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Japanese Grand Prix

2005 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix

Round 18 of 19Suzuka Circuit, SuzukaOct 9 200553 laps

Podium

FISRenault

RAIMcLaren

ALORenault

Key facts

WinnerRAI1:29:02.212 from P17

PoleRSC1:46.106

Fastest lapRAI1:31.540 on lap 44

Pit stops36recorded stops

Finishers16 / 20classified

Race result

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/-	Laps	Time / gap	Pts	Fastest lap	Stops
1	RAIKimi Räikkönen	McLaren	17	▲16	53	1:29:02.212	10	1:31.540	2
2	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Renault	3	▲1	53	+1.633s	8	1:32.522	2
3	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	16	▲13	53	+17.456s	6	1:31.599	2
4	WEBMark Webber	Williams	7	▲3	53	+22.274s	5	1:33.022	2
5	BUTJenson Button	BAR	2	▼3	53	+29.507s	4	1:32.754	2
6	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	6	–	53	+31.601s	3	1:33.023	2
7	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	14	▲7	53	+33.879s	2	1:32.763	2
8	RSCRalf Schumacher	Toyota	1	▼7	53	+49.548s	1	1:32.795	3
9	KLIChristian Klien	Red Bull	4	▼5	53	+51.925s		1:33.499	2
10	MASFelipe Massa	Sauber	10	–	53	+57.509s		1:33.232	2
11	BARRubens Barrichello	Ferrari	9	▼2	53	+60.633s		1:33.133	3
12	VILJacques Villeneuve	Sauber	8	▼4	53	+83.221s		1:33.288	1
13	MONTiago Monteiro	Jordan	20	▲7	52	+1 lap		1:35.458	2
14	DOORobert Doornbos	Minardi	15	▲1	51	+2 laps		1:36.574	2
15	KARNarain Karthikeyan	Jordan	11	▼4	51	+2 laps		1:35.887	3
16	ALBChristijan Albers	Minardi	13	▼3	49	+4 laps		1:36.039	2
NC	PIZAntônio Pizzonia	Williams	12		9	Not classified		1:36.711
DNF	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	PL		9	Collision damage		1:37.428
DNF	MOYJuan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	18		0	Accident		–
DSQ	SATTakuma Sato	BAR	5		52	Caused collision with Trulli		1:34.186	2

Fastest pit stops

#	Driver	Lap	Pit lane
1	RAI	45	18.9s
2	RSC	44	19.6s
3	MAS	44	19.9s
4	KAR	44	20.0s
5	COU	44	20.3s
6	WEB	41	20.5s
7	KLI	41	21.1s
8	BUT	41	21.1s
9	BAR	6	21.2s
10	MSC	26	21.8s
11	RSC	13	21.8s
12	ALO	22	22.0s

Time from pit entry to pit exit. 36 stops in total.

Qualifying

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap to pole
1	RSCRalf Schumacher	Toyota	1:46.106
2	BUTJenson Button	BAR	1:46.141	+0.035s
3	FISGiancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:46.276	+0.170s
4	KLIChristian Klien	Red Bull	1:46.464	+0.358s
5	SATTakuma Sato	BAR	1:46.841	+0.735s
6	COUDavid Coulthard	Red Bull	1:46.892	+0.786s
7	WEBMark Webber	Williams	1:47.233	+1.127s
8	VILJacques Villeneuve	Sauber	1:47.440	+1.334s
9	BARRubens Barrichello	Ferrari	1:48.248	+2.142s
10	MASFelipe Massa	Sauber	1:48.278	+2.172s
11	KARNarain Karthikeyan	Jordan	1:48.718	+2.612s
12	PIZAntônio Pizzonia	Williams	1:48.898	+2.792s
13	ALBChristijan Albers	Minardi	1:50.843	+4.737s
14	MSCMichael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:52.676	+6.570s
15	DOORobert Doornbos	Minardi	1:52.894	+6.788s
16	ALOFernando Alonso	Renault	1:54.667	+8.561s
17	RAIKimi Räikkönen	McLaren	2:02.309	+16.203s
18	MOYJuan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	–
19	TRUJarno Trulli	Toyota	–
20	MONTiago Monteiro	Jordan	–

Suzuka Circuit

Layout of the circuit as raced in 2005. Outline from F1DB.

Previous winners here

2004	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2003	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari
2002	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2001	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
2000	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1999	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren
1998	Mika Häkkinen	McLaren
1997	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari
1996	Damon Hill	Williams
1995	Michael Schumacher	Benetton

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