2005 Japanese Grand Prix

F1 Japan Japanese 2005 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix 2005 Chinese Grand Prix 9 October 2005 Suzuka circuit map--2005.svg 18 19 Suzuka International Racing Course, Suzuka, Mie, Japan Permanent racing facility 3.608 5.807 53 191.117 307.573 Partially cloudy and dry with temperatures reaching up to 25 C FWeather info for the 2005 Japanese Grand Prix at Weather Underground 320,000https://www.fia.com/sites/default/files/2022_japanesegp_mediakit_english.pdf Formula 1 Honda Japanese Grand Prix 2022 – Media Kit Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile 5 October 2022 5 October 2022 Ralf Schumacher Germany Toyota 1:46.106 Kimi Räikkönen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 1:31.540 44 Kimi Räikkönen Finland McLaren-Mercedes Giancarlo Fisichella Italy Renault Fernando Alonso Spain Renault JPN The 2005 Japanese Grand Prix (officially known as the 2005 Formula One Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One race which was held at Suzuka International Racing Course on 9 October 2005. It was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 2005 Formula One World Championship, the thirty-first running of the Japanese Grand Prix and nineteenth to be held at Suzuka. Kimi Räikkönen won the race after starting from seventeenth, overtaking long-time race leader Giancarlo Fisichella on the final lap to win a race that saw many overtaking manoeuvres. Fisichella's teammate Fernando Alonso completed the podium, having come through from sixteenth, including an overtake on Michael Schumacher around the outside of 130R corner.Raikkonen steals Japanese GP win retrieved from BBC Sport, 9 October 2005 The race marked Ralf Schumacher's sixth and final pole position in Formula One.Ralf charges to Japanese GP pole retrieved from BBC Sport, 8 October 2005 This was also Räikkönen's last win until the 2007 Australian Grand Prix, his last win for McLaren, the team's last win until the 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix, and the last win for a driver that started lower on the grid until Max Verstappen at the 2024 São Paulo Grand Prix. Background Fernando Alonso was crowned world champion at the previous round in Brazil, but the battle for the Constructors' Championship between McLaren-Mercedes and Renault continued at the penultimate round, with McLaren leading by two points.Alonso clinches Formula One title retrieved from BBC Sport, 25 September 2005 At a press conference before the Japanese Grand Prix, Honda announced the acquisition of all shares in BAR.https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/honda-acquires-100-of-bar-5326930/5326930/ Honda Acquires 100% of BAR Autosport.com 14 December 2023 Toyota decided to bring the renewed TF105B to the last two races of the season. Antônio Pizzonia, who had driven for Williams in the three previous Grands Prix, was confirmed as a replacement for the injured Nick Heidfeld for the last two races of the season as well.Pizzonia confirmed for Japan and China http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2005/9/3658.html Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 14 December 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20071025045244/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2005/9/3658.html 25 October 2007 One option to replace Heidfeld in the last two races was test driver Nico Rosberg, but the team decided against this as Rosberg had not previously driven at the two circuits.https://www.autosport.com/f1/news/pizzonia-to-race-for-the-rest-of-the-season-5326796/5326796/ Pizzonia to Race for the Rest of the Season Autosport.com 14 December 2023 Practice Teams that finished fifth or lower in the 2004 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers participated on Friday, but did not compete in qualifying or the race. Of the six teams, only four had third drivers at Suzuka: McLaren (Pedro de la Rosa), Red Bull (Vitantonio Liuzzi), Toyota (Ricardo Zonta) and Jordan (Sakon Yamamoto). Pedro de la Rosa was fastest in first free practice, completing 23 laps and finished more than half a second ahead of Ricardo Zonta, who was more than a second faster than Michael Schumacher in FP2.PRACTICE 1 retrieved from Formula One, 7 October 2005PRACTICE 2 retrieved from Formula One, 7 October 2005 The weather took a turn for the worse on Saturday and had an effect on the amount of running in the final two practice sessions. Michael Schumacher ended up top of the timesheets in FP3, over two seconds quicker than Kimi Räikkönen, with Giancarlo Fisichella clocking the fastest time in final practice, edging out Narain Karthikeyan by 0.014s.PRACTICE 3 retrieved from Formula One, 8 October 2005PRACTICE 4 retrieved from Formula One, 8 October 2005 Qualifying Qualifying was held on a wet track, with conditions later deteriorating, forcing some of the usual front runners to qualify near the back of the grid. Ralf Schumacher qualified on pole, edging out Jenson Button by 0.035s. Fisichella was third, with home favourite Takuma Sato in fifth. The end of qualifying saw the top finishers from the last race attempt to set a lap time. But by this point the conditions had worsened and Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Räikkönen and Juan Pablo Montoya all qualifying in fourteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth places respectively. Montoya did not set a lap time. Jarno Trulli and Tiago Monteiro also failed to set a time. Qualifying classification Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap Grid117GER Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:46.106—123GBR Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:46.141+0.035236ITA Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:46.276+0.1703415AUT Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 1:46.464+0.358454JPN Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:46.841+0.7355614GBR David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:46.892+0.786677AUS Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:47.233+1.1277811CAN Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:47.440+1.334892BRA Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:48.248+2.14291012BRA Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:48.278+2.172101119IND Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:48.718+2.61211128BRA Antonio Pizzonia Williams-BMW 1:48.898+2.792121321NED Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:50.843+4.73713141GER Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:52.676+6.570141520MON Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth 1:52.894+6.78815165ESP Fernando Alonso Renault 1:54.667+8.56116179FIN Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 2:02.309+16.203171 11810COL Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes No time2 2181916ITA Jarno Trulli Toyota No time3 3192018POR Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota No time4 420Source:QUALIFYING https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2005/races/788/japan/qualifying-0.html Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20130824053940/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2005/749/6248/ 24 August 2013 Notes 1 1 – Kimi Räikkönen received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change. 2 2 – Juan Pablo Montoya did not complete the timed lap. 3 3 – Jarno Trulli spun on a timed lap in turn nine. 4 4 – Tiago Monteiro spun out in turn nine on the out lap. Race Ralf Schumacher maintained the lead off the start, while Giancarlo Fisichella jumped Jenson Button and Red Bull's David Coulthard moved from sixth to eighth. But local hero Sato ran wide into the gravel at turn one and his right-front tyre was sideswiped by Rubens Barrichello. Both continued, but the left rear of Barrichello's Ferrari was punctured, leading to a pit stop at the end of lap one. Alonso made a flying start and was up to seventh by the time the field was completing the first lap. Raikkonen went straight on at the Casio Triangle chicane, before teammate Juan Pablo Montoya crashed heavily while coming onto the pit straight after trying to drive around the Sauber of Jacques Villeneuve, but the Canadian squeezed him and onto the gravel, making the Colombian the first retirement of the afternoon and severely damaging McLaren's Constructors' Championship hopes. The accident resulted in the safety car being deployed. On lap 10, Sato attempted to overtake Trulli into the chicane, but never looked like pulling the move off and the resulting contact forced Trulli into retirement. Ralf was the first of the leaders to pit, coming in for the first of three stops at the end of lap 13. This counted him out of the running for the race victory, with Fisichella assuming the lead. On lap 19, Alonso pulled off one of the most audacious overtaking manoeuvres with a pass around the outside of Michael Schumacher at the infamous 130R corner. Raikkonen had a sniff of passing the seven-time world champion into the very next turn, the Casio Triangle, but had to settle in behind the Ferrari. Alonso stopped first of the trio, but because he pitted for fuel before Michael and Raikkonen, he came back out behind the duo, with Raikkonen passing Michael on the pit straight on lap 29. On lap 32, Michael went deep into the chicane, giving Alonso the opportunity to pass again, which he did down the pit straight and swept into turn one ahead of the German. Raikkonen made his final stop on lap 45, handing the lead back to Fisichella. But as he emerged from the pits, Raikkonen was about to go on a thrilling charge. Alonso had closed up to the back of the Williams-BMW of Mark Webber by the end of lap 49 and despite being forced onto the grass, the world champion was able to complete the overtake on the Australian and took third place. Raikkonen took 1.3 seconds out of Fisichella's lead on lap 49 and was now right on the rear-wing of the Italian. Raikkonen lined up the overtake going into the chicane, but Fisichella went defensive, leaving him vulnerable to an attack from Raikkonen, who was given all the motivation he needed to slingshot past the Renault into turn one to complete a brilliant recovery drive for his seventh win of the season. Post-race Jacques Villeneuve had 25 seconds added to his race time for causing Juan Pablo Montoya to crash out on the first lap, while Takuma Sato was disqualified from the final classification for his lap 10 collision with Jarno Trulli which caused the Italian to retire from the race. Race classification Pos. PositionNo. Car numberDriverConstructorTyreLaps Laps completedTime/RetiredGrid Final grid positionPoints19 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes Michelin53 1:29:02.212 17 1026 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault Michelin53 +1.633 3 835 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault Michelin53 +17.456 16 647 Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW Michelin53 +22.274 7 553 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda Michelin53 +29.507 2 4614 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth Michelin53 +31.601 6 371 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari Bridgestone53 +33.879 14 2817 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota Michelin53 +49.548 1 1915 Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth Michelin53 +51.925 41012 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas Michelin53 +57.509 10112 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari Bridgestone53 +1:00.633 91211 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas Michelin53 +1:23.2216 6 81318 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota Bridgestone52 +1 Lap 201420 Monaco Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone51 +2 Laps 151519 India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota Bridgestone51 +2 Laps 111621 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth Bridgestone49 +4 Laps 13 Ret Retired8 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW Michelin9 Spun off 12 Ret Retired16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota Michelin9 Collision damage PL Pit lane5 5 Ret Retired10 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes Michelin0 Accident 18DSQ Disqualified4 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda Michelin52 Caused collision with Trulli7 7 5Sources:2005 FORMULA 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix – Race http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2005/749/ Formula1.com Formula1.com Limited 27 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150117160154/http://www.formula1.com/results/season/2005/749/ 17 January 2015https://gparchive.com/formula-1/2005-japanese-grand-prix/ 2005 Japanese Grand Prix – Race Results & History – GP Archive GPArchive.com 9 October 2005 8 January 2023 Notes 5 5 – Jarno Trulli started from the pit lane. 6 6 – Jacques Villeneuve was handed a 25-second time penalty for his collision with Juan Pablo Montoya. 7 7 – Takuma Sato finished thirteenth but was disqualified from the final classification for his collision with Jarno Trulli. Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos. PositionDriverPoints10px|alt=Unchanged1ESP Fernando Alonso12310px|alt=Unchanged2FIN Kimi Räikkönen10410px 13GER Michael Schumacher6210px 14COL Juan Pablo Montoya6010px|alt=Unchanged5ITA Giancarlo Fisichella53Source:https://www.statsf1.com/en/2005/japon/championnat.aspx Japan 2005 – Championship • STATS F1 www.statsf1.com 18 March 2019 Constructors' Championship standings Pos. Position Constructor Points10px 11FRA Renault17610px 12GBR McLaren-Mercedes17410px|alt=Unchanged3ITA Ferrari10010px|alt=Unchanged4JPN Toyota8210px|alt=Unchanged5GBR Williams-BMW64Source: Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Japanese Grand Prix 2005 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix 2005 Chinese Grand Prix 2004 Japanese Grand Prix 2006 Japanese Grand Prix 34 50 35 N 136 32 26 E source:kolossus-nowiki title Japanese Grand Prix Category:Japanese Grand Prix Grand Prix Japanese Grand Prix