2005 San Marino Grand Prix

2005 San Marino Grand Prix
Race 4 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date April 24, 2005
Official name Formula 1 Gran Premio Foster's di San Marino 2005
Location Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 4.933 km (3.065 miles)
Distance 62 laps, 305.609 km (189.897 miles)
Weather Warm and cloudy
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Mercedes
Time 2:42.880 (aggregate)
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time 1:21.858 on lap 48
Podium
First Renault
Second Ferrari
Third McLaren-Mercedes
Lap leaders
Alonso and Schumacher battle for the lead in the closing stages of the race.

The 2005 San Marino Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio Foster's di San Marino 2005) was a Formula One motor race held on 24 April 2005 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy. The 62-lap race was the fourth round of the 2005 Formula One season, and the 25th running of the San Marino Grand Prix.

The race was won by Renault driver Fernando Alonso, who extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship after his third win and fourth podium from four races. Michael Schumacher finished the race in second position for the Ferrari team, only two-tenths of a second behind Alonso having challenged him for the win late into the race. BAR driver Jenson Button crossed the line in third place, but his team were subsequently disqualified for underweight cars; third place was then awarded to McLaren driver Alexander Wurz.

Pole position was taken by McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen, using the aggregate system which was in the rules at the start of the 2005 season. He led the race from the start until his retirement on lap 9 due to a driveshaft failure. Alonso took the lead and kept it except during the pit stop phases when it was held by Button, and later Schumacher when he overtook Button.

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 No Driver
McLaren-Mercedes 35 Spain Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber-Petronas -
Red Bull-Cosworth 37 Austria Christian Klien
Toyota 38 Brazil Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota 39 Monaco Robert Doornbos
Minardi-Cosworth -

Report

Background

Vitantonio Liuzzi replaced Christian Klien in the second Red Bull car, for this and the next three races; after unanimous agreement between the teams, Klien was allowed to race car #37 for Red Bull in the Friday practice sessions. Alexander Wurz drove the second McLaren-Mercedes car, in place of the injured Juan Pablo Montoya. During the first qualifying session on Saturday, Red Bull announced that they would use Ferrari engines for two years, beginning from the 2006 season.

Race

Räikkönen led from pole, pulling out a gap of several seconds, before his McLaren retired on lap nine with driveshaft problems. Alonso took over the lead, and was unchallenged until lap 50, when Michael Schumacher emerged from the pits just behind him. Schumacher had started 13th, and had been unable to pass Jarno Trulli for 20 laps, until the Italian pitted allowing Schumacher to increase his pace. After pitting himself, he emerged in third place ahead of Trulli and started to catch race leader Alonso. He caught up with second place driver Jenson Button and overtook him, overturning a 20-second gap in 13 laps. After the second round of pit-stops he emerged from the pits seconds behind Alonso. The next 12 laps saw the two battle for the lead but Schumacher was unable to overtake Alonso who took the race victory. Third was Button, followed by Wurz's McLaren, Takuma Sato, Jacques Villeneuve, Trulli and Ralf Schumacher. Ralf was later given a 25-second penalty as he was released into the path of Nick Heidfeld; this temporarily dropped him to 11th place.

Post-race

During checks after the race it was found that Button's car had been under the 600 kg minimum weight requirement when drained of fuel. The race stewards cleared Button, as they believed data provided by BAR-Honda was sufficient to prove that they had been operating inside the rules, but the FIA appealed sending them to court. They were found guilty, but the FIA's preferred penalty of having the team disqualified from the championship for the year was not carried through, and they were given a two-race ban, starting from the next round in Spain. In addition, Button's teammate Sato, who had finished 5th on the track, was disqualified from the race despite his car not being found to be underweight. Wurz was thus promoted to third, followed by Villeneuve, Trulli, Heidfeld, Mark Webber and Liuzzi.

Fernando Alonso, Michael Schumacher and Jenson Button celebrate on the podium. Button was later disqualified from the race along with BAR team-mate Takuma Sato.

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying times from both Saturday and Sunday morning.

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Total Gap Grid
1 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:19.886 1:22.994 2:42.880 1
2 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 1:19.889 1:23.552 2:43.441 +0.561 2
3 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:20.464 1:23.641 2:44.105 +1.225 3
4 7 Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:20.442 1:24.069 2:44.511 +1.631 4
5 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:20.492 1:24.026 2:44.518 +1.638 5
6 4 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:20.851 1:23.807 2:44.658 +1.778 6
7 10 Austria Alexander Wurz McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.632 1:24.057 2:44.689 +1.809 7
8 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:20.593 1:24.337 2:44.930 +2.050 181
9 8 Germany Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 1:20.807 1:24.389 2:45.196 +2.316 8
10 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:20.892 1:24.351 2:45.240 +2.363 9
11 17 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:20.994 1:24.422 2:45.416 +2.536 10
12 11 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:20.999 1:25.260 2:46.259 +3.379 11
13 6 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:21.708 1:25.002 2:46.710 +3.830 12
14 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:20.260 1:26.984 2:47.244 +4.364 13
15 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:21.632 1:26.438 2:48.070 +5.190 14
16 15 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull-Cosworth 1:21.804 1:26.351 2:48.155 +5.275 15
17 19 India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:23.123 1:28.976 2:52.099 +9.219 16
18 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:25.100 1:29.152 2:54.252 +11.372 17
19 20 Austria Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 1:26.484 1:30.564 2:57.048 +14.168 191
20 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:25.921 No time No time 201
Sources:
Notes
  • ^1 – Felipe Massa, Patrick Friesacher and Christijan Albers received a 10-place grid penalty for engine changes.

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault M 62 1:27:41.921 2 10
2 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 62 +0.215 13 8
3 10 Austria Alexander Wurz McLaren-Mercedes M 62 +27.554 7 6
4 11 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas M 62 +1:04.442 11 5
5 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota M 62 +1:10.258 5 4
6 8 Germany Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW M 62 +1:11.282 8 3
7 7 Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW M 62 +1:23.297 4 2
8 15 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull-Cosworth M 62 +1:23.764 15 1
9 17 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota M 62 +1:35.8412 10  
10 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas M 61 +1 Lap 18
11 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth M 61 +1 Lap 14
12 19 India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota B 61 +1 Lap 16
13 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota B 60 +2 Laps 17
Ret 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth B 20 Hydraulics 20
Ret 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 18 Electrical 9
Ret 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 9 Driveshaft 1
Ret 20 Austria Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth B 8 Clutch 19
Ret 6 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault M 5 Accident 12
DSQ 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda M 62 Fuel (+10.481)3 3
DSQ 4 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda M 62 Fuel (+34.783)3 6
Sources:
Notes
  • ^2 – Post-race, Ralf Schumacher was penalised 25 seconds for being released unsafely into the path of Nick Heidfeld from his second pitstop; Toyota withdrew their initial appeal before the hearing.
  • ^3 – Also post-race, Jenson Button's car was found to be 4.99 kg (11 lb) underweight; stewards initially accepted BAR's explanation as a fuel system anomaly on April 25. However, on May 5, an FIA court of appeal disqualified both BAR cars and banned them from the next two races for "highly regrettable negligence and lack of transparency", noting that BAR's fuel system effectively "used fuel as ballast", illegal under current Formula One regulations.

Championship standings after the race

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

44°20′38″N 11°43′00″E / 44.34389°N 11.71667°E / 44.34389; 11.71667


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