2005 Champ Car season

2005 Champ Car season
Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford
Season
Races	13
Start date	April 10
End date	November 6
Awards
Drivers' champion	Sébastien Bourdais
Constructors' Cup	Lola
Nations' Cup	France
Rookie of the Year	Timo Glock
Chronology
Previous season	Next season
2004	2006

The 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season was 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
Newman/Haas Racing	1	Sébastien Bourdais	All
	2	Bruno Junqueira	1-2
		Oriol Servià	3-13
Forsythe Championship Racing	3	Paul Tracy	All
	7	Mario Domínguez	All
CTE Racing-HVM	4	Björn Wirdheim	1-11
		Fabrizio del Monte	12-13
	50	Homero Richards	13
	55	Ronnie Bremer	1-5
		Alex Sperafico	6-7
		Rodolfo Lavín	8-13
Team Australia	5	Marcus Marshall	1-12
		Will Power	13
	15	Alex Tagliani	All
	25	Will Power	12
		Charles Zwolsman	13
Rocketsports Racing	8	Timo Glock	All
	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	1-11
		Michael McDowell	12-13
RuSPORT	9	Justin Wilson	All
	10	A. J. Allmendinger	All
Dale Coyne Racing	11	Ricardo Sperafico	All
	19	Oriol Servià	1-2
		Michael Valiante	4
		Tarso Marques	5
		Ryan Dalziel	6
		Ronnie Bremer	7-13
PKV Racing	12	Jimmy Vasser	All
	21	Cristiano da Matta	All
	52	Jorge Goeters	2
Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	27	Andrew Ranger	All
	34	Nelson Philippe	All
Jensen MotorSport	41	Fabrizio del Monte	1

Team and driver changes

Similar to the 2003 and 2004 seasons, there were once again many changes for the 2005 season. Last season's rookie of the year runner-up Justin Wilson teamed up with the 2004 rookie of the year A. J. Allmendinger at RuSPORT.^[1] PKV Racing brought 2002 CART champion Cristiano da Matta back to the Champ Car series after he spent two years driving for Toyota in Formula One.^[2] Rocketsports Racing began the year with Formula One driver Timo Glock and Ryan Hunter-Reay.^[3] Mi-Jack Conquest Racing signed 2004 Toyota Atlantic rookie of the year Andrew Ranger.^[4] Mario Domínguez moved to Forsythe Championship Racing after 3 seasons with HVM Racing.^[5] Domínguez replaced Patrick Carpentier who moved over to the IRL with Cheever Racing. Forsythe's third driver in 2004, Rodolfo Lavín, began the 2005 season on the sidelines. Walker Racing became Team Australia after a sponsor partnership was formed with Australian businessman Craig Gore. They ran Champ Car veteran Alex Tagliani and a rookie from Australia, Marcus Marshall.^[6] Domínguez's former team, which renamed itself HVM Racing from Herdez Competition after the salsa company ended its title sponsorship, began the season with 2003 Formula 3000 champion Björn Wirdheim and Toyota Atlantic driver Ronnie Bremer.^[7]

Mid-season changes

• The Jensen MotorSport team only appeared at the opening race of the season with Fabrizio del Monte at the wheel of the #41 car.
• PKV Racing gave Mexican driver Jorge Goeters a one-off drive at the Monterrey race.^[8]
• Bruno Junqueira was injured in the 2005 Indianapolis 500 and was replaced in the Newman/Haas team by Oriol Servià who departed Dale Coyne Racing.^[9] Servià was replaced by various drivers at Dale Coyne during the season - Michael Valiante in Portland,^[10] Tarso Marques in Cleveland, Ryan Dalziel in Toronto^[11] and Ronnie Bremer for the remainder of the season. Coyne ran one car at Milwaukee, where Ricardo Sperafico drove the #19 car instead of his usual #11 car for that race.
• Alex Sperafico replaced Ronnie Bremer at HVM Racing for the races in Toronto and Edmonton,^[12] with Rodolfo Lavín taking over for the rest of the season.^[13]
• Björn Wirdheim did not complete the season with HVM Racing. Fabrizio del Monte joined the team for the Surfers Paradise round^[14] and was slated to drive at the finale in Mexico City but suffered a concussion in a crash in practice at the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez and was not medically cleared to race.^[15]
• Team Australia fielded a third car in Surfers Paradise and Mexico City. Will Power made his Champ Car debut with the team at Surfers Paradise.^[16] After Marcus Marshall was released from the team after the race at Surfers Paradise, Power took over his car.^[17] In Mexico the team's third car was driven by 2005 Toyota Atlantic champion Charles Zwolsman.^[18]
• 2004 Star Mazda champion Michael McDowell replaced Ryan Hunter-Reay in the Rocketsports team for the final two races of the season.^[19]
• Cedric the Entertainer entered into a partnership with HVM Racing in October 2005. The race team was rebranded CTE Racing-HVM from that point forward.^[20]
• CTE Racing-HVM gave Mexican driver Homero Richards a one-off drive at the race in Mexico City.

Races

Rnd	Race Name	Circuit	City/Location	Date
1	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach	Streets of Long Beach	Long Beach, California	April 10
2	Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey	Fundidora Park	Monterrey, Mexico	May 22
3	Time Warner Cable Road Runner 225, Presented by US Bank	Milwaukee Mile	West Allis, Wisconsin	June 4
4	G.I. Joe's presents the Champ Car Grand Prix of Portland	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	June 18
5	Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland presented by U.S. Bank	Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport	Cleveland, Ohio	June 26
6	Molson Indy Toronto	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	July 10
7	West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton	Edmonton City Centre Airport	Edmonton, Alberta	July 17
8	Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose	Streets of San Jose	San Jose, California	July 31
9	Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver presented by PacifiCare	Streets of Denver	Denver, Colorado	August 14
10	Molson Indy Montreal	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Montreal, Quebec	August 28
11	Champ Car Hurricane Relief 400	Las Vegas Motor Speedway	Las Vegas, Nevada	September 24
12	Lexmark Indy 300	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit	Surfers Paradise, Australia	October 22
13	Gran Premio Telmex-Tecate presented by Banamex	Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez	Mexico City, Mexico	November 6

  Oval/Speedway

  Road Course/Street Circuit

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.

Full Series Results

Race Results

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

Final driver standings

Pos Driver LBH MTY MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL LVS SRF MXC Pts 1 Sébastien Bourdais 1* 5 6 2 5 5* 1 1* 1 4* 1 1* 17 348 2 Oriol Servià 11 9 3 16 3 2 2 3 4 1 2 5 4 288 3 Justin Wilson 4 4 4 17 7 1 4 4 17 3 11 7 1* 265 4 Paul Tracy 2 15 1* 3 1* 16 3 2 16* 8 17* 17 3 246 5 A. J. Allmendinger 8 10 2 5 2 12 14* 17 3 9 13 2 2 227 6 Jimmy Vasser 9 14 5 6 6 4 11 11 15 7 3 3 6 217 7 Alex Tagliani 15 3 10 18 4 3 7 9 14 5 7 4 8 207 8 Timo Glock 6 11 9 10 10 7 13 6 13 2 8 6 5 202 9 Mario Domínguez 5 13 7 4 17 13 5 5 2 10 4 18 12 198 10 Andrew Ranger 17 2 16 7 8 11 18 16 10 11 14 10 9 140 11 Cristiano da Matta 10 6 11 1* 16 17 17 10 18 6 12 19 14 139 12 Ronnie Bremer 7 19 8 8 14 6 7 7 17 18 8 19 139 13 Nelson Philippe 18 12* 12 12 13 10 9 15 9 15 16 14 7 117 14 Björn Wirdheim 12 8 15 9 15 15 15 8 11 13 6 115 15 Ryan Hunter-Reay 13 7 17 15 18 6 16 14 6 12 10 110 16 Marcus Marshall 14 16 13 14 12 14 8 12 12 16 9 11 104 17 Ricardo Sperafico 19 17 14 13 9 18 10 18 8 18 15 9 18 92 18 Rodolfo Lavín 13 5 14 5 13 15 72 19 Bruno Junqueira 3 1 59 20 Alex Sperafico 8 12 24 21 Michael McDowell 12 11 19 22 Will Power 15 10 17 23 Ryan Dalziel 9 13 24 Tarso Marques 11 10 25 Michael Valiante 11 10 26 Fabrizio del Monte 16 16 DNS 10 27 Charles Zwolsman 13 8 28 Homero Richards 16 5 29 Jorge Goeters 18 3 Pos Driver LBH MTY MIL POR CLE TOR EDM SJO DEN MTL LVS SRF MXC 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 Rookie of the Year Rookie

Point Scoring System:

• Points are awarded based on each driver's resulting place (regardless of whether the car is running at the end of the race):

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Points	31	27	25	23	21	19	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	3	2	1

Bonus Points:

• 1 For Fastest Race Lap
• 1 For Fastest Friday Qualifying Lap
• 1 For Fastest Saturday Qualifying Lap
• 1 For Leading A Lap Of The Race
• 1 For Most Positions Gained From Starting Position (in the event of tie, the better-placed driver gets the point)

Nation's Cup

• Top result per race counts towards the Nation's Cup

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

Driver Breakdown

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

References

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See also

• 2005 Toyota Atlantic Championship season
• 2005 Indianapolis 500
• 2005 IndyCar Series season
• 2005 Infiniti Pro Series season