The following is an overview of the events of 2005 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.
Annual events The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles. DateEventRef 31 -16 January27th Dakar Rally 5–6 February43rd 24 Hours of Daytona 20 February47th Daytona 500 7–8 May33rd 24 Hours of Nurburgring 22 May63rd Monaco Grand Prix 29 May89th Indianapolis 500 28 May-10 June87th Isle of Man TT 12 June15th Masters of Formula 3 18–19 June73rd 24 Hours of Le Mans 30–31 July57th 24 Hours of Spa 31 July28th Suzuka 8 Hours 9 October47th Supercheap Auto 1000 20 November52nd Macau Grand Prix 3 December18th Race of Champions
Established championships/events First raceChampionshipRef23 AprilGP2 Series
Deaths DateMonthNameAgeNationalityOccupationNoteRef13FebruaryMaurice Trintignant87FrenchRacing driver24 Hours of Le Mans winner ().25AprilJohn Love80RhodesianRacing driverThe first Rhodesian Formula One driver. 1962 British Saloon Car Championship winner.25NovemberRichard Burns34BritishRally driverWorld Rally champion ().
See also List of 2005 motorsport champions
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