China 2005: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	Alonso	Renault	1:34.080
2	Fisichella	Renault	1:34.401	+0.321
3	Räikkönen	McLaren	1:34.488	+0.408
4	Button	BAR	1:34.801	+0.721
5	Montoya	McLaren	1:35.188	+1.108
6	Schumacher	Ferrari	1:35.301	+1.221
7	Coulthard	Red Bull	1:35.428	+1.348
8	Barrichello	Ferrari	1:35.610	+1.530
9	Schumacher	Toyota	1:35.723	+1.643
10	Webber	Williams	1:35.739	+1.659
11	Massa	Sauber	1:35.898	+1.818
12	Trulli	Toyota	1:36.044	+1.964
13	Pizzonia	Williams	1:36.445	+2.365
14	Klien	Red Bull	1:36.472	+2.392
15	Karthikeyan	Jordan	1:36.707	+2.627
16	Villeneuve	Sauber	1:36.788	+2.708
17	Sato	BAR	1:37.083	+3.003
18	Albers	Minardi	1:39.105	+5.025
19	Monteiro	Jordan	1:39.233	+5.153
20	Doornbos	Minardi	1:39.460	+5.380

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	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1	56	1:39:53.618	2	Renault	Michelin
2	Kimi RäikkönenFastest lap	McLaren	3	56	+4.015	2	Mercedes	Michelin
3	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	9	56	+25.376	2	Toyota	Michelin
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	2	56	+26.114	3	Renault	Michelin
5	Christian Klien	Red Bull	14	56	+31.839	2	Cosworth	Michelin
6	Felipe Massa	Sauber	11	56	+36.400	2	Petronas	Michelin
7	Mark Webber	Williams	10	56	+36.842	2	BMW	Michelin
8	Jenson Button	BAR	4	56	+41.249	2	Honda	Michelin
9	David Coulthard	Red Bull	7	56	+44.247	2	Cosworth	Michelin
10	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber	16	56	+59.977	2	Petronas	Michelin
11	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan	19	56	+1:24.648	2	Toyota	Bridgestone
12	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	8	56	+1:32.812	3	Ferrari	Bridgestone
13	Antônio Pizzonia	Williams	13	55	Tyre	2	BMW	Michelin
14	Robert Doornbos	Minardi	20	55	Out of fuel	2	Cosworth	Bridgestone
15	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	12	55	+1 lap	3	Toyota	Michelin
16	Christijan Albers	Minardi	PL	51	+5 laps	2	Cosworth	Bridgestone
DNF	Takuma Sato	BAR	17	34	Gearbox	2	Honda	Michelin
DNF	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan	PL	28	Accident	1	Toyota	Bridgestone
DNF	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	5	24	Engine	2	Mercedes	Michelin
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	PL	22	Spun off	0	Ferrari	Bridgestone

Race

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Places gained

Klien14→5+9
Monteiro19→11+8
Schumacher9→3+6
Villeneuve16→10+6
Doornbos20→14+6
Massa11→6+5
Webber10→7+3
AlbersPL→16+2
Räikkönen3→2+1
Alonso1→10
Pizzonia13→130
Fisichella2→4-2
Coulthard7→9-2
Trulli12→15-3
Button4→8-4
Barrichello8→12-4

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

Fastest pit stops

1Fisichella13.833R52
2Sato13.895R4
3Barrichello20.992R46
4Schumacher21.745R47
5Räikkönen21.961R30
6Klien22.397R45
7Button22.955R30
8Barrichello23.255R30
9Villeneuve23.261R30
10Massa23.457R44

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

Stints of the top 10

Alonso1911262 stops
Räikkönen1911262 stops
Schumacher192892 stops
Fisichella19112243 stops
Klien1926112 stops
Massa1925122 stops
Webber1911262 stops
Button1812262 stops
Coulthard1713262 stops
Villeneuve1911262 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

PizzoniaTyre, classified P13Williams
DoornbosOut of fuel, classified P14Minardi
SatoGearboxBAR
KarthikeyanAccidentJordan
MontoyaEngineMcLaren
SchumacherSpun offFerrari

This race in history

1 races here since 2004Won from pole: 1 of 1

Previous winners here

2004 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari

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

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