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2005 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 2005 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events edit

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
31 December-16 January 27th Dakar Rally [1]
5–6 February 43rd 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
20 February 47th Daytona 500 [3]
7–8 May 33rd 24 Hours of Nurburgring [4]
22 May 63rd Monaco Grand Prix [5]
29 May 89th Indianapolis 500 [6]
28 May-10 June 87th Isle of Man TT [7]
12 June 15th Masters of Formula 3 [8]
18–19 June 73rd 24 Hours of Le Mans [9]
30–31 July 57th 24 Hours of Spa [10]
31 July 28th Suzuka 8 Hours [11]
9 October 47th Supercheap Auto 1000 [12]
20 November 52nd Macau Grand Prix [13]
3 December 18th Race of Champions [14]

Established championships/events edit

First race Championship Ref
23 April GP2 Series [15]

Deaths edit

Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
13 February Maurice Trintignant 87 French Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1954). [16]
25 April John Love 80 Rhodesian Racing driver The first Rhodesian Formula One driver. 1962 British Saloon Car Championship winner. [17]
25 November Richard Burns 34 British Rally driver World Rally champion (2001). [18]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2005 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. ^ "2005 Rolex 24 at Daytona". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. ^ "2005 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. ^ "8. Mai 2005: 33. ADAC Zurich 24h-Rennen". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. ^ "2005 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. ^ "2005 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. ^ "TT 2005". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  8. ^ "MARLBORO MASTERS OF FORMULA 3" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  9. ^ "Le Mans Register - 2005". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. ^ "Spa 24 Hours 2005 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  11. ^ "Suzuka 8 Hours 2005 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  12. ^ "2005 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. ^ "2005 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  14. ^ "2005 Paris". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  15. ^ Spurgeon, Brad (1 June 2005). "Formula One experiments with its minor league". The International Herald Tribune. p. 22.
  16. ^ "Maurice Trintignant". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  17. ^ "John Love". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Richard Burns". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

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