2005 Malaysian Grand Prix

Results from the 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix held at Sepang on March 20, 2005.

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. Having been passed by the Australian, Fisichella attempted to retake the position on the inside heading into the final corner, but lost control and slid 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.

Friday Drivers

Constructor	Nat	Driver
McLaren-Mercedes		Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber-Petronas		none
Red Bull-Cosworth		Vitantonio Liuzzi
Toyota		Ricardo Zonta
Jordan-Toyota		Robert Doornbos
Minardi-Cosworth		none

Classification

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	56	1:31:33.736	1	10
2	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	56	+24.327	2	8
3	8	Nick Heidfeld	Williams-BMW	56	+32.188	10	6
4	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+41.631	11	5
5	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	56	+51.854	5	4
6	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	56	+1:12.543	8	3
7	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	56	+1:19.988	13	2
8	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	56	+1:20.835	7	1
9	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+1:21.580	6
10	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	55	+1 Lap	14
11	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota	54	+2 Laps	17
12	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota	53	+3 Laps	18
13	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	52	+4 Laps	19
Ret	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	49	Tyre	12
Ret	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	36	Accident	3
Ret	7	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	36	Accident	4
Ret	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	26	Spun Off	16
Ret	3	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	2	Engine	9
Ret	4	Anthony Davidson	BAR-Honda	2	Engine	15
Ret	20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi-Cosworth	2	Spun Off	20

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.

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

• 1. Renault - 26
• 2. Toyota - 12
• 3. Red Bull - 11
• 4. Ferrari - 10
• 5. Williams - 10