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2005 Monaco Grand Prix

Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E / 43.7346500; 7.421333
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2005 Monaco Grand Prix
Race 6 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship
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Race details
Date 22 May 2005
Official name Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2005
Location Circuit de Monaco, Monaco
Course Street circuit
Course length 3.34 km (2.075 miles)
Distance 78 laps, 260.52 km (161.85 miles)
Weather Fine
Pole position
Driver McLaren-Mercedes
Time 2:30.323 (aggregate)
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time 1:15.842 on lap 40
Podium
First McLaren-Mercedes
Second Williams-BMW
Third Williams-BMW
Lap leaders

The 2005 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2005) was a Formula One motor race held on 22 May 2005 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. It was the sixth race of the 2005 Formula One World Championship, and the 63rd running of the Monaco Grand Prix.

The 78-lap race was won from pole position by Finnish driver Kimi Räikkönen, driving a McLaren-Mercedes. German Nick Heidfeld finished second in a Williams-BMW with his teammate, Australian Mark Webber, achieving his first F1 podium finish in third. Drivers' Championship leader, Spaniard Fernando Alonso, finished fourth in his Renault.

Report

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The Grand Prix was held one month after the death of Prince Rainier III, for this reason, the Monegasque princely family did not attend the race for the first time in the Monaco Grand Prix's history.[1] The BAR-Honda did not take part in this race, serving the last of a two race ban following irregularities at the San Marino Grand Prix. Jenson Button subsequently served as a guest co-commentator for British broadcaster ITV for this race.

Friday drivers

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The bottom six 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 Austria Alexander Wurz
Sauber-Petronas
Red Bull-Cosworth 37 Austria Christian Klien
Toyota 38 Brazil Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota 39 Monaco Robert Doornbos
Minardi-Cosworth

Practice

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In practice, Christijan Albers lost his car out coming from turn 4 and crashed. Juan Pablo Montoya, Jacques Villeneuve, David Coulthard and Ralf Schumacher crashed as they were coming up high from Beau Rivage. Montoya was judged to be the cause of this incident and thus was forced to start the race from the back of the grid.[2]

Race

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Polesitter Kimi Räikkönen led the field from the start of the race, and though he was at first closely followed by Fernando Alonso, he was more than five seconds ahead by the twentieth lap. Meanwhile, Narain Karthikeyan retired with a hydraulic failure. The race progressed otherwise uneventfully, with Fernando Alonso followed by Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli, and Mark Webber, until the twenty-third lap, when Christijan Albers spun his Minardi into a wall at Mirabeau, blocking about two-thirds of the width of the track. David Coulthard, arriving behind him, swerved and successfully stopped his Red Bull without damage; however, Michael Schumacher plowed into Coulthard, breaking off his own nosecone and damaging the Red Bull's suspension beyond repair. As more drivers reached the blocked turn, the Safety Car was deployed so that marshals could remove Albers' car.

Both Renault drivers pitted immediately, but Räikkönen—acting on instructions from McLaren chief strategist Neil Martin—continued on in what was to prove a winning move.[3] Though this seemingly put Räikkönen in a bad spot, as all of his close competitors had pitted, he fought back with a series of brilliant laps that would give him a 34.7-second lead by the time he pitted on lap 42. Alonso, whose car was substantially slower as it was full of fuel, and whose rear tyres were wearing rapidly, was unable to catch up, and Räikkönen, after pitting, returned to the track still 13 seconds ahead. He would go on to win the race having led every lap of it.

Nick Heidfeld worked his way up from sixth grid position, passing his own teammate in the pits after Williams called him in a lap earlier whilst Alonso was badly holding the two Williams drivers up. After Heidfeld's stop, a superb overtaking manoeuvre into the Nouvelle chicane put him ahead of Alonso. Webber tried to follow suit a lap later, but on the first attempt Alonso cut the corner and stayed in front. On the second attempt Alonso cut the corner again, this time clearly intentionally, but Webber eventually succeeded in overtaking him and claiming his first career podium in Formula One and scoring Williams last double podium finish until the 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix over nine years later. Alonso straggled into fourth, his rear tyres almost entirely bald. Montoya advanced from sixteenth on the grid to an eventual fifth, finishing on Alonso's tail, followed by Michael and Ralf Schumacher, who crossed the line almost side-by-side.

Both Red Bull Racing cars ran with the Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith livery and, for this race, the Red Bull Racing pit crew dressed up as Imperial Stormtroopers. It didn't help the team's fortunes, as this was the first race where they failed to score points.

Classification

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Qualifying

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Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 Q2 Total Gap Grid
1 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:13.644 1:16.679 2.30.325 1
2 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 1:14.125 1:16.281 2.30.406 +0.083 2
3 7 Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:14.584 1:17.072 2.31.656 +1.333 3
4 6 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:14.783 1:17.317 2.32.100 +1.777 4
5 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:15.189 1:17.401 2.32.590 +2.267 5
6 8 Germany Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 1:15.128 1:17.755 2.32.883 +2.560 6
7 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:15.329 1:18.538 2.33.867 +3.544 7
8 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:16.186 1:18.550 2.34.736 +4.413 8
9 11 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:15.921 1:19.015 2.34.936 +4.613 9
10 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:16.142 1:18.841 2.34.983 +4.660 10
11 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:16.218 1:18.902 2.35.120 +4.797 11
12 15 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull-Cosworth 1:16.817 1:20.335 2.37.152 +6.829 12
13 20 Austria Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 1:18.574 1:22.236 2.40.810 +10.487 13
14 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:19.229 1:22.977 2.42.206 +11.883 14
15 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:19.408 1:23.670 2.43.078 +12.755 15
16 19 India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:19.474 1:23.968 2.43.422 +13.119 171
17 17 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota No time No time No time 182
18 10 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.858 No time No time 163
Sources:[4][5][6]
Notes
  • ^1 – Narain Karthikeyan received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change.
  • ^2 – Ralf Schumacher received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change. In addition, his total time was added by 0.5 seconds for using the wrong tire in practice.[7]
  • ^3 – Juan Pablo Montoya's Saturday time of 1:14.858 deleted as punishment for role in earlier practice accident.

Race

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Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 78 1:45:15.556 1 10
2 8 Germany Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW M 78 + 13.877 6 8
3 7 Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW M 78 + 18.484 3 6
4 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault M 78 + 36.487 2 5
5 10 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes M 78 + 36.647 16 4
6 17 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota M 78 + 37.117 18 3
7 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 78 + 37.223 8 2
8 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 78 + 37.570 10 1
9 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas M 77 + 1 Lap 11  
10 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota M 77 + 1 Lap 5  
11 11 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas M 77 + 1 Lap 9  
12 6 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault M 77 + 1 Lap 4  
13 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota B 75 + 3 Laps 15  
14 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth B 73 + 5 Laps 14  
Ret 15 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull-Cosworth M 59 Accident 12  
Ret 20 Austria Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth B 29 Accident 13  
Ret 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth M 23 Collision damage 7  
Ret 19 India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota B 18 Hydraulics 17  
Source:[8][9]

Championship standings after the race

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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Monaco's Prince Rainier dead at 81". NBC News.
  2. ^ "Montoya doesn't agree with punishment". GPUpdate.net. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  3. ^ Garside, Kevin (23 May 2005). "E-mail keeps Raikkonen on road to glory". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  4. ^ "FORMULA 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2005 - Saturday Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  5. ^ "FORMULA 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2005 - Sunday Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 18 February 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  6. ^ "Starting grid". StatsF1.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  7. ^ "Toyota Saturday Web Report". Toyotagazooracing.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  8. ^ "FORMULA 1 Grand Prix de Monaco 2005 - Race". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  9. ^ "2005 Monaco Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 22 May 2005. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  10. ^ a b "Monaco 2005 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 19 March 2019.


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