By Karl King
October 15 2005

An exciting start saw Jenson Button's Honda smoking on the start line while as the lights went out the Brit fell down to third behind Fisichella, whilst David Coulthard made an impressive start from 6th to overtake his team-mate in 4th.

Critically Toyota's Ralf Schumacher took advantage of his pole position to keep the lead into the first corner where Takuma Sato ran wide only to have Rubens Barrichello come off in sympathy.

Montoya later took off into the barrier after being pushed of track by cursed Villeneuve leaving behind wheels and debris leaving no option but for the Safety Car to be deployed.

The Safety Car came in on lap 8, with Ralf Schumacher heading off in the distance once again, leaving Fisichella and Button for dust. Drama then occured as Alonso gained an unfair advantage over RBR's Christian Klien by cutting the chicane. The World Champion then let the Austrian past again, only to immediately swap sides and re-pass him into Turn 1. Great thinking by Alonso.

No, costly thinking by Alonso. After a try with Michael Schumacher, Fernando slowed down enormously leaving spectators believing the Spaniard had a problem with his Renault. We later find out that the FIA instructed Renault to let the Red Bull pass again. Then, apparently changing their minds at the last minute...

Ralf Schumacher then made a disappointingly early stop on lap 13. After 5 or 6 fuel saving laps under the safety car, could this have been another of Toyota's publicity stunts reconstructing the US GP? Or did they really think the strategy would pay off? Fisichella now had the control of the race, as Ralf emerged in 9th.

Alonso made an amazing move on Michael Schumacher in 130R, with ITV-F1 commentator James Allen seemingly wetting himself at the sheer bravery of this young man.

In the closing stages of the race, Kimi Raikkonen pulled off a move on the defensive Fisichella, with a storming drive from the back of the grid, the Finn won the race from Fisichella and Alonso.

Renault now regain control of the constructors' by 2 points, as Mark Webber crossed the line in fourth followed by a double-Brit party of Jenson Button and David Coulthard.

Sporting a strange 3-stop strategy, Ralf came home behind his brother in 8th place, collecting just one point for the team.

One point when we were talking about race wins, and where was Jarno Trulli? He got driven into by Takuma Sato who seemed to have an indestructive car, just 10 laps in. The Italian was understandably furious and branded the home-boy 'dangerous.' This moment comes just 3 races after he was demoted 10 places on the Brazilian grid after a dangerous move on Michael Schumacher. Will Honda really allow this man another lifeline in 2006?

Pos.	Driver	Team	Time	Points
1	K. Räikkönen	McLaren	1:29:02.212	10
2	G. Fisichella	Renault	+ 1.633	8
3	F. Alonso	Renault	+ 17.456	6
4	M. Webber	Williams	+ 22.274	5
5	J. Button	BAR	+ 29.507	4
6	D. Coulthard	Red Bull	+ 31.601	3
7	M. Schumacher	Ferrari	+ 33.879	2
8	R. Schumacher	Toyota	+ 49.548	1
9	C. Klien	Red Bull	+ 51.925	0
10	F. Massa	Sauber	+ 57.509	0
11	J. Villeneuve	Sauber	+ 58.221	0
12	R. Barrichello	Ferrari	+ 1:00.600	0
13	T. Sato	BAR	+ 1 laps	0
14	T. Monteiro	Jordan	+ 1 laps	0
15	R. Doornbos	Minardi	+ 2 laps	0
16	N. Karthikeyan	Jordan	+ 2 laps	0
17	C. Albers	Minardi	+ 4 laps	0
Did not finish
18	J. Trulli	Toyota	+ 43 laps	0
19	A. Pizzonia	Williams	+ 44 laps	0
20	JP. Montoya	McLaren	+ 52 laps	0