United States Grand Prix

Date
Sun 19th June 2005 (UTC)
Sun 19th June 2005 (Local)

Timestamp
2005-06-19T00:00:00

Time

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

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League
Formula 1

Season
2005

Round
9

Status

Location
Indianapolis Motor Speedway

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Description

The 2005 United States Grand Prix (officially the 2005 Formula 1 United States Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on June 19, 2005, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and was the ninth race of the 2005 Formula One World Championship. The event is one of the most infamous races in motorsport history. Out of the 20 cars that entered the race, only the six cars from the teams using Bridgestone tyres (Ferrari, Jordan, and Minardi) competed. The remaining fourteen entrants, all using Michelin tyres, completed the formation lap, but retired to the pit lane before the race started.

Following two tyre failures before the race, which caused major accidents for Ralf Schumacher's Toyota during Friday practice and then for his Toyota stand-in Ricardo Zonta, Michelin advised its seven customer teams that without a reduction in speed in Turn 13, the tyres provided for the race would only be safe for 10 laps. Michelin had been providing working tyres for the race since 2001. The situation was worsened by the 2005 Formula One rules, which forbade tyre changes during the race, and a repave of the oval portion of the course after the 2004 Brickyard 400.

Of the six competitors, Ferrari's Michael Schumacher was the eventual winner, with his teammate Rubens Barrichello finishing second and Jordan driver Tiago Monteiro finishing third, which would be his only podium in Formula One as well as the last podium for Jordan.

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Result List

01	Michael Schumacher	1:29:43.181
02	Rubens Barrichello	+0:01.5
03	Tiago Monteiro	+1 Lap
04	Narain Karthikeyan	+1 Lap
05	Christijan Albers	+2 Laps
06	Patrick Friesacher	+2 Laps
07	Jarno Trulli	DNF
08	Kimi Raikkonen	DNF
09	Jenson Button	DNF
10	Giancarlo Fisichella	DNF
11	Fernando Alonso	DNF
12	Takuma Sato	DNF
13	Mark Webber	DNF
14	Felipe Massa	DNF
15	Juan Pablo Montoya	DNF
16	Jacques Villeneuve	DNF
17	Ricardo Zonta	DNF
18	Christian Klien	DNF
19	Nick Heidfeld	DNF
20	David Coulthard	DNF