2005 German Grand Prix

  2005 German Grand Prix

Race details
Race 12 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One season
Date	24 July 2005
Official name	LXVII Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland
Location	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.574 km (2.842 mi)
Distance	67 laps, 306.458 km (190.414 mi)
Weather	Cloudy with drizzle, but staying dry during the race. Air temp: 24°C.
Pole position
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:14.320
Fastest lap
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:14.873 on lap 24
Podium
First	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Second	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes
Third	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda
Lap leaders

The 2005 German Grand Prix (formally the LXVII Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland) was a Formula One motor race held on 24 July 2005 at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Germany. The 67-lap race was the twelfth round of the 2005 Formula One season. Renault driver Fernando Alonso won the race, taking his sixth victory of the season, whilst Juan Pablo Montoya finished second for the McLaren team. BAR-Honda driver Jenson Button, completed the podium by finishing in third position. It was his first podium finish of the season, because the BAR team had been disqualified from the San Marino Grand Prix.

As a consequence of the race, Alonso extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship by 10 points to 36 points over his main title rival, McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen, who had retired from the lead of the race, but still remained second in the standings. Ferrari driver and reigning world champion Michael Schumacher, finished the race in fifth position and retained third place in the standings, albeit being 40 points behind Alonso. Juan Pablo Montoya was still in fourth, and Rubens Barichello remained fifth despite finishing out of the points. In the Constructors' Championship, Renault extended their lead to 22 points from title rivals McLaren. McLaren increased the gap between themselves and third placed Ferrari to 17 points, whilst Toyota and Williams remained fourth and fifth respectively.

Report

Kimi Räikkönen qualified first and maintained this position after the start and first round of pitstops. Meanwhile, his team mate Juan Pablo Montoya, had gained nine positions in the first lap after he had failed to set a qualifying time and started last on the grid.

However, on lap 35, Räikkönen's car suffered a hydraulics failure forcing his retirement from the race. This meant that Fernando Alonso inherited first position. It was Räikkönen's fifth consecutive retirement at the circuit. Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello suffered from the poor durability of the Bridgestone tyres on their Ferraris again, particularly Schumacher who had chosen a softer compound. This allowed Jenson Button to overtake Schumacher to take second place, although he quickly pitted, allowing Montoya take gain the position. Montoya then managed to stay ahead of Button after his own second stop. In the final laps of the race, Schumacher's problems allowed Giancarlo Fisichella to take his fourth place. During the race Jacques Villeneuve was in three separate collisions; he clashed with Barrichello on lap 1, Robert Doornbos on lap 4, and Tiago Monteiro on lap 27.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.320	-
2	3	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:14.759	+0.439
3	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:14.904	+0.586
4	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:14.927	+0.609
5	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:15.006	+0.688
6	7	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	1:15.070	+0.752
7	8	Nick Heidfeld	Williams-BMW	1:15.403	+1.083
8	4	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	1:15.501	+1.181
9	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:15.532	+1.212
10	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	1:15.635	+1.315
11	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	1:15.679	+1.359
12	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:15.689	+1.369
13	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:16.009	+1.691
14	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	1:16.012	+1.694
15	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:16.230	+1.910
16	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	1:17.519	+3.199
17	20	Robert Doornbos	Minardi-Cosworth	1:18.313	+3.993
18	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota	1:18.599	+4.279
19	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	-	-
20	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota	-	Engine Penalty
Source:[1]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	67	1:26:28.599	3	10
2	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	67	+22.569	19 †	8
3	3	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	67	+24.422	2	6
4	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	67	+50.587	4	5
5	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	67	+51.690	5	4
6	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	67	+52.242	12	3
7	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	67	+52.700	11	2
8	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	67	+56.570	13	1
9	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	67	+1:09.818	10
10	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	66	+1 lap	15
11	8	Nick Heidfeld	Williams-BMW	66	+1 lap	7
12	4	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	66	+1 lap	8
13	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	65	+2 laps	16
14	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	64	Engine	9
15	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	64	+3 laps	14
16	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota	64	+3 laps	20
17	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota	64	+3 laps	18
18	20	Robert Doornbos	Minardi-Cosworth	63	+4 laps	17
NC	7	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	55	+12 laps	6
Ret	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	35	Hydraulics	1
Source:[2]

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Fernando Alonso 87 2 Kimi Räikkönen 51 3 Michael Schumacher 47 4 Juan Pablo Montoya 34 5 Rubens Barrichello 31

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Renault 117 2 McLaren-Mercedes 95 3 Ferrari 78 4 Toyota 57 5 Williams-BMW 47

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

References

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