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Race details
Race 5 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One season
Catalunya (2004-2006).svg
Date May 8, 2005
Official name Gran Premio Marlboro de España
Location Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Course Permanent racing facility
4.627 km (2.875 mi)
Distance 66 laps, 305.382 km (189.75 mi)
Weather Sunny, warm
Pole position
Driver 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 2:31.421 (aggregate)
Fastest lap
Driver 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault
Time 1:15.641 on lap 66
Podium
First 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Second 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Renault
Third 25px Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota

The 2005 Spanish Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race, held on 8 May, 2005, at Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona, Spain.

Kimi Räikkönen started on pole position ahead of Mark Webber, who set the fastest lap during the second qualifying session to claim the front row, leaving championship leader Fernando Alonso on the second row in third. Right from the start Räikkönen started pulling away at a blistering pace, setting the fastest lap thirteen times in only twenty four laps. Alonso suffered from some tyre wear and was forced to take care of the tyres and come home in second place, never taking the lead from Räikkönen.

Webber had a dismal start, losing second and then third to Alonso and Ralf Schumacher, respectively. After the first round of pitstops he lost three positions and had to battle his way back to finish in sixth. Alonso's teammate Giancarlo Fisichella moved around constantly in the field, but managed to end up in fifth from sixth on the grid.

Jarno Trulli had a good race, ending up on the podium in third ahead of his teammate Ralf Schumacher, who fell behind after the first round of pitstops. Meanwhile, Räikkönen's teammate Juan Pablo Montoya had an average race, moving around in the field but still only managing a seventh place. It was his return from a two-race absence to recover from a shoulder injury. David Coulthard claimed the final points-paying position in eighth after starting from ninth.

Some of the retirements included Michael Schumacher, who suffered from a tyre failure and had to retire on lap 47, his third retirement of the year. Jacques Villeneuve also had to retire on lap 52 after a water leak resulted in his engine overheating.

This was Räikkönen's first victory of 2005.

Friday drivers[]

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 Nat Driver
McLaren-Mercedes 25px Spain Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber-Petronas none
Red Bull-Cosworth 25px Austria Christian Klien
Toyota 25px Brazil Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota 25px Netherlands Robert Doornbos
Minardi-Cosworth none

Classification[]

Qualifying[]

Pos No Nat Driver Constructor Q1 order Q1 time Q1 pos Q1+Q2 time
1 9 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 4 1:14.819 3 2:31.421
2 7 25px Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW 13 1:15.042 6 2:31.668
3 5 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 18 1:14.811 2 2:31.691
4 17 25px Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 11 1:14.870 4 2:31.917
5 16 25px Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 15 1:14.795 1 2:31.995
6 6 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 2 1:15.601 8 2:32.830
7 10 25px Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1 1:15.902 12 2:33.472
8 1 25px Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 17 1:15.398 7 2:33.551
9 14 25px UK David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 9 1:15.795 10 2:34.168
10 12 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 10 1:15.863 11 2:34.224
11 15 25px Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull-Cosworth 12 1:16.288 13 2:35.302
12 11 25px Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 16 1:16.794 14 2:36.480
13 19 25px Flag of India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 8 1:18.557 15 2:39.268
14 18 25px The flag of Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 7 1:19.040 16 2:39.943
15 21 25px Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 6 1:19.563 17 2:41.141
16 20 25px Austria Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 3 1:20.306 18 2:42.759
17 8 25px Germany Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 14 1:15.038 5 none
18 2 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 5 1:15.746 9 none

Race[]

Pos No Nat Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 9 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 66 1:27:16.830 1 10
2 5 25px Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 66 +27.652 3 8
3 16 25px Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 66 +45.947 5 6
4 17 25px Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 66 +46.719 4 5
5 6 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 66 +57.936 6 4
6 7 25px Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW 66 +1:08.542 2 3
7 10 25px Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 65 +1 lap 7 2
8 14 25px UK David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 65 +1 lap 9 1
9 2 25px Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 65 +1 lap 16  
10 8 25px Germany Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 65 +1 lap 17  
11 12 25px Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 63 Wheel rim 10  
12 18 25px The flag of Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 63 +3 laps 18  
13 19 25px Flag of India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 63 +3 laps 13  
Ret 11 25px Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 51 Engine 12  
Ret 1 25px Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 46 Puncture 8  
Ret 21 25px Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 19 Gearbox 14  
Ret 20 25px Austria Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 11 Spun off 15  
Ret 15 25px Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull-Cosworth 9 Spun off 11  

Standings after the race[]

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 25px Spain Fernando Alonso 44
2 25px Italy Jarno Trulli 26
3 25px Finland Kimi Räikkönen 17
4 25px Italy Giancarlo Fisichella 14
5 25px Germany Ralf Schumacher 14
Constructors' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 25px France Renault 58
2 25px Japan Toyota 40
3 25px UK McLaren-Mercedes 37
4 25px UK Williams-BMW 21
5 25px Italy Ferrari 18
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.


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