2005 Champ Car season
Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford
Season
Races13
Start dateApril 10
End dateNovember 6
Awards
Drivers' championFrance Sébastien Bourdais
Nations' CupFrance France
Rookie of the YearGermany Timo Glock

The 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season was the 27th overall and the second season of the Champ Car World Series era of American open-wheel racing. It began on April 10, 2005 in Long Beach, California and ended on November 6 in Mexico City, Mexico after 13 races. The Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford Drivers' Champion was Sébastien Bourdais, his second consecutive championship. The Rookie of the Year was Timo Glock.

Drivers and teams

The 2.65 liter turbo V8 Ford-Cosworth XFE engine continued to be the exclusive power plant for the series. Bridgestone continued on as the exclusive series tire supplier as well. The two companies continued the marketing agreement that branded the series Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford. All teams ran the Lola B02/00 chassis after the 2002 bankruptcy of Reynard Motorsport prevented further development of their Reynard 02I, causing it to become uncompetitive against the Lola.

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2005 Champ Car season.

Team No Drivers Races Primary Sponsors
United States Newman/Haas Racing 1 France Sébastien Bourdais All McDonald's
2 Brazil Bruno Junqueira 1-2 PacifiCare
Spain Oriol Servià 3-13
United States Forsythe Championship Racing 3 Canada Paul Tracy All Indeck 10
Mountain Grand Lodge 3
7 Mexico Mario Domínguez All Indeck 12
Roshfrans 1
United States CTE Racing-HVM 4 Sweden Björn Wirdheim 1-11 Eurosport 7
Liqui Moly 4
Italy Fabrizio del Monte 12 CTE Racing
50 Mexico Homero Richards 13 Nextel
55 Denmark Ronnie Bremer 1-5 Ansan, Korea 8
Brazil Alex Sperafico 6-7
Mexico Rodolfo Lavín 8-13 Corona 5
Australia Team Australia 5 Australia Marcus Marshall 1-12 Aussie Vineyards
Australia Will Power 13
25 12
Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr. 13
15 Canada Alex Tagliani All
United States Rocketsports Racing 8 Germany Timo Glock All Deutsche Post
31 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 1-11 Autobytel.com 1
Briggs & Stratton 3
Cytomax 4
Rocketsports Racing 1
Red Paw Systems 2
Commercial Defeasance 1
The Westin 1
United States Michael McDowell 12-13
United States RuSPORT 9 United Kingdom Justin Wilson All SanDisk 2
Champ Car 2
Intel 4
RuSPORT 1
CDW 4
10 United States A. J. Allmendinger All Beijing '06 5
Western Union 5
CDW 1
Intel 2
United States Dale Coyne Racing 11 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico All Dale Coyne Racing 2
American Medical Response 2
Sonny's Real Pit Bar-B-Q 9
19 Spain Oriol Servià 1-2 American Medical Response
Canada Michael Valiante 4
Brazil Tarso Marques 5
United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel 6
Denmark Ronnie Bremer 7-13
United States PKV Racing 12 United States Jimmy Vasser All Gulfstream
21 Brazil Cristiano da Matta All Bell Micro
52 Mexico Jorge Goeters 2 Team Mexico
United States Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 27 Canada Andrew Ranger All Mi-Jack 10
Tide 3
34 France Nelson Philippe All Wellbox Body Optimizer
Canada Jensen MotorSport 41 Italy Fabrizio del Monte 1 Konica Minolta

Team and driver changes

Similar to the 2003 and 2004 seasons, there were once again many changes for the 2005 season.

Mid-season changes

Season summary

Schedule

Rnd Date Race Name Circuit City/Location
1 April 10 United States Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach  R  Streets of Long Beach Long Beach, California
2 May 22 Mexico Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey  R  Fundidora Park Monterrey, Mexico
3 June 4 United States Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 Presented by US Bank  O  Milwaukee Mile West Allis, Wisconsin
4 June 19 United States G.I. Joe's Presents the Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland  R  Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon
5 June 26 United States Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by U.S. Bank  R  Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio
6 July 10 Canada Molson Indy Toronto  R  Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario
7 July 17 Canada West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton  R  Edmonton City Centre Airport Edmonton, Alberta
8 July 31 United States Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose  R  Streets of San Jose San Jose, California
9 August 14 United States Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver Presented by PacifiCare  R  Denver Civic Center Denver, Colorado
10 August 28 Canada Molson Indy Montreal  R  Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal, Quebec
11 September 24 United States Champ Car Hurricane Relief 400  O  Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada
12 October 23 Australia Lexmark Indy 300  R  Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Surfers Paradise, Australia
13 November 6 Mexico Gran Premio Telmex-Tecate Presented by Banamex  R  Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez Mexico City, Mexico

 O  Oval/Speedway
 R  Road/Street course

The initial 2005 schedule announced by Champ Car included 14 races,[21] but only 13 races actually took place during the season. The 14th race was scheduled to take place at a newly constructed permanent road circuit in the city of Ansan, South Korea on October 16, the week before the race at Surfers Paradise. The race was canceled in September when it was determined that the circuit was not ready to host the race.[22] It was the second year in a row that a race in Korea was canceled, as a street circuit race in the capital of Seoul was removed from the 2004 schedule. A date at the Ansan circuit was placed on Champ Car's initial 2006 schedule but that race would never take place either.

Race results

Rnd Race Name Pole position Fastest lap Lead most laps Winning driver Winning team Report
1 United States Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Canada Paul Tracy France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
2 Mexico Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey France Sébastien Bourdais Germany Timo Glock France Nelson Philippe Brazil Bruno Junqueira Newman/Haas Racing Report
3 United States Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225 Presented by US Bank United States Jimmy Vasser Canada Paul Tracy Canada Paul Tracy Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Championship Racing Report
4 United States G.I. Joe's Presents the Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland United Kingdom Justin Wilson France Sébastien Bourdais Brazil Cristiano da Matta Brazil Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing Report
5 United States Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by U.S. Bank Canada Paul Tracy Spain Oriol Servià Canada Paul Tracy Canada Paul Tracy Forsythe Championship Racing Report
6 Canada Molson Indy Toronto France Sébastien Bourdais United Kingdom Justin Wilson France Sébastien Bourdais United Kingdom Justin Wilson RuSPORT Report
7 Canada West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton United States A. J. Allmendinger United States A. J. Allmendinger United States A. J. Allmendinger France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
8 United States Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
9 United States Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver Presented by PacifiCare Canada Paul Tracy France Sébastien Bourdais Canada Paul Tracy France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
10 Canada Molson Indy Montreal France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Bourdais Spain Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing Report
11 United States Champ Car Hurricane Relief 400 France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Bourdais Canada Paul Tracy France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
12 Australia Lexmark Indy 300 Spain Oriol Servià France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Bourdais France Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing Report
13 Mexico Gran Premio Telmex-Tecate Presented by Banamex United Kingdom Justin Wilson United Kingdom Justin Wilson United Kingdom Justin Wilson United Kingdom Justin Wilson RuSPORT Report

Final driver standings

Pos Driver LBH United States MTY Mexico MIL United States POR United States CLE United States TOR Canada EDM Canada SJO United States DEN United States MTL Canada LVS United States SRF Australia MXC Mexico Pts
1 France Sébastien Bourdais 1* 5 6 2 5 5* 1 1* 1 4* 1 1* 17 348
2 Spain Oriol Servià 11 9 3 16 3 2 2 3 4 1 2 5 4 288
3 United Kingdom Justin Wilson 4 4 4 17 7 1 4 4 17 3 11 7 1* 265
4 Canada Paul Tracy 2 15 1* 3 1* 16 3 2 16* 8 17* 17 3 246
5 United States A. J. Allmendinger 8 10 2 5 2 12 14* 17 3 9 13 2 2 227
6 United States Jimmy Vasser 9 14 5 6 6 4 11 11 15 7 3 3 6 217
7 Canada Alex Tagliani 15 3 10 18 4 3 7 9 14 5 7 4 8 207
8 Germany Timo Glock  RY  6 11 9 10 10 7 13 6 13 2 8 6 5 202
9 Mexico Mario Domínguez 5 13 7 4 17 13 5 5 2 10 4 18 12 198
10 Canada Andrew Ranger  R  17 2 16 7 8 11 18 16 10 11 14 10 9 140
11 Brazil Cristiano da Matta 10 6 11 1* 16 17 17 10 18 6 12 19 14 139
12 Denmark Ronnie Bremer  R  7 19 8 8 14 6 7 7 17 18 8 19 139
13 France Nelson Philippe 18 12* 12 12 13 10 9 15 9 15 16 14 7 117
14 Sweden Björn Wirdheim  R  12 8 15 9 15 15 15 8 11 13 6 115
15 United States Ryan Hunter-Reay 13 7 17 15 18 6 16 14 6 12 10 110
16 Australia Marcus Marshall  R  14 16 13 14 12 14 8 12 12 16 9 11 104
17 Brazil Ricardo Sperafico  R  19 17 14 13 9 18 10 18 8 18 15 9 18 92
18 Mexico Rodolfo Lavín 13 5 14 5 13 15 72
19 Brazil Bruno Junqueira 3 1 59
20 Brazil Alex Sperafico 8 12 24
21 United States Michael McDowell  R  12 11 19
22 Australia Will Power  R  15 10 17
23 United Kingdom Ryan Dalziel  R  9 13
24 Brazil Tarso Marques 11 10
25 Canada Michael Valiante  R  11 10
26 Italy Fabrizio del Monte  R  16 16 10
27 Netherlands Charles Zwolsman Jr.  R  13 8
28 Mexico Homero Richards  R  16 5
29 Mexico Jorge Goeters  R  18 3
Pos Driver LBH United States MTY Mexico MIL United States POR United States CLE United States TOR Canada EDM Canada SJO United States DEN United States MTL Canada LVS United States SRF Australia MXC Mexico Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th-10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps
 RY  Rookie of the Year
 R  Rookie

Nations' Cup

  • Top result per race counts towards the Nations' Cup
Pos Country LBH United States MTY Mexico MIL United States POR United States CLE United States TOR Canada EDM Canada SJO United States DEN United States MTL Canada LVS United States SRF Australia MXC Mexico Pts
1 France France 1 5 6 2 5 5 1 1 1 4 1 1 7 346
2 Canada Canada 2 2 1 3 1 3 3 2 10 5 7 4 3 322
3 Spain Spain 11 9 3 16 3 2 2 3 4 1 2 5 4 283
4 United States United States 8 7 2 5 2 4 11 11 3 7 3 2 2 274
5 England England 4 4 4 17 7 1 4 4 17 3 11 7 1 257
6 Brazil Brazil 3 1 11 1 9 8 10 10 8 6 12 9 14 211
7 Mexico Mexico 5 13 7 4 17 13 5 5 2 10 4 13 12 201
8 Germany Germany 6 11 9 10 10 7 13 6 13 2 8 6 5 198
9 Denmark Denmark 7 19 8 8 14 6 7 7 17 18 8 19 133
10 Australia Australia 14 16 13 14 12 14 8 12 12 16 9 11 10 115
11 Sweden Sweden 12 8 15 9 15 15 15 8 11 13 6 113
12 Scotland Scotland 9 13
13 Italy Italy 16 16 10
14 Netherlands Netherlands 13 8
Pos Country LBH United States MTY Mexico MIL United States POR United States CLE United States TOR Canada EDM Canada SJO United States DEN United States MTL Canada LVS United States SRF Australia MXC Mexico Pts

Driver breakdown

Pos Driver Team Entries Wins Podiums Top 5 Top 10 Poles Laps Led Pts
1 France Bourdais United States Newman-Haas Racing 13 6 7 11 12 5 358 348
2 Spain Servià United States Dale Coyne Racing
United States Newman-Haas Racing
13 1 7 10 11 1 29 288
3 United Kingdom Wilson United States RuSPORT 13 2 3 8 10 2 123 265
4 Canada Tracy United States Forsythe Championship Racing 13 2 7 7 8 3 512 246
5 United States Allmendinger United States RuSPORT 13 -- 5 6 9 1 59 227
6 United States Vasser United States PKV Racing 13 -- 2 4 9 1 27 217
7 Canada Tagliani Australia Team Australia 13 -- 2 5 10 -- 5 207
8 Germany Glock United States Rocketsports Racing 13 -- 1 2 10 -- 19 202
9 Mexico Domínguez United States Forsythe Championship Racing 13 -- 1 6 8 -- 2 198
10 Canada Ranger United States Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 13 -- 1 1 6 -- -- 140
11 Brazil da Matta United States PKV Racing 13 1 1 1 5 -- 71 139
12 Denmark Bremer  R  United States CTE Racing - HVM
United States Dale Coyne Racing
12 -- -- -- 7 -- 31 139
13 France Philippe United States Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 13 -- -- -- 4 -- 23 117
14 Sweden Wirdheim  R  United States CTE Racing - HVM 11 -- -- -- 4 -- 29 115
15 United States Hunter-Reay United States Rocketsports Racing 11 -- -- -- 4 -- -- 110
16 Australia Marshall  R  Australia Team Australia 12 -- -- -- 2 -- -- 104
17 Brazil R. Sperafico  R  United States Dale Coyne Racing 13 -- -- -- 4 -- -- 92
18 Mexico Lavín United States CTE Racing - HVM 6 -- -- 2 2 -- 5 72
19 Brazil Junqueira United States Newman-Haas Racing 2 1 2 2 2 -- 17 59
20 Brazil A. Sperafico United States CTE Racing - HVM 2 -- -- -- 1 -- -- 24
21 United States McDowell  R  United States Rocketsports Racing 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 19
22 Australia Power  R  Australia Team Australia 2 -- -- -- 1 -- -- 17
23 United Kingdom Dalziel  R  United States Dale Coyne Racing 1 -- -- -- 1 -- -- 13
24 Brazil Marques United States Dale Coyne Racing 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- 10
25 Canada Valiante  R  United States Dale Coyne Racing 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- 10
26 Italy del Monte  R  Canada Jensen Motorsport
United States CTE Racing - HVM
2 -- -- -- -- -- -- 10
27 Netherlands Zwolsman  R  Australia Team Australia 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- 8
28 Mexico Richards  R  United States CTE Racing - HVM 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- 5
29 Mexico Goeters  R  United States PKV Racing 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- 3

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See also

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