2005 Molson Indy Montreal

2005 Montreal
Race details
Race 10 of 13 in the 2005 Champ Car season
	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Track Layout
Date	August 28, 2005
Official name	Molson Indy Montreal
Location	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve; Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Course	Permanent Road Course; 2.709 mi / 4.360 km
Distance	79 laps; 214.011 mi / 344.440 km
Weather	Partly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 29 °C (84 °F); negligible amounts of wind reported throughout the day
Pole position
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:20.396
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:21.667 (on lap 40 of 79)
Podium
First	Oriol Servià (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Timo Glock (Rocketsports Racing)
Third	Justin Wilson (RuSPORT)

The 2005 Molson Indy Montreal was the tenth round of the 2005 Champ Car season, held on August 28, 2005 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Sébastien Bourdais was the polesitter and Oriol Servià won the race. It was Servià's first victory in major American open wheel competition and remains his only win.

Qualifying results edit

Pos	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:21.924	1:20.396	1:20.396
2	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	1:22.010	1:20.698	1:20.698
3	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	1:22.851	1:20.932	1:20.932
4	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	1:26.100	1:20.954	1:20.954
5	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	1:22.400	1:21.009	1:21.009
6	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:23.681	1:21.160	1:21.160
7	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	1:22.407	1:21.600	1:21.600
8	Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	1:22.492	1:21.623	1:21.623
9	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	1:22.559	1:21.794	1:21.794
10	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:23.268	1:21.893	1:21.893
11	Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	1:23.434	1:22.066	1:22.066
12	Rodolfo Lavín	HVM Racing	1:25.049	1:22.262	1:22.262
13	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	—	1:22.285	1:22.285
14	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:25.680	1:22.315	1:22.315
15	Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	1:23.720	1:22.651	1:22.651
16	Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	—	1:22.917	1:22.917
17	Ronnie Bremer	Dale Coyne Racing	1:24.515	1:23.214	1:23.214
18	Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	1:24.723	1:23.266	1:23.266

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	79	1:59:10.516	2	32
2	8	Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	79	+1.000 secs	11	29
3	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	79	+1.416 secs	3	25
4	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	79	+1.637 secs	1	27
5	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	79	+3.221 secs	6	21
6	21	Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	79	+4.452 secs	8	19
7	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	79	+5.311 secs	9	17
8	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	79	+6.672 secs	5	15
9	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	79	+7.213 secs	4	13
10	7	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	79	+7.678 secs	7	11
11	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	79	+12.614 secs	14	10
12	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	79	+14.154 secs	13	9
13	4	Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	79	+16.104 secs	15	8
14	55	Rodolfo Lavín	HVM Racing	79	+16.975 secs	12	7
15	34	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	79	+45.359 secs	10	6
16	5	Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	78	+ 1 Lap	18	5
17	19	Ronnie Bremer	Dale Coyne Racing	78	+ 1 Lap	17	4
18	11	Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	55	Contact	16	3

Laps	Cause
58-63	Sperafico (11) contact
66-67	Debris

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