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2005 Brazilian Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitInterlagos, 71 laps
Round17 of 19
Race numbers

The 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix was the:

  • 748th World Championship race
  • 33rd World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 23rd World Championship race at Interlagos
  • 2005 Drivers’ title decider
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes711hr 29m 20.574s10
2+3(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes71+2.527s8
3-2(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault71+24.840s6
4+3(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari71+35.668s5
5-2(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault71+40.218s4
6+3(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari71+1m 09.173s3
7-3(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda70+1 lap2
8+2(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota70+1 lap1
9-3(AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Cosworth70+1 lap 
10+9(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda70+1 lap 
11-3(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas70+1 lap 
12PL(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveSauber-Petronas70+1 lap 
13+4(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota69DNF 
14+2(NLD) Christijan AlbersMinardi-Cosworth69+2 laps 
15 (IND) Narain KarthikeyanJordan-Toyota68+3 laps 
R (PRT) Tiago MonteiroJordan-Toyota55DNF 
NC (AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-BMW45+26 laps 
R (NLD) Robert DoornbosMinardi-Cosworth34DNF 
R (BRA) Antonio PizzoniaWilliams-BMW0DNF 
R (GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Cosworth0DNF 

Notes

  • Jarno Trulli ended lap 69 in P13 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Jarno Trulli received a 10-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.
  • Takuma Sato received a 10-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Michael Schumacher in the previous race.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:11.988 
2(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.1450.157
3(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:12.5580.570
4(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:12.6960.708
5(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:12.7810.793
6(AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Cosworth1:12.8890.901
7(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:12.9760.988
8(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota1:13.0411.053
9(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas1:13.1511.163
10(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:13.1831.195
11(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota1:13.2851.297
12(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveSauber-Petronas1:13.2851.297
13(PRT) Tiago MonteiroJordan-Toyota1:13.3871.399
14(AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-BMW1:13.5381.550
15(BRA) Antonio PizzoniaWilliams-BMW1:13.5811.593
16(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Cosworth1:13.8441.856
17(IND) Narain KarthikeyanJordan-Toyota1:14.5202.532
18(NLD) Christijan AlbersMinardi-Cosworth1:14.7632.775
19(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda– 
20(NLD) Robert DoornbosMinardi-Cosworth– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(DNK) Nicolas KiesaJordan-Toyota
(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziRed Bull-Cosworth
(AUT) Alexander WurzMcLaren-Mercedes
(BRA) Ricardo ZontaToyota

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ESP) Fernando Alonso117
2(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen94
3(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya60
4(DEU) Michael Schumacher60
5(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella45
6(ITA) Jarno Trulli43
7(BRA) Rubens Barrichello38
8(DEU) Ralf Schumacher38
9(GBR) Jenson Button32
10(AUS) Mark Webber29
11(DEU) Nick Heidfeld28
12(GBR) David Coulthard21
13(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve9
14(BRA) Felipe Massa8
15(PRT) Tiago Monteiro7
16(AUT) Alexander Wurz6
17(IND) Narain Karthikeyan5
18(AUT) Christian Klien5
19(NLD) Christijan Albers4
20(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa4
21(AUT) Patrick Friesacher3
22(BRA) Antonio Pizzonia2
23(JPN) Takuma Sato1
24(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Mercedes164
2Renault162
3Ferrari98
4Toyota81
5Williams-BMW59
6BAR-Honda33
7Red Bull-Cosworth27
8Sauber-Petronas17
9Jordan-Toyota12
10Minardi-Cosworth7

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
50th for Felipe Massa (108th driver to start 50 races, 8th Brazilian driver)
World Champion
1st title for Fernando Alonso (28th driver to win the World Championship, 1st Spanish champion)
Wins
7th and last for Juan Pablo Montoya
147th for McLaren
Race 1-2
40th for McLaren (2nd constructor to finish 1-2 in 40 races)
Podiums
28th for Juan Pablo Montoya & Kimi Raikkonen
21st for Fernando Alonso
382nd & 383rd for McLaren
67th for Renault
Poles
8th for Fernando Alonso
42nd for Renault
Fastest laps
14th for Kimi Raikkonen
124th for McLaren
Front row starts
26th and last for Juan Pablo Montoya
11th for Fernando Alonso
Points finishes
100th for Rubens Barrichello