2005 Monaco Grand Prix

2005 Monaco Grand Prix
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2005 layout version of Circuit de Monaco
Race Details
Date	22 May, 2005
Race Number	737
Official Name	LXIII Grand Prix de Monaco
Location	Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course	Temporary street circuit 3.340 km (2.075 mi)
Distance	78 laps, 260.52 km (161.880 mi)
Pole Position
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time	2:30.323
Fastest Lap
Driver	Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time	1:15.842 on lap 40
Podium
First	Kimi Räikkönen
Second	Nick Heidfeld
Third	Mark Webber
Lap Leaders

The 2005 Monaco Grand Prix, otherwise formally known as the LXIII Grand Prix de Monaco, was the sixth round of the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship, staged at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on 22 May 2005. The race would see Kimi Räikkönen claim his second straight victory, moving him into title contention behind Fernando Alonso.

Qualifying, which would be the last to feature cumulative times, would see the Finn emerge on pole position, beating Alonso by less than a tenth. Mark Webber was next for Williams-BMW ahead of Giancarlo Fisichella, while Michael Schumacher in the #1 Ferrari started down in eighth.

The start of the race would largely dictate the result, as Räikkönen and a fast starting Alonso duelled off the line. Ultimately, it was the #9 McLaren-Mercedes that emerged ahead of the #5 Renault, as Webber dropped to fifth after making yet another poor start.

The rest of the opening lap proved fairly tame, with Räikkönen and Alonso breaking away, while Fisichella fended off Jarno Trulli. At the back, meanwhile, Juan Pablo Montoya was undermining the belief that no one could overtake in Monte Carlo, having scythed past the two Minardi-Cosworths and the two Jordan-Toyotas.

After that the race settled into a steady rhythm, with Räikkönen and Alonso exchanging a barrage of fastest laps, before the Finn established a lead. Behind, Fisichella managed to keep pace with his teammate, while Trulli had a train of cars behind him, until the race was halted by Christijan Albers.

Indeed, the Dutchman had spun and blocked the track at Mirabeau, resulting in Schumacher removing his front wing on the back of David Coulthard. The Safety Car was called upon for two laps as the debris, and Albers' stalled Minardi, were dragged away. During that intervention, the two Renaults, Williams-BMWs and Felipe Massa all dived into the pits, leaving Räikkönen ahead of Trulli.

Once the SC came in Räikkönen blasted clear, with Alonso now stuck in traffic in third midfield. However, moments later the SC was almost called upon again, with Patrick Friesacher crashing out exiting the tunnel, although most of his Minardi ended up in the escape road opposite the Nouvelle Chicane.

With no need to call the SC Räikkönen continued to build his lead, and would make his one and only stop of the race on lap 42, and would rejoin without losing it. Behind, Trulli lost more ground, while Alonso was struggling badly with his tyres, and hence had the two Williams-BMWs glued to his tail.

Elsewhere, Fisichella was likewise struggling with his Michelin tyres, and hence had a long queue of cars stuck behind him, including the two Ferraris, the two Toyotas, and the two Sauber-Petronases. Ultimately, Fisichella would be shuffled down the order, while Jacques Villeneuve made an awful lunge at teammate Massa in the Saubers, resulting in the pair clashing at Sainte Devote.

Out front, meanwhile, Alonso was risking everything to keep the two Williams at bay, and duly slipped behind Heidfled when the German racer sold him a dummy into the Nouvelle Chicane. Webber then lined up a move on the Spaniard, with the pair twice scrambling over the Nouvelle Chicane, before the Australian racer finally clinched third.

With that the race was run, with Räikkönen, untroubled by all the action behind, able to cruise through the final half of the race to claim victory. Heidfeld and Webber duly completed the podium ahead of Alonso, while Montoya battled his way up to fifth. Ralf Schumacher was next ahead of his brother Michael, while Rubens Barrichello secured the final point.

This race was the second of a two-race ban for BAR-Honda after they were excluded from the results of the 2005 San Marino Grand Prix.

Background

A second place finish in front of his home crowd was enough for Fernando Alonso to extend his Championship lead, moving onto 44 points after the opening five races. Jarno Trulli had slipped eighteen behind the Spaniard as a result, while Kimi Räikkönen had moved into third, some 27 points off the lead. Elsewhere, Giancarlo Fisichella and Ralf Schumacher had made way for the Finn as they completed the top five, with seventeen drivers on the score sheet.

In the Constructors Championship Renault had managed to eek out their lead once again, leaving Spain with eighteen points in hand. Toyota remained their closest challengers, although Räikkönen's triumph meant that McLaren-Mercedes had moved to within three of the Japanese manufacturer. Williams-BMW were next in fourth ahead of Ferrari, while Red Bull-Cosworth and Sauber-Petronas rounded out the scorers. The Red Bull-Cosworth cars were advertised with the film, Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith.

Entry list

The full entry list for the 2005 Monaco Grand Prix is outlined below:

No.	Driver	Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Model	Tyre
1	Michael Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F2005	Ferrari	055 3.0 V10	B
2	Rubens Barrichello	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F2005	Ferrari	055 3.0 V10	B
3*	Jenson Button	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR	007	Honda	RA005E 3.0 V10	M
4*	Takuma Sato	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	BAR	007	Honda	RA005E 3.0 V10	M
5	Fernando Alonso	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault	R25	Renault	RS25 3.0 V10	M
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	Renault	R25	Renault	RS25 3.0 V10	M
7	Mark Webber	BMW Williams F1 Team	Williams	FW27	BMW	P84-5 3.0 V10	M
8	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Williams F1 Team	Williams	FW27	BMW	P84-5 3.0 V10	M
9	Kimi Räikkönen	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-20	Mercedes	FO 110R 3.0 V10	M
10	Juan Pablo Montoya	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-20	Mercedes	FO 110R 3.0 V10	M
11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber Petronas	Sauber	C24	Petronas	05A 3.0 V10	M
12	Felipe Massa	Sauber Petronas	Sauber	C24	Petronas	05A 3.0 V10	M
14	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB1	Cosworth	TJ2005 3.0 V10	M
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB1	Cosworth	TJ2005 3.0 V10	M
16	Jarno Trulli	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	TF105	Toyota	RVX-05 3.0 V10	M
17	Ralf Schumacher	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	TF105	Toyota	RVX-05 3.0 V10	M
18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan Grand Prix	Jordan	EJ15	Toyota	RVX-05 3.0 V10	B
19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan Grand Prix	Jordan	EJ15	Toyota	RVX-05 3.0 V10	B
20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi F1 Team	Minardi	PS05	Cosworth	TJ2005 3.0 V10	B
21	Christijan Albers	Minardi F1 Team	Minardi	PS05	Cosworth	TJ2005 3.0 V10	B
Test Drivers for Practice Sessions Only
35	Alexander Wurz	West McLaren Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-20	Mercedes	FO 110R 3.0 V10	M
37	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB1	Cosworth	TJ2005 3.0 V10	M
38	Ricardo Zonta	Panasonic Toyota Racing	Toyota	TF105	Toyota	RVX-05 3.0 V10	M
39	Robert Doornbos	Jordan Grand Prix	Jordan	EJ15	Toyota	RVX-05 3.0 V10	B
Source:

• * Both BAR-Honda entries of Button and Sato were banned for the race weekend.

Practice Overview

Free Practice Results

The full free practice results for the 2005 Monaco Grand Prix are outlined below:

No.	Driver	Constructor	FP1		FP2		FP3		FP4
			Time	Pos.	Time	Pos.	Time	Pos.	Time	Pos.
1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:17.640	4	1:17.170	11	1:16.803	5	1:14.961	9
2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:18.838	10	1:17.663	15	1:17.475	9	1:15.637	12
5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:17.301	2	1:15.835	1	1:16.513	4	1:14.047	2
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:17.869	5	1:16.519	4	1:16.403	6	1:13.988	1
7	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	1:18.244	7	1:17.422	12	1:18.065	10	1:14.418	5
8	Nick Heidfeld	Williams-BMW	1:18.859	11	1:17.667	16	1:16.935	7	1:15.196	11
9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:19.055	12	1:16.558	6	1:16.875	6	1:14.258	3
10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:17.152	1	1:16.534	5	1:16.197	1	1:14.543	7
11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	1:19.755	14	1:17.506	14	1:18.640	13	1:16.148	14
12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:20.180	16	1:16.914	8	DNP	99 !	1:16.123	13

Qualifying

Qualifying Results

The full qualifying results for the 2005 Monaco Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Time			Gap
				Q1	Q2	Total
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:13.644	1:16.679	2:30.325	—
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:14.125	1:16.281	2:30.406	0.083s
3	7	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	1:14.584	1:17.072	2:31.656	+1.333s
4	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:14.783	1:17.317	2:32.100	+1.777s
5	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:15.189	1:17.401	2:32.590	+2.267s
6	8	Nick Heidfeld	Williams-BMW	1:15.128	1:17.755	2:32.883	+2.560s
7	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	1:15.329	1:18.538	2:33.867	+3.544s
8	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:16.186	1:18.550	2:34.736	+4.413s
9	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	1:15.921	1:19.015	2:34.936	+4.613s
10	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:16.142	1:18.841	2:34.983	+4.660s
11	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:16.218	1:18.902	2:35.120	+4.797s
12	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull-Cosworth	1:16.817	1:20.335	2:37.152	+6.829s
13	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	1:18.574	1:22.236	2:40.810	+10.487s
14	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	1:19.229	1:22.977	2:42.206	+11.833s
15	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota	1:19.408	1:23.670	2:43.078	+12.755s
16*	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota	1:19.474	1:23.968	2:43.422	+13.119s
NC†	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.858	—
NC*	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	—
WD	3	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	Banned
WD	4	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	Banned
Source:

• ^T Indicates a driver used their test/spare car to set their best time in that session.
• Bold indicates a driver's best/qualifying time.
• * Karthikeyan and Schumacher were awarded ten place grid penalties for changing their engines.
• ^† Montoya had his time from Q2 deleted for causing an accident during practice.

Grid

	Pos.	Pos.
	Driver	Driver
		______________
Row 1	______________	1
	2	Kimi Räikkönen
	Fernando Alonso	______________
Row 2	______________	3
	4	Mark Webber
	Giancarlo Fisichella	______________
Row 3	______________	5
	6	Jarno Trulli
	Nick Heidfeld	______________
Row 4	______________	7
	8	David Coulthard
	Michael Schumacher	______________
Row 5	______________	9
	10	Jacques Villeneuve
	Rubens Barrichello	______________
Row 6	______________	11
	12	Felipe Massa
	Vitantonio Liuzzi	______________
Row 7	______________	13
	14	Patrick Friesacher
	Christijan Albers	______________
Row 8	______________	15
	16	Tiago Monteiro
	Juan Pablo Montoya	______________
Row 9	______________	17
	18	Narain Karthikeyan
	Ralf Schumacher	______________

Race

Results

The full results for the 2005 Monaco Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	78	1:45:15.556	1	10
2	8	Nick Heidfeld	Williams-BMW	78	+13.877s	6	8
3	7	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	78	+18.484s	3	6
4	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	78	+36.487s	2	5
5	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	78	+36.647s	16	4
6	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	78	+37.117s	18	3
7	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	78	+37.223s	8	2
8	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	78	+37.570s	10	1
9	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	77	+1 Lap	11
10	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	77	+1 Lap	5
11	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	77	+1 Lap	9
12	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	77	+1 Lap	4
13	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota	75	+3 Laps	15
14	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	73	+5 Laps	14
Ret	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull-Cosworth	59	Accident	12
Ret	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	29	Accident	13
Ret	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	23	Damage	7
Ret	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota	18	Hydraulics	17
WD	3	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda
WD	4	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda
Source:

• ^T Indicates a driver used their test/spare car.

Milestones

• Mercedes made their 200th Grand Prix appearance as an engine supplier.
• Kimi Räikkönen claimed his fourth career victory.
• McLaren claimed their 140th win as a constructor.
  • Engine partners Mercedes secured their 45th triumph.
• Maiden podium finish for Mark Webber.

Standings

Despite failing to finish on the podium for the first time in 2005, Fernando Alonso had once again extended his lead, leaving Monte Carlo on 49 points. Race winner Kimi Räikkönen, meanwhile, had moved into second, but was left some 22 points adrift on the Spaniard in-spite of his second consecutive win. Behind, Jarno Trulli slipped a point behind the Finn, while Mark Webber and Nick Heidfeld completed the top five.

In the Constructors Championship it was still advantage Renault, although their lead had come down after the efforts of McLaren-Mercedes. Indeed, the two squads were separated by twelve points leaving Monaco, down from Renault's former eighteen point lead. Behind, Toyota had made way for McLaren, slipping eight behind, while it was status quo for the rest of the scorers.

World Championship for Drivers Pos. Driver Pts. +/- 1 Fernando Alonso 49 — 2 Kimi Räikkönen 27 ▲1 3 Jarno Trulli 26 ▼1 4 Mark Webber 18 ▲2 5 Nick Heidfeld 17 ▲5 6 Ralf Schumacher 17 ▼1 7 Giancarlo Fisichella 14 ▼3 8 Juan Pablo Montoya 14 — 9 Michael Schumacher 12 ▼2 10 David Coulthard 10 ▼1 11 Rubens Barrichello 9 — 12 Alexander Wurz 6 — 13 Jacques Villeneuve 5 — 14 Pedro de la Rosa 4 — 15 Christian Klien 3 — 16 Felipe Massa 2 — 17 Vitantonio Liuzzi 1 —

World Championship for Constructors Pos. Team Pts. +/- 1 Renault 63 — 2 McLaren-Mercedes 51 ▲1 3 Toyota 43 ▼1 4 Williams-BMW 35 — 5 Ferrari 21 — 6 Red Bull-Cosworth 14 — 7 Sauber-Petronas 7 —

Only point scoring drivers and constructors are shown.

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