The 2005 Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland was the fifth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 26, 2005 at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. Due to the controversy at the 2005 United States Grand Prix held at Indianapolis a week earlier, any fan who had a ticket to the 2005 United States GP was granted free admission to this race. Paul Tracy swept both the pole and the race win, his second victory of the season.
Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 58.440 57.419 57.419 2 Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 58.436 57.424 57.424 3 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 58.576 57.559 57.559 4 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 59.581 57.801 57.801 5 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 58.705 57.836 57.836 6 Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 58.920 57.917 57.917 7 Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 58.546 57.942 57.942 8 Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 58.835 58.029 58.029 9 A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 59.158 58.126 58.126 10 Tarso Marques Dale Coyne Racing 59.819 58.335 58.335 11 Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 59.346 58.385 58.385 12 Ronnie Bremer HVM Racing 59.435 58.471 58.471 13 Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 59.970 58.493 58.493 14 Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 59.395 58.693 58.693 15 Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 59.789 58.844 58.844 16 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 58.986 1:10.166 58.986 17 Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 1:00.390 59.128 59.128 18 Marcus Marshall Team Australia 1:01.135 59.200 59.200
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 91 1:45:43.856 1 33 2 10 A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 91 +3.113 secs 9 28 3 2 Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 91 +3.914 secs 6 26 4 15 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 91 +10.185 secs 5 24 5 1 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 91 +13.262 secs 3 21 6 12 Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 91 +20.361 secs 8 19 7 9 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 91 +23.489 secs 16 18 8 27 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 91 +25.212 secs 4 15 9 11 Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 91 +31.736 secs 17 13 10 8 Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 91 +47.725 secs 11 11 11 19 Tarso Marques Dale Coyne Racing 90 + 1 Lap 10 10 12 5 Marcus Marshall Team Australia 89 + 2 Laps 18 9 13 34 Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 89 + 2 Laps 15 8 14 55 Ronnie Bremer HVM Racing 80 Engine 12 7 15 4 Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 51 Contact 13 6 16 21 Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 50 Contact 2 7 17 7 Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 38 Contact 7 4 18 31 Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 1 Contact 14 3
Caution flags Laps Cause1-3 Wirdheim (4) & Hunter-Reay (31) contact26-33 Domínguez (7) & Wilson (9) contact36-37 Debris54-59 Wirdheim (4) contact
Notes Laps Leader1-29 Paul Tracy30-50 Cristiano da Matta51-56 Paul Tracy57-75 A. J. Allmendinger76-80 Paul Tracy81-85 Alex Tagliani86-91 Paul Tracy Driver Laps ledPaul Tracy 46Cristiano da Matta 21A. J. Allmendinger 19Alex Tagliani 5
New Race Record Paul Tracy 1:45:43.856 Average Speed 108.755 mph
Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 1 Paul Tracy 128 1 2 Sébastien Bourdais 127 1 3 A. J. Allmendinger 102 1 4 Justin Wilson 95 2 5 Jimmy Vasser 82
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
External links Full Weekend Times & Results Friday Qualifying Results Saturday Qualifying Results Race Box Score