2005 Malaysian Grand Prix
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| Race details | ||
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| Race 2 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One season. | ||
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| Date | March 20, 2005 | |
| Official name | Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix | |
| Location | Sepang International Circuit Sepang, Selangor, Malaysia |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility 3.44 mi / 5.54 km |
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| Distance | 56 laps, 192.878 mi / 310.408 km | |
| Weather | Fine | |
| Pole position | ||
| Driver |  Fernando Alonso |
Renault |
| Time | 3:07.672 (2 laps) | |
| Fastest lap | ||
| Driver |  Kimi Räikkönen |
McLaren-Mercedes |
| Time | 1:35.483 on lap 23 | |
| Podium | ||
| First | Fernando Alonso |
Renault |
| Second |  Jarno Trulli |
Toyota |
| Third |  Nick Heidfeld |
Williams-BMW |
Results from the 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix held at Sepang on March 20, 2005.
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[edit] Summary
This was another dominant win from Renault, as their number 1 driver Fernando Alonso secured his first win of the season from pole position. At the start he led from Jarno Trulli, before finishing the race 20-odd seconds ahead of the Italian, claiming Toyota's first ever podium position.
Third place was taken by Nick Heidfeld in the Williams. He had been trailing Alonso's team-mate Giancarlo Fisichella, and his own teammate Mark Webber who collided at the end of lap 35. Fisichella was clowing with worn tyres. Having been passed by the Australian, Fisichella attempted to retake the position on the inside heading into the final corner, but lost control on his worn tyres and spun into Webber's car.
Fourth was McLaren's Juan Pablo Montoya, after from 11th on the grid. He was followed home by Ralf Schumacher, David Coulthard, Michael Schumacher and Christian Klien. This made it 4 points finishes from 4 starts for Red Bull Racing. Kimi Räikkönen suffered a puncture immediately after his pitstop, and despite setting the fastest lap was unable to make up enough positions to score any points.
After retiring from the Australian Grand Prix a lap from the end, which caused the rules to be changed, Button and Davidson (Driving in place of Sato, who had a bout of the flu) retired on the second lap of the race, both from engine failures. Alonso's win made him the first Spaniard ever to lead the Formula 1 World Championship.
[edit] Friday Drivers
| Constructor | Nat | Driver |
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| McLaren-Mercedes | |
Pedro de la Rosa |
| Sauber-Petronas | none | |
| Red Bull-Cosworth | |
Vitantonio Liuzzi |
| Toyota |  |
Ricardo Zonta |
| Jordan-Toyota |  |
Robert Doornbos |
| Minardi-Cosworth | none |
[edit] Classification
[edit] Notes
- Pole Position: Fernando Alonso 3:07.672 (2 laps)
- Fastest Lap: Kimi Räikkönen 1:35.483
- First podium: Toyota
- Takuma Sato was forced to withdraw this race due to fever, he was replaced by Anthony Davidson.
- This was Anthony Davidson's first (and only) race with the BAR team.
[edit] Standings After Grand Prix
Drivers
- 1. Fernando Alonso - 16
- 2. Giancarlo Fisichella - 10
- 3. Rubens Barrichello - 8
- 4. Jarno Trulli - 8
- 5. David Coulthard - 8
- 6. Juan Pablo Montoya - 8
- 7. Nick Heidfeld - 6
- 8. Mark Webber - 4
Constructors
| Previous race: 2005 Australian Grand Prix |
FIA Formula One World Championship 2005 season |
Next race: 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix |
| Previous race: 2004 Malaysian Grand Prix |
Malaysian Grand Prix | Next race: 2006 Malaysian Grand Prix |
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