2005 Italian Grand Prix

2005 Italian Grand Prix
Race 15 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 4 September 2005
Official name Formula 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2005
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Monza, Lombardy, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.793 km (3.600 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 306.720 km (190.779 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:21.054
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:21.504 on lap 51
Podium
First McLaren-Mercedes
Second Renault
Third Renault
Lap leaders

The 2005 Italian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2005) was a Formula One motor race held on 4 September 2005 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Italy. It was the fifteenth race of the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 53-lap race was won from pole position by Colombia's Juan Pablo Montoya, driving a McLaren-Mercedes, with Renault drivers Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella second and third respectively. Kimi Räikkönen was fourth, thus losing ground to Alonso at the top of the Drivers' Championship. Antônio Pizzonia scored his last world championship points at this race.

Friday drivers

The bottom 6 teams in the 2004 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.

Constructor Nat Driver
McLaren-Mercedes Spain Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber-Petronas -
Red Bull-Cosworth Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toyota Brazil Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota Denmark Nicolas Kiesa
Minardi-Cosworth Italy Enrico Toccacelo

Report

Kimi Räikkönen set the fastest time in qualifying in his McLaren-Mercedes, but received a 10-place grid penalty for changing his engine, demoting him to 11th on the grid and giving pole to teammate Juan Pablo Montoya.

Montoya led every lap, winning by 2.5 seconds from the Renault of Fernando Alonso, with Giancarlo Fisichella third in the other Renault. Räikkönen climbed through the field to finish fourth, ahead of Jarno Trulli, Ralf Schumacher, Antônio Pizzonia and Jenson Button. Räikkönen would have had a chance of winning with a one-stop strategy, but a deflated tyre forced him to make a second pit stop. Rubens Barrichello also had the same problem later in the day, and Montoya was lucky to finish in the lead, as his left rear tyre began to cut with several laps remaining.

Alonso extended his lead over Räikkönen in the Drivers' Championship to 27 points, 103 to 76, with Michael Schumacher third on 55 and Montoya fourth on 50. Mathematically, the championship was now a two-horse race between Alonso and Räikkönen. Renault retained an eight-point lead over McLaren-Mercedes in the Constructors' Championship, 144 to 136, Ferrari remaining in third on 86 and Toyota fourth on 78.

There were no retirements during the race, a feat that had not been achieved in Formula One with a full field since the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix, and would not be achieved again until the 2011 European Grand Prix. The 2005 United States Grand Prix is also considered to have had no retirements; however, only six cars started due to problems with the supply of Michelin tyres, which led to the mass withdrawal of all teams running on those tyres due to safety issues. Pizzonia replaced Nick Heidfeld for the rest of the season onwards.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap
1 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.878
2 10 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.054 +0.176
3 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.319 +0.441
4 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:21.369 +0.491
5 4 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:21.477 +0.599
6 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:21.640 +0.762
7 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.721 +0.843
8 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:21.962 +1.084
9 6 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:22.068 +1.190
10 17 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:22.266 +1.388
11 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:22.304 +1.426
12 11 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:22.356 +1.478
13 15 Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 1:22.532 +1.654
14 7 Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:22.560 +1.682
15 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:23.060 +2.182
16 8 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW 1:23.291 +2.413
17 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:24.666 +3.788
18 20 Monaco Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth 1:24.904 +4.026
19 19 India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:25.859 +4.981
20 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:26.964 +6.086
Source:
  • Note: Kimi Räikkönen had a 10-place grid penalty for this race, for an engine change.

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 10 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes M 53 1:14:28.659 1 10
2 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault M 53 + 2.479 2 8
3 6 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault M 53 + 17.975 8 6
4 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 53 + 22.775 11 5
5 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota M 53 + 33.786 5 4
6 17 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota M 53 + 43.925 9 3
7 8 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW M 53 + 44.643 16 2
8 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda M 53 + 1:03.635 3 1
9 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas M 53 + 1:15.413 15
10 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 53 + 1:36.070 6
11 11 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas M 52 + 1 Lap 12
12 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 52 + 1 Lap 7
13 15 Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth M 52 + 1 Lap 13
14 7 Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW M 52 + 1 Lap 14
15 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth M 52 + 1 Lap 10
16 4 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda M 52 + 1 Lap 4
17 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota B 51 + 2 Laps 17
18 20 Monaco Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth B 51 + 2 Laps 18
19 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth B 51 + 2 Laps 20
20 19 India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota B 50 + 3 Laps 19
Sources:

Championship standings after the race

  • Bold text and an asterisk indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

45°36′56″N 9°16′52″E / 45.61556°N 9.28111°E / 45.61556; 9.28111


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