The 2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton was the seventh round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents: the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 17, 2005, at Finning International Speedway, a temporary course laid out at Edmonton City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A. J. Allmendinger won the pole, the first of his career, and Sébastien Bourdais was the race winner.

Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 58.628 1:01.070 58.628 2 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 58.954— 58.954 3 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 59.497 1:01.529 59.497 4 Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 59.592 1:08.689 59.592 5 Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 59.769 9:08.142 59.769 6 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 59.782— 59.782 7 Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 59.873— 59.873 8 Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 59.990 1:04.774 59.990 9 Timo Glock (R) Rocketsports Racing 1:00.121 8:09.776 1:00.121 10 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:00.462 1:02.799 1:00.462 11 Björn Wirdheim (R) HVM Racing 1:00.569 9:11.405 1:00.569 12 Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:00.777 1:04.065 1:00.777 13 Ricardo Sperafico (R) Dale Coyne Racing 1:00.884 1:03.512 1:00.884 14 Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 1:00.916 1:03.593 1:00.916 15 Andrew Ranger (R) Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:01.271 1:03.698 1:01.271 16 Ronnie Bremer (R) Dale Coyne Racing 1:01.349 1:02.184 1:01.349 17 Alex Sperafico HVM Racing 1:01.984 1:06.247 1:01.984 18 Marcus Marshall (R) Team Australia 1:03.811 1:03.823 1:03.811

Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 88 1:38:55.730 10 32 2 2 Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 88 +0.596 secs 4 28 3 3 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 88 +1.335 secs 3 26 4 9 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 88 +1.615 secs 2 24 5 7 Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 88 +12.042 secs 8 21 6 19 Ronnie Bremer (R) Dale Coyne Racing 88 +12.397 secs 16 20 7 15 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 87 + 1 Lap 6 17 8 5 Marcus Marshall (R) Team Australia 87 + 1 Lap 18 15 9 34 Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 87 + 1 Lap 12 13 10 11 Ricardo Sperafico (R) Dale Coyne Racing 87 + 1 Lap 13 11 11 12 Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 86 + 2 Laps 7 10 12 55 Alex Sperafico HVM Racing 86 + 2 Laps 17 9 13 8 Timo Glock (R) Rocketsports Racing 83 Contact 9 8 14 10 A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 80 Contact 1 11 15 4 Björn Wirdheim (R) HVM Racing 74 Contact 11 6 16 31 Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 51 Out of fuel 14 5 17 21 Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 7 Suspension 5 4 18 27 Andrew Ranger (R) Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 3 Suspension 15 3

Caution flags Laps Cause26-29 Vasser (12) off course30 Tracy (3) improper restart procedure76-79 Wirdheim (4) contact

Notes Laps Leader1-18 A. J. Allmendinger19-48 Paul Tracy49-52 Justin Wilson53-57 A. J. Allmendinger58-59 Oriol Servià60-62 Sébastien Bourdais63-79 A. J. Allmendinger80-88 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledA. J. Allmendinger 40Paul Tracy 30Sébastien Bourdais 12Justin Wilson 4Oriol Servià 2

New Track Record A. J. Allmendinger 58.628 (Qualification Session #1) New Race Lap Record A. J. Allmendinger 59.900 New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:38:55.730 Average Speed 105.302 mph

Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sébastien Bourdais 182 2 Paul Tracy 161 3 Justin Wilson 152 1 4 Oriol Servià 135 1 5 A. J. Allmendinger 122

Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

External links Full Weekend Times & Results Friday Qualifying Results Saturday Qualifying Results Race Box Score