2005 Italian Grand Prix

  2005 Italian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 15 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One season
Date	September 4, 2005
Official name	LXXVI Gran Premio d'Italia
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.600 mi)
Distance	53 laps, 306.720 km (190.779 mi)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:21.054
Fastest lap
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:21.504 on lap 51
Podium
First	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Third	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault
Lap leaders

The 2005 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One race, held on September 4, 2005 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza circuit. Fifteenth race of the 2005 Formula One season, it was the event in which Juan Pablo Montoya achieved the highest ever speed recorded during a F1 race, 372.6 km/h (231.5 mph).^[1]

Report

Kimi Räikkönen qualified his McLaren-Mercedes fastest, but received a 10-place grid penalty for changing his engine, demoting him to 11th on the grid and giving pole to Juan Pablo Montoya.

The race was won by Montoya with Fernando Alonso second and Giancarlo Fisichella third. Räikkönen climbed from 11th place to finish 4th, ahead of Jarno Trulli, Ralf Schumacher, Antônio Pizzonia and Jenson Button. Räikkönen would have had a chance of winning with a one-stop-strategy, but a deflated tyre forced him to make a second pit-stop.

The race allowed Alonso on 103 points to stay in first place in the Drivers' Championship and extended his lead by three points over Räikkönen on 76. Then followed Michael Schumacher still on 55 points. After this Grand Prix, the championship become a two horse race between Alonso and Räikkönen, eliminating Schumacher from mathematical contention although it had been unlikely for some time that Schumacher would be contending for the title. Montoya gained 10 points on Schumacher but still remained in 4th place on 50 points. Renault retained the lead of the Constructors' Championship with 146 points, a ten-point advantage over McLaren-Mercedes on 136. Remaining in third place was Ferrari with 86 points; Toyota collected 7 points and had 78 points.

There were no retirements during the race, a feat that had not happened to a full field in Formula One since the 1961 Dutch Grand Prix. The 2005 United States Grand Prix is also considered as a race with no retirements, however only six cars started due to problems with the supply of Michelin tyres, which led to the mass withdrawal of all teams running on those tyres due to safety issues. Antônio Pizzonia replaced Nick Heidfeld for the rest of the season onwards.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.878	—
2	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.054	+0.176
3	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:21.319	+0.441
4	3	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:21.369	+0.491
5	4	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	1:21.477	+0.599
6	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:21.640	+0.762
7	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.721	+0.843
8	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:21.962	+1.084
9	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:22.068	+1.190
10	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:22.266	+1.388
11	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	1:22.304	+1.426
12	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	1:22.356	+1.478
13	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	1:22.532	+1.654
14	7	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	1:22.560	+1.682
15	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:23.060	+2.182
16	8	Antônio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	1:23.291	+2.413
17	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota	1:24.666	+3.788
18	20	Robert Doornbos	Minardi-Cosworth	1:24.904	+4.026
19	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota	1:25.859	+4.981
20	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	1:26.964	+6.086

• Note: Kimi Räikkönen had a 10-place grid penalty for this race, for an engine change.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	53	1:14:28.659	1	10
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	53	+2.479	2	8
3	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	53	+17.975	8	6
4	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	53	+22.775	11	5
5	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	53	+33.786	5	4
6	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	53	+43.925	9	3
7	8	Antônio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	53	+44.643	16	2
8	3	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	53	+1:03.635	3	1
9	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	53	+1:15.413	15
10	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	53	+1:36.070	6
11	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	52	+1 lap	12
12	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	52	+1 lap	7
13	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	52	+1 lap	13
14	7	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	52	+1 lap	14
15	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	52	+1 lap	10
16	4	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	52	+1 lap	4
17	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota	51	+2 laps	17
18	20	Robert Doornbos	Minardi-Cosworth	51	+2 laps	18
19	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	51	+2 laps	20
20	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota	50	+3 laps	19

Standings after the race

• Bold text indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Fernando Alonso 103 2 Kimi Räikkönen 76 3 Michael Schumacher 55 4 Juan Pablo Montoya 50 5 Jarno Trulli 43

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Renault 144 2 McLaren-Mercedes 136 3 Ferrari 86 4 Toyota 78 5 Williams-BMW 54

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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