be the driver or designer who has accumulated the most points in the world championship by the end of the season. When distributing points, the placements are taken into account in the overall result of the respective race. The eight first-placed drivers in each race receive points according to the following scheme:

Distribution of points
space	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8th	6th	5	4th	3	2	1

Driver ranking

Item	driver	constructor																				Points
01	F. Alonso	Renault	3	1	1	1	2	4th	1	DNF	DNS	1	2	1	11	2	2	2	3	3	1	133
02	K. Raikkonen	McLaren-Mercedes	8th	9	3	DNF	1	1	11 *	1	DNS	2	3	DNF	1	1	4th	1	2	1	2	112
03	M. Schumacher	Ferrari	DNF	7th	DNF	2	DNF	7th	5	2	1	3	6th	5	2	DNF	10	DNF	4th	7th	DNF	62
04th	J. Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	6th	4th	INJ	INJ	7th	5	7th	DSQ	DNS	DNF	1	2	DNF	3	1	14th	1	DNF	DNF	60
05	G. Fisichella	Renault	1	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	12	6th	DNF	DNS	6th	4th	4th	9	4th	3	DNF	5	2	4th	58
06th	R. Schumacher	Toyota	12	5	4th	9	4th	6th	DNF	6th		7th	8th	6th	3	12	6th	7th	8th	8th	3	45
07th	J. Trulli	Toyota	9	2	2	5	3	10	8th	DNF	DNS	5	9	14 *	4th	6th	5	DNF	13 *	DNF	15th	43
08th	R. Barrichello	Ferrari	2	DNF	9	DNF	9	8th	3	3	2	9	7th	10	10	10	12	5	6th	11	12	38
09	J. Button	BAR Honda	11 *	DNF	DNF	DSQ	EX	EX	10	DNF	DNS	4th	5	3	5	5	8th	3	7th	5	8th	37
10	M. Webber	Williams-BMW	5	DNF	6th	7th	6th	3	DNF	5	DNS	12	11	NC	7th	DNF	14th	4th	NC	4th	7th	36
11	N. Heidfeld	Williams-BMW	DNF	3	DNF	6th	10	2	2	DNF	DNS	14th	12	11	6th	DNF	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	INJ	28
12	D. Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	4th	6th	8th	11	8th	DNF	4th	7th	DNS	10	13	7th	DNF	7th	15th	DNF	DNF	6th	9	24
13	F. Massa	Clean Petronas	10	10	7th	10	11 *	9	14th	4th	DNS	DNF	10	8th	14th	DNF	9	10	11	10	6th	11
14th	J. Villeneuve	Clean Petronas	13	DNF	11	4th	DNF	11	13	9	DNS	8th	14th	15th	DNF	11	11	6th	12	12	10	9
15th	C. Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	7th	8th	DNS					8th	DNS	DNF	15th	9	DNF	8th	13	9	9	9	5	9
16	T. Monteiro	Jordan Toyota	16	12	10	13	12	13	15th	10	3	13	17th	17th	13	15th	17th	8th	DNF	13	11	7th
17th	A. Wurz	McLaren-Mercedes				3																6th
18th	N. Karthikeyan	Jordan Toyota	15th	11	DNF	12	13	DNF	16	DNF	4th	15th	DNF	16	12	14th	20th	11	15th	15th	DNF	5
19th	C. Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	DNF	13	13	DNF	DNF	14th	17th	11	5	DNF	18th	13	NC	DNF	19th	12	14th	16	16	4th
20th	P. de la Rosa	McLaren-Mercedes			5																	4th
21st	P. Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	17th	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	18th	DNF	6th	DNF	19th									3
22nd	A. Pizzonia	Williams-BMW															7th	15th	DNF	DNF	13	2
23	T. Satō	BAR Honda	14th	INJ	DNF	DSQ	EX	EX	12	DNF	DNS	11	16	12	8th	9	16	DNF	10	DSQ	DNF	1
24	V. Liuzzi	Red Bull-Cosworth				8th	DNF	DNF	9													1
25th	R. Doornbos	Minardi-Cosworth												18th	DNF	13	18th	13	DNF	14th	14th	0
-	A. Davidson	BAR Honda		DNF																		0
-	R. Zonta	Toyota									DNS											0

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Constructors' championship

Item	constructor	No.																				Points
01	Renault	05	3	1	1	1	2	4th	1	DNF	DNS	1	2	1	11	2	2	2	3	3	1	191
		06th	1	DNF	DNF	DNF	5	12	6th	DNF	DNS	6th	4th	4th	9	4th	3	DNF	5	2	4th
02	McLaren-Mercedes	09	8th	9	3	DNF	1	1	11 *	1	DNS	2	3	DNF	1	1	4th	1	2	1	2	182
		10	6th	4th	5	3	7th	5	7th	DSQ	DNS	DNF	1	2	DNF	3	1	14th	1	DNF	DNF
03	Ferrari	01	DNF	7th	DNF	2	DNF	7th	5	2	1	3	6th	5	2	DNF	10	DNF	4th	7th	DNF	100
		02	2	DNF	9	DNF	9	8th	3	3	2	9	7th	10	10	10	12	5	6th	11	12
04th	Toyota	16	9	2	2	5	3	10	8th	DNF	DNS	5	9	14 *	4th	6th	5	DNF	13 *	DNF	15th	88
		17th	12	5	4th	9	4th	6th	DNF	6th	DNS	7th	8th	6th	3	12	6th	7th	8th	8th	3
05	Williams-BMW	07th	5	DNF	6th	7th	6th	3	DNF	5	DNS	12	11	NC	7th	DNF	14th	4th	NC	4th	7th	66
		08th	DNF	3	DNF	6th	10	2	2	DNF	DNS	14th	12	11	6th	DNF	7th	15th	DNF	DNF	13
06th	BAR Honda	03	11 *	DNF	DNF	DSQ	EX	EX	10	DNF	DNS	4th	5	3	5	5	8th	3	7th	5	8th	38
		04th	14th	DNF	DNF	DSQ	EX	EX	12	DNF	DNS	11	16	12	8th	9	16	DNF	10	DSQ	DNF
07th	Red Bull-Cosworth	14th	4th	6th	8th	11	8th	DNF	4th	7th	DNS	10	13	7th	DNF	7th	15th	DNF	DNF	6th	9	34
		15th	7th	8th	DNS	8th	DNF	DNF	9	8th	DNS	DNF	15th	9	DNF	8th	13	9	9	9	5
08th	Clean Petronas	11	13	DNF	11	4th	DNF	11	13	9	DNS	8th	14th	15th	DNF	11	11	6th	12	12	10	20th
		12	10	10	7th	10	11 *	9	14th	4th	DNS	DNF	10	8th	14th	DNF	9	10	11	10	6th
09	Jordan Toyota	18th	16	12	10	13	12	13	15th	10	3	13	17th	17th	13	15th	17th	8th	DNF	13	11	12
		19th	15th	11	DNF	12	13	DNF	16	DNF	4th	15th	DNF	16	12	14th	20th	11	15th	15th	DNF
10	Minardi-Cosworth	20th	17th	DNF	12	DNF	DNF	DNF	18th	DNF	6th	DNF	19th	18th	DNF	13	18th	13	DNF	14th	14th	7th
		21st	DNF	13	13	DNF	DNF	14th	17th	11	5	DNF	18th	13	NC	DNF	19th	12	14th	16	16

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Web links

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 Wikinews: 2005 Formula 1 Season  - in the news

• Official Formula 1 website, League Results Season 2005 (English)