2005 Italian Grand Prix

2005 Italian Grand Prix
Race 15 of 19 in the2005 Formula One World Championship
Race details
Date	4 September 2005
Official name	Formula 1 Gran PremioVodafoned'Italia 2005
Location	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza,Lombardy,Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	5.793 km (3.600 miles)
Distance	53 laps, 306.720 km (190.779 miles)
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:21.054
Fastest lap
Driver	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:21.504 on lap 51
Podium
First	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	Fernando Alonso	Renault
Third	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault
Lap leaders

The2005 Italian Grand Prix(officially theFormula 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2005) was aFormula Onemotor race held on 4 September 2005 at theAutodromo Nazionale di Monza,Italy. It was the fifteenth race of the2005 FIA Formula One World Championship.

The 53-lap race was won frompole positionby Colombia'sJuan Pablo Montoya,driving aMcLaren-Mercedes,his second victory with the team and penultimate in Formula One, withRenaultdriversFernando AlonsoandGiancarlo Fisichellasecond and third respectively.Kimi Räikkönenwas fourth, thus losing ground to Alonso at the top of the Drivers' Championship.Antônio Pizzoniascored his last world championship points at this race.

Friday drivers

The bottom 6 teams in the2004 Constructors' Championshipwere 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		Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber-Petronas		-
Red Bull-Cosworth		Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toyota		Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota		Nicolas Kiesa
Minardi-Cosworth		Enrico Toccacelo

Report

Background

Fernando Alonso led the drivers' championship with 24 points ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and 40 points ahead of Michael Schumacher. In the constructors' championship, Renault led McLaren-Mercedes by nine points and Ferrari by 44 points.

Practice

Williams'Nick Heidfeld,suffering from headaches following an accident which occurred during the tests held on the circuit the previous week, replaced by Antônio Pizzonia starting from the first free practice on saturday.

Qualifying

Kimi Räikkönenset the fastest time in qualifying in hisMcLaren-Mercedes,but received a 10-place grid penalty for changing his engine, demoting him to 11th on the grid and giving pole to teammateJuan Pablo Montoya.

Race

Montoya led every lap, winning by 2.5 seconds from theRenaultofFernando Alonso,withGiancarlo Fisichellathird in the other Renault. Räikkönen climbed through the field to finish fourth, ahead ofJarno Trulli,Ralf Schumacher,Antônio PizzoniaandJenson Button.Räikkönen would have had a chance of winning with a one-stop strategy, but a deflated tyre forced him to make a second pit stop.Rubens Barrichelloalso had the same problem later in the day, and Montoya was lucky to finish in the lead, as his left rear tyre began to cut with several laps remaining.

Alonso extended his lead over Räikkönen in the Drivers' Championship to 27 points, 103 to 76, withMichael Schumacherthird on 55 and Montoya fourth on 50. Mathematically, the championship was now a two-horse race between Alonso and Räikkönen. Renault retained an eight-point lead over McLaren-Mercedes in the Constructors' Championship, 144 to 136,Ferrariremaining in third on 86 andToyotafourth on 78.

There were no retirements during the race, a feat that had not been achieved in Formula One with a full field since the1961 Dutch Grand Prix,and would not be achieved again until the2011 European Grand Prix.The2005 United States Grand Prixis also considered to have had no retirements; however, only six cars started due to problems with the supply ofMichelintyres, which led to the mass withdrawal of all teams running on those tyres due to safety issues.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap	Grid
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	1:20.878	—	111
2	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:21.054	+0.176	1
3	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:21.319	+0.441	2
4	3	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	1:21.369	+0.491	3
5	4	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	1:21.477	+0.599	4
6	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	1:21.640	+0.762	5
7	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:21.721	+0.843	6
8	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:21.962	+1.084	7
9	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:22.068	+1.190	8
10	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:22.266	+1.388	9
11	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	1:22.304	+1.426	10
12	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	1:22.356	+1.478	12
13	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	1:22.532	+1.654	13
14	7	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	1:22.560	+1.682	14
15	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	1:23.060	+2.182	15
16	8	Antônio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	1:23.291	+2.413	16
17	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota	1:24.666	+3.788	17
18	20	Robert Doornbos	Minardi-Cosworth	1:24.904	+4.026	18
19	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota	1:25.859	+4.981	19
20	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	1:26.964	+6.086	20
Source:

Notes

• ^1– Kimi Räikkönen received a 10-place grid penalty for an engine change.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Tyre	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	M	53	1:14:28.659	1	10
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	M	53	+ 2.479	2	8
3	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	M	53	+ 17.975	8	6
4	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	M	53	+ 22.775	11	5
5	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	M	53	+ 33.786	5	4
6	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	M	53	+ 43.925	9	3
7	8	Antônio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	M	53	+ 44.643	16	2
8	3	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	M	53	+ 1:03.635	3	1
9	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	M	53	+ 1:15.413	15
10	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	B	53	+ 1:36.070	6
11	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	M	52	+ 1 Lap	12
12	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	B	52	+ 1 Lap	7
13	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	M	52	+ 1 Lap	13
14	7	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	M	52	+ 1 Lap	14
15	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	M	52	+ 1 Lap	10
16	4	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	M	52	+ 1 Lap	4
17	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota	B	51	+ 2 Laps	17
18	20	Robert Doornbos	Minardi-Cosworth	B	51	+ 2 Laps	18
19	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	B	51	+ 2 Laps	20
20	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota	B	50	+ 3 Laps	19
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Championship standings after the race

• Bold textand an asterisk indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Fernando Alonso*	103
	2	Kimi Räikkönen*	76
	3	Michael Schumacher	55
	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	50
	5	Jarno Trulli	43
Source:

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos	Constructor	Points
	1	Renault*	144
	2	McLaren-Mercedes*	136
	3	Ferrari*	86
	4	Toyota*	78
	5	Williams-BMW	54
Source:

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

See also

• 2005 Monza GP2 Series round