2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose

United States 2005 San Jose
Race details
Race 8 of 13 in the 2005 Champ Car season
San Jose Track Layout
DateJuly 31, 2005
Official nameTaylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose
LocationStreets of San Jose
San Jose, California, United States
CourseTemporary Street Course
1.448 mi / 2.330 km
Distance93 laps
134.664 mi / 216.690 km
WeatherPartly Cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 84 °F (29 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 10.1 miles per hour (16.3 km/h)[1]
Pole position
DriverSébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time54.243
Fastest lap
DriverSébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time55.083 (on lap 90 of 93)
Podium
FirstSébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
SecondPaul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
ThirdOriol Servià (Newman/Haas Racing)

The 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose was the eighth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 31, 2005 on the streets of San Jose, California. Sébastien Bourdais swept both the pole and the race win. The race was notable for the large bump on the main straight where a light rail track crossed the course, the bump being large enough to cause the cars to catch air.

Qualifying results

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Because of circuit construction issues on Friday, the Qualification 1 session was canceled. Only times from Saturday's Qualification 2 session were used to set the grid for the race.

Pos Nat Name Team Time
1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 54.243
2 Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 54.305
3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 54.570
4 United States A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 54.604
5 Mexico Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 54.654
6 France Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 54.878
7 Germany Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 54.895
8 Sweden Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 55.054
9 United Kingdom Justin Wilson RuSPORT 55.093
10 United States Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 55.414
11 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 55.434
12 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín HVM Racing 55.449
13 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 55.773
14 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 55.972
15 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 56.019
16 Denmark Ronnie Bremer Dale Coyne Racing 56.452
17 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 56.616
18 Australia Marcus Marshall Team Australia 57.687

Race

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Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 1 France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 93 1:45:42.889 1 34
2 3 Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 93 +3.724 secs 3 27
3 2 Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 93 +10.383 secs 2 25
4 9 United Kingdom Justin Wilson RuSPORT 93 +11.323 secs 9 23
5 7 Mexico Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 93 +11.917 secs 5 21
6 8 Germany Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 93 +15.260 secs 7 19
7 19 Denmark Ronnie Bremer Dale Coyne Racing 93 +16.391 secs 16 19
8 4 Sweden Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 93 +19.443 secs 8 16
9 15 Canada Alex Tagliani Team Australia 89 + 4 Laps 17 13
10 21 Brazil Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 77 Contact 13 11
11 12 United States Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 60 Suspension 10 10
12 5 Australia Marcus Marshall Team Australia 52 Mechanical 18 9
13 55 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín HVM Racing 40 Contact 12 8
14 31 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 36 Suspension 15 7
15 34 France Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 20 Oil pressure 6 6
16 27 Canada Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 13 Contact 11 5
17 10 United States A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 12 Contact 4 4
18 11 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 0 Contact 14 3

Caution flags

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Laps Cause
2-5 Sperafico (11) contact
26-33 Debris
58-65 Hunter-Reay (31) stopped on course
66 Yellow restart
78-83 da Matta (21) contact

Notes

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Laps Leader
1-28 Sébastien Bourdais
29-47 Ronnie Bremer
48-60 Sébastien Bourdais
61-71 Björn Wirdheim
72-93 Sébastien Bourdais
 
Driver Laps led
Sébastien Bourdais 63
Ronnie Bremer 19
Björn Wirdheim 11

Championship standings after the race

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Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 France Sébastien Bourdais 216
2 Canada Paul Tracy 188
3 United Kingdom Justin Wilson 175
4 Spain Oriol Servià 160
5 United States A. J. Allmendinger 126
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included.

References

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  1. ^ "Weather information for the 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-13.
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2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton
Champ Car World Series
2005 season
Next race:
2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver

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First Event
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2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose

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