2005 Formula One Season

The 2005 Formula One season was the 56th FIA Formula One season, contested over a then record 19 Grands Prix. The season commenced on March 6, 2005 in Australia, and finished on October 16, 2005 in China.

Fernando Alonso won the World Drivers' Championship, and the team ehe drove for, Renault, won the World Constructors' Championship, ending five years of dominance from Michael Schumacher and Ferrari.

Alonso became the youngest World Champion in the history of the sport, at the age of 24 years and 58 days, beating Emerson Fittipaldi's 33-year-old record by over 1 and a half years.

This was the last season in which Minardi, BAR and Jordan all competed; and last season that Sauber would compete in before 2011.

Teams and DriversEdit

Entry listEdit

Constructor	Chassis	Tyre	No.	Driver	Rounds	Test/Reserve Drivers
Team	Engine
Ferrari	F2004M F2005	B	1	Michael Schumacher	All	Luca Badoer Marc Gené Andrea Bertolini Valentino Rossi
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari 053 Ferrari 055		2	Rubens Barrichello	All
BAR-Honda	007	M	3	Jenson Button	1-4, 7-19*‡	Anthony Davidson Enrique Bernoldi Adam Carroll Tony Kanaan Alan van der Merwe James Rossiter Nelson Piquet, Jr
Lucky Strike BAR Honda	Honda RA005E		4	Takuma Sato	1, 3-4, 7-19*‡
			4	Anthony Davidson	2
Renault	R25	M	5	Fernando Alonso	All*	Franck Montagny Lucas di Grassi Robert Kubica Giorgio Mondini José María López Heikki Kovalainen
Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault RS25		6	Giancarlo Fisichella	All*
Williams-BMW	FW27	M	7	Mark Webber	All*	Antônio Pizzonia Nico Rosberg Andy Priaulx Sebastian Vettel Luciano Burti
BMW WilliamsF1 Team	BMW P84/5		8	Nick Heidfeld	1-14*
			8	Antônio Pizzonia	15-19
McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-20	M	9	Kimi Räikkönen	All*	Pedro de la Rosa Alexander Wurz Gary Paffett
West McLaren Mercedes Team McLaren Mercedes	Mercedes FO110R		10	Juan Pablo Montoya	1-2, 5-19*
			10 35†	Pedro de la Rosa	3
			10 35†	Alexander Wurz	4
Sauber-Petronas	C24	M	11	Jacques Villeneuve#	All*	none
Sauber-Petronas	Petronas 05A		12	Felipe Massa	All*
Red Bull-Cosworth	RB1	M	14	David Coulthard	All*	Scott Speed Neel Jani
Red Bull Racing	Cosworth TJ2005		15 37†	Christian Klien	1-3, 8-19*
			15 37†	Vitantonio Liuzzi	4-7
			37†	Scott Speed	None
Toyota	TF105 TF105B	M	16	Jarno Trulli	All*	Olivier Panis Ryan Briscoe Franck Perera Borja García
Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota RVX-05		17	Ralf Schumacher	1-8, 10-19
			17 38†	Ricardo Zonta	9*
			38†	Olivier Panis	None
Jordan-Toyota	EJ15 EJ15B	B	18	Tiago Monteiro	All	Nicky Pastorelli Mario Domínguez Anthony Davidson
Jordan Grand Prix	Toyota RVX-05		19	Narain Karthikeyan	All
			39†	Robert Doornbos	None
			39†	Franck Montagny	None
			39†	Nicolas Kiesa	None
			39†	Sakon Yamamoto	None
Minardi-Cosworth	PS04B PS05	B	20	Patrick Friesacher	1-11	Chanoch Nissany Juan Cáceres Roldán Rodríguez Davide Rigon Katherine Legge
Minardi F1 Team	Cosworth CK2004/TJ2005		20	Robert Doornbos	12-19
			21	Christijan Albers	All
			40†	Chanoch Nissany	None
			40†	Enrico Toccacelo	None

NotesEdit

†Five teams (McLaren, Red Bull, Toyota, Jordan and Minardi) ran a third car in free practice sessions, as per the regulations for 2005. Sauber were entitled to also do so, but elected not to. These cars, numbered 35-40 were ineligible to compete in the race.

*The fourteen cars run by the Michelin-based teams withdrew from the United States Grand Prix (round 9) on tyre-safety grounds following a high-speed accident for Ralf Schumacher in free practice.

‡Neither BAR driver competed in the Spanish Grand Prix or Monaco Grand Prix (rounds 5 and 6) due to a two-race ban imposed at the San Marino Grand Prix, where their cars had been found to be deliberately underweight.

ChangesEdit

Team ChangesEdit

• Jaguar was sold to Austrian energy drink company Red Bull, which formed the team Red Bull Racing.
• Jordan was sold to Midland Group at the start of the season, but they continued under the Jordan name for the 2005 season.

Driver ChangesEdit

Pre-seasonEdit

• Giancarlo Fisichella: Sauber → Renault
• Mark Webber: Jaguar → Williams
• Nick Heidfeld: Jordan → Williams
• Juan Pablo Montoya: Williams → McLaren
• Jacques Villeneuve: Renault → Sauber
• David Coulthard: McLaren → Red Bull
• Jarno Trulli: Renault → Toyota
• Ralf Schumacher: Williams → Toyota
• Tiago Monteiro: World Series by Nissan → Jordan
• Narian Karthikeyan: World Series by Nissan → Jordan
• Patrick Friesacher: Formula 3000 → Minardi
• Christijan Albers: Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters → Minardi

Mid-seasonEdit

• For Round 2 (Malaysia):
  • BAR: Takuma Sato (illness) → Anthony Davidson
• For Round 3 (Bahrain):
  • McLaren: Juan Pablo Montoya (injury) → Pedro de la Rosa
• For Round 4 (San Marino):
  • McLaren: Pedro de la Rosa → Alexander Wurz
  • Red Bull: Christian Klien → Vitantonio Liuzzi
• For Round 9 (United States):
  • Toyota: Ralf Schumacher (practice crash) → Ricardo Zonta
• For Round 12 (Germany):
  • Minardi: Patrick Friesacher → Robert Doornbos
• For Round 15 (Italy):
  • Williams: Nick Heidfeld (injury) → Antônio Pizzonia

CalendarEdit

ScheduleEdit

Calendar ChangesEdit

Results, Standings and StatisticsEdit

ResultsEdit

Standings and StatisticsEdit

External LinksEdit

NotesEdit