2005 Malaysian Grand Prix

Coordinates: 2°45′39″N 101°44′18″E / 2.76083°N 101.73833°E / 2.76083; 101.73833
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2005 Malaysian Grand Prix
Race 2 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 20 March 2005
Official name 2005 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix
Location Sepang International Circuit
Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.543 km (3.444 miles)
Distance 56 laps, 310.408 km (192.879 miles)
Weather Fine, Air: 34–36°C (93–97°F) and Track: 44–50°C (111–122°F)
Attendance 106,422 (Weekend) [1]
Pole position
Driver
Renault
Time 3:07.672 (aggregate)
Fastest lap
Driver Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:35.483 on lap 23
Podium
First
Renault
Second
Toyota
Third
Williams-BMW
Lap leaders

The 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix (officially the 2005 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix)[2] was a Formula One race held at Sepang on 20 March 2005.

Race report[edit]

This was another dominant win from Renault, as Fernando Alonso secured his first win of the season from pole position. At the start he led from Jarno Trulli, before finishing the race 20-odd seconds ahead of the Italian, claiming Toyota's first ever podium position.

Third place was taken by Nick Heidfeld in the Williams. He had been trailing Alonso's team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella, and his own teammate Mark Webber who collided at the end of lap 35. Having been passed by the Australian, Fisichella attempted to retake the position on the inside heading into the final corner, but lost control and slid into Webber's car.

Fourth was McLaren's Juan Pablo Montoya, after starting from 11th on the grid. He was followed home by Ralf Schumacher, David Coulthard, Michael Schumacher and Christian Klien. This made it four points finishes from four starts for Red Bull Racing. Kimi Räikkönen suffered a puncture immediately after his pitstop, and despite setting the fastest lap was unable to make up enough positions to score any points.

After retiring from the Australian Grand Prix a lap from the end, which caused the rules to be changed, Jenson Button and Anthony Davidson retired on the second lap of the race, both from engine failures. Davidson was substituting at British American Racing, as regular driver Takuma Sato was forced to withdraw with a fever. Alonso's win made him the first Spaniard ever to lead the Formula 1 World Championship.

The race ended Ferrari's run of 22 consecutive podium finishes, which started at the 2003 Italian Grand Prix.

The race also marked Rubens Barrichello's 200th Grand Prix.

The race also marked Toyota's first-ever podium in Formula One and first Asian-licensed constructor to score a podium since 1968 United States Grand Prix when John Surtees drove for Honda in the 3rd place.

Friday drivers[edit]

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 No Driver
McLaren-Mercedes 35 Spain Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber-Petronas none
Red Bull-Cosworth 37 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toyota 38 Brazil Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota 39 Monaco Robert Doornbos
Minardi-Cosworth none

Classification[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Total Gap Grid
1 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 1:32.582 1:35.090 3:07.672 1
2 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:32.672 1:35.253 3:07.925 +0.253 2
3 6 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:32.765 1:35.683 3:08.448 +0.776 3
4 7 Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:33.204 1:35.700 3:08.904 +1.232 4
5 17 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:33.106 1:35.901 3:09.007 +1.335 5
6 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:32.839 1:36.644 3:09.483 +1.811 6
7 15 Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 1:33.724 1:35.865 3:09.589 +1.917 7
8 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:33.809 1:35.891 3:09.700 +2.028 8
9 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:33.616 1:36.216 3:09.832 +2.160 9
10 8 Germany Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 1:33.464 1:36.453 3:09.917 +2.245 10
11 10 Colombia Juan-Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:33.333 1:36.757 3:10.090 +2.418 11
12 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:34.162 1:37.340 3:11.502 +3.830 12
13 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:34.072 1:37.561 3:11.633 +3.961 13
14 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:34.151 1:37.733 3:11.884 +4.212 14
15 4 United Kingdom Anthony Davidson BAR-Honda 1:34.866 1:37.024 3:11.890 +4.218 15
16 11 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:34.887 1:38.108 3:12.995 +5.323 16
17 19 India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:37.806 1:39.850 3:17.656 +9.984 17
18 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:37.856 1:40.106 3:17.962 +10.290 18
19 20 Austria Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 1:39.268 1:41.918 3:21.186 +13.514 201
20 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:40.432 1:42.569 3:23.001 +15.329 19
Sources:[3][4][5]
Notes
  • ^1 – Patrick Friesacher received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change.

Race[edit]

Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault M 56 1:31:33.736 1 10
2 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota M 56 +24.327 2 8
3 8 Germany Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW M 56 +32.188 10 6
4 10 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes M 56 +41.631 11 5
5 17 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota M 56 +51.854 5 4
6 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth M 56 +1:12.543 8 3
7 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 56 +1:19.988 13 2
8 15 Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth M 56 +1:20.835 7 1
9 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 56 +1:21.580 6
10 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas M 55 +1 Lap 14
11 19 India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota B 54 +2 Laps 17
12 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota B 53 +3 Laps 18
13 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth B 52 +4 Laps 19
Ret 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 49 Handling 12
Ret 6 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault M 36 Collision 3
Ret 7 Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW M 36 Collision 4
Ret 11 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas M 26 Spun Off 16
Ret 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda M 2 Engine 9
Ret 4 United Kingdom Anthony Davidson BAR-Honda M 2 Engine 15
Ret 20 Austria Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth B 2 Spun Off 20
Sources:[6][7]

Championship standings after the race[edit]

  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Are tickets too dear? Where F1 race attendance fell in 2016 - F1 Fanatic". 8 February 2017.
  2. ^ "2005 FORMULA 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix - Race". Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  3. ^ "2005 FORMULA 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix - Saturday Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  4. ^ "2005 FORMULA 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix - Sunday Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 24 August 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Starting grid". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  6. ^ "2005 FORMULA 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix - Race". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  7. ^ "2005 Malaysian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 20 March 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Malaysia 2005 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.


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