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2005 French Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitMagny-Cours, 70 laps
Round10 of 19
Race numbers

The 2005 French Grand Prix was the:

  • 741st World Championship race
  • 55th World Championship French Grand Prix
  • 15th World Championship race at Magny-Cours
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault701hr 31m 22.233s10
2+11(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes70+11.805s8
3 (DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari70+1m 21.914s6
4+3(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda69+1 lap5
5-3(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota69+1 lap4
6 (ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault69+1 lap3
7+4(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota69+1 lap2
8+2(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveSauber-Petronas69+1 lap1
9-4(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari69+1 lap 
10+5(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Cosworth69+1 lap 
11-7(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda69+1 lap 
12 (AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-BMW68+2 laps 
13+6(PRT) Tiago MonteiroJordan-Toyota67+3 laps 
14 (DEU) Nick HeidfeldWilliams-BMW66+4 laps 
15+2(IND) Narain KarthikeyanJordan-Toyota66+4 laps 
R (COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes46DNF 
R (NLD) Christijan AlbersMinardi-Cosworth37DNF 
R (AUT) Patrick FriesacherMinardi-Cosworth33DNF 
R (BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas30DNF 
R (AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Cosworth1DNF 

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Kimi Raikkonen received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:14.412 
2(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota1:14.5210.109
3(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes1:14.5590.147
4(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:14.5720.160
5(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda1:14.6550.243
6(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:14.8320.420
7(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:14.8870.475
8(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:15.0510.639
9(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes1:15.4060.994
10(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas1:15.5661.154
11(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveSauber-Petronas1:15.6991.287
12(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota1:15.7711.359
13(AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-BMW1:15.8851.473
14(DEU) Nick HeidfeldWilliams-BMW1:16.2071.795
15(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Cosworth1:16.4342.022
16(AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Cosworth1:16.5472.135
17(IND) Narain KarthikeyanJordan-Toyota1:17.8573.445
18(AUT) Patrick FriesacherMinardi-Cosworth1:17.9603.548
19(PRT) Tiago MonteiroJordan-Toyota1:18.0473.635
20(NLD) Christijan AlbersMinardi-Cosworth1:18.3353.923

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(ESP) Pedro de la RosaMcLaren-Mercedes
(NLD) Robert DoornbosJordan-Toyota
(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziRed Bull-Cosworth
(FRA) Olivier PanisToyota

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ESP) Fernando Alonso69
2(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen45
3(DEU) Michael Schumacher40
4(ITA) Jarno Trulli31
5(BRA) Rubens Barrichello29
6(DEU) Nick Heidfeld25
7(AUS) Mark Webber22
8(DEU) Ralf Schumacher22
9(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella20
10(GBR) David Coulthard17
11(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya16
12(BRA) Felipe Massa7
13(PRT) Tiago Monteiro6
14(AUT) Alexander Wurz6
15(CAN) Jacques Villeneuve6
16(GBR) Jenson Button5
17(IND) Narain Karthikeyan5
18(NLD) Christijan Albers4
19(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa4
20(AUT) Christian Klien4
21(AUT) Patrick Friesacher3
22(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Renault89
2McLaren-Mercedes71
3Ferrari69
4Toyota53
5Williams-BMW47
6Red Bull-Cosworth22
7Sauber-Petronas13
8Jordan-Toyota11
9Minardi-Cosworth7
10BAR-Honda5

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
150th for Giancarlo Fisichella (23rd driver to start 150 races, 4th Italian driver)
Wins
6th for Fernando Alonso (4th driver to win the French Grand Prix for Renault)
23rd for Renault
Podiums
141st for Michael Schumacher
23rd for Kimi Raikkonen
15th for Fernando Alonso
561st for Ferrari
373rd for McLaren
60th for Renault (9th constructor to score 60 podiums)
Poles
6th for Fernando Alonso
40th for Renault (5th constructor to take 40 pole positions)
Fastest laps
9th for Kimi Raikkonen
118th for McLaren
Front row starts
9th for Jarno Trulli (last until 2008)
8th for Fernando Alonso
Pole & win
4th for Fernando Alonso