2005 Molson Indy Toronto

  2005 Toronto

Race details
Race 6 of 13 in the 2005 Champ Car season
Exhibition Place track layout
Date	July 10, 2005
Official name	Molson Indy Toronto
Location	Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Course	Temporary Street Course 1.755 mi / 2.824 km
Distance	86 laps, 150.930 mi / 242.864 km
Weather	Sunny with temperatures reaching up to 32 °C (90 °F); with temperatures dropping slightly to 25.7 °C (78.3 °F) by the end of the event[1]
Pole position
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing
Time	58.552
Fastest lap
Driver	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT
Time	59.940 (on lap 79 of 86)
Podium
First	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT
Second	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing
Third	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia

The 2005 Molson Indy Toronto was the sixth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 10, 2005 on the streets of Exhibition Place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Sébastien Bourdais was the pole sitter and Justin Wilson won the race. It was the first American open wheel victory for the British driver.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	59.010	58.552	58.552
2		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	58.887	58.594	58.594
3		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	59.519	58.554	58.554
4		Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	1:00.013	58.795	58.795
5		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	59.248	58.821	58.821
6		Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	59.380	59.089	59.089
7		Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	59.507	59.256	59.256
8		Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	59.372	59.451	59.372
9		A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	59.578	59.416	59.416
10		Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:00.477	59.448	59.448
11		Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:00.478	59.486	59.486
12		Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	1:00.402	59.705	59.705
13		Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	1:00.687	59.961	59.961
14		Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	1:01.992	1:00.189	1:00.189
15		Alex Sperafico	HVM Racing	1:00.686	1:00.336	1:00.336
16		Ryan Dalziel	Dale Coyne Racing	1:00.877	1:00.436	1:00.436
17		Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	1:00.783	1:00.591	1:00.591
18		Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	1:01.015	1:00.613	1:00.613

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	86	1:46:10.177	3	33
2	2	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	86	+0.730 secs*	4	28
3	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	86	+1.695 secs	5	25
4	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	86	+1.868 secs	7	23
5	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	86	+2.558 secs	1	23
6	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	86	+3.234 secs	17	20
7	8	Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	86	+4.698 secs	14	17
8	55	Alex Sperafico	HVM Racing	86	+5.377 secs	15	15
9	19	Ryan Dalziel	Dale Coyne Racing	85	+ 1 Lap	16	13
10	34	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	85	+ 1 Lap	10	11
11	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	83	Shut off	11	10
12	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	80	Contact	9	9
13	7	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	80	Contact	6	8
14	5	Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	65	Contact	18	7
15	4	Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	60	Contact	12	6
16	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	57	Out of fuel	2	7
17	21	Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	56	Contact	8	4
18	11	Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	55	Contact	13	3

* Race finished under caution.

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
57-61	da Matta (21) & R. Sperafico (11) contact
62-65	Wirdheim (4) contact
66-71	Marshall (5), Philippe (34) & Glock (8) contact
81-86	Allmendinger (10) & Domínguez (7) contact; Ranger (27) stall

Notes

Laps Leader 1-34 Sébastien Bourdais 35-56 Paul Tracy 57-76 Oriol Servià 77-86 Justin Wilson

Driver Laps led Sébastien Bourdais 34 Paul Tracy 22 Oriol Servià 20 Justin Wilson 10

• New Race Record Justin Wilson 1:46:10.177
• Average Speed 85.296 mph

References

1. "2005 Molson Indy Toronto weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-13.

External links

• Friday Qualifying Results
• Friday Qualifying Results
• Race Results

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