2005 Italian Grand Prix
| 2005 Italian Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 15 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One World Championship
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| Race details | |||||
| Date | 4 September 2005 | ||||
| Official name | Formula 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2005 | ||||
| Location |
Autodromo Nazionale di Monza Monza, Lombardy, Italy | ||||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
| Course length | 5.793 km (3.600 miles) | ||||
| Distance | 53 laps, 306.720 km (190.779 miles) | ||||
| Weather | Sunny | ||||
| Pole position | |||||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Time | 1:21.054 | ||||
| Fastest lap | |||||
| Driver | Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren-Mercedes | |||
| Time | 1:21.504 on lap 51 | ||||
| Podium | |||||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
| Second | Renault | ||||
| Third | Renault | ||||
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Lap leaders | |||||
The 2005 Italian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia 2005) was a Formula One motor race held on 4 September 2005 at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Italy. It was the fifteenth race of the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship.
The 53-lap race was won from pole position by Colombia's Juan Pablo Montoya, driving a McLaren-Mercedes, his second victory with the team and penultimate in Formula One, with Renault drivers Fernando Alonso and Giancarlo Fisichella second and third respectively. Kimi Räikkönen was fourth, thus losing ground to Alonso at the top of the Drivers' Championship. Antônio Pizzonia scored his last world championship points at this race.