2005 Monaco Grand Prix

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Race details
Race 6 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One season.

Date May 22, 2005
Official name LXIII Grand Prix de Monaco
Location Circuit de Monaco, Monaco
Course Street circuit
2.075 mi / 3.34 km
Distance 78 laps, 161.85 mi / 260.52 km
Weather Fine
Pole position
Driver Flag of Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Time 2:30.323 (aggregate)
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari
Time 1:15.842 on lap 40
Podium
First Flag of Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes
Second Flag of Germany Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW
Third Flag of Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW

The 2005 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One race held on May 20 — May 22, 2005 at the Circuit de Monaco.

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[edit] Summary

Polesitter Kimi Räikkönen led the field from the start of the race, and though he was at first closely followed by Fernando Alonso, he was more than five seconds ahead by the twentieth lap. The race progressed otherwise uneventfully, with Alonso followed by Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli, and Mark Webber, until the twenty-third lap, when Christijan Albers spun his Minardi into a wall at Mirabeau, blocking about two-thirds of the width of the track. David Coulthard, arriving behind him, swerved and successfully stopped his Red Bull without damage; however, Michael Schumacher plowed into Coulthard, breaking off his own nosecone and damaging the Red Bull's suspension beyond repair. As more drivers reached the blocked turn, stewards removed Albers's car and deployed the safety car.

Both Renault drivers pitted immediately, but Räikkönen was unable to do the same, having just passed the pit entrance. Though this seemingly put Räikkönen in a bad spot, as all of his close competitors had pitted, he fought back with a series of brilliant laps that would give him a 34.7-second lead by the time he pitted on lap 41. Alonso, whose car was substantially slower as it was full of fuel, and whose rear tyres were wearing rapidly, was unable to catch up, and Räikkönen, after pitting, returned to the track still 13 seconds ahead. He would go on to win the race having led every lap of it.

Nick Heidfeld worked his way up from sixth grid position, passing his own teammate in the pits after Williams called him in a lap earlier whilst Alonso was badly holding the two Williams drivers up. After Heidfeld's stop, a superb overtaking manoeuvre into the Nouvelle chicane put him ahead of Alonso. Webber tried to follow suit a lap later, but on the first attempt Alonso missed the corner yet stayed in front, and on the second attempt succeeded for good. Alonso straggled into fourth, his rear tyres almost entirely bald. Montoya advanced from sixteenth on the grid to an eventual fifth, finishing on Alonso's tail, followed by Michael and Ralf Schumacher, who crossed the line almost side-by-side.

[edit] Classification

[edit] Qualifying

Pos No Driver Constructor Q1 order Q1 time Q1 pos Q1+Q2 time
1 9 Flag of Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 18 1:13.644 1 2.30.325
2 5 Flag of Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 17 1:14.125 2 2.30.406
3 7 Flag of Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW 13 1:14.584 3 2.31.656
4 6 Flag of Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 14 1:14.783 4 2.32.100
5 16 Flag of Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 16 1:15.189 7 2.32.590
6 8 Flag of Germany Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 9 1:15.128 6 2.32.883
7 14 Flag of the United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 11 1:15.329 8 2.33.867
8 1 Flag of Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 4 1:16.186 11 2.34.736
9 11 Flag of Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 5 1:15.921 9 2.34.936
10 2 Flag of Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 10 1:16.142 10 2.34.983
11 12 Flag of Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 8 1:16.218 12 2.35.120
12 15 Flag of Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull-Cosworth 1 1:16.817 13 2.37.152
13 20 Flag of Austria Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 2 1:18.574 14 2.40.810
14 21 Flag of the Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 3 1:19.229 15 2.42.206
15 18 Flag of Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 7 1:19.408 16 2.43.078
16 10 Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya# McLaren-Mercedes 12 1:14.858 5 NO TIME
17 19 Flag of India Narain Karthikeyan* Jordan-Toyota 6 1:19.474 17 2.43.422
18 17 Flag of Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 15 - 18 NO TIME
* = Narain Karthikeyan had an engine change
# = Montoya's Saturday time of 1:14.858 deleted as punishment for role in earlier practice accident

[edit] Race

Pos No Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 9 Flag of Finland Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 78 1:45:15.556 1 10
2 8 Flag of Germany Nick Heidfeld Williams-BMW 78 +13.8 6 8
3 7 Flag of Australia Mark Webber Williams-BMW 78 +18.4 3 6
4 5 Flag of Spain Fernando Alonso Renault 78 +36.4 2 5
5 10 Flag of Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 78 +36.6 16 4
6 17 Flag of Germany Ralf Schumacher Toyota 78 +37.1 18 3
7 1 Flag of Germany Michael Schumacher Ferrari 78 +37.2 8 2
8 2 Flag of Brazil Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 78 +37.5 10 1
9 12 Flag of Brazil Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 77 +1 Laps 11  
10 16 Flag of Italy Jarno Trulli Toyota 77 +1 Laps 5  
11 11 Flag of Canada Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 77 +1 Laps 9  
12 6 Flag of Italy Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 77 +1 Lap 4  
13 18 Flag of Portugal Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 75 +3 Laps 15  
14 21 Flag of the Netherlands Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 73 +5 Laps 14  
Ret 15 Flag of Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi Red Bull-Cosworth 59 Accident 12  
Ret 20 Flag of Austria Patrick Friesacher Minardi-Cosworth 29 Accident 13  
Ret 14 Flag of the United Kingdom David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 23 Accident 7  
Ret 19 Flag of India Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 18 Hydraulics 17  

[edit] Notes


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Awards
Preceded by
2004 Bahrain Grand Prix		 Formula One Promotional Trophy
for Race Promoter
2005		 Succeeded by
2006 Brazilian Grand Prix