Malaysian Grand Prix

Date & Time
Sun 20th March 2005 12:00am Local
Sun 20th March 2005 12:00am UTC

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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	Renault F1 Team	1:31:33.736
02	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	+0:24.327
03	Nick Heidfeld	Williams Racing	+0:32.188
04	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+0:41.631
05	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	+0:51.854
06	David Coulthard	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+1:12.543
07	Michael Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari HP	+1:19.988
08	Christian Klien	Oracle Red Bull Racing	+1:20.835
09	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren Formula 1 Team	+1:21.580
10	Felipe Massa	Sauber	+1 Lap
11	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan	+2 Laps
12	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan	+3 Laps
13	Christijan Albers	Minardi	+4 Laps
14	Rubens Barrichello	Scuderia Ferrari HP	DNF
15	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault F1 Team	DNF
16	Mark Webber	Williams Racing	DNF
17	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber	DNF
18	Jenson Button	BAR	DNF
19	Anthony Davidson	BAR	DNF
20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi	DNF