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2005 Brazilian Grand Prix

The 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2005) was a Formula One motor race held on at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil on 25 September 2005. It was the seventeenth race of the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship.

The 71-lap race was won by McLaren driver Juan Pablo Montoya, who took the seventh and final victory of his career, ahead of his teammate, Kimi Räikkönen, who finished second. Renault driver Fernando Alonso became the Drivers' Champion for the first time after he finished the race in third place.

As of 2024, this is the last Grand Prix to be won by a Colombian driver in Formula One.

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. Enrico Toccacelo, Minardi's third driver was not present in Brazil as he competed for the Italian team in the opening round of the A1 Grand Prix series at Brands Hatch.

Constructor Nat Driver
McLaren-Mercedes Austria Alexander Wurz
Sauber-Petronas -
Red Bull-Cosworth Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toyota Brazil Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota Denmark Nicolas Kiesa
Minardi-Cosworth -

Report

Background

Fernando Alonso led the drivers' championship with 25 points ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and 56 points ahead of Michael Schumacher. With three races remaining, the drivers' championship was decided between Alonso and Räikkönen. A third place would be enough for Alonso to win his first world championship title, while Räikkönen would no longer have a mathematical chance even if he won and came third. In the constructors' championship, Renault led McLaren-Mercedes by six points and Ferrari by 62 points.

Williams' Nick Heidfeld, having injured his shoulder in a cycling accident in Switzerland, was replaced again by Antônio Pizzonia. The German had also missed the two previous Grands Prix due to the consequences of an accident in a test session in Monza.

Qualifying

Alonso took his eighth career pole with a time of 1:11.998 minutes ahead of Montoya and Fisichella. Button completed the second line. Räikkönen reached 5th place.

Commentators have judged Renault's qualifying performance as evidence that their "conservative phase" was over. Renault's Pat Symonds had said that the team was not aiming to settle for a simple podium finish, rather they were aiming to win. BBC's Maurice Hamilton said that "the thought that Fernando Alonso might cruise to the Championship.....was dispelled in the most convincing fashion". McLaren CEO Ron Dennis remained confident of his team's race strategy given Juan Pablo Montoya's strong second position, despite a major error in the qualifying lap of Kimi Räikkönen.

Race

Jacques Villeneuve was forced to start from pit lane as a penalty for infringement of parc ferme regulations. After getting involved in an accident at the start of the race, Mark Webber was able to rejoin, over 20 laps behind the leaders and do some laps, sufficient to position himself fourth in the official qualifying order for the subsequent Grand Prix at Japanese. Due to a driveshaft failure, this was Tiago Monteiro's only retirement of the 2005 season.

Juan Pablo Montoya won the race ahead of teammate Kimi Räikkönen; McLaren's first 1–2 finish since the 2000 Austrian Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso finished 3rd and thus became World Champion for the first time, at the time the youngest ever champion at 24 years and 58 days surpassing Emerson Fittipaldi's record of 25 years and 273 days set in 1972, and the first Spaniard to do so. The result of the Grand Prix marked the only point during the season when McLaren had more championship points than Renault.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap Grid
1 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 1:11.988 1
2 10 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.145 +0.157 2
3 6 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:12.558 +0.570 3
4 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:12.696 +0.708 4
5 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.781 +0.793 5
6 15 Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 1:12.889 +0.901 6
7 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:12.976 +0.988 7
8 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:13.041 +1.053 17
9 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:13.151 +1.163 8
10 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:13.183 +1.195 9
11 17 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:13.285 +1.297 10
12 11 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:13.372 +1.384 20
13 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:13.387 +1.399 11
14 7 Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:13.538 +1.550 12
15 8 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW 1:13.581 +1.593 13
16 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:13.844 +1.856 14
17 19 India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:14.520 +2.532 15
18 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:14.763 +2.775 16
19 4 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda No time 19
20 20 Monaco Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth No time 18
Source:
Notes
  • ^1 – Jarno Trulli and Takuma Sato received a 10-place grid penalty for engine changes.
  • ^2 – Jacques Villeneuve was dropped to the back of the grid for a breach of parc fermé rules.
  • ^3 – Takuma Sato was subject to a ten-place grid penalty given for the accident in the Belgian Grand Prix where he crashed into Michael Schumacher.

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 10 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes M 71 1:29:20.574 2 10
2 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 71 +2.527 5 8
3 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault M 71 +24.840 1 6
4 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 71 +35.668 7 5
5 6 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault M 71 +40.218 3 4
6 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 71 +1:09.173 9 3
7 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda M 70 +1 Lap 4 2
8 17 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota M 70 +1 Lap 10 1
9 15 Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth M 70 +1 Lap 6
10 4 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda M 70 +1 Lap 19
11 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas M 70 +1 Lap 8
12 11 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas M 70 +1 Lap PL
13 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota M 69 Puncture 17
14 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth B 69 +2 Laps 16
15 19 India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota B 68 +3 Laps 15
Ret 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota B 55 Driveshaft PL
NC 7 Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW M 45 +26 Laps 12
Ret 20 Monaco Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth B 34 Engine 18
Ret 8 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW M 0 Collision 13
Ret 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth M 0 Collision 14
Sources:
Notes
  • ^1 – Tiago Monteiro and Jacques Villeneuve started the race from the pitlane.

Championship standings after the race

  • Bold text and an asterisk indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

  1. ^ "Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2005 - Race". Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Brazilian GP: Minardi Friday practice notes". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Heidfeld could miss Brazil too". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  4. ^ "FORMULA 1 Grande Premio do Brasil 2005 – Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  5. ^ "FORMULA 1 Grande Premio do Brasil 2005 – Race". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  6. ^ "2005 Brazilian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 25 September 2005. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Brazil 2005 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.


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