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2005 Japanese Grand Prix

Date
Winner
Pole position
Fastest lap
CircuitSuzuka, 53 laps
Round18 of 19
Race numbers

The 2005 Japanese Grand Prix was the:

  • 749th World Championship race
  • 21st World Championship Japanese Grand Prix
  • 19th World Championship race at Suzuka
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Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+16(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes531hr 29m 02.212s10
2+1(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault53+1.633s8
3+13(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault53+17.456s6
4+3(AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-BMW53+22.274s5
5-3(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda53+29.507s4
6 (GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Cosworth53+31.601s3
7+7(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari53+33.879s2
8-7(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota53+49.548s1
9-5(AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Cosworth53+51.925s 
10 (BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas53+57.509s 
11-2(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari53+1m 00.633s 
12-4(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveSauber-Petronas53+1m 23.221s (25.000s) 
DQ (JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda52+1 lap 
13+7(PRT) Tiago MonteiroJordan-Toyota52+1 lap 
14+1(NLD) Robert DoornbosMinardi-Cosworth51+2 laps 
15-4(IND) Narain KarthikeyanJordan-Toyota51+2 laps 
16-3(NLD) Christijan AlbersMinardi-Cosworth49+4 laps 
R (BRA) Antonio PizzoniaWilliams-BMW9DNF 
R (ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota9DNF 
R (COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes0DNF 

Notes

  • Jacques Villeneuve received a 25-second time penalty for forcing Juan Pablo Montoya off track. He originally finished P11.
  • Takuma Sato was disqualified post-race for causing a collision with Jarno Trulli.

Starting grid

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

Notes

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
1(DEU) Ralf SchumacherToyota1:46.106 
2(GBR) Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:46.1410.035
3(ITA) Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:46.2760.170
4(AUT) Christian KlienRed Bull-Cosworth1:46.4640.358
5(JPN) Takuma SatoBAR-Honda1:46.8410.735
6(GBR) David CoulthardRed Bull-Cosworth1:46.8920.786
7(AUS) Mark WebberWilliams-BMW1:47.2331.127
8(CAN) Jacques VilleneuveSauber-Petronas1:47.4401.334
9(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:48.2482.142
10(BRA) Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas1:48.2782.172
11(IND) Narain KarthikeyanJordan-Toyota1:48.7182.612
12(BRA) Antonio PizzoniaWilliams-BMW1:48.8982.792
13(NLD) Christijan AlbersMinardi-Cosworth1:50.8434.737
14(DEU) Michael SchumacherFerrari1:52.6766.570
15(NLD) Robert DoornbosMinardi-Cosworth1:52.8946.788
16(ESP) Fernando AlonsoRenault1:54.6678.561
17(FIN) Kimi RaikkonenMcLaren-Mercedes2:02.30916.203
18(COL) Juan Pablo MontoyaMcLaren-Mercedes– 
19(ITA) Jarno TrulliToyota– 
20(PRT) Tiago MonteiroJordan-Toyota– 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(ESP) Pedro de la RosaMcLaren-Mercedes
(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziRed Bull-Cosworth
(JPN) Sakon YamamotoJordan-Toyota
(BRA) Ricardo ZontaToyota

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ESP) Fernando Alonso123
2(FIN) Kimi Raikkonen104
3(DEU) Michael Schumacher62
4(COL) Juan Pablo Montoya60
5(ITA) Giancarlo Fisichella53
6(ITA) Jarno Trulli43
7(DEU) Ralf Schumacher39
8(BRA) Rubens Barrichello38
9(GBR) Jenson Button36
10(AUS) Mark Webber34
11(DEU) Nick Heidfeld28
12(GBR) David Coulthard24
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
1Renault176
2McLaren-Mercedes174
3Ferrari100
4Toyota82
5Williams-BMW64
6BAR-Honda37
7Red Bull-Cosworth30
8Sauber-Petronas17
9Jordan-Toyota12
10Minardi-Cosworth7

Stats & milestones

Milestone race start
150th for Jacques Villeneuve (24th driver to start 150 races, 1st Canadian driver)
50th for Takuma Sato (109th driver to start 50 races, 4th Japanese driver)
Wins
9th for Kimi Raikkonen (last win until 2007; last for McLaren)
148th for McLaren
Podiums
29th for Kimi Raikkonen
22nd for Fernando Alonso
13th for Giancarlo Fisichella
384th for McLaren
68th & 69th for Renault
Poles
6th and last for Ralf Schumacher (only pole for Toyota)
2nd for Toyota (last until 2009)
Fastest laps
15th for Kimi Raikkonen
125th for McLaren
Front row starts
19th and last for Ralf Schumacher (only front row start for Toyota)
7th for Jenson Button (last for BAR)
Win & fastest lap
4th for Kimi Raikkonen (last until 2007; last for McLaren)