2005 Belgian Grand Prix
| 2005 Belgian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 16 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 11 September 2005 | ||||
| Official name | 2005 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix | ||||
| Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 6.976 km (4.335 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 44 laps, 306.944 km (190.726 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Wet and dry | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:46.391 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | |||
| Time | 1:51.543 on lap 44 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Renault | ||||
| Third | BAR-Honda | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2005 Belgian Grand Prix (officially the 2005 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 11 September 2005 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps near the village of Francorchamps, Wallonia, Belgium. It was the sixteenth race of the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship and the 62nd Belgian Grand Prix.
The 44-lap race was won by Finnish driver Kimi Räikkönen, driving a McLaren-Mercedes, after he started from second position. Räikkönen's Colombian teammate, Juan Pablo Montoya, took pole position and led until his second pit stop on lap 33; he then maintained second place until a late collision with Brazilian driver Antônio Pizzonia in the Williams-BMW. Spaniard Fernando Alonso thus took second in his Renault, with Englishman Jenson Button third in a BAR-Honda.
With three races remaining, Alonso led the Drivers' Championship by 25 points from Räikkönen, needing only six more to clinch the title. In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren reduced Renault's lead to six points.
It was also the last race at Spa-Francorchamps with this layout with changes to the Bus Stop chicane and pitlane completed for the 2007 race