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2005 Chinese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitShanghai, 56 laps
Round19 of 19
Race numbers

The 2005 Chinese Grand Prix was the:

  • 750th World Championship race
  • 2nd World Championship Chinese Grand Prix
  • 2nd World Championship race at Shanghai
  • 2005 Constructors’ title decider
More 2005 season
More Chinese Grands Prix
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault561hr 39m 53.618s10
2+1(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes56+4.015s8
3+6(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota56+25.376s6
4-2(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault56+26.114s5
5+9(AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Cosworth56+31.839s4
6+5(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas56+36.400s3
7+3(AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-BMW56+36.842s2
8-4(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda56+41.249s1
9-2(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Cosworth56+44.247s 
10+6(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveSauber-Petronas56+59.977s 
11+8(PRT) Tiago MonteiroJordan-Toyota56+1m 24.648s 
12-4(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari56+1m 32.812s 
13 (BRA) Antonio PizzoniaWilliams-BMW55DNF 
14+6(NLD) Robert DoornbosMinardi-Cosworth55DNF 
15-3(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota55+1 lap 
16PL(NLD) Christijan AlbersMinardi-Cosworth51DNF 
R (JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda34DNF 
R (IND) Narain KarthikeyanJordan-Toyota28DNF 
R (COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes24DNF 
R (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari22DNF 

Notes

  • Antonio Pizzonia ended lap 55 in P11 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Robert Doornbos ended lap 55 in P14 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Christijan Albers ended lap 51 in P15 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:34.080 
2(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:34.4010.321
3(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:34.4480.368
4(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:34.8010.721
5(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes1:35.1881.108
6(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:35.3011.221
7(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Cosworth1:35.4281.348
8(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:35.6101.530
9(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota1:35.7231.643
10(AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-BMW1:35.7391.659
11(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas1:35.8981.818
12(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota1:36.0441.964
13(BRA) Antonio PizzoniaWilliams-BMW1:36.4452.365
14(AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Cosworth1:36.4722.392
15(IND) Narain KarthikeyanJordan-Toyota1:36.7072.627
16(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveSauber-Petronas1:36.7882.708
17(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda1:37.0833.003
18(NLD) Christijan AlbersMinardi-Cosworth1:39.1055.025
19(PRT) Tiago MonteiroJordan-Toyota1:39.2335.153
20(NLD) Robert DoornbosMinardi-Cosworth1:39.4605.380

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(ESP) Pedro de la RosaMcLaren-Mercedes
(DNK) Nicolas KiesaJordan-Toyota
(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziRed Bull-Cosworth
(BRA) Ricardo ZontaToyota

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ESP) Fernando Alonso133
2(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen112
3(DEU) Michael Schumacher62
4(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya60
5(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella58
6(DEU) Ralf Schumacher45
7(ITA) Jarno Trulli43
8(BRA) Rubens Barrichello38
9(GBR) Jenson Button37
10(AUS) Mark Webber36
11(DEU) Nick Heidfeld28
12(GBR) David Coulthard24
13(BRA) Felipe Massa11
14(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve9
15(AUT) Christian Klien9
16(PRT) Tiago Monteiro7
17(AUT) Alexander Wurz6
18(IND) Narain Karthikeyan5
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
1Renault191
2McLaren-Mercedes182
3Ferrari100
4Toyota88
5Williams-BMW66
6BAR-Honda38
7Red Bull-Cosworth34
8Sauber-Petronas20
9Jordan-Toyota12
10Minardi-Cosworth7

Stats & milestones

Last start
Antonio Pizzonia
BAR
Jordan
Minardi
Milestone race start
100th for Jenson Button (53rd driver to start 100 races, 11th British driver)
250th for Jordan (11th constructor to start 250 races)
World Champion
1st title for Renault (12th constructor world champion)
Wins
8th for Fernando Alonso
25th for Renault
Podiums
30th for Kimi Raikkonen (24th driver to score 30 podiums, 2nd Finnish driver)
26th for Ralf Schumacher
23rd for Fernando Alonso
385th for McLaren
70th for Renault (8th constructor to score 70 podiums)
5th for Toyota
Poles
9th for Fernando Alonso
43rd for Renault
1-2 start
19th for Renault
Fastest laps
16th for Kimi Raikkonen
126th for McLaren
Front row starts
12th for Fernando Alonso
5th for Giancarlo Fisichella
Pole & win
5th for Fernando Alonso