2005 Champ Car World Series Season

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The 2005 Champ Car World Series Season was the second season of the Champ Car World Series. It began on April 10, 2005 and ended on November 6 after 13 races.

Contents 1 Drivers and constructors 1.1 Mid-season changes 2 Calendar and race winners 3 Full Series Results 3.1 Drivers 3.2 Nation's Cup 4 External links

[edit] Drivers and constructors

The following teams and drivers are competing for the 2005 Champ Car World Series.

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tire	No	Drivers
Newman/Haas Racing	Ford Cosworth/Lola	---	Ford Cosworth2.65 L TurboV8	Bridgestone	1	Sébastien Bourdais
					2	Bruno Junqueira Oriol Servia
Forsythe Racing	Ford Cosworth/Lola	---	Ford Cosworth2.65 L TurboV8	Bridgestone	3	Paul Tracy
					7	Mario Dominguez
RuSPORT	Ford Cosworth/Lola	---	Ford Cosworth2.65 L TurboV8	Bridgestone	9	Justin Wilson
					10	A. J. Allmendinger
PKV Racing	Ford Cosworth/Lola	---	Ford Cosworth2.65 L TurboV8	Bridgestone	12	Jimmy Vasser
					21	Cristiano Da Matta
					52	Jorge Goeters
Team Australia	Ford Cosworth/Lola	---	Ford Cosworth2.65 L TurboV8	Bridgestone	5	Marcus Marshall
					5/25	Will Power
					15	Alex Tagliani
					25	Charles Zwolsman
Rocketsports Racing	Ford Cosworth/Lola	---	Ford Cosworth2.65 L TurboV8	Bridgestone	8	Timo Glock
					31	Ryan Hunter-Reay Michael McDowell
CTE-HVM Racing	Ford Cosworth/Lola	---	Ford Cosworth2.65 L TurboV8	Bridgestone	4	Björn Wirdheim Fabrizio del Monte
					50	Homero Richards
					55	Ronnie Bremer Alex Sperafico Rodolfo Lavin
Dale Coyne Racing	Ford Cosworth/Lola	---	Ford Cosworth2.65 L TurboV8	Bridgestone	11	Ricardo Sperafico
					19	Oriol Servia Michael Valiante Tarso Marques Ryan Dalziel Ronnie Bremer
Jensen Motorsport	Ford Cosworth/Lola	---	Ford Cosworth2.65 L TurboV8	Bridgestone	41	Fabrizio del Monte
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	Ford Cosworth/Lola	---	Ford Cosworth2.65 L TurboV8	Bridgestone	27	Andrew Ranger
					34	Nelson Philippe

[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

Rd	Name	Circuit	Date	Winning driver	Winning team	Report
1	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	April 10	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
2	Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey	Monterrey, Mexico	May 22	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
3	Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 4	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	Report
4	G.I. Joe's Grand Prix of Portland	Portland, Oregon	June 19	Cristiano Da Matta	PKV Racing	Report
5	Grand Prix of Cleveland	Cleveland, Ohio	June 26	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	Report
6	Molson Indy Toronto	Toronto, Canada	July 10	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	Report
7	West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton	Edmonton, Canada	July 17	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
8	Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose	San Jose, California	July 31	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
9	Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver	Denver Colorado	August 14	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
10	Molson Indy Montreal	Montreal, Canada	August 28	Oriol Servia	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
11	Hurricane Relief 400	Las Vegas, Nevada	September 24	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
12	Lexmark Indy 300	Surfers Paradise, Australia	October 22	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	Report
13	Grand Premio Telmex	Mexico City, Mexico	November 6	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	Report

[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

Pos Driver LB MOT MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SAN DEN MON LVG SUR MEX Points 1 Bourdais 1 5 6 2 5 5 1 1 1 4 1 1 Ret 348 2 Servia 11 9 3 Ret 3 2 2 3 4 1 2 5 4 288 3 Wilson 4 4 4 Ret 7 1 4 4 Ret 3 11 7 1 265 4 Tracy 2 Ret 1 3 1 Ret 3 2 Ret 8 Ret Ret 3 246 5 Allmendinger 8 10 2 5 2 Ret Ret Ret 3 9 13 2 2 227 6 Vasser 9 Ret 5 6 6 4 11 Ret Ret 7 3 3 6 217 7 Tagliani 15 3 10 Ret 4 3 7 9 Ret 5 7 4 8 207 8 Glock (R) 6 Ret 9 10 10 7 13 6 Ret 2 8 6 5 202 9 Dominguez 5 Ret 7 4 Ret Ret 5 5 2 10 4 Ret 12 198 10 Ranger (R) Ret 2 Ret 7 8 Ret Ret Ret 10 11 14 10 9 140 11 Da Matta 10 6 11 1 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 12 Ret 14 139 12 Bremer (R) 7 Ret 8 8 Ret 6 7 7 17 Ret 8 Ret 139 13 Philippe Ret Ret 12 12 13 10 9 Ret 9 15 Ret Ret 7 117 14 Wirdheim (R) 12 8 Ret 9 Ret Ret Ret 8 11 13 6 115 15 Hunter-Reay 13 7 Ret 15 Ret 6 Ret Ret 6 12 10 110 16 Marshall (R) 14 Ret 13 14 12 Ret 8 Ret 12 16 9 11 104 17 R. Sperafico (R) Ret Ret 14 13 9 Ret 10 Ret 8 Ret 15 9 Ret 92 18 Lavin Ret 5 14 5 13 15 72 19 Junqueira 3 1 59 20 A. Sperafico 8 12 24 21 McDowell (R) 12 11 19 22 Power (R) Ret 10 17 23 Dalziel (R) 9 13 24 Marques 11 10 25 Valiante (R) 11 10 26 del Monte (R) 16 Ret 10 27 Zwolsman (R) 13 8 28 Richards (R) 16 5 29 Goeters (R) Ret 3 Pos Driver LB MOT MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SAN DEN MON LVG SUR MEX Points

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX)

[edit] Nation's Cup

• Top result per race counts towards the nations cup

Pos	Country	LB	MOT	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	EDM	SAN	DEN	MON	LVG	SUR	MEX	Points
1	France	1	5	6	2	5	5	1	1	1	4	1	1	7	346
2	Canada	2	2	1	3	1	3	3	2	10	5	7	4	3	322
3	Spain	11	9	3	Ret	3	2	2	3	4	1	2	5	4	283
4	United States	8	7	2	5	2	4	11	Ret	3	7	3	2	2	274
5	United Kingdom	4	4	4	Ret	7	1	4	4	Ret	3	11	7	1	257
6	Brazil	3	1	11	1	9	8	10	Ret	8	6	12	9	14	211
7	Mexico	5	Ret	7	4	Ret	Ret	5	5	2	10	4	13	12	201
8	Germany	6	Ret	9	10	10	7	13	6	Ret	2	8	6	5	198
9	Denmark	7	Ret	8	8	Ret		6	7	7	17	Ret	8	Ret	133
10	Australia	14	Ret	13	14	12	Ret	8	Ret	12	16	9	11	10	115
11	Sweden	12	8	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	Ret	8	11	13	6			113
12	Scotland						9								13
13	Italy	16											Ret		10
14	Netherlands													13	8
Pos	Country	LB	MOT	MIL	POR	CLE	TOR	EDM	SAN	DEN	MON	LVG	SUR	MEX	Points

Champ Car World Series Seasons
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[edit] External links

• 2005 official standing