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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
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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.

Report

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Background

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After the Australian Grand Prix, Giancarlo Fisichella led the Drivers' Championship by two points ahead of Rubens Barrichello and four points ahead of Fernando Alonso. In the Constructors' Championship, Renault led Ferrari by eight points and Red Bull by nine points.

At BAR, after free practice on Friday, Takuma Sato was struck by a fever, following which the doctors advised him against taking part in the race. Therefore, since free practice on Saturday, the second car has been entrusted to third driver Anthony Davidson. For Davidson, the race was the first since the 2002 Belgian Grand Prix.[3]

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

Race

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At the start, Alonso and Jarno Trulli were able to maintain their respective positions on the starting grid, followed by Fisichella and Mark Webber. Further back, Nick Heidfeld overtook the two Red Bulls and was now behind Kimi Räikkönen.

At the start of the second lap, Jenson Button attacked Räikkönen on the start-finish straight and overtook him, but retired immediately afterwards due to engine failure. At the same time, Patrick Friesacher in the Minardi went off the track in the first corner and also retired. A similar fate befell the other Honda engine, Davidson's, which caused a small fire.

During the 23rd lap, Räikkönen, who was in sixth place at the time, suffered a puncture and had to give up all desire to win. Three laps later, Jacques Villeneuve went off the track in the first corner and was the fourth driver to retire. Six laps later, Ralf Schumacher and Webber collided on the main straight, but without causing too much damage to the cars. Nineteen laps from the end, in the final corner, Webber tried to overtake Fisichella on the outside for third place, but the two collided: the Italian ended up on top of the Australian and both had to retire. Heidfeld benefited from this and took third place.

The Alonso ultimately won the race ahead of the Trulli and Heidfeld. For Alonso it was the second victory and the first since the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix. Alonso's win made him the first Spaniard ever to lead the Formula 1 World Championship. It was Heidfeld's second podium finish and first since the 2001 Brazilian 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.

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

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 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

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Qualifying

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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:[4][5][6]
Notes
  • ^1 – Patrick Friesacher 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 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:[7][8]

Championship standings after the race

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

References

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  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. ^ "Sato pulls out of Malaysian Grand Prix". Formula1.com. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Starting grid". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "2005 Malaysian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 20 March 2005. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Malaysia 2005 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.


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