2005 San Marino Grand Prix Explained

Type:F1
Country:Italy
Grand Prix:San Marino
Date:April 24
Year:2005
Official Name:Formula 1 Gran Premio Foster's di San Marino 2005
Race No:4
Season No:19
Location:Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Course:Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:3.065
Course Km:4.933
Distance Laps:62
Distance Mi:189.897
Distance Km:305.609
Weather:Warm and cloudy
Pole Driver:Kimi Räikkönen
Pole Team:McLaren-Mercedes
Pole Time:2:42.880 (aggregate)
Pole Country:Finland
Fast Driver:Michael Schumacher
Fast Team:Ferrari
Fast Time:1:21.858
Fast Lap:48
Fast Country:Germany
First Driver:Fernando Alonso
First Team:Renault
First Country:Spain
Second Driver:Michael Schumacher
Second Team:Ferrari
Second Country:Germany
Third Team:McLaren-Mercedes
Third Country:Austria

The 2005 San Marino Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Gran Premio Foster's di San Marino 2005) was a Formula One motor race held on 24 April 2005 at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in Imola, Italy. The 62-lap race was the fourth round of the 2005 Formula One season, and the 25th running of the San Marino Grand Prix.

The race was won by Renault driver Fernando Alonso, who extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship after his third win and fourth podium from four races. Michael Schumacher finished the race in second position for the Ferrari team, only two-tenths of a second behind Alonso having challenged him for the win late into the race. BAR driver Jenson Button crossed the line in third place, but his team were subsequently disqualified for underweight cars; third place was then awarded to McLaren driver Alexander Wurz.

Pole position was taken by McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen, using the aggregate system which was in the rules at the start of the 2005 season. He led the race from the start until his retirement on lap 9 due to a driveshaft failure. Alonso took the lead and kept it except during the pit stop phases when it was held by Button, and later Schumacher when he overtook Button.

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 No Driver
McLaren-Mercedes35 Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber-Petronas-
Red Bull-Cosworth37 Christian Klien
Toyota38 Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota39 Robert Doornbos
Minardi-Cosworth-

Report

Background

Vitantonio Liuzzi replaced Christian Klien in the second Red Bull car, for this and the next three races; after unanimous agreement between the teams, Klien was allowed to race car #37 for Red Bull in the Friday practice sessions. Alexander Wurz drove the second McLaren-Mercedes car, in place of the injured Juan Pablo Montoya. During the first qualifying session on Saturday, Red Bull announced that they would use Ferrari engines for two years, beginning from the 2006 season.

Race

Räikkönen led from pole, pulling out a gap of several seconds, before his McLaren retired on lap nine with driveshaft problems. Alonso took over the lead, and was unchallenged until lap 50, when Michael Schumacher emerged from the pits just behind him. Schumacher had started 13th, and had been unable to pass Jarno Trulli for 20 laps, until the Italian pitted allowing Schumacher to increase his pace. After pitting himself, he emerged in third place ahead of Trulli and started to catch race leader Alonso. He caught up with second place driver Jenson Button and overtook him, overturning a 20-second gap in 13 laps. After the second round of pit-stops he emerged from the pits seconds behind Alonso. The next 12 laps saw the two battle for the lead but Schumacher was unable to overtake Alonso who took the race victory. Third was Button, followed by Wurz's McLaren, Takuma Sato, Jacques Villeneuve, Trulli and Ralf Schumacher. Ralf was later given a 25-second penalty as he was released into the path of Nick Heidfeld; this temporarily dropped him to 11th place.[1]

Post-race

During checks after the race it was found that Button's car had been under the 600 kg minimum weight requirement when drained of fuel. The race stewards cleared Button, as they believed data provided by BAR-Honda was sufficient to prove that they had been operating inside the rules, but the FIA appealed sending them to court.[2] They were found guilty, but the FIA's preferred penalty of having the team disqualified from the championship for the year was not carried through, and they were given a two-race ban, starting from the next round in Spain. In addition, Button's teammate Sato, who had finished 5th on the track, was disqualified from the race despite his car not being found to be underweight.[3] Wurz was thus promoted to third, followed by Villeneuve, Trulli, Heidfeld, Mark Webber and Liuzzi.

Classification

Qualifying

Qualifying times from both Saturday and Sunday morning.

PosNoDriverConstructorQ1Q2TotalGap Grid
19 Kimi RäikkönenMcLaren-Mercedes1:19.8861:22.9942:42.8801
25 Fernando AlonsoRenault1:19.8891:23.5522:43.441+0.5612
33 Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda1:20.4641:23.6412:44.105+1.2253
47 Mark WebberWilliams-BMW1:20.4421:24.0692:44.511+1.6314
516 Jarno TrulliToyota1:20.4921:24.0262:44.518+1.6385
64 Takuma SatoBAR-Honda1:20.8511:23.8072:44.658+1.7786
710 Alexander WurzMcLaren-Mercedes1:20.6321:24.0572:44.689+1.8097
812 Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas1:20.5931:24.3372:44.930+2.05018
98 Nick HeidfeldWilliams-BMW1:20.8071:24.3892:45.196+2.3168
102 Rubens BarrichelloFerrari1:20.8921:24.3512:45.240+2.3639
1117 Ralf SchumacherToyota1:20.9941:24.4222:45.416+2.53610
1211 Jacques VilleneuveSauber-Petronas1:20.9991:25.2602:46.259+3.37911
136 Giancarlo FisichellaRenault1:21.7081:25.0022:46.710+3.83012
141 Michael SchumacherFerrari1:20.2601:26.9842:47.244+4.36413
1514 David CoulthardRed Bull-Cosworth1:21.6321:26.4382:48.070+5.19014
1615 Vitantonio LiuzziRed Bull-Cosworth1:21.8041:26.3512:48.155+5.27515
1719 Narain KarthikeyanJordan-Toyota1:23.1231:28.9762:52.099+9.21916
1818 Tiago MonteiroJordan-Toyota1:25.1001:29.1522:54.252+11.37217
1920 Patrick FriesacherMinardi-Cosworth1:26.4841:30.5642:57.048+14.16819
2021 Christijan AlbersMinardi-Cosworth1:25.921No timeNo time20
Notes

Race

PosNoDriverConstructorTyreLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Fernando AlonsoRenault621:27:41.921210
21 Michael SchumacherFerrari62+0.215138
310 Alexander WurzMcLaren-Mercedes62+27.55476
411 Jacques VilleneuveSauber-Petronas62+1:04.442115
516 Jarno TrulliToyota62+1:10.25854
68 Nick HeidfeldWilliams-BMW62+1:11.28283
77 Mark WebberWilliams-BMW62+1:23.29742
815 Vitantonio LiuzziRed Bull-Cosworth62+1:23.764151
917 Ralf SchumacherToyota62+1:35.84110 
1012 Felipe MassaSauber-Petronas61+1 Lap18
1114 David CoulthardRed Bull-Cosworth61+1 Lap14
1219 Narain KarthikeyanJordan-Toyota61+1 Lap16
1318 Tiago MonteiroJordan-Toyota60+2 Laps17
Ret21 Christijan AlbersMinardi-Cosworth20Hydraulics20
Ret2 Rubens BarrichelloFerrari18Electrical9
Ret9 Kimi RäikkönenMcLaren-Mercedes9Driveshaft1
Ret20 Patrick FriesacherMinardi-Cosworth8Clutch19
Ret6 Giancarlo FisichellaRenault5Accident12
DSQ3 Jenson ButtonBAR-Honda62Fuel/Underweight (+10.481)3
DSQ4 Takuma SatoBAR-Honda62Fuel (+34.783)6
Notes

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Fernando Alonso36
2 Jarno Trulli20
3 Giancarlo Fisichella10
104 Michael Schumacher10
55 Nick Heidfeld9
Source: [6]
Constructors' Championship standings
PosConstructorPoints
1 Renault46
2 Toyota29
3 McLaren-Mercedes25
24 Ferrari18
15 Williams-BMW18
Source:

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. News: Pitlane Politics . GrandPrix.com . 25 April 2005 . 13 November 2006.
  2. News: The FIA versus the FIA . GrandPrix.com . 25 April 2005 . 13 November 2006.
  3. News: Button's BAR banned for two races . Guardian News and Media Limited . 5 May 2005 . 14 November 2006.
  4. Web site: Tribunal bans Button for two races, takes away points . Sportsline.com . 5 May 2005 . 11 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060510102803/http://www.sportsline.com/autoracing/story/8446046 . 10 May 2006 .
  5. Web site: BAR team handed two-race ban . 5 May 2005 . Formula1.com . Formula1.com Limited . https://web.archive.org/web/20070207220328/http://www.formula1.com/race/news/2947/736.html . 7 February 2007 . 27 December 2015.
  6. Web site: San Marino 2005 - Championship • STATS F1. www.statsf1.com. 20 March 2019.