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2005 Grand Prix of Cleveland
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United States Cleveland Cleveland Street Course at Burke Lakefront Airport.svg Burke Lakefront Airport Track Layout June 26 2005 Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by U.S. Bank 5 13 Champ Car Burke Lakefront AirportCleveland, Ohio, United States Temporary Airport Course 2.106 3.389 91 191.646 308.399 Hazy with temperatures reaching up to 90 F C; wind speeds reaching up to 8 mph km/h http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/OH/Cleveland/2005-06-26 Weather information for the 2005 Grand Prix of Cleveland The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-10-13 Paul Tracy Forsythe Championship Racing 57.419 Canada Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 58.616 90 Spain Paul Tracy Forsythe Championship Racing Canada A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT USA Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing Spain
The 2005 Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland was the fifth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 26, 2005 at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. Due to the controversy at the 2005 United States Grand Prix held at Indianapolis a week earlier, any fan who had a ticket to the 2005 United States GP was granted free admission to this race. Paul Tracy swept both the pole and the race win, his second victory of the season.
Qualifying results
Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 58.440 57.419 57.419 2 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 58.436 57.424 57.424 3 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 58.576 57.559 57.559 4 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 59.581 57.801 57.801 5 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 58.705 57.836 57.836 6 Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 58.920 57.917 57.917 7 Mexico Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 58.546 57.942 57.942 8 US Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 58.835 58.029 58.029 9 US A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 59.158 58.126 58.126 10 Brazil Tarso Marques Dale Coyne Racing 59.819 58.335 58.335 11 Germany Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 59.346 58.385 58.385 12 Denmark Ronnie Bremer HVM Racing 59.435 58.471 58.471 13 Sweden Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 59.970 58.493 58.493 14 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 59.395 58.693 58.693 15 France Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 59.789 58.844 58.844 16 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 58.986 1:10.166 58.986 17 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 1:00.390 59.128 59.128 18 Australia Marcus Marshall Team Australia 1:01.135 59.200 59.200
Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 91 1:45:43.856 1 33 2 10 US A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 91 +3.113 secs 9 28 3 2 Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 91 +3.914 secs 6 26 4 15 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 91 +10.185 secs 5 24 5 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 91 +13.262 secs 3 21 6 12 US Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 91 +20.361 secs 8 19 7 9 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 91 +23.489 secs 16 18 8 27 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 91 +25.212 secs 4 15 9 11 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 91 +31.736 secs 17 13 10 8 Germany Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 91 +47.725 secs 11 11 11 19 Brazil Tarso Marques Dale Coyne Racing 90 + 1 Lap 10 10 12 5 Australia Marcus Marshall Team Australia 89 + 2 Laps 18 9 13 34 France Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 89 + 2 Laps 15 8 14 55 Denmark Ronnie Bremer HVM Racing 80 Engine 12 7 15 4 Sweden Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 51 Contact 13 6 16 21 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 50 Contact 2 7 17 7 Mexico Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 38 Contact 7 4 18 31 US Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 1 Contact 14 3
Caution flags
Laps Cause1-3 Wirdheim (4) & Hunter-Reay (31) contact26-33 Domínguez (7) & Wilson (9) contact36-37 Debris54-59 Wirdheim (4) contact
Notes
Laps Leader1-29 Paul Tracy30-50 Cristiano da Matta51-56 Paul Tracy57-75 A. J. Allmendinger76-80 Paul Tracy81-85 Alex Tagliani86-91 Paul Tracy Driver Laps ledPaul Tracy 46Cristiano da Matta 21A. J. Allmendinger 19Alex Tagliani 5
New Race Record Paul Tracy 1:45:43.856
Average Speed 108.755 mph
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 Canada Paul Tracy 128 10px 1 2 France Sébastien Bourdais 127 10px 1 3 US A. J. Allmendinger 102 10px 1 4 UK Justin Wilson 95 10px 2 5 US Jimmy Vasser 82
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
External links
Full Weekend Times & Results
Friday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20180628124824/https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-cleveland-friday-qualifying-times-1/ June 28, 2018
Saturday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20180628100625/https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-cleveland-saturday-qualifying-times/ June 28, 2018
Race Box Score
2005 Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland 2005 2005 G.I. Joe's Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland 2005 Molson Indy Toronto 2004 U.S. Bank Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland 2006 Grand Prix of Cleveland
41 31 2.3 N 81 40 58.5 W region:US-OH_type:event title
Cleveland
Cleveland Grand Prix
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