The 2005 Chinese Grand Prix (officially the 2005 Formula 1 Sinopec Chinese Grand Prix) was the nineteenth and final Formula One motor race of the 2005 Formula One season which took place on 16 October 2005 at the Shanghai International Circuit. This was the second Chinese Grand Prix to be held since the event's 2004 inception.

The race was won by the new World Champion, Renault's Fernando Alonso. McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen was four seconds behind in second position, a reflection of their season long duel for the championship. Toyota driver Ralf Schumacher was third. Renault won the Constructors' Championship at this race.

This was the final race for Antônio Pizzonia and the BAR, Minardi and Jordan teams, although all three teams continued into 2006 under different names (Honda, Toro Rosso and Midland respectively). This was also the last win for a car equipped with a 6-speed gearbox and with a V10 engine.

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 No Driver McLaren-Mercedes 35 Pedro de la Rosa Sauber-Petronas - Red Bull-Cosworth 37 Vitantonio Liuzzi Toyota 38 Ricardo Zonta Jordan-Toyota 39 Nicolas Kiesa Minardi-Cosworth -

Report Background After the Japanese Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso led the drivers' standings with 19 points ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and 61 points ahead of Michael Schumacher. Renault led the constructors' championship by 2 points ahead of McLaren and 76 points ahead of Ferrari. This was the final race with Jim Rosenthal as ITV anchor in the United Kingdom. Rosenthal had held the role since ITV took over the UK's coverage of Formula One in 1997. For the 2006 season, Steve Rider returned to his position as anchor after losing his job when ITV got the rights to broadcast for 1997. On BBC Radio 5 Live, this was Ben Edwards' final race as radio commentator. Starting from 2006, David Croft would gain the commentary position alongside Maurice Hamilton. Edwards would later return for the 2012 season replacing Martin Brundle on BBC TV commentary.

Qualifying Alonso took pole ahead of his teammate Giancarlo Fisichella. Raikkonen finished third ahead of Jenson Button and Juan Pablo Montoya.

Race During warmup, as the cars ran from the pits to line up on the grid, a slow-moving Michael Schumacher pulled left into the path of Christijan Albers who was at speed. The cars collided causing considerable damage to each, earning Schumacher a reprimand from the stewards after the race. Both drivers changed to their teams' spare cars and started the race from the pitlane, along with Narain Karthikeyan. Alonso dominated the race, taking a lights-to-flag victory, capping a best-ever season for Renault which included victories in both titles. McLaren's bid for the constructors' championship effectively ended on lap 25, when Montoya's engine failed, ending his race, having also sustained damage from running over a loose drain cover – the drain incident was a known issue with the circuit, having occurred earlier in the year in a touring car event.

Renault's number two driver Giancarlo Fisichella's chances of making the podium ended when he received a drive-through penalty for obstructive driving in the pits during the second safety car period. He ended the race less than a second behind Ralf Schumacher. Red Bull's Christian Klien had a career-best drive to take fifth position with Felipe Massa, Mark Webber and Jenson Button completing the point-scoring finishers. Räikkönen recorded the race's fastest lap, a record-equalling tenth for the season.

Classification

Qualifying Qualifying took place on October 15.

Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap Grid 1 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:34.080 — 1 2 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:34.401 +0.321 2 3 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:34.488 +0.408 3 4 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:34.801 +0.721 4 5 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:35.188 +1.108 5 6 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:35.301 +1.221 6 7 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:35.428 +1.348 7 8 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:35.610 +1.534 8 9 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:35.723 +1.645 9 10 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:35.739 +1.659 10 11 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:35.898 +1.818 11 12 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:36.044 +1.964 12 13 8 Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW 1:36.445 +2.365 13 14 15 Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 1:36.472 +2.392 14 15 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:36.707 +2.627 15 16 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:36.788 +2.708 16 17 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 1:37.083 +3.003 17 18 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:39.105 +5.025 18 19 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:39.233 +5.153 19 20 20 Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth 1:39.460 +5.380 20

Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 56 1:39:53.618 1 10 2 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 56 +4.015 3 8 3 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 56 +25.376 9 6 4 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 56 +26.114 2 5 5 15 Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 56 +31.839 14 4 6 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 56 +36.400 11 3 7 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 56 +36.842 10 2 8 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 56 +41.249 4 1 9 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 56 +44.247 7 10 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 56 +59.977 16 11 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 56 +1:24.648 19 12 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 56 +1:32.812 8 13 8 Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW 55 Tyre 13 14 20 Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth 55 Out of fuel 20 15 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 55 +1 lap 12 16 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 51 Wheel nut PL 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 34 Gearbox 17 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 28 Accident PL 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 24 Engine 5 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 22 Spun off PL Notes – Michael Schumacher, Narain Karthikeyan and Christijan Albers started from the pit lane.

Final Championship standings Bold text indicates the World Champions.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Fernando Alonso 133 2 Kimi Räikkönen 112 3 Michael Schumacher 62 4 Juan Pablo Montoya 60 5 Giancarlo Fisichella 58Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Renault 191 2 McLaren-Mercedes 182 3 Ferrari 100 4 Toyota 88 5 Williams-BMW 66Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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