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2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton
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Canada West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton Edmonton Grand Prix racing track.svg July 17 2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton 7 13 Champ Car Finning International SpeedwayEdmonton, Alberta, Canada Temporary Airport Course 1.973 3.175 88 173.624 279.400 Partly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 24 C Fhttps://www.almanac.com/weather/history/AB/Edmonton/2005-07-17 2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton weather information Old Farmers' Almanac 2018-09-03 A. J. Allmendinger USA RuSPORT 58.628 USA A. J. Allmendinger USA RuSPORT 59.900 51 USA Sébastien Bourdais France Newman/Haas Racing France Oriol Servià Spain Newman/Haas Racing Spain Paul Tracy Canada Forsythe Championship Racing Canada
The 2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton was the seventh round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents: the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 17, 2005, at Finning International Speedway, a temporary course laid out at Edmonton City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A. J. Allmendinger won the pole, the first of his career, and Sébastien Bourdais was the race winner.
Qualifying results
Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 US A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 58.628 1:01.070 58.628 2 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 58.954— 58.954 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 59.497 1:01.529 59.497 4 Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 59.592 1:08.689 59.592 5 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 59.769 9:08.142 59.769 6 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 59.782— 59.782 7 US Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 59.873— 59.873 8 Mexico Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 59.990 1:04.774 59.990 9 Germany Timo Glock (R) Rocketsports Racing 1:00.121 8:09.776 1:00.121 10 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:00.462 1:02.799 1:00.462 11 Sweden Björn Wirdheim (R) HVM Racing 1:00.569 9:11.405 1:00.569 12 France Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:00.777 1:04.065 1:00.777 13 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico (R) Dale Coyne Racing 1:00.884 1:03.512 1:00.884 14 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 1:00.916 1:03.593 1:00.916 15 Canada Andrew Ranger (R) Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:01.271 1:03.698 1:01.271 16 Denmark Ronnie Bremer (R) Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.349 1:02.184 1:01.349 17 Brazil Alex Sperafico HVM Racing 1:01.984 1:06.247 1:01.984 18 Australia Marcus Marshall (R) Team Australia 1:03.811 1:03.823 1:03.811
Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 88 1:38:55.730 10 32 2 2 Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 88 +0.596 secs 4 28 3 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 88 +1.335 secs 3 26 4 9 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 88 +1.615 secs 2 24 5 7 Mexico Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 88 +12.042 secs 8 21 6 19 Denmark Ronnie Bremer (R) Dale Coyne Racing 88 +12.397 secs 16 20 7 15 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 87 + 1 Lap 6 17 8 5 Australia Marcus Marshall (R) Team Australia 87 + 1 Lap 18 15 9 34 France Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 87 + 1 Lap 12 13 10 11 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico (R) Dale Coyne Racing 87 + 1 Lap 13 11 11 12 US Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 86 + 2 Laps 7 10 12 55 Brazil Alex Sperafico HVM Racing 86 + 2 Laps 17 9 13 8 Germany Timo Glock (R) Rocketsports Racing 83 Contact 9 8 14 10 US A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 80 Contact 1 11 15 4 Sweden Björn Wirdheim (R) HVM Racing 74 Contact 11 6 16 31 US Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 51 Out of fuel 14 5 17 21 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 7 Suspension 5 4 18 27 Canada Andrew Ranger (R) Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 3 Suspension 15 3
Caution flags
Laps Cause26-29 Vasser (12) off course30 Tracy (3) improper restart procedure76-79 Wirdheim (4) contact
Notes
Laps Leader1-18 A. J. Allmendinger19-48 Paul Tracy49-52 Justin Wilson53-57 A. J. Allmendinger58-59 Oriol Servià60-62 Sébastien Bourdais63-79 A. J. Allmendinger80-88 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledA. J. Allmendinger 40Paul Tracy 30Sébastien Bourdais 12Justin Wilson 4Oriol Servià 2
New Track Record A. J. Allmendinger 58.628 (Qualification Session #1)
New Race Lap Record A. J. Allmendinger 59.900
New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:38:55.730
Average Speed 105.302 mph
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points 10px 1 France Sébastien Bourdais 182 10px 2 Canada Paul Tracy 161 10px 3 UK Justin Wilson 152 10px 1 4 Spain Oriol Servià 135 10px 1 5 US A. J. Allmendinger 122
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
External links
Full Weekend Times & Results
Friday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20180712090749/https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-edmonton-friday-qualifying-times/ July 12, 2018
Saturday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20180712120653/https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-edmonton-saturday-qualifying-times/ July 12, 2018
Race Box Score
2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton 2005 2005 Molson Indy Toronto 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose First Event 2006 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton
53 34 32 N 113 31 22.5 W region:CA-AB_type:event title
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