2005 Belgian Grand Prix

Coordinates: 50°26′14″N 5°58′17″E / 50.43722°N 5.97139°E / 50.43722; 5.97139
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2005 Belgian Grand Prix
Race 16 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date 11 September 2005
Official name 2005 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix
Location Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 6.976 km (4.335 miles)
Distance 44 laps, 306.944 km (190.726 miles)
Weather Wet and dry
Pole position
Driver
McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:46.391
Fastest lap
Driver Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota
Time 1:51.543 on lap 44
Podium
First
McLaren-Mercedes
Second
Renault
Third
BAR-Honda
Lap leaders

The 2005 Belgian Grand Prix (officially the 2005 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix)[1] was a Formula One motor race held on 11 September 2005 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium. It was the sixteenth race of the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship and the 62nd Belgian Grand Prix.

The 44-lap race was won by Finnish driver Kimi Räikkönen, driving a McLaren-Mercedes, after he started from second position. Räikkönen's Colombian teammate, Juan Pablo Montoya, took pole position and led until his second pit stop on lap 33; he then maintained second place until a late collision with Brazilian driver Antônio Pizzonia in the Williams-BMW. Spaniard Fernando Alonso thus took second in his Renault, with Englishman Jenson Button third in a BAR-Honda.

With three races remaining, Alonso led the Drivers' Championship by 25 points from Räikkönen, needing only six more to clinch the title. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren reduced Renault's lead to six points.

It was also the last race at Spa-Francorchamps with this layout with changes to the Bus Stop chicane and pitlane completed for the 2007 race

Friday drivers[edit]

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 Austria Alexander Wurz
Sauber-Petronas -
Red Bull-Cosworth Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toyota Brazil Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota Denmark Nicolas Kiesa
Minardi-Cosworth Italy Enrico Toccacelo

Report[edit]

Background[edit]

Before the race, In the World Drivers' Championship Renault driver Fernando Alonso was leading with 103 points; Kimi Räikkönen was second on 76 points, 27 points behind Alonso. Behind Alonso and Räikkönen in the Drivers' Championship, Michael Schumacher was third on 55 points in a Ferrari, with Juan Pablo Montoya and Jarno Trulli on 50 and 43 points respectively. Renault were leading the Constructors' Championship with 144 points and McLaren were second with 136 points, with Ferrari third on 58 points.[2]

Practice and qualifying[edit]

Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—two on Friday from 11:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 15:00 local time, with the final two sessions held on Saturday morning between 09:00 to 09:45 and 10:15 to 11:00.[3] In the first free practice session on Friday, Räikkönen was fastest with 1:48.206 minutes ahead of Wurz and Fisichella. In the second session on Friday, no driver recorded valid times due to adverse weather conditions. The only drivers who took to the track during the session were Liuzzi, Doornbos and Alonso. Running was stopped just five minutes into the one-hour session after Liuzzi's car swerved left under braking for Les Combes and spun 180 degrees before hitting the barriers on the right hand side then spinning across the gravel and coming to rest at a second set of barriers.[4]

Saturday's afternoon qualifying session took place as a one-lap session held between 13:00 and 14:00. Drivers went out one at a time in the reverse order of their finishing positions at the previous race. The cars ran on the fuel that would be used for the Sunday race.[3]

Race[edit]

Kimi Räikkönen won the race for the second consecutive year for McLaren.

The race took place in the afternoon from 14:00 local time. On lap 11 Fisichella had an accident at Eau Rouge, emerging unhurt from his wrecked Renault but this brought out the safety car.[5] On lap 14, Takuma Sato hit Michael Schumacher's car from behind, causing both to retire.[6] Antônio Pizzonia crashed into Juan Pablo Montoya—in second position at the time—shortly before the finish of the race.[6] Jacques Villeneuve was able to finish sixth by virtue of a one-stop pit strategy, while other drivers stopped as many as five times.

This race saw the Jordan team score their final point, courtesy of Tiago Monteiro, while the BAR team achieved their last podium finish through Jenson Button. Also, Ralf Schumacher scored his last, and Toyota's first, fastest lap.

Post-race[edit]

The race stewards ruled that Sato had caused the collision with Schumacher, and he would consequently drop ten places on the grid for the next Grand Prix in Brazil. They also fined Pizzonia $8,000 for his collision with Montoya.[7]

Unusually, McLaren did not send a representative to the podium to collect the constructors' trophy, so, Räikkönen accepted it on behalf of the team.[8]

Classification[edit]

Qualifying[edit]

Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap Grid
1 10 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:46.391 1
2 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:46.440 +0.049 2
3 6 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:46.497 +0.106 131
4 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:46.596 +0.205 3
5 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 1:46.760 +0.369 4
6 17 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:47.401 +1.010 5
7 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:47.476 +1.085 6
8 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:47.867 +1.476 7
9 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:47.978 +1.587 8
10 7 Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:48.071 +1.680 9
11 4 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:48.353 +1.962 10
12 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:48.508 +2.117 11
13 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:48.550 +2.159 12
14 11 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:48.889 +2.498 14
15 8 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW 1:48.898 +2.507 15
16 15 Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 1:48.994 +2.603 16
17 20 Monaco Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth 1:49.779 +3.388 17
18 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:49.842 +3.451 18
19 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:51.498 +5.107 19
20 19 India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:51.675 +5.284 20
Source:[9]
Notes
  • ^1 – Giancarlo Fisichella started the race from 13th place – the result of a ten-place grid penalty given for an engine change between final practice and qualifying on the Saturday.[6]

Race[edit]

Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 9 Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes M 44 1:30:01.295 2 10
2 5 Spain Fernando Alonso Renault M 44 + 28.394 4 8
3 3 United Kingdom Jenson Button BAR-Honda M 44 + 32.077 8 6
4 7 Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW M 44 + 1:09.167 9 5
5 2 Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari B 44 + 1:18.136 12 4
6 11 Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas M 44 + 1:27.435 14 3
7 17 Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota M 44 + 1:27.574 5 2
8 18 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota B 43 + 1 Lap 19 1
9 15 Austria Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth M 43 + 1 Lap 16
10 12 Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas M 43 + 1 Lap 7
11 19 India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota B 43 + 1 Lap 20
12 21 Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth B 42 + 2 Laps PL1
13 20 Monaco Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth B 41 + 3 Laps PL1
14 10 Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes M 40 Collision 1
15 8 Brazil Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW M 39 Collision 15
Ret 16 Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota M 34 Accident 3
Ret 14 United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth M 18 Engine 11
Ret 1 Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari B 13 Collision 6
Ret 4 Japan Takuma Sato BAR-Honda M 13 Collision 10
Ret 6 Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault M 10 Accident 13
Sources:[10][11]
Notes
  • ^1 – Robert Doornbos and Christijan Albers started the race from the pitlane.

Championship standings after the race[edit]

  • Bold text and an asterisk indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2005 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix - Race". Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. ^ "2005 Italian GP". www.chicanef1.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "2005 Formula One Sporting Regulations" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 15 December 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2005. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Second Practice Washed Out - Belgium". Autosport.com. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Belgian Grand Prix as it happened". 11 September 2005.
  6. ^ a b c Gray, Will (14 September 2005). "The 2005 Belgian Grand Prix Review". Autosport.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Sato docked ten places in Brazil for accident". crash.net. 11 September 2005. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  8. ^ Belgian Grand Prix 2005 - Podium (MTV3) (Räikkönen collects the constructors' trophy at the 2:03 mark)
  9. ^ "2005 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix - Qualifying". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  10. ^ "2005 FORMULA 1 Belgian Grand Prix - Race". Formula1.com. Formula1.com Limited. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
  11. ^ "2005 Belgian Grand Prix - Race Results & History - GP Archive". GPArchive.com. 11 September 2005. Retrieved 8 January 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Belgium 2005 - Championship • STATS F1". www.statsf1.com. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
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