2005 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
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Profile & context
Event date: 9 Oct 2005
- Name
- 2005 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix
Sources behind this page
v2026.17.0 · races/749
Original reference ↗Historical source & scope
F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.
Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.
Recorded qualifying format: ONE_LAP
Grand Prix context
2005 Formula 1 Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix · Suzuka Circuit
Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.
2005 Formula 1 World Championship · round 18
Race classification
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:29:02.212 · 53 laps · mercedes | 10 |
| 2 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:29:03.845 · 53 laps · renault | 8 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:29:19.668 · 53 laps · renault | 6 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:29:24.486 · 53 laps · bmw | 5 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | BAR | 1:29:31.719 · 53 laps · honda | 4 |
| 6 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:29:33.813 · 53 laps · cosworth | 3 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:29:36.091 · 53 laps · ferrari | 2 |
| 8 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:29:51.760 · 53 laps · toyota | 1 |
| 9 | Christian Klien | Red Bull | 1:29:54.137 · 53 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:29:59.721 · 53 laps · petronas | Unknown / not applicable |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:30:02.845 · 53 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 12 | Jacques Villeneuve | Sauber | 1:30:25.433 · 53 laps · petronas | Unknown / not applicable |
| 13 | Tiago Monteiro | Jordan | Time not recorded · 52 laps · toyota | Unknown / not applicable |
| 14 | Robert Doornbos | Minardi | Time not recorded · 51 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 15 | Narain Karthikeyan | Jordan | Time not recorded · 51 laps · toyota | Unknown / not applicable |
| 16 | Christijan Albers | Minardi | Time not recorded · 49 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| NC | Antônio Pizzonia | Williams | Time not recorded · 9 laps · bmw | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | Collision damage · Time not recorded · 9 laps · toyota | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren | Accident · Time not recorded · 0 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| DSQ | Takuma Sato | BAR | Caused collision with Trulli · Time not recorded · 52 laps · honda | Unknown / not applicable |
Qualifying
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:46.106 · 3 laps · toyota | |
| 2 | Jenson Button | BAR | 1:46.141 · 3 laps · honda | |
| 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:46.276 · 3 laps · renault | |
| 4 | Christian Klien | Red Bull | 1:46.464 · 3 laps · cosworth | |
| 5 | Takuma Sato | BAR | 1:46.841 · 3 laps · honda | |
| 6 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:46.892 · 3 laps · cosworth | |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:47.233 · 3 laps · bmw | |
| 8 | Jacques Villeneuve | Sauber | 1:47.440 · 3 laps · petronas | |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:48.248 · 3 laps · ferrari | |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:48.278 · 3 laps · petronas | |
| 11 | Narain Karthikeyan | Jordan | 1:48.718 · 3 laps · toyota | |
| 12 | Antônio Pizzonia | Williams | 1:48.898 · 3 laps · bmw | |
| 13 | Christijan Albers | Minardi | 1:50.843 · 3 laps · cosworth | |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:52.676 · 3 laps · ferrari | |
| 15 | Robert Doornbos | Minardi | 1:52.894 · 3 laps · cosworth | |
| 16 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:54.667 · 3 laps · renault | |
| 17 | Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 2:02.309 · 3 laps · mercedes | |
| 18 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren | Time not recorded · 2 laps · mercedes | |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | Time not recorded · 2 laps · toyota | |
| 20 | Tiago Monteiro | Jordan | Time not recorded · 1 laps · toyota |
Starting grid
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:46.106 · toyota | |
| 2 | Jenson Button | BAR | 1:46.141 · honda | |
| 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:46.276 · renault | |
| 4 | Christian Klien | Red Bull | 1:46.464 · cosworth | |
| 5 | Takuma Sato | BAR | 1:46.841 · honda | |
| 6 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:46.892 · cosworth | |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:47.233 · bmw | |
| 8 | Jacques Villeneuve | Sauber | 1:47.440 · petronas | |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:48.248 · ferrari | |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:48.278 · petronas | |
| 11 | Narain Karthikeyan | Jordan | 1:48.718 · toyota | |
| 12 | Antônio Pizzonia | Williams | 1:48.898 · bmw | |
| 13 | Christijan Albers | Minardi | 1:50.843 · cosworth | |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:52.676 · ferrari | |
| 15 | Robert Doornbos | Minardi | 1:52.894 · cosworth | |
| 16 | Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:54.667 · renault | |
| 17 | Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 2:02.309 · mercedes | |
| 18 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren | Time not recorded · mercedes | |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | Time not recorded · toyota | |
| 20 | Tiago Monteiro | Jordan | Time not recorded · toyota |
Championship progression
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 123 |
| 2 | Kimi Räikkönen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 104 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 62 |
| 4 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 60 |
| 5 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 53 |
| 6 | Jarno Trulli | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 43 |
| 7 | Ralf Schumacher | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 39 |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 38 |
| 9 | Jenson Button | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 36 |
| 10 | Mark Webber | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 34 |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 28 |
| 12 | David Coulthard | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 24 |
| 13 | Jacques Villeneuve | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 9 |
| 14 | Felipe Massa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 8 |
| 15 | Tiago Monteiro | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 7 |
| 16 | Alexander Wurz | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 6 |
| 17 | Narain Karthikeyan | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 5 |
| 18 | Christian Klien | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 5 |
| 19 | Christijan Albers | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 4 |
| 20 | Pedro de la Rosa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 4 |
| 21 | Patrick Friesacher | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 3 |
| 22 | Antônio Pizzonia | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 2 |
| 23 | Takuma Sato | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 24 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 1 |
| 25 | Robert Doornbos | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
Practice & warm-up observations
Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.
| Session | Driver | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| freePractice1Results | Pedro de la Rosa | 1 | 1:30.532 |
| freePractice1Results | Ricardo Zonta | 2 | 1:31.075 |
| freePractice1Results | Jenson Button | 3 | 1:32.043 |
| freePractice1Results | David Coulthard | 4 | 1:32.229 |
| freePractice1Results | Juan Pablo Montoya | 5 | 1:32.321 |
| freePractice1Results | Fernando Alonso | 6 | 1:32.370 |
| freePractice1Results | Giancarlo Fisichella | 7 | 1:32.470 |
| freePractice1Results | Takuma Sato | 8 | 1:32.791 |
| freePractice1Results | Mark Webber | 9 | 1:33.098 |
| freePractice1Results | Christian Klien | 10 | 1:33.139 |
| freePractice1Results | Felipe Massa | 11 | 1:33.257 |
| freePractice1Results | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 12 | 1:33.441 |
| freePractice1Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 13 | 1:33.486 |
| freePractice1Results | Antônio Pizzonia | 14 | 1:33.528 |
| freePractice1Results | Jacques Villeneuve | 15 | 1:33.645 |
| freePractice1Results | Rubens Barrichello | 16 | 1:33.700 |
| freePractice1Results | Ralf Schumacher | 17 | 1:33.735 |
| freePractice1Results | Michael Schumacher | 18 | 1:33.886 |
| freePractice1Results | Jarno Trulli | 19 | 1:34.535 |
| freePractice1Results | Sakon Yamamoto | 20 | 1:36.295 |
| freePractice1Results | Christijan Albers | 21 | 1:37.153 |
| freePractice1Results | Narain Karthikeyan | 22 | 1:37.154 |
| freePractice1Results | Robert Doornbos | 23 | 1:37.816 |
| freePractice1Results | Tiago Monteiro | 24 | 1:38.250 |
| freePractice2Results | Ricardo Zonta | 1 | 1:30.682 |
| freePractice2Results | Michael Schumacher | 2 | 1:31.716 |
| freePractice2Results | Pedro de la Rosa | 3 | 1:31.821 |
| freePractice2Results | Rubens Barrichello | 4 | 1:32.267 |
| freePractice2Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 5 | 1:32.849 |
| freePractice2Results | Ralf Schumacher | 6 | 1:32.917 |
| freePractice2Results | Jarno Trulli | 7 | 1:33.122 |
| freePractice2Results | Fernando Alonso | 8 | 1:33.259 |
| freePractice2Results | Jenson Button | 9 | 1:33.453 |
| freePractice2Results | Mark Webber | 10 | 1:33.520 |
| freePractice2Results | David Coulthard | 11 | 1:33.563 |
| freePractice2Results | Antônio Pizzonia | 12 | 1:33.679 |
| freePractice2Results | Takuma Sato | 13 | 1:34.330 |
| freePractice2Results | Giancarlo Fisichella | 14 | 1:34.400 |
| freePractice2Results | Felipe Massa | 15 | 1:34.421 |
| freePractice2Results | Christian Klien | 16 | 1:34.707 |
| freePractice2Results | Sakon Yamamoto | 17 | 1:34.829 |
| freePractice2Results | Jacques Villeneuve | 18 | 1:34.874 |
| freePractice2Results | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 19 | 1:34.977 |
| freePractice2Results | Robert Doornbos | 20 | 1:35.150 |
| freePractice2Results | Tiago Monteiro | 21 | 1:35.388 |
| freePractice2Results | Juan Pablo Montoya | 22 | 1:37.371 |
| freePractice2Results | Christijan Albers | 23 | 1:37.626 |
| freePractice2Results | Narain Karthikeyan | 24 | 1:38.034 |
| freePractice3Results | Michael Schumacher | 1 | 1:46.543 |
| freePractice3Results | Kimi Räikkönen | 2 | 1:48.729 |
| freePractice3Results | Juan Pablo Montoya | 3 | 1:49.097 |
| freePractice3Results | Mark Webber | 4 | 1:49.484 |
| freePractice3Results | Antônio Pizzonia | 5 | 1:50.537 |
| freePractice3Results | Narain Karthikeyan | 6 | 1:50.811 |
| freePractice3Results | Rubens Barrichello | 7 | 1:50.846 |
| freePractice3Results | Jenson Button | 8 | 1:51.884 |
| freePractice3Results | Tiago Monteiro | 9 | 1:52.023 |
| freePractice3Results | Christijan Albers | 10 | 1:52.700 |
| freePractice3Results | David Coulthard | 11 | 1:53.346 |
| freePractice3Results | Takuma Sato | 12 | 1:53.454 |
| freePractice3Results | Christian Klien | 13 | 1:54.348 |
| freePractice3Results | Jarno Trulli | 14 | Unknown |
| freePractice3Results | Robert Doornbos | 15 | Unknown |
| freePractice3Results | Ralf Schumacher | 16 | Unknown |
| freePractice3Results | Felipe Massa | 17 | Unknown |
| freePractice3Results | Jacques Villeneuve | 18 | Unknown |
| freePractice4Results | Giancarlo Fisichella | 1 | 1:50.136 |
| freePractice4Results | Narain Karthikeyan | 2 | 1:50.150 |
| freePractice4Results | Ralf Schumacher | 3 | 1:50.369 |
| freePractice4Results | Jenson Button | 4 | 1:50.920 |
| freePractice4Results | Christijan Albers | 5 | 1:50.994 |
| freePractice4Results | Tiago Monteiro | 6 | 1:51.223 |
| freePractice4Results | Mark Webber | 7 | 1:51.274 |
| freePractice4Results | Jarno Trulli | 8 | 1:51.503 |
| freePractice4Results | David Coulthard | 9 | 1:51.710 |
| freePractice4Results | Robert Doornbos | 10 | 1:51.971 |
| freePractice4Results | Fernando Alonso | 11 | 1:52.667 |
| freePractice4Results | Christian Klien | 12 | 1:52.897 |
| freePractice4Results | Jacques Villeneuve | 13 | 1:53.460 |
| freePractice4Results | Rubens Barrichello | 14 | 1:53.739 |
| freePractice4Results | Felipe Massa | 15 | 1:53.842 |
| freePractice4Results | Takuma Sato | 16 | 1:54.307 |
| freePractice4Results | Antônio Pizzonia | 17 | 2:01.075 |
Recorded pit stops
F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.
| Driver | Stop | Lap | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rubens Barrichello | 1 | 1 | 27.039 |
| Takuma Sato | 1 | 2 | 24.098 |
| Rubens Barrichello | 2 | 6 | 21.215 |
| Ralf Schumacher | 1 | 13 | 21.827 |
| Narain Karthikeyan | 1 | 13 | 23.486 |
| Robert Doornbos | 1 | 15 | 23.895 |
| Christijan Albers | 1 | 16 | 23.724 |
| Tiago Monteiro | 1 | 18 | 22.226 |
| Giancarlo Fisichella | 1 | 20 | 22.661 |
| Jenson Button | 1 | 22 | 26.085 |
| Fernando Alonso | 1 | 22 | 21.982 |
| Christian Klien | 1 | 22 | 23.802 |
| David Coulthard | 1 | 23 | 24.058 |
| Mark Webber | 1 | 23 | 22.389 |
| Felipe Massa | 1 | 25 | 23.159 |
| Michael Schumacher | 1 | 26 | 21.820 |
| Kimi Räikkönen | 1 | 26 | 22.960 |
| Jacques Villeneuve | 1 | 27 | 26.348 |
| Ralf Schumacher | 2 | 28 | 22.045 |
| Takuma Sato | 2 | 29 | 24.872 |
| Narain Karthikeyan | 2 | 31 | 23.888 |
| Robert Doornbos | 2 | 32 | 24.658 |
| Rubens Barrichello | 3 | 33 | 23.889 |
| Tiago Monteiro | 2 | 34 | 23.403 |
| Christijan Albers | 2 | 34 | 3:54.187 |
| Fernando Alonso | 2 | 36 | 22.380 |
| Giancarlo Fisichella | 2 | 38 | 22.581 |
| Jenson Button | 2 | 41 | 21.101 |
| Mark Webber | 2 | 41 | 20.478 |
| Christian Klien | 2 | 41 | 21.062 |
| Michael Schumacher | 2 | 42 | 24.858 |
| David Coulthard | 2 | 44 | 20.309 |
| Ralf Schumacher | 3 | 44 | 19.571 |
| Felipe Massa | 2 | 44 | 19.925 |
| Kimi Räikkönen | 2 | 45 | 18.899 |
| Narain Karthikeyan | 3 | 44 | 19.970 |