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2005 Molson Indy Toronto
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Canada Toronto Toronto, Ontario street circuit track map.svg Exhibition Place track layout July 10 2005 Molson Indy Toronto 6 13 Champ Car Exhibition PlaceToronto, Ontario, Canada Temporary Street Course 1.755 2.824 86 150.930 242.864 Sunny with temperatures reaching up to 32 C F; with temperatures dropping slightly to 25.7 C F by the end of the eventhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/ON/Toronto/2005-07-10 2005 Molson Indy Toronto weather information Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-10-13 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 58.552 France Justin Wilson RuSPORT 59.940 79 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT UK Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing Spain Alex Tagliani Team Australia Canada
The 2005 Molson Indy Toronto was the sixth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 10, 2005 on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Sébastien Bourdais was the pole sitter and Justin Wilson won the race. It was the first American open wheel victory for the British driver. Sébastien Bourdais took the season points lead by finishing fifth and would end up keeping the points lead for the remainder of the season.
Qualifying results
Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 59.010 58.552 58.552 2 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 58.887 58.594 58.594 3 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 59.519 58.554 58.554 4 Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 1:00.013 58.795 58.795 5 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 59.248 58.821 58.821 6 Mexico Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 59.380 59.089 59.089 7 US Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 59.507 59.256 59.256 8 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 59.372 59.451 59.372 9 US A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 59.578 59.416 59.416 10 France Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:00.477 59.448 59.448 11 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:00.478 59.486 59.486 12 Sweden Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 1:00.402 59.705 59.705 13 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 1:00.687 59.961 59.961 14 Germany Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 1:01.992 1:00.189 1:00.189 15 Brazil Alex Sperafico HVM Racing 1:00.686 1:00.336 1:00.336 16 UK Ryan Dalziel Dale Coyne Racing 1:00.877 1:00.436 1:00.436 17 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 1:00.783 1:00.591 1:00.591 18 Australia Marcus Marshall Team Australia 1:01.015 1:00.613 1:00.613
Race
Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 86 1:46:10.177 3 33 2 2 Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 86 +0.730 secs* 4 28 3 15 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 86 +1.695 secs 5 25 4 12 US Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 86 +1.868 secs 7 23 5 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 86 +2.558 secs 1 23 6 31 US Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 86 +3.234 secs 17 20 7 8 Germany Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 86 +4.698 secs 14 17 8 55 Brazil Alex Sperafico HVM Racing 86 +5.377 secs 15 15 9 19 UK Ryan Dalziel Dale Coyne Racing 85 + 1 Lap 16 13 10 34 France Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 85 + 1 Lap 10 11 11 27 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 83 Shut off 11 10 12 10 US A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 80 Contact 9 9 13 7 Mexico Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 80 Contact 6 8 14 5 Australia Marcus Marshall Team Australia 65 Contact 18 7 15 4 Sweden Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 60 Contact 12 6 16 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 57 Out of fuel 2 7 17 21 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 56 Contact 8 4 18 11 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 55 Contact 13 3
* Race finished under caution.
Caution flags
Laps Cause57-61 da Matta (21) & R. Sperafico (11) contact62-65 Wirdheim (4) contact66-71 Marshall (5), Philippe (34) & Glock (8) contact81-86 Allmendinger (10) & Domínguez (7) contact; Ranger (27) stall
Notes
Laps Leader1-34 Sébastien Bourdais35-56 Paul Tracy57-76 Oriol Servià77-86 Justin Wilson Driver Laps ledSébastien Bourdais 34Paul Tracy 22Oriol Servià 20Justin Wilson 10
New Race Record Justin Wilson 1:46:10.177
Average Speed 85.296 mph
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points 10px 1 1 France Sébastien Bourdais 150 10px 1 2 Canada Paul Tracy 135 10px 1 3 UK Justin Wilson 128 10px 1 4 US A. J. Allmendinger 111 10px 2 5 Spain Oriol Servià 107
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
External links
Full Weekend Times & Results
Friday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20180705150828/https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-toronto-friday-qualifying-times-1/ July 5, 2018
Saturday Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20180705152058/https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-toronto-saturday-qualifying-times-1/ July 5, 2018
Race Box Score
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