2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver

March 2026 February 2025 United States Denver Circuito Callejero Pepsi Center Ciudad de Denver, Colorado.png August 14 2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver presented by PacifiCare 9 13 Champ Car Streets of DenverDenver, Colorado, United States Temporary Street Course 1.647 2.651 97 159.759 257.147 Mostly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 69.1 F C; wind speeds approaching 21 mph km/hhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/CO/Denver/2005-08-14 2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver weather information Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-10-26 Paul Tracy Forsythe Championship Racing 59.432 Canada Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:00.574 81 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing France Mario Domínguez Forsythe Championship Racing Mexico A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT USA The 2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver was the ninth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 14, 2005 on the streets of Denver, Colorado near the Pepsi Center. Paul Tracy sat on the pole and Sébastien Bourdais won the race. Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 59.759 59.432 59.432 2 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:00.347 59.541 59.541 3 Mexico Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 1:00.213 59.644 59.644 4 US A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 1:00.612 59.938 59.938 5 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1:00.697 59.962 59.962 6 US Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 1:01.389 59.995 59.995 7 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 1:01.257 1:00.156 1:00.156 8 Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 1:01.043 1:00.331 1:00.331 9 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 1:01.214 1:00.493 1:00.493 10 Germany Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 1:00.957 1:00.529 1:00.529 11 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:02.235 1:00.704 1:00.704 12 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.745 1:00.732 1:00.732 13 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín HVM Racing 1:01.029 1:00.766 1:00.766 14 Sweden Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 1:00.980 1:00.863 1:00.863 15 France Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:01.434 1:00.915 1:00.915 16 Denmark Ronnie Bremer Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.630 1:01.093 1:01.093 17 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 1:01.342 1:01.438 1:01.342 18 Australia Marcus Marshall Team Australia 1:02.651 1:02.064 1:02.064 Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 97 1:49:45.135 2 33 2 7 Mexico Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 97 +15.269 secs 3 27 3 10 US A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 97 +17.207 secs 4 25 4 2 Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 97 +35.775 secs 8 23 5 55 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín HVM Racing 97 +37.629 secs 13 21 6 31 US Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 97 +43.237 secs 17 20 7 19 Denmark Ronnie Bremer Dale Coyne Racing 97 +47.487 secs 16 17 8 11 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 97 +52.470 secs 12 15 9 34 France Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 97 +1:02.902 15 13 10 27 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 96 + 1 Lap 11 11 11 4 Sweden Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 96 + 1 Lap 14 10 12 5 Australia Marcus Marshall Team Australia 94 + 3 Laps 18 9 13 8 Germany Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 88 Gearbox 10 8 14 15 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 82 + 15 Laps 7 7 15 12 US Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 65 In pits 6 6 16 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 62 Contact 1 8 17 9 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 0 Contact 5 4 18 21 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 0 Contact 9 3 Caution flags Laps Cause1-5 da Matta (21), Wilson (9), Tagliani (15) & Vasser (12) contact63-69 Tracy (3) contact Notes Laps Leader1-39 Paul Tracy40-42 Sébastien Bourdais43-62 Paul Tracy63-97 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledPaul Tracy 59Sébastien Bourdais 38 New Track Record Paul Tracy 59.432 (Qualification Session #2) New Race Lap Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:00.574 New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:49:45.135 Average Speed 87.868 mph Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 France Sébastien Bourdais 249 10px 2 Canada Paul Tracy 196 10px 1 3 Spain Oriol Servià 183 10px 1 4 UK Justin Wilson 179 10px 1 5 Mexico Mario Domínguez 152 Note: Only the top five positions are included. References External links Full Weekend Times & Results Friday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20180727145531/https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-denver-friday-qualifying-times-1/ July 27, 2018 Saturday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20180727115232/https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-denver-saturday-qualifying-times-1/ July 27, 2018 Race Box Score 2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver 2005 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose 2005 Molson Indy Montreal 2004 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver 2006 Grand Prix of Denver 39 44 48 N 105 0 23 W region:US-CO_type:event title Denver Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver Category:Grand Prix of Denver