Malaysian Grand Prix

Date
Sun 20th March 2005 (UTC)
Sun 20th March 2005 (Local)

Timestamp
2005-03-20T00:00:00

Time

00:00:00 UTC (00:00:00 Local)

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League
Formula 1

Season
2005

Round
2

Status

Location
Sepang International Circuit

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Description

The 2005 Malaysian Grand Prix (officially the 2005 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix) was a Formula One race held at Sepang on 20 March 2005.

Alonso ultimately won the race ahead of the Trulli and Heidfeld. For Alonso it was the second victory and the first since the 2003 Hungarian Grand Prix. Alonso's win made him the first Spaniard ever to lead the Formula 1 World Championship. It was Heidfeld's second podium finish and first since the 2001 Brazilian Grand Prix.

The race also marked Toyota's first-ever podium in Formula One and first Asian-licensed constructor to score a podium since 1968 United States Grand Prix when John Surtees drove for Honda in the 3rd place.

The race ended Ferrari's run of 22 consecutive podium finishes, which started at the 2003 Italian Grand Prix.

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Result List

01	Fernando Alonso	1:31:33.736
02	Jarno Trulli	+0:24.327
03	Nick Heidfeld	+0:32.188
04	Juan Pablo Montoya	+0:41.631
05	Ralf Schumacher	+0:51.854
06	David Coulthard	+1:12.543
07	Michael Schumacher	+1:19.988
08	Christian Klien	+1:20.835
09	Kimi Raikkonen	+1:21.580
10	Felipe Massa	+1 Lap
11	Narain Karthikeyan	+2 Laps
12	Tiago Monteiro	+3 Laps
13	Christijan Albers	+4 Laps
14	Rubens Barrichello	DNF
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF
16	Mark Webber	DNF
17	Jacques Villeneuve	DNF
18	Jenson Button	DNF
19	Anthony Davidson	DNF
20	Patrick Friesacher	DNF