2005 Formula One season

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2005 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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Fernando Alonso won the drivers' championship at the 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix.
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Fernando Alonso won the drivers' championship at the 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix.


The 2005 Formula One season was the 56th FIA Formula One World Championship season. It commenced on March 6, 2005, and saw fierce battles, as Fernando Alonso and the Renault F1 team brought home the World Drivers and Constructors Championships, ending five years of dominance by Michael Schumacher and Scuderia Ferrari. With 19 Grands Prix the 2005 season featured the most events ever.

The most-noted aspect of the early season was Ferrari's lack of pace, and races came to be dominated by the Renaults, especially that of Fernando Alonso. McLaren's Kimi Räikkönen proved Alonso's closest competitor. After early troubles the McLaren was generally considered the fastest package, however technical failures and race incidents meant an inability to translate this into a points lead in either championship.

The 2005 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis saw only three out of ten teams race in a bizarre mishap when it turned out (after several failures) that the Michelin tyres for the other seven teams could not be safely used on the surface of the track, causing them to withdraw from the race when the FIA refused a change for safety reasons, insisting on keeping to the letter of the regulations.


After a high-flying 2004 season the most conspicuous drop in performance after Ferrari was BAR-Honda who were barred from two races due to regulations infractions. Thanks to the efforts of Jarno Trulli the Toyota team became a regular on the podium. Williams, by their standards, had another a poor season and it was announced at the end of June that BMW would split from the team in a deal with Sauber.

After a good start to the year, and despite a late charge from Kimi Räikkönen, Alonso won the world championship by finishing third in the 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix, becoming the youngest ever F1 world champion.

At the final race in China, Renault's Alonso and Fisichella finished first and fourth, with McLaren-Mercedes' Kimi Räikkönen second, to help Renault clinch their first ever world constructors' championship.

This season was the last season for several famous teams. They were the Sauber, Minardi, BAR and the Jordan team. Meanwhile, this was Rubens Barrichello's last season with the Ferrari team and Felipe Massa's last season with the Sauber team.

After this race, this season saw all the drivers except Robert Doornbos, Anthony Davidson and Ricardo Zonta scored world championship point(s) for the season and all the race teams scored world championship points for the season.

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Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre No Driver No Third driver Test driver(s)
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F2004M
F2005 		Ferrari 054 3.0 V10
Ferrari 055 3.0 V10 		B 1 Image:22px-Flag_of_Germany.png Michael Schumacher n/a Luca Badoer
Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Marc Gené
2 Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.png Rubens Barrichello
Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Lucky Strike BAR Honda BAR 007 Honda RA005E 3.0 V10 M 3 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Jenson Button n/a Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Anthony Davidson
Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.png Enrique Bernoldi
Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Adam Carroll
Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.png Tony Kanaan
Image:22px-Flag_of_South_Africa.png Alan van der Merwe
4 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Takuma Sato1
Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Anthony Davidson
Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Mild Seven Renault F1 Team Renault R25 Renault RS25 3.0 V10 M 5 Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Fernando Alonso n/a Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Franck Montagny
Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.png Lucas di Grassi
Image:22px-Flag_of_Poland.png Robert Kubica
Image:20px-Flag_of_Switzerland.png Giorgio Mondini
6 Giancarlo Fisichella
Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png BMW WilliamsF1 Team Williams FW27 BMW P84/5 3.0 V10 M 7 Image:22px-Flag_of_Australia.png Mark Webber n/a Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.png Antônio Pizzonia
Image:22px-Flag_of_Germany.png Nico Rosberg
Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Andy Priaulx
Image:22px-Flag_of_Germany.png Sebastian Vettel
8 Image:22px-Flag_of_Germany.png Nick Heidfeld
Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.png Antônio Pizzonia
Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png West McLaren Mercedes
Team McLaren Mercedes 10 		McLaren MP4-20 Mercedes FO110R 3.0 V10 M 9 Image:22px-Flag_of_Finland.png Kimi Räikkönen 35 Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Pedro de la Rosa
Image:22px-Flag_of_Austria.png Alexander Wurz 		Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Pedro de la Rosa
Image:22px-Flag_of_Austria.png Alexander Wurz
Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Gary Paffett
10 Image:22px-Flag_of_Colombia.png Juan Pablo Montoya2
Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Pedro de la Rosa
Image:22px-Flag_of_Austria.png Alexander Wurz
Image:20px-Flag_of_Switzerland.png Sauber Petronas Sauber C24 Petronas 05A 3.0 V10 M 11 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Canada.png Jacques Villeneuve none none
12 Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.png Felipe Massa
Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB1 Cosworth TJ2005 3.0 V10 M 14 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png David Coulthard 37 Vitantonio Liuzzi
Image:22px-Flag_of_Austria.png Christian Klien
Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.png Scott Speed 		Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.png Scott Speed
Image:20px-Flag_of_Switzerland.png Neel Jani
15 Image:22px-Flag_of_Austria.png Christian Klien3
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Panasonic Toyota Racing Toyota TF105
TF105B 		Toyota RVX-05 3.0 V10 M 16 Jarno Trulli 38 Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.pngRicardo Zonta
Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Olivier Panis 		Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Olivier Panis
Image:22px-Flag_of_Australia.png Ryan Briscoe
Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Franck Perera
Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Borja García
17 Image:22px-Flag_of_Germany.png Ralf Schumacher
Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.png Ricardo Zonta
Image:22px-Flag_of_Ireland.png Jordan Grand Prix Jordan EJ15
EJ15B 		Toyota RVX-05 3.0 V10 B 18 Image:22px-Flag_of_Portugal.png Tiago Monteiro 39 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.png Robert Doornbos
Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Franck Montagny
Image:22px-Flag_of_Denmark.png Nicolas Kiesa
Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Sakon Yamamoto 		Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.png Nicky Pastorelli
Image:22px-Flag_of_Mexico.png Mario Domínguez
19 Image:22px-Flag_of_India.png Narain Karthikeyan
Minardi F1 Team Minardi PS04B
PS05 		Cosworth TJ2005 3.0 V10 B 20 Image:22px-Flag_of_Austria.png Patrick Friesacher 40 Image:22px-Flag_of_Israel.png Chanoch Nissany7
Enrico Toccacelo8 		Image:22px-Flag_of_Israel.png Chanoch Nissany
Image:22px-Flag_of_Uruguay.png Juan Cáceres
Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Roldán Rodríguez
Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.png Robert Doornbos5
21 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.png Christijan Albers

Driver changes

The most noticeable change to the 2005 season was its driver lineup — only 7 drivers raced for the same team with which they began the 2004 season, another 7 drivers switched to new teams.

Team changes

Red Bull Racing, which took over the Jaguar team, ran with Cosworth engines. Red Bull's lead driver is veteran Scotsman David Coulthard, paired with Christian Klien, the '04 Jaguar driver. Red Bull performed well, scoring 11 points after the first two events. Toyota-powered Jordan Grand Prix was purchased by Midland Group, although the team continued as Jordan until 2006. Sauber switched from Bridgestone to Michelin tyres over the winter, further severing their ties with the Ferrari team.

Shortly after the United States Grand Prix, Peter Sauber sold BMW a majority share in his Sauber team, which announced its intention to run as BMW's factory team in 2006.

Results and standings

The 2005 Formula One calendar featured a new event in Turkey, just miles from the Europe-Asia dividing line. The newly-built circuit in Istanbul joined the 2004 newcomers Bahrain and China. The 2005 season witnessed two of the hottest grands prix ever: the track temperature at the beginning of the Malaysian event was 51°C (124°F), while in Bahrain the mercury soared past 56°C (133°F).

Grands Prix

Round Race Circuit Date Winning driver Constructor Report
1 Image:22px-Flag_of_Australia.png Australian Grand Prix Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit March 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Renault Report
2 Image:22px-Flag_of_Malaysia.png Malaysian Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit March 20 Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Fernando Alonso Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Renault Report
3 Image:22px-Flag_of_Bahrain.png Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain International Circuit April 3 Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Fernando Alonso Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Renault Report
4 Image:22px-Flag_of_San_Marino.png San Marino Grand Prix Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari April 24 Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Fernando Alonso Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Renault Report
5 Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Spanish Grand Prix Circuit de Catalunya May 8 Image:22px-Flag_of_Finland.png Kimi Räikkönen Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png McLaren-Mercedes Report
6 Image:22px-Flag_of_Monaco.png Monaco Grand Prix Circuit de Monaco May 22 Image:22px-Flag_of_Finland.png Kimi Räikkönen Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png McLaren-Mercedes Report
7 Image:22px-Flag_of_Europe.png European Grand Prix Nürburgring May 29 Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Fernando Alonso Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Renault Report
8 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Canada.png Canadian Grand Prix Circuit Gilles Villeneuve June 12 Image:22px-Flag_of_Finland.png Kimi Räikkönen Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png McLaren-Mercedes Report
9 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.png United States Grand Prix6 Indianapolis Motor Speedway June 19 Image:22px-Flag_of_Germany.png Michael Schumacher Ferrari Report
10 Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png French Grand Prix Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours July 3 Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Fernando Alonso Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Renault Report
11 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png British Grand Prix Silverstone Circuit July 10 Image:22px-Flag_of_Colombia.png Juan Pablo Montoya Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png McLaren-Mercedes Report
12 Image:22px-Flag_of_Germany.png German Grand Prix Hockenheimring July 24 Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Fernando Alonso Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Renault Report
13 Image:22px-Flag_of_Hungary.png Hungarian Grand Prix Hungaroring July 31 Image:22px-Flag_of_Finland.png Kimi Räikkönen Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png McLaren-Mercedes Report
14 Image:22px-Flag_of_Turkey.png Turkish Grand Prix Istanbul Racing Circuit August 21 Image:22px-Flag_of_Finland.png Kimi Räikkönen Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png McLaren-Mercedes Report
15 Italian Grand Prix Autodromo Nazionale Monza September 4 Image:22px-Flag_of_Colombia.png Juan Pablo Montoya Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png McLaren-Mercedes Report
16 Image:22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).png Belgian Grand Prix Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps September 11 Image:22px-Flag_of_Finland.png Kimi Räikkönen Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png McLaren-Mercedes Report
17 Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.png Brazilian Grand Prix Autódromo José Carlos Pace September 25 Image:22px-Flag_of_Colombia.png Juan Pablo Montoya Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png McLaren-Mercedes Report
18 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Japanese Grand Prix Suzuka Circuit October 9 Image:22px-Flag_of_Finland.png Kimi Räikkönen Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png McLaren-Mercedes Report
19 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China.png Chinese Grand Prix Shanghai International Circuit October 16 Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Fernando Alonso Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png Renault Report

Drivers

Pos Driver AUS Image:22px-Flag_of_Australia.png MAL Image:22px-Flag_of_Malaysia.png BHR Image:22px-Flag_of_Bahrain.png SMR Image:22px-Flag_of_San_Marino.png ESP Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png MON Image:22px-Flag_of_Monaco.png EUR Image:22px-Flag_of_Europe.png CAN Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Canada.png USA Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.png FRA Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png GBR Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png GER Image:22px-Flag_of_Germany.png HUN Image:22px-Flag_of_Hungary.png TUR Image:22px-Flag_of_Turkey.png ITA BEL Image:22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).png BRA Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.png JPN Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png CHN Image:22px-Flag_of_the_People's_Republic_of_China.png Pts
1 Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png Alonso 3 1 1 1 2 4 1 Ret DNS 1 2 1 11 2 2 2 3 3 1 133
2 Image:22px-Flag_of_Finland.png Räikkönen 8 9 3 Ret 1 1 11 1 DNS 2 3 Ret 1 1 4 1 2 1 2 112
3 Image:22px-Flag_of_Germany.png M. Schumacher Ret 7 Ret 2 Ret 7 5 2 1 3 6 5 2 Ret 10 Ret 4 7 Ret 62
4 Image:22px-Flag_of_Colombia.png Montoya 6 4 INJ INJ 7 5 7 DSQ DNS Ret 1 2 Ret 3 1 14 1 Ret Ret 60
5 Fisichella 1 Ret Ret Ret 5 12 6 Ret DNS 6 4 4 9 4 3 Ret 5 2 4 58
6 Image:22px-Flag_of_Germany.png R. Schumacher 12 5 4 9 4 6 Ret 6 7 8 6 3 12 6 7 8 8 3 45
7 Trulli 9 2 2 5 3 10 8 Ret DNS 5 9 14 4 6 5 Ret 13 Ret 15 43
8 Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.png Barrichello 2 Ret 9 Ret 9 8 3 3 2 9 7 10 10 10 12 5 6 11 12 38
9 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Button 11 Ret Ret DSQ EX EX 10 Ret DNS 4 5 3 5 5 8 3 7 5 8 37
10 Image:22px-Flag_of_Australia.png Webber 5 Ret 6 7 6 3 Ret 5 DNS 12 11 NC 7 Ret 14 4 NC 4 7 36
11 Image:22px-Flag_of_Germany.png Heidfeld Ret 3 Ret 6 10 2 2 Ret DNS 14 12 11 6 Ret 28
12 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Coulthard 4 6 8 11 8 Ret 4 7 DNS 10 13 7 Ret 7 15 Ret Ret 6 9 24
13 Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.png Massa 10 10 7 10 11 9 14 4 DNS Ret 10 8 14 Ret 9 10 11 10 6 11
14 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Canada.png Villeneuve 13 Ret 11 4 Ret 11 13 9 DNS 8 14 15 Ret 11 11 6 12 12 10 9
15 Image:22px-Flag_of_Austria.png Klien 7 8 DNS 8 DNS Ret 15 9 Ret 8 13 9 9 9 5 9
16 Image:22px-Flag_of_Portugal.png Monteiro 16 12 10 13 12 13 15 10 3 13 17 17 13 15 17 8 Ret 13 11 7
17 Image:22px-Flag_of_Austria.png Wurz 3 6
18 Image:22px-Flag_of_India.png Karthikeyan 15 11 Ret 12 13 Ret 16 Ret 4 15 Ret 16 12 14 20 11 15 15 Ret 5
19 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.png Albers Ret 13 13 Ret Ret 14 17 11 5 Ret 18 13 NC Ret 19 12 14 16 16 4
20 Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png de la Rosa 5 4
21 Image:22px-Flag_of_Austria.png Friesacher 17 Ret 12 Ret Ret Ret 18 Ret 6 Ret 19 3
22 Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.png Pizzonia 7 15 Ret Ret 13 2
23 Image:22px-Flag_of_Japan.png Sato 14 Ret DSQ EX EX 12 Ret DNS 11 16 12 8 9 16 Ret 10 DSQ Ret 1
24 Liuzzi 8 Ret Ret 9 1
25 Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.png Doornbos 18 Ret 13 18 13 Ret 14 14 0
— Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png Davidson Ret 0
— Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.png Zonta DNS 0
Pos Driver AUS Image:22px-Flag_of_Australia.png MAL Image:22px-Flag_of_Malaysia.png BHR Image:22px-Flag_of_Bahrain.png SMR Image:22px-Flag_of_San_Marino.png ESP Image:22px-Flag_of_Spain.png MON Image:22px-Flag_of_Monaco.png EUR Image:22px-Flag_of_Europe.png CAN Image:22px-Flag_of_the_Canada.png USA Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_States.png FRA Image:22px-Flag_of_France.png GBR Image:22px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.png GER Image:22px-Flag_of_Germany.png HUN Image:22px-Flag_of_Hungary.png TUR Image:22px-Flag_of_Turkey.png ITA BEL Image:22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).png BRA Image:22px-Flag_of_Brazil.png JPN