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2005 Australian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMelbourne, 57 laps
Round1 of 19
Race numbers

The 2005 Australian Grand Prix was the:

  • 732nd World Championship race
  • 21st World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 10th World Championship race at Melbourne
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault571hr 24m 17.336s10
2+9(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari57+5.553s8
3+10(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault57+6.712s6
4+1(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Cosworth57+16.131s5
5-2(AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-BMW57+16.908s4
6+3(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes57+35.033s3
7-1(AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Cosworth57+38.997s2
8PL(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes57+39.633s1
9-7(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota57+1m 03.108s 
10+8(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas57+1m 04.393s 
11-3(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda56DNF 
12+3(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota56+1 lap 
13-9(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveSauber-Petronas56+1 lap 
14+6(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda55DNF 
15-3(IND) Narain KarthikeyanJordan-Toyota55+2 laps 
16-2(PRT) Tiago MonteiroJordan-Toyota55+2 laps 
17-1(AUT) Patrick FriesacherMinardi-Cosworth53+4 laps 
R (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari42DNF 
R (DEU) Nick HeidfeldWilliams-BMW42DNF 
R (NLD) Christijan AlbersMinardi-Cosworth16DNF 

Notes

  • Jenson Button ended lap 56 in P11 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Takuma Sato ended lap 55 in P13 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault
2 (ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota
3 (AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-BMW
4 (CAN) Jacques VilleneuveSauber-Petronas
5 (GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Cosworth
6 (AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Cosworth
7 (DEU) Nick HeidfeldWilliams-BMW
8 (GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda
9 (COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes
10   
11 (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari
12 (IND) Narain KarthikeyanJordan-Toyota
13 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault
14 (PRT) Tiago MonteiroJordan-Toyota
15 (DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota
16 (AUT) Patrick FriesacherMinardi-Cosworth
17 (NLD) Christijan AlbersMinardi-Cosworth
18 (BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas
19-10(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari
20-10(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda
Started from the pit lane
  (FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes

Notes

  • Both Michael Schumacher and Takuma Sato received 10-place grid penalties for an engine change.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault3:01.460 
2(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota3:04.4292.969
3(AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-BMW3:04.9963.536
4(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveSauber-Petronas3:06.8465.386
5(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Cosworth3:07.2125.752
6(AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Cosworth3:07.4776.017
7(DEU) Nick HeidfeldWilliams-BMW3:09.1307.670
8(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda3:12.12810.668
9(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes3:14.64513.185
10(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes3:15.55814.098
11(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari3:16.82215.362
12(IND) Narain KarthikeyanJordan-Toyota3:17.09215.632
13(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault3:17.46616.006
14(PRT) Tiago MonteiroJordan-Toyota3:20.32918.869
15(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota3:22.71721.257
16(AUT) Patrick FriesacherMinardi-Cosworth3:28.36326.903
17(NLD) Christijan AlbersMinardi-Cosworth– 
18(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari– 
19(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda– 
20(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(ESP) Pedro de la RosaMcLaren-Mercedes
(NLD) Robert DoornbosJordan-Toyota
(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziRed Bull-Cosworth
(BRA) Ricardo ZontaToyota

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella10
2(BRA) Rubens Barrichello8
3(ESP) Fernando Alonso6
4(GBR) David Coulthard5
5(AUS) Mark Webber4
6(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya3
7(AUT) Christian Klien2
8(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Renault16
2Ferrari8
3Red Bull-Cosworth7
4McLaren-Mercedes4
5Williams-BMW4

Stats & milestones

Race debut
Christijan Albers
Patrick Friesacher
Narain Karthikeyan (first Indian driver to start a race)
Tiago Monteiro (first Portuguese driver to start a race since 1996)
Red Bull
Wins
2nd for Giancarlo Fisichella (first win since 2003; first for Renault)
18th for Renault
Podiums
58th for Rubens Barrichello
11th for Giancarlo Fisichella (first for Renault)
9th for Fernando Alonso
554th for Ferrari
53rd & 54th for Renault
Poles
2nd for Giancarlo Fisichella (first since 1998; first for Renault)
37th for Renault
Fastest laps
2nd for Fernando Alonso (first since 2003)
20th for Renault (8th constructor to set 20 fastest laps)
Front row starts
7th for Jarno Trulli (first for Toyota)
3rd for Giancarlo Fisichella (first since 1998; first for Renault)
Pole & win
1st for Giancarlo Fisichella (51st different driver to win from pole, 6th Italian driver)