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. The 53-lap race was won from pole position by Colombia's Juan Pablo Montoya, driving a McLaren-Mercedes, 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.

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 mi)
Distance 53 laps, 306.720 km (190.779 mi)
Weather Sunny
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:21.054
Fastest lap
Driver Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:21.504 on lap 51
Podium
First McLaren-Mercedes
Second Renault
Third Renault

Friday drivers

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.

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

Report

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.

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. Pizzonia replaced Nick Heidfeld for the rest of the season onwards.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverConstructorLapGap
1 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:20.878
2 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:21.054 +0.176
3 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:21.319 +0.441
4 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:21.369 +0.491
5 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:21.477 +0.599
6 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:21.640 +0.762
7 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:21.721 +0.843
8 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:21.962 +1.084
9 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:22.068 +1.190
10 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:22.266 +1.388
11 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:22.304 +1.426
12 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:22.356 +1.478
13 15 Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 1:22.532 +1.654
14 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:22.560 +1.682
15 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:23.060 +2.182
16 8 Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW 1:23.291 +2.413
17 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:24.666 +3.788
18 20 Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth 1:24.904 +4.026
19 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:25.859 +4.981
20 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:26.964 +6.086
Source:[2]
  • Note: Kimi Räikkönen had a 10-place grid penalty for this race, for an engine change.

Race

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

Championship standings after the race

  • Bold text 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

References

  1. "Italia". Formula1.com. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "Italy 2005 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 18 March 2019.
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