2005 Monaco F1 Grand Prix Race Report & Results

Event: Monaco Grand Prix
Track: Monaco Circuit

Weather: dry, warm, sunny

Kimi RAIKKONEN won his 4th F1 World Championship race at the 2005 Monaco F1 GP. The McLaren driver started from pole and led every one of the 78 laps at Monte Carlo, winning by 13.877 seconds from Nick Heidfeld. It was the 140th win for the McLaren F1 team and Raikkonens 2nd consecutive win, giving him and McLaren a proper championship footing.

Raikkonen pole, McLaren-Renault front-row lockout

Monaco on 22 May 2005 opened with Kimi Raikkonen taking pole with a 2:30.323 aggregate time, Alonso 0.083 seconds back. Webber third for Williams-BMW, Fisichella fourth for Renault, Trulli fifth. Raikkonen and Alonso had qualified alongside for the second time in three races, and Monacos overtaking difficulty put a premium on pole position more than any circuit.

Race day: Raikkonen lights-to-flag, Williams double podium

Raikkonen led every one of the 78 laps at Monaco, an emphatic pole-to-flag win. Nick Heidfeld took a superb second for Williams-BMW, Mark Webber third in the second Williams-BMW. Alonso fourth for Renault after failing to make his tyres last. Montoya fifth for the second McLaren, Ralf Schumacher sixth for Toyota. Michael Schumacher salvaged seventh for Ferrari and set the fastest lap on lap 40 with a 1:15.842.

Williams-BMWs best day of the season

Williams-BMWs 14 points at Monaco was their best result since the team merged with BMW, a huge boost for Sam Michaels team who had struggled through the season opener. Heidfelds second was his first F1 podium finish. Barrichello scored a single point in eighth for Ferrari.

Championship: Alonso 49, Raikkonen 37, Trulli 27

Alonso still led with 49 points, Raikkonen closed to 37, Trulli third on 27. Raikkonen had 20 points from two races. Nurburgring in a fortnight would test who had the tyres to last through a season with no changes.

Classification 2005 Monaco F1 GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	9	KimiRäikkönen	McLaren	McLaren MP4/20Mercedes FO 110	1	78	78	1:45:15.556	10
2	8	NickHeidfeld	Williams	Williams FW27BMW P84	6	78		1:45:29.433+13.877s	8
3	7	MarkWebber	Williams	Williams FW27BMW P84	3	78		1:45:34.040+18.484s	6
4	5	FernandoAlonso	Renault	Renault R25Renault RS25	2	78		1:45:52.043+36.487s	5
5	10	Juan-PabloMontoya	McLaren	McLaren MP4/20Mercedes FO 110	16	78		1:45:52.203+36.647s	4
6	17	RalfSchumacher	Toyota	Toyota TF105Toyota RVX-05	18	78		1:45:52.673+37.117s	3
7	1	MichaelSchumacher	Ferrari	Ferrari F2005Ferrari 055	8	78		1:45:52.779+37.223s	2
8	2	RubensBarrichello	Ferrari	Ferrari F2005Ferrari 055	10	78		1:45:53.126+37.570s	1
9	12	FelipeMassa	Sauber	Sauber C24Petronas 05A	11	77		+1 lap
10	16	JarnoTrulli	Toyota	Toyota TF105Toyota RVX-05	5	77		+1 lap
11	11	JacquesVilleneuve	Sauber	Sauber C24Petronas 05A	9	77		+1 lap
12	6	GiancarloFisichella	Renault	Renault R25Renault RS25	4	77		+1 lap
13	18	TiagoMonteiro	Jordan	Jordan EJ15Toyota RVX-05	15	75		+3 laps
14	21	ChristijanAlbers	Minardi	Minardi PS05Cosworth TJ2005	14	73		+5 laps
DNF	15	VitantonioLiuzzi	Red Bull	Red Bull RB1Cosworth TJ2005	12	59		Accident
DNF	20	PatrickFriesacher	Minardi	Minardi PS05Cosworth TJ2005	13	29		Accident
DNF	14	DavidCoulthard	Red Bull	Red Bull RB1Cosworth TJ2005	7	23		Accident
DNF	19	NarainKarthikeyan	Jordan	Jordan EJ15Toyota RVX-05	17	18		Hydraulics

Fastest lap: 1:15.842 min. by Michael Schumacher

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