2005 Molson Indy Toronto

2005 Toronto
Race details
Race 6 of 13 in the 2005 Champ Car season
	Exhibition Place track layout
Date	July 10, 2005
Official name	Molson Indy Toronto
Location	Exhibition Place; Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Course	Temporary Street Course; 1.755 mi / 2.824 km
Distance	86 laps; 150.930 mi / 242.864 km
Weather	Sunny with temperatures reaching up to 32 °C (90 °F); with temperatures dropping slightly to 25.7 °C (78.3 °F) by the end of the event
Pole position
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	58.552
Fastest lap
Driver	Justin Wilson (RuSPORT)
Time	59.940 (on lap 79 of 86)
Podium
First	Justin Wilson (RuSPORT)
Second	Oriol Servià (Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Alex Tagliani (Team Australia)

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[edit]

Pos	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	59.010	58.552	58.552
2	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	58.887	58.594	58.594
3	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	59.519	58.554	58.554
4	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	1:00.013	58.795	58.795
5	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	59.248	58.821	58.821
6	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	59.380	59.089	59.089
7	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	59.507	59.256	59.256
8	Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	59.372	59.451	59.372
9	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	59.578	59.416	59.416
10	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:00.477	59.448	59.448
11	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:00.478	59.486	59.486
12	Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	1:00.402	59.705	59.705
13	Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	1:00.687	59.961	59.961
14	Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	1:01.992	1:00.189	1:00.189
15	Alex Sperafico	HVM Racing	1:00.686	1:00.336	1:00.336
16	Ryan Dalziel	Dale Coyne Racing	1:00.877	1:00.436	1:00.436
17	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	1:00.783	1:00.591	1:00.591
18	Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	1:01.015	1:00.613	1:00.613

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	86	1:46:10.177	3	33
2	2	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	86	+0.730 secs*	4	28
3	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	86	+1.695 secs	5	25
4	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	86	+1.868 secs	7	23
5	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	86	+2.558 secs	1	23
6	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	86	+3.234 secs	17	20
7	8	Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	86	+4.698 secs	14	17
8	55	Alex Sperafico	HVM Racing	86	+5.377 secs	15	15
9	19	Ryan Dalziel	Dale Coyne Racing	85	+ 1 Lap	16	13
10	34	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	85	+ 1 Lap	10	11
11	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	83	Shut off	11	10
12	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	80	Contact	9	9
13	7	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	80	Contact	6	8
14	5	Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	65	Contact	18	7
15	4	Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	60	Contact	12	6
16	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	57	Out of fuel	2	7
17	21	Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	56	Contact	8	4
18	11	Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	55	Contact	13	3

* Race finished under caution.

Laps	Cause
57-61	da Matta (21) & R. Sperafico (11) contact
62-65	Wirdheim (4) contact
66-71	Marshall (5), Philippe (34) & Glock (8) contact
81-86	Allmendinger (10) & Domínguez (7) contact; Ranger (27) stall

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