The 2005 Turkish Grand Prix (officially the 2005 Formula 1 Turkish Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 21 August 2005 at Istanbul Park, Tuzla, Turkey. It was the fourteenth race of the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship and the inaugural Turkish Grand Prix.
The 58-lap race was won by Finnish driver Kimi Räikkönen, driving a McLaren-Mercedes. Räikkönen took his fifth victory of the season after starting from pole position and leading every lap. Räikkönen's Colombian teammate, Juan Pablo Montoya, ran second until he collided with a backmarker and then ran wide in the closing laps, allowing Spaniard Fernando Alonso through in his Renault.
With five races remaining, Alonso led the Drivers' Championship by 24 points from Räikkönen, while Renault's lead over McLaren in the Constructors' Championship was nine points.
Friday drivers The bottom six teams in the 2004 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race. Constructor Nat Driver McLaren-Mercedes Pedro de la Rosa Red Bull-Cosworth Vitantonio Liuzzi Toyota Ricardo Zonta Jordan-Toyota Nicolas Kiesa Minardi-Cosworth Enrico Toccacelo
Report Background After the Hungarian Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso led the drivers' championship with 26 points ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and 32 points ahead of Michael Schumacher. In the constructors' championship, Renault led McLaren-Mercedes by twelve points and Ferrari by 31 points.
Qualifying In qualifying, Räikkönen set the fastest time and secured his eighth pole position. Fisichella came second in the Renault ahead of his teammate Alonso.
Race
Michael Schumacher and Mark Webber collided on lap 14. The rear suspension of Schumacher's Ferrari was damaged, but after repairs he rejoined the race. Webber's Williams lost the nose cone.
Felipe Massa lost the front wing and bargeboard from his Sauber in a first-corner collision with the Williams of former teammate Nick Heidfeld. After replacements were fitted, Massa continued racing until his engine failed on lap 29. Both Williams cars retired from the race due to right-rear tyre failures - Webber on lap 21 and Heidfeld on lap 30.
Juan Pablo Montoya was running second on the penultimate lap when he clashed with the Jordan of Tiago Monteiro, damaging his diffuser. On the next lap Montoya ran straight ahead at Turn 8, allowing Fernando Alonso to pass him. Montoya's fastest lap was over two seconds faster than his teammate's qualifying time.
Classification
Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap Grid 1 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:26.797 - 1 2 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:27.039 +0.242 2 3 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:27.050 +0.253 3 4 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:27.352 +0.555 4 5 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:27.501 +0.704 5 6 8 Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 1:27.929 +1.132 6 7 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:27.944 +1.147 7 8 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:28.419 +1.622 8 9 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:28.594 +1.797 9 10 15 Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 1:28.963 +2.166 10 11 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:29.369 +2.572 11 12 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:29.764 +2.967 12 13 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:30.063 +3.266 13 14 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:30.175 +3.378 20 15 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:30.710 +3.913 14 16 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:32.186 +5.389 15 17 20 Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth No time 17 18 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas No time 16 19 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota No time 18 20 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari No time 19 Notes – Takuma Sato's performance was disqualified for impeding Mark Webber during qualifying. Sato was unaware of Webber approaching as he had been reported to have no radio contact with the BAR team. – Robert Doornbos failed to set a time after his Minardi's brakes caught fire due to an incorrect brake pipe fitting. – Takuma Sato, Narain Karthikeyan and Michael Schumacher received a ten-place start penalty due to an engine change. – Jacques Villeneuve spun in turn 8, so he could not complete his fast lap. – Michael Schumacher spun in turn 9, so he could not complete his fast lap.
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 58 1:24:34.454 1 10 2 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 58 + 18.609 3 8 3 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 58 + 19.635 4 6 4 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 58 + 37.973 2 5 5 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 58 + 39.304 13 4 6 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 58 + 55.420 5 3 7 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 58 + 1:09.292 12 2 8 15 Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 58 + 1:11.622 10 1 9 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 58 + 1:19.987 PL 10 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 57 + 1 Lap 11 11 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 57 + 1 Lap 16 12 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 57 + 1 Lap 9 13 20 Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth 55 + 3 Laps 17 14 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 55 + 3 Laps 18 15 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 55 + 3 Laps 14 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 48 Withdrew 15 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 32 Collision Damage 19 8 Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 29 Tyre 6 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 28 Engine 8 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 20 Tyre 7 Notes – Takuma Sato started the race from the pitlane.
Championship standings after the race Bold text and an asterisk indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Fernando Alonso* 95 2 Kimi Räikkönen* 71 3 Michael Schumacher* 55 1 4 Juan Pablo Montoya 40 1 5 Jarno Trulli 39Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Renault* 130 2 McLaren-Mercedes* 121 3 Ferrari* 86 4 Toyota* 71 5 Williams-BMW* 52Source:
See also 2005 Istanbul Park GP2 Series round
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