2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose

March 2026 February 2025 United States San Jose San Jose, California street circuit track map--2005.svg San Jose Track Layout July 31 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose 8 13 Champ Car Streets of San JoseSan Jose, California, United States Temporary Street Course 1.448 2.330 93 134.664 216.690 Partly Cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 84 F C; wind speeds reaching up to 10.1 mph km/h http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/CA/San%20Jose/2005-07-31 Weather information for the 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose The Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-10-13 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 54.243 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 55.083 90 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing France Paul Tracy Forsythe Championship Racing Canada Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing Spain The 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose was the eighth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 31, 2005 on the streets of San Jose, California. Sébastien Bourdais swept both the pole and the race win. The race was notable for the large bump on the main straight where a light rail track crossed the course, the bump being large enough to cause the cars to catch air. Qualifying results Because of circuit construction issues on Friday, the Qualification 1 session was canceled. Only times from Saturday's Qualification 2 session were used to set the grid for the race. Pos Nat Name Team Time 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 54.243 2 Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 54.305 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 54.570 4 US A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 54.604 5 Mexico Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 54.654 6 France Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 54.878 7 Germany Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 54.895 8 Sweden Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 55.054 9 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 55.093 10 US Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 55.414 11 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 55.434 12 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín HVM Racing 55.449 13 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 55.773 14 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 55.972 15 USA Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 56.019 16 Denmark Ronnie Bremer Dale Coyne Racing 56.452 17 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 56.616 18 Australia Marcus Marshall Team Australia 57.687 Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 93 1:45:42.889 1 34 2 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 93 +3.724 secs 3 27 3 2 Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 93 +10.383 secs 2 25 4 9 UK Justin Wilson RuSPORT 93 +11.323 secs 9 23 5 7 Mexico Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 93 +11.917 secs 5 21 6 8 Germany Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 93 +15.260 secs 7 19 7 19 Denmark Ronnie Bremer Dale Coyne Racing 93 +16.391 secs 16 19 8 4 Sweden Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 93 +19.443 secs 8 16 9 15 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 89 + 4 Laps 17 13 10 21 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 77 Contact 13 11 11 12 US Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 60 Suspension 10 10 12 5 Australia Marcus Marshall Team Australia 52 Mechanical 18 9 13 55 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín HVM Racing 40 Contact 12 8 14 31 US Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 36 Suspension 15 7 15 34 France Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 20 Oil pressure 6 6 16 27 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 13 Contact 11 5 17 10 US A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 12 Contact 4 4 18 11 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 0 Contact 14 3 Caution flags Laps Cause2-5 Sperafico (11) contact26-33 Debris58-65 Hunter-Reay (31) stopped on course66 Yellow restart78-83 da Matta (21) contact Notes Laps Leader1-28 Sébastien Bourdais29-47 Ronnie Bremer48-60 Sébastien Bourdais61-71 Björn Wirdheim72-93 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledSébastien Bourdais 63Ronnie Bremer 19Björn Wirdheim 11 New Track Record Sébastien Bourdais 54.243 (Qualification Session) New Race Lap Record Sébastien Bourdais 55.083 New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:45:42.889 Average Speed 76.431 mph Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 10px 1 France Sébastien Bourdais 216 10px 2 Canada Paul Tracy 188 10px 3 UK Justin Wilson 175 10px 4 Spain Oriol Servià 160 10px 5 US A. J. Allmendinger 126 Note: Only the top five positions are included. References External links Full Weekend Times & Results Qualifying Results https://web.archive.org/web/20180719084232/https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-san-jose-qualifying-times/ July 19, 2018 Race Box Score Rail line jump video 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose 2005 2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton 2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver First Event 2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose 37 19 41 N 121 53 26 W region:US-CA_type:event title Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix San Jose Category:Sports in San Jose, California