Japan 2005: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Schumacher	Toyota	1:46.106
2	Button	BAR	1:46.141	+0.035
3	Fisichella	Renault	1:46.276	+0.170
4	Klien	Red Bull	1:46.464	+0.358
5	Sato	BAR	1:46.841	+0.735
6	Coulthard	Red Bull	1:46.892	+0.786
7	Webber	Williams	1:47.233	+1.127
8	Villeneuve	Sauber	1:47.440	+1.334
9	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:48.248	+2.142
10	Massa	Sauber	1:48.278	+2.172
11	Karthikeyan	Jordan	1:48.718	+2.612
12	Pizzonia	Williams	1:48.898	+2.792
13	Albers	Minardi	1:50.843	+4.737
14	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:52.676	+6.570
15	Doornbos	Minardi	1:52.894	+6.788
16	Alonso	Renault	1:54.667	+8.561
17	Räikkönen	McLaren	2:02.309	+16.203
18	Montoya	McLaren
19	Trulli	Toyota
20	Monteiro	Jordan

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine	Tyres
1	Kimi RäikkönenFastest lap	McLaren	17	53	1:29:02.212	2	Mercedes	Michelin
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	3	53	+1.633	2	Renault	Michelin
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	16	53	+17.456	2	Renault	Michelin
4	Mark Webber	Williams	7	53	+22.274	2	BMW	Michelin
5	Jenson Button	BAR	2	53	+29.507	2	Honda	Michelin
6	David Coulthard	Red Bull	6	53	+31.601	2	Cosworth	Michelin
7	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	14	53	+33.879	2	Ferrari	Bridgestone
8	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1	53	+49.548	3	Toyota	Michelin
9	Christian Klien	Red Bull	4	53	+51.925	2	Cosworth	Michelin
10	Felipe Massa	Sauber	10	53	+57.509	2	Petronas	Michelin
11	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	9	53	+1:00.633	3	Ferrari	Bridgestone
12	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber	8	53	+1:23.221	1	Petronas	Michelin
13	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan	20	52	+1 lap	2	Toyota	Bridgestone
14	Robert Doornbos	Minardi	15	51	+2 laps	2	Cosworth	Bridgestone
15	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan	11	51	+2 laps	3	Toyota	Bridgestone
16	Christijan Albers	Minardi	13	49	+4 laps	2	Cosworth	Bridgestone
NC	Antônio Pizzonia	Williams	12	9	+1 lap	0	BMW	Michelin
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	PL	9	Collision damage	0	Toyota	Michelin
DNF	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	18	0	Accident	0	Mercedes	Michelin
DSQ	Takuma Sato	BAR	5	52	Caused collision with Trulli	2	Honda	Michelin

Race

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Places gained

Räikkönen17→1+16
Alonso16→3+13
Schumacher14→7+7
Monteiro20→13+7
Webber7→4+3
Fisichella3→2+1
Doornbos15→14+1
Coulthard6→60
Massa10→100
Barrichello9→11-2
Button2→5-3
Albers13→16-3
Villeneuve8→12-4
Karthikeyan11→15-4
Klien4→9-5
Schumacher1→8-7

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Räikkönen18.899R45
2Schumacher19.571R44
3Massa19.925R44
4Karthikeyan19.970R44
5Coulthard20.309R44
6Webber20.478R41
7Klien21.062R41
8Button21.101R41
9Barrichello21.215R6
10Schumacher21.820R26

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Räikkönen261982 stops
Fisichella2018152 stops
Alonso2214172 stops
Webber2318122 stops
Button2219122 stops
Coulthard232192 stops
Schumacher2616112 stops
Schumacher13151693 stops
Klien2219122 stops
Massa251992 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

TrulliCollision damageToyota
MontoyaAccidentMcLaren
SatoCaused collision with TrulliBAR

This race in history

18 races here since 1987Won from pole: 9 of 18

Win from furthest back (P6): Alessandro Nannini 1989

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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