2005 Canadian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 8 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship
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Race details | |||||
Date | June 12, 2005 | ||||
Official name | Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2005 | ||||
Location | Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||||
Course | Street circuit | ||||
Course length | 4.361 km (2.710 miles) | ||||
Distance | 70 laps, 305.270 km (189.686 miles) | ||||
Weather |
Cloudy and hot with temperatures approaching 32.5 °C (90.5 °F) Wind speeds up to 5.1 km/h (3.2 mph)[1] Track 43–47 °C (109–117 °F) | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | BAR-Honda | ||||
Time | 1:15.217 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
Time | 1:14.384 on lap 23 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
Second | Ferrari | ||||
Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2005 Canadian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2005)[2] was a Formula One motor race held on 12 June 2005 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The 70-lap race was the eighth round of the 2005 Formula One season, the 43rd running of the Canadian Grand Prix, and the 37th running as a round of the World Championship. It set a ratings record and was the most watched F1 race in history with 51 million viewers.[3] It was also the first of two consecutive North American rounds.
The race was won by McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen, taking his third win from four races. The two Ferrari cars completed the podium, with Michael Schumacher in second place and Rubens Barrichello in third. Both Renaults failed to finish the race, but the team maintained their lead in the Constructors' Championship; their driver, Fernando Alonso also kept his lead in the Drivers' Championship, despite the gap between himself and nearest rival Räikkönen closing by ten points.