2005 Bahrain Grand Prix 1688155 220852012 2008-06-21T22:41:23Z Zorrobot 7218328 robot Adding: [[no:Bahrains Grand Prix 2005]] {{Grand Prix race report infobox| Type = F1| Country = Bahrain| Grand Prix = Bahrain| Date = April 3| Year = 2005| Image = Circuit Bahrain.png| Official name = [[Gulf Air]] [[Bahrain Grand Prix]]| Race_No = 3| Season_No = 19| Location = [[Bahrain International Circuit]], [[Sakhir]], [[Bahrain]]| Course = Permanent racing facility| Course_mi = 3.37| Course_km = 5.42| Distance_laps = 57| Distance_mi = 191.530 | Distance_km = 308.238 | Weather = Sunny, hot| Pole_Driver = [[Fernando Alonso]]| Pole_Team = [[Renault F1|Renault]]| Pole_Time = 3:01:902 (aggregate)| Pole_Country = Spain| Fast_Driver = [[Pedro de la Rosa]]| Fast_Team = [[McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]| Fast_Time = 1:31.447| Fast_Lap = 43| Fast_Country = Spain| First_Driver = Fernando Alonso| First_Team = Renault| First_Country = Spain| Second_Driver = [[Jarno Trulli]]| Second_Team = [[Toyota F1|Toyota]]| Second_Country= Italy| Third_Driver = [[Kimi Räikkönen]]| Third_Team = McLaren-Mercedes| Third_Country = Finland| }} The '''2005 Bahrain Grand Prix''' was a [[Formula One]] race held from [[April 1]] to [[April 3]] 2005 at [[Bahrain International Circuit]]. __FORCETOC__ == Summary == The 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix was only the second Formula One grand prix held in the [[Middle East]], bringing the challenges of high temperatures and dusty conditions. The race was held the day after [[Pope]] [[Pope John Paul II|John Paul II]] died, with several teams and drivers offering their respects. The circuit had been modified slightly from [[2004 Bahrain Grand Prix|2004]], with turn 4 in particular being widened on the exit. First qualifying on Saturday resulted in few surprises — for the first few drivers, the circuit was still somewhat sandy, providing poor grip, while the later runners performed well, with [[Fernando Alonso]] taking provisional pole with a lap time of 1:29.848. Final qualifying on Sunday morning again passed without major incident, with Alonso taking pole position, and [[Michael Schumacher]] taking second. [[Rubens Barrichello]], having had gearbox problems on Friday and Saturday, qualified 15th, and elected to change his engine, resulting in him starting from the back of the grid. Race afternoon brought some of the highest ever temperatures experienced at a grand prix, with air temperature of 40°C, (104°F) and track temperatures of 56°C (about 132°F). This ties the record temperatures of the [[1955 Argentine Grand Prix]] and the [[1984 United States Grand Prix]]. [[Christian Klien]] failed to get away from his seventh position on the grid for the formation lap. His car was pushed into the pits but could not be restarted, and he became the first of eight retirements. The leaders made a clean start, with Alonso first to turn one. Schumacher moved from his second grid slot across to the clean side of the track, ahead of [[Jarno Trulli]], who made a strong challenge to pass Schumacher in the first two corners, without success. Barrichello makes an aggressive start, moving up to tenth by the end of lap one. [[Giancarlo Fisichella]]'s engine began to smoke during lap two, and he pulled into the pits to retire. However, as he applied the pit lane speed limiter, he felt power return, and was waved through by his team. But the resurgence was short-lived, and he was back in the pits on lap four to retire. Schumacher continued to closely pursue Alonso until lap 12, when the [[list of Formula One World Drivers' Champions|world champion]] overshot turn nine, and performed a 270° turn in the run-off area. Following this, Schumacher coasted back to the pits, making this his first technical retirement since the [[2001 German Grand Prix]] — a remarkable run of 59 consecutive grands prix. It later arose that his hydraulics had failed, meaning he could not downshift to use engine braking for corners. Trulli now took second place, 2.7 seconds behind Alonso, with [[Mark Webber]] in third. On lap 18, [[Ralf Schumacher]] in fourth place made the first scheduled pit stop of the front-runners, and rejoined in 12th place. Alonso, Trulli and then Webber all pitted over the next few laps, in what appeared to be the now fairly standard three-stop pattern. After the pit stops shook out, Alonso retained the lead, followed by Trulli, Webber, [[Kimi Räikkönen]], Ralf, and Barrichello. [[Nick Heidfeld]] was the next retirement, with a seriously smoking engine on lap 25, although it took him around half a lap to pull off the track to stop. He was shortly followed by [[Takuma Sato]], whose front brakes had been smoking for a while, and who spun and then retired in the pits on lap 27. His teammate [[Jenson Button]]'s brakes also appeared to be giving off more dust than usual, as Button fought to keep [[Pedro de la Rosa]] from taking his seventh place. De la Rosa finally managed to pass Button on lap 33, outbraking him at turn one. The following lap, Webber lost control out of turn eight, spun on the entrance to turn nine, and allowed Räikkönen and Ralf Schumacher to pass — on a circuit with very forgiving run-off areas, Webber's race was not compromised. In the next few laps, before the second pit stops, the closest fight was between Barrichello in sixth, and de la Rosa in seventh. De la Rosa continually pressured the remaining [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]], but initially he only succeeded in pushing himself too far, running wide at turn one, and allowing Button to close up behind him. Eventually, though, he was able to take sixth place in the final corner. Alonso put in several fast laps to extend his lead, and pitted on lap 41. The other drivers also pitted without incident, until Button, who stalled his [[British American Racing|BAR]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]]; after several attempts at restarting the engine, he almost took his rear jack with him back into the race — only to retire at the end of the pit-lane, making this the second race in a row where both BAR drivers had retired. After the second round of pit stops, Alonso still led the race, followed by Trulli, Räikkönen, Ralf Schumacher, Webber, de la Rosa, Barrichello, and [[Felipe Massa]]. In the closing stages, the main fight was between Webber and de la Rosa for fifth place. Webber was forced to perform some strong defending, but de la Rosa eventually overcame him two laps from the end of the race. [[Jacques Villeneuve]] retired from ninth place into the pits on the penultimate lap, while Barrichello slipped further and further back, allowing Massa to take seventh place, and [[David Coulthard]] eighth place on the last lap, leaving Ferrari point-less — for the first time in nearly two years. Alonso won the race by a comfortable 13.4 seconds from Trulli, bringing Renault engines their 100th World Championship Grand Prix win. == Classification == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" ! Pos ! No ! Driver ! Constructor ! Laps ! Time/Retired ! Grid ! Points |- ! 1 | 5 | {{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[Fernando Alonso]]''' | '''[[Renault F1|Renault]]''' | 57 | 1:29:18.531 | 1 | '''10''' |- ! 2 | 16 | {{flagicon|Italy}} '''[[Jarno Trulli]]''' | '''[[Toyota F1|Toyota]]''' | 57 | +13.4 | 3 | '''8''' |- ! 3 | 9 | {{flagicon|Finland}} '''[[Kimi Räikkönen]]''' | '''[[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]''' | 57 | +32.0 | 9 | '''6''' |- ! 4 | 17 | {{flagicon|Germany}} '''[[Ralf Schumacher]]''' | '''[[Toyota F1|Toyota]]''' | 57 | +53.2 | 6 | '''5''' |- ! 5 | 10 | {{flagicon|Spain}} '''[[Pedro de la Rosa]]''' | '''[[Team McLaren|McLaren]]-[[Mercedes-Benz|Mercedes]]''' | 57 | +1:04.9 | 8 | '''4''' |- ! 6 | 7 | {{flagicon|Australia}} '''[[Mark Webber]]''' | '''[[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[BMW]]''' | 57 | +1:14.7 | 5 | '''3''' |- ! 7 | 12 | {{flagicon|Brazil}} '''[[Felipe Massa]]''' | '''[[Sauber]]-[[Petronas]]''' | 56 | +1 Lap | 12 | '''2''' |- ! 8 | 14 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} '''[[David Coulthard]]''' | '''[[Red Bull Racing|Red Bull]]-[[Cosworth]]''' | 56 | +1 Lap | 14 | '''1''' |- ! 9 | 2 | {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rubens Barrichello]] | [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | 56 | +1 Lap | 20 |   |- ! 10 | 18 | {{flagicon|Portugal}} [[Tiago Monteiro]] | [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]]-[[Toyota F1|Toyota]] | 55 | +2 Laps | 16 |   |- ! 11 | 11 | {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Jacques Villeneuve]] | [[Sauber]]-[[Petronas]] | 54 | Suspension | 15 |   |- ! 12 | 20 | {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Patrick Friesacher]] | [[Minardi]]-[[Cosworth]] | 54 | +3 Laps | 19 |   |- ! 13 | 21 | {{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Christijan Albers]] | [[Minardi]]-[[Cosworth]] | 53 | +4 Laps | 18 |   |- ! Ret | 3 | {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Jenson Button]] | [[British American Racing|BAR]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] | 46 | Clutch | 11 |   |- ! Ret | 4 | {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Takuma Sato]] | [[British American Racing|BAR]]-[[Honda Racing F1|Honda]] | 27 | Brakes | 13 |   |- ! Ret | 8 | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Nick Heidfeld]] | [[WilliamsF1|Williams]]-[[BMW]] | 25 | Engine | 4 |   |- ! Ret | 1 | {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Michael Schumacher]] | [[Scuderia Ferrari|Ferrari]] | 12 | Hydraulics | 2 |   |- ! Ret | 6 | {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Giancarlo Fisichella]] | [[Renault F1|Renault]] | 4 | Engine | 10 |   |- ! Ret | 19 | {{flagicon|India}} [[Narain Karthikeyan]] | [[Jordan Grand Prix|Jordan]]-[[Toyota F1|Toyota]] | 2 | Electrical | 17 |   |- ! DNS | 15 | {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Christian Klien]] | [[Red Bull Racing|Red Bull]]-[[Cosworth]] | 0 | Electrical | 7 |   |} ==Notes== * Pole Position: [[Fernando Alonso]] 3:01:902 (2 laps) * Fastest Lap: [[Pedro de la Rosa]] 1:31.447 * The race was the hottest-ever F1 grand prix to that point, with air temperatures of 42°C and track temperatures of up to 56°C. * [[Juan Pablo Montoya]] had a tennis shoulder injury and would miss this race and the next one. For this race, he was replaced by [[Pedro de la Rosa]]. * [[Pedro de la Rosa]]'s first race with [[McLaren]]. * As the field set off on the final parade lap Christian Klien was left behind with an electrical problem and never took the race start. * This was [[Renault F1|Renault]]'s 100th grand prix win. * For most drivers, the engines used in this race would also be used in [[2005 San Marino Grand Prix|San Marino]], as required by the new [[2005 Formula One season#Rules changes|2005 regulations]]. * The celebrations on the podium were muted, due to the death of [[Pope]] [[Pope John Paul II|John Paul II]] the previous evening. Ferrari raced with blackened nose cones as a mark of respect. {{F1 race report| Name_of_race = [[Bahrain Grand Prix]] | Year_of_race = 2005 | Previous_race_in_season = [[2005 Malaysian Grand Prix]] | Next_race_in_season = [[2005 San Marino Grand Prix]] | Previous_year's_race = [[2004 Bahrain Grand Prix]] | Next_year's_race = [[2006 Bahrain Grand Prix]] }} {{F1GP}} [[Category:2005 Formula One race reports|Bahrain Grand Prix]] [[Category:Bahrain Grand Prix]] [[ca:Gran Premi de Bahrain del 2005]] [[cs:Grand Prix Bahrajnu 2005]] [[es:Anexo:Gran Premio de Bahréin de 2005]] [[fr:Grand Prix automobile de Bahreïn 2005]] [[id:Grand Prix F1 Bahrain 2005]] [[it:Gran Premio del Bahrain 2005]] [[hu:2005-ös Formula–1 Bahreini Nagydíj]] [[no:Bahrains Grand Prix 2005]] [[pl:Formuła 1 - Grand Prix Bahrajnu 2005]] [[pt:Grande Prêmio de Bahrain de 2005 (Fórmula 1)]] [[ru:Гран-при Бахрейна 2005 года]] [[sq:F1 Bahrain - 2005]] [[sl:Velika nagrada Bahrajna 2005]] [[fi:Bahrainin Grand Prix 2005]] [[sv:Bahrains Grand Prix 2005]] [[zh:2005年巴林大奖赛]]