2005 Champ Car World Series Season
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The 2005 Champ Car World Series Season is the twenty-seventh Champ Car World Series, however only it's second season under the Champ Car title. It began on April 10, 2005 and ended on November 6 after 13 races.
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[edit] Drivers and constructors
The following teams and drivers are competing for the 2005 Champ Car World Series.
[edit] Mid-season changes
- The Jensen Motorsport team only appeared at the opening race of the season with Fabrizio del Monte at the wheel of the #41 car.
- PKV Racing gave Jorge Goeters a one-off drive at the Monterrey race.
- Bruno Junqueira was injured in the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and was replaced in the Newman/Haas team by Oriol Servia who departed Dale Coyne Racing. Servia was replaced by various drivers during the season - Michael Valiante in Portland, Tarso Marques in Cleveland, Ryan Dalziel in Toronto and Ronnie Bremer for the remainder of the season.
- Alex Sperafico replaced Ronnie Bremer at CTE/HVM for the races in Toronto and Edmonton, with Rodolfo Lavin taking over for the rest of the season.
- Björn Wirdheim was also replaced at CTE/HVM, although only for the last two races of the season. Fabrizio del Monte drove at Surfers Paradise and Homero Richards drove in Mexico City.
- Team Australia fielded a third car in Surfers Paradise and Mexico City, driven by Will Power. In Mexico the team replaced Marcus Marshall with Charles Zwolsman.
- Michael McDowell replaced Ryan Hunter-Reay in the Rocketsports team for the final two races of the season.
[edit] Calendar and race winners
[edit] Full Series Results
Point Scoring System:
- 1st - 20th = 31-27-25-23-21-19-17-15-13-11-10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
Bonus Points:
- 1 For Fastest Race Lap
- 1 For Fastest Friday Qualifying Lap
- 1 For Fastest Saturday Qualifying Lap
- 1 For Leading A Lap Of The Race
- 1 For Most Positions Gained From Starting Position (in the event of tie, the better-placed driver gets the point.)
The most points a single driver can earn in a single race is 35.
[edit] Drivers
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