The 2005 German Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grosser Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland 2005) was a Formula One motor race held on 24 July 2005 in the Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany at 14:00 CEST (UTC+2). The 67-lap race was the twelfth round of the 2005 Formula One season. Renault driver Fernando Alonso won the race, taking his sixth victory of the season, whilst Juan Pablo Montoya finished second for the McLaren team after starting from 19th place. BAR-Honda driver Jenson Button, completed the podium by finishing in third position. It was his first podium finish of the season, because the BAR team had been disqualified from the .
As a consequence of the race, Alonso extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship by 10 points to 36 points over his main title rival, McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen, who had retired from the lead of the race, but still remained second in the standings. Ferrari driver and reigning world champion Michael Schumacher, finished the race in fifth position and retained third place in the standings, albeit being 40 points behind Alonso. Juan Pablo Montoya was still in fourth, and Rubens Barichello remained fifth despite finishing out of the points. In the Constructors' Championship, Renault extended their lead to 22 points from title rivals McLaren. McLaren increased the gap between themselves and third placed Ferrari to 17 points, whilst Toyota and Williams remained fourth and fifth respectively.
Friday drivers The bottom 6 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 Alexander Wurz Sauber-Petronas - Red Bull-Cosworth Vitantonio Liuzzi Toyota Ricardo Zonta Jordan-Toyota Nicolas Kiesa Minardi-Cosworth -
Report Kimi Räikkönen qualified first and maintained this position after the start and first round of pitstops. Meanwhile, his teammate Juan Pablo Montoya, had gained nine positions in the first lap after he had failed to set a qualifying time and started last on the grid.
However, on lap 35, Räikkönen's car suffered a hydraulics failure forcing his retirement from the race. This meant that Fernando Alonso inherited first position. It was Räikkönen's fifth consecutive retirement at the circuit. Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello suffered from the poor durability of the Bridgestone tyres on their Ferraris again, particularly Schumacher who had chosen a softer compound. This allowed Jenson Button to overtake Schumacher to take second place, although he quickly pitted, allowing Montoya take gain the position. Montoya then managed to stay ahead of Button after his own second stop. In the final laps of the race, Schumacher's problems allowed Giancarlo Fisichella to take his fourth place. During the race Jacques Villeneuve was in three separate collisions; he clashed with Barrichello on lap 1, Robert Doornbos on lap 4, and Tiago Monteiro on lap 27.
Classification
Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap Grid 1 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:14.320 - 1 2 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:14.759 +0.439 2 3 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:14.904 +0.586 3 4 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:14.927 +0.609 4 5 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:15.006 +0.688 5 6 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:15.070 +0.752 6 7 8 Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 1:15.403 +1.083 7 8 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:15.501 +1.181 8 9 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:15.532 +1.212 9 10 15 Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 1:15.635 +1.315 10 11 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:15.679 +1.359 11 12 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:15.689 +1.369 12 13 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:16.009 +1.691 13 14 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:16.012 +1.694 14 15 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:16.230 +1.910 15 16 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:17.519 +3.199 16 17 20 Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth 1:18.313 +3.993 17 18 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:18.599 +4.279 18 19 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes No time 20 20 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota No time 19 Notes – Juan Pablo Montoya did not get time, after spinning off the track in the final corner. – Narain Karthikeyan did not get time, after making a couple of mistakes and decided to abort the attempt. – Juan Pablo Montoya received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change.
Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 67 1:26:28.599 3 10 2 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 67 +22.569 20 8 3 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 67 +24.422 2 6 4 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 67 +50.587 4 5 5 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 67 +51.690 5 4 6 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 67 +52.242 12 3 7 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 67 +52.700 11 2 8 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 67 +56.570 13 1 9 15 Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 67 +1:09.818 10 10 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 66 +1 lap 15 11 8 Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 66 +1 lap 7 12 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 66 +1 lap 8 13 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 65 +2 laps 16 14 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 64 Engine 9 15 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 64 +3 laps 14 16 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 64 +3 laps 19 17 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 64 +3 laps 18 18 20 Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth 63 +4 laps 17 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 55 +12 laps 6 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 35 Hydraulics 1
Championship standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Fernando Alonso 87 2 Kimi Räikkönen 51 3 Michael Schumacher 47 2 4 Juan Pablo Montoya 34 1 5 Rubens Barrichello 31Source:
Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Renault 117 2 McLaren-Mercedes 95 3 Ferrari 78 4 Toyota 57 5 Williams-BMW 47Source:
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2005 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round
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