By Nick Sparkes
September 5 2005

Panasonic Toyota Racing put in an excellent run to 5th and 6th at the finish to close to within eight points of Ferrari in the constructors championship. Jarno Trulli drove an excellent opening lap whilst Ralf Schumacher took his time to work his way up through the field. In an eventful race dogged by tyre failures, Toyota lead home another double points finish, with Jarno Trulli ahead of team-mate Ralf Schumacher come the chequered flag.

Juan Pablo Montoya almost lost his second victory of the season after suffering from a deflating right rear tyre. But the McLaren was able to take the finish, just a handful of seconds ahead of championship leader Fernando Alonso. Giancarlo Fisichella was able to add an Italian to the podium after driving a careful race to finish third.

Championship contender Kimi Raikkonen, fighting his way back from a 10-place penalty due to an engine change, suffered from his own tyre failure and a near race ending spin in the dying stages of the race. But amazingly the young Finn was still able to finish a creditable fourth, although his title hopes seriously damaged.

Behind both Ferrari’s and BAR Honda’s failed to live up to their start line positions, moving backwards down the field after the first round of pit stops.

Pos.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Gap	Kph	Best	Lap
1	J. Montoya	Team McLaren Mercedes	53	1:14:28.659		247.096	1:21.828	15
2	F. Alonso	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	53	1:14:31.138	2.479	246.959	1:22.146	16
3	G. Fisichella	Mild Seven Renault F1 Team	53	1:14:46.634	17.975	246.106	1:22.587	16
4	K. Raikkonen	Team McLaren Mercedes	53	1:14:51.434	22.775	245.843	1:21.504	51
5	J. Trulli	Panasonic Toyota Racing	53	1:15:02.445	33.786	245.242	1:22.831	19
6	R. Schumacher	Panasonic Toyota Racing	53	1:15:12.584	43.925	244.691	1:23.076	19
7	A. Pizzonia	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	53	1:15:13.302	44.643	244.652	1:22.870	21
8	J. Button	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	53	1:15:32.294	1:03.635	243.627	1:23.161	16
9	F. Massa	Sauber Petronas	53	1:15:44.072	1:15.413	242.996	1:23.365	18
10	M. Schumacher	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	53	1:16:04.729	1:36.070	241.896	1:23.584	5
11	J. Villeneuve	Sauber Petronas	52	1:14:29.901	+1lap	242.362	1:23.892	13
12	R. Barrichello	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	52	1:14:33.570	+1lap	242.163	1:23.466	13
13	C. Klien	Red Bull Racing	52	1:14:34.359	+1lap	242.121	1:23.633	17
14	M. Webber	BMW WilliamsF1 Team	52	1:14:35.624	+1lap	242.052	1:22.935	40
15	D. Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	52	1:14:51.151	+1lap	241.215	1:23.867	18
16	T. Sato	Lucky Strike BAR Honda	52	1:14:52.104	+1lap	241.164	1:23.341	14
17	T. Monteiro	Jordan Grand Prix	51	1:14:42.264	+2laps	237.041	1:24.810	9
18	R. Doornbos	Minardi F1 Team	51	1:14:53.706	+2laps	236.437	1:25.193	31
19	C. Albers	Minardi F1 Team	51	1:15:26.715	+2laps	234.713	1:24.966	33
20	N. Karthikeyan	Jordan Grand Prix	50	1:15:45.892	+3laps	229.135	1:25.146	17

Results courtesy of toyota-f1.com