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2005 Italian Grand Prix

The 2005 Italian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2005) was a Formula One motor race held on 4 September 2005 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Italy. It was the fifteenth race of the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship.

2005 Italian Grand Prix
Race 15 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 4 September 2005
Official name Formula 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2005[1]
Location Autodromo Nazionale di Monza
Monza, Lombardy, Italy
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.793 km (3.600 miles)
Distance 53 laps, 306.720 km (190.779 miles)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver
McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:21.054
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:21.504 on lap 51
Podium
First
McLaren-Mercedes
Second
Renault
Third
Renault
Lap leaders

The 53-lap race was won from pole position by Colombia's Juan Pablo Montoya, driving a McLaren-Mercedes, his second victory with the team and penultimate in Formula One, with Renault drivers Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella second and third respectively. Kimi Räikkönen was fourth, thus losing ground to Alonso at the top of the Drivers' Championship. Antônio Pizzonia scored his last world championship points at this race.

Friday drivers

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The bottom 6 teams in the 2004 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race.

Constructor Nat Driver
McLaren-Mercedes   Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber-Petronas -
Red Bull-Cosworth   Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toyota   Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota   Nicolas Kiesa
Minardi-Cosworth   Enrico Toccacelo

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Background

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Fernando Alonso led the drivers' championship with 24 points ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and 40 points ahead of Michael Schumacher. In the constructors' championship, Renault led McLaren-Mercedes by nine points and Ferrari by 44 points.

Practice

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Williams' Nick Heidfeld, suffering from headaches following an accident which occurred during the tests held on the circuit the previous week, replaced by Antônio Pizzonia starting from the first free practice on saturday.[2]

Qualifying

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Kimi Räikkönen set the fastest time in qualifying in his McLaren-Mercedes, but received a 10-place grid penalty for changing his engine, demoting him to 11th on the grid and giving pole to teammate Juan Pablo Montoya.

Race

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Montoya led every lap, winning by 2.5 seconds from the Renault of Fernando Alonso, with Giancarlo Fisichella third in the other Renault. Räikkönen climbed through the field to finish fourth, ahead of Jarno Trulli, Ralf Schumacher, Antônio Pizzonia and Jenson Button. Räikkönen would have had a chance of winning with a one-stop strategy, but a deflated tyre forced him to make a second pit stop. Rubens Barrichello also had the same problem later in the day, and Montoya was lucky to finish in the lead, as his left rear tyre began to cut with several laps remaining.

Alonso extended his lead over Räikkönen in the Drivers' Championship to 27 points, 103 to 76, with Michael Schumacher third on 55 and Montoya fourth on 50. Mathematically, the championship was now a two-horse race between Alonso and Räikkönen. Renault retained an eight-point lead over McLaren-Mercedes in the Constructors' Championship, 144 to 136, Ferrari remaining in third on 86 and Toyota fourth on 78.

There were no retirements during the race, a feat that had not been achieved in Formula One with a full field since the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix, and would not be achieved again until the 2011 European Grand Prix. The 2005 United States Grand Prix is also considered to have had no retirements; however, only six cars started due to problems with the supply of Michelin tyres, which led to the mass withdrawal of all teams running on those tyres due to safety issues.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap Grid
1 9   Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.878 — 111
2 10   Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.054 0.176 1
3 5   Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.319 0.441 2
4 3   Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:21.369 0.491 3
5 4   Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:21.477 0.599 4
6 16   Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:21.640 0.762 5
7 1   Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.721 0.843 6
8 2   Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:21.962 1.084 7
9 6   Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:22.068 1.190 8
10 17   Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:22.266 1.388 9
11 14   David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:22.304 1.426 10
12 11   Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:22.356 1.478 12
13 15   Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 1:22.532 1.654 13
14 7   Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:22.560 1.682 14
15 12   Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:23.060 2.182 15
16 8   Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW 1:23.291 2.413 16
17 18   Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:24.666 3.788 17
18 20   Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth 1:24.904 4.026 18
19 19   Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:25.859 4.981 19
20 21   Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:26.964 6.086 20
Source:[3]
Notes
  • ^1 – Kimi Räikkönen received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change.

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 10   Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes M 53 1:14:28.659 1 10
2 5   Fernando Alonso Renault M 53 2.479 2 8
3 6   Giancarlo Fisichella Renault M 53 17.975 8 6
4 9   Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 53 22.775 11 5
5 16   Jarno Trulli Toyota M 53 33.786 5 4
6 17   Ralf Schumacher Toyota M 53 43.925 9 3
7 8   Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW M 53 44.643 16 2
8 3   Jenson Button BAR-Honda M 53 1:03.635 3 1
9 12   Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas M 53 1:15.413 15
10 1   Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 53 1:36.070 6
11 11   Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas M 52 1 Lap 12
12 2   Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 52 1 Lap 7
13 15   Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth M 52 1 Lap 13
14 7   Mark Webber Williams-BMW M 52 1 Lap 14
15 14   David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth M 52 1 Lap 10
16 4   Takuma Sato BAR-Honda M 52 1 Lap 4
17 18   Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota B 51 2 Laps 17
18 20   Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth B 51 2 Laps 18
19 21   Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth B 51 2 Laps 20
20 19   Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota B 50 3 Laps 19
Sources:[4][5]

Championship standings after the race

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  • Bold text and an asterisk indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Italia". Formula1.com. Archived from the original on 2005-11-25. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Pizzonia in for Heidfeld at Monza". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  3. ^ "FORMULA 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2005 - Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  4. ^ "FORMULA 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2005 - Race". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  5. ^ "2005 Italian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 4 September 2005. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  6. ^ a b "Italy 2005 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
 
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