Race · Round 10 of 19 · 3 July 2005

2005 French Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso won for Renault from pole at Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. 5 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 29 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)

How it is modelled

ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.

Circuit: Circuit de Nevers Magny-CoursMagny-Cours, France
Winner: Fernando AlonsoRenault
Pole: Fernando Alonso
Fastest lap: Kimi Raikkonen
Entries: 2015 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R25	1	70	Finished	10
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	MP4-20	13	70	Finished	8	fastest lap
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	—	3	70	Finished	6
4	Jenson Button	British American Racing	6	7	69	Finished	5
5	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	—	2	69	Finished	4
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	R25	6	69	Finished	3
7	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	—	11	69	Finished	2
8	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber	C24	10	69	Finished	1
9	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	—	5	69	Finished	0
10	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	RB1	15	69	Finished	0
11	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	6	4	69	Finished	0
12	Mark Webber	Williams	FW27	12	68	Finished	0
13	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan	—	19	67	Finished	0
14	Nick Heidfeld	Williams	FW27	14	66	Finished	0
15	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan	—	17	66	Finished	0
DNF	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	MP4-20	8	46	Engine	0
DNF	Christijan Albers	Minardi	—	20	37	Puncture	0
DNF	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi	—	18	33	Puncture	0
DNF	Felipe Massa	Sauber	C24	9	30	Hydraulics	0
DNF	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	RB1	16	1	Fuel pressure	0

A blank chassis is a season the team ran more than one design and no source says which car raced here.

F1DB layout magny-cours-3 · 4.411 km · 17 turns, F1DB’s figures
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.

Grid to flag

Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Fernando Alonso	1	1	70
Kimi Raikkonen	13	2	70
Michael Schumacher	3	3	70
Jenson Button	7	4	69
Jarno Trulli	2	5	69
Giancarlo Fisichella	6	6	69
Ralf Schumacher	11	7	69
Jacques Villeneuve	10	8	69
Rubens Barrichello	5	9	69
David Coulthard	15	10	69
Takuma Sato	4	11	69
Mark Webber	12	12	68
Tiago Monteiro	19	13	67
Nick Heidfeld	14	14	66
Narain Karthikeyan	17	15	66
Juan Pablo Montoya	8	DNF	46
Christijan Albers	20	DNF	37
Patrick Friesacher	18	DNF	33
Felipe Massa	9	DNF	30
Christian Klien	16	DNF	1

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:14.412	—	0 m	—
2	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	16	1:14.521	+0.109	6 m	+0.109
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	9	1:14.559	+0.147	9 m	+0.038
4	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:14.572	+0.160	9 m	+0.013
5	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	4	1:14.655	+0.243	14 m	+0.083
6	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:14.832	+0.420	25 m	+0.177
7	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	6	1:14.887	+0.475	28 m	+0.055
8	Jenson Button	British American Racing	3	1:15.051	+0.639	38 m	+0.164
9	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	10	1:15.406	+0.994	59 m	+0.355
10	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:15.566	+1.154	68 m	+0.160
11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber	11	1:15.699	+1.287	76 m	+0.133
12	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	17	1:15.771	+1.359	81 m	+0.072
13	Mark Webber	Williams	7	1:15.885	+1.473	87 m	+0.114
14	Nick Heidfeld	Williams	8	1:16.207	+1.795	106 m	+0.322
15	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:16.434	+2.022	120 m	+0.227
16	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:16.547	+2.135	127 m	+0.113
17	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan	19	1:17.857	+3.445	204 m	+1.310
18	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi	20	1:17.960	+3.548	210 m	+0.103
19	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan	18	1:18.047	+3.635	215 m	+0.087
20	Christijan Albers	Minardi	21	1:18.335	+3.923	233 m	+0.288

Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Pit stops

Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Fernando Alonso	1	70	3	20, 41, 58	21.3, 21.2, 19.0
Kimi Raikkonen	2	70	2	28, 55	22.7, 19.5
Michael Schumacher	3	70	3	18, 34, 51	19.9, 19.6, 20.5
Jenson Button	4	69	2	19, 46	23.0, 21.6
Jarno Trulli	5	69	2	18, 45	22.5, 21.7
Giancarlo Fisichella	6	69	3	19, 44, 58	27.2, 19.0, 32.4
Ralf Schumacher	7	69	2	15, 43	23.6, 22.9
Jacques Villeneuve	8	69	2	19, 48	24.2, 22.1
Rubens Barrichello	9	69	3	17, 39, 54	21.3, 19.9, 19.3
David Coulthard	10	69	3	21, 42, 58	21.2, 20.2, 19.3
Takuma Sato	11	69	3	15, 34, 56	20.6, 21.7, 19.1
Mark Webber	12	68	3	19, 30, 52	21.4, 22.9, 21.2
Tiago Monteiro	13	67	3	15, 33, 51	20.8, 20.6, 20.1
Nick Heidfeld	14	66	6	18, 37, 47, 48, 51, 55	20.2, 20.3, 26.7, 35.1, 11.7, 21.1
Narain Karthikeyan	15	66	3	16, 35, 53	21.5, 21.1, 19.9
Juan Pablo Montoya	DNF	46	1	25	23.4
Christijan Albers	DNF	37	2	16, 33	25.8, 21.6
Patrick Friesacher	DNF	33	2	13, 30	42.0, 22.4
Felipe Massa	DNF	30	2	15, 28	21.5, 429.2
Christian Klien	DNF	1	0	None recorded	—

A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.

Who stopped first, between neighbours

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Fernando Alonso · Kimi Raikkonen	1 · 13	1 · 2	20 · 28	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Jarno Trulli	1 · 2	1 · 5	20 · 18	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Kimi Raikkonen	3 · 13	3 · 2	18 · 28	Michael Schumacher	Swapped places
Mark Webber · Kimi Raikkonen	12 · 13	12 · 2	19 · 28	Mark Webber	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Nick Heidfeld	13 · 14	2 · 14	28 · 18	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Michael Schumacher	2 · 3	5 · 3	18 · 18	Same lap	Swapped places
Michael Schumacher · Jenson Button	3 · 7	3 · 4	18 · 19	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Takuma Sato	3 · 4	3 · 11	18 · 15	Takuma Sato	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Jenson Button	2 · 7	5 · 4	18 · 19	Jarno Trulli	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Jenson Button	6 · 7	6 · 4	19 · 19	Same lap	Swapped places
Jarno Trulli · Giancarlo Fisichella	2 · 6	5 · 6	18 · 19	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Giancarlo Fisichella	5 · 6	9 · 6	17 · 19	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Giancarlo Fisichella · Ralf Schumacher	6 · 11	6 · 7	19 · 15	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Ralf Schumacher	10 · 11	8 · 7	19 · 15	Ralf Schumacher	Swapped places
Ralf Schumacher · Mark Webber	11 · 12	7 · 12	15 · 19	Ralf Schumacher	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Jacques Villeneuve	5 · 10	9 · 8	17 · 19	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Takuma Sato · Rubens Barrichello	4 · 5	11 · 9	15 · 17	Takuma Sato	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · David Coulthard	5 · 15	9 · 10	17 · 21	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Takuma Sato · David Coulthard	4 · 15	11 · 10	15 · 21	Takuma Sato	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · David Coulthard	14 · 15	14 · 10	18 · 21	Nick Heidfeld	Swapped places
Takuma Sato · Mark Webber	4 · 12	11 · 12	15 · 19	Takuma Sato	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Tiago Monteiro	12 · 19	12 · 13	19 · 15	Tiago Monteiro	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Tiago Monteiro	14 · 19	14 · 13	18 · 15	Tiago Monteiro	Swapped places
Nick Heidfeld · Narain Karthikeyan	14 · 17	14 · 15	18 · 16	Narain Karthikeyan	Kept their order

Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.

Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3 · Practice 4

Practice 1

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren	35	1:14.778	—	0 m	—	21
2	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:15.183	+0.405	24 m	+0.405	10
3	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	6	1:15.255	+0.477	28 m	+0.072	10
4	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	4	1:15.530	+0.752	44 m	+0.275	10
5	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	9	1:15.877	+1.099	65 m	+0.347	10
6	Jenson Button	British American Racing	3	1:16.038	+1.260	74 m	+0.161	11
7	Olivier Panis	Toyota	38	1:16.146	+1.368	81 m	+0.108	24
8	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	10	1:16.366	+1.588	94 m	+0.220	11
9	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	17	1:16.731	+1.953	115 m	+0.365	6
10	Nick Heidfeld	Williams	8	1:16.758	+1.980	117 m	+0.027	11
11	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:16.838	+2.060	122 m	+0.080	11
12	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:17.168	+2.390	141 m	+0.330	7
13	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:17.343	+2.565	151 m	+0.175	10
14	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:17.389	+2.611	154 m	+0.046	10
15	Mark Webber	Williams	7	1:17.451	+2.673	158 m	+0.062	11
16	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:17.777	+2.999	177 m	+0.326	7
17	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber	11	1:18.192	+3.414	201 m	+0.415	6
18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing	37	1:18.876	+4.098	242 m	+0.684	16
19	Robert Doornbos	Jordan	39	1:19.001	+4.223	249 m	+0.125	20
20	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan	19	1:20.067	+5.289	312 m	+1.066	13
21	Christijan Albers	Minardi	21	1:20.382	+5.604	331 m	+0.315	17
22	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi	20	1:20.725	+5.947	351 m	+0.343	16
23	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan	18	1:21.725	+6.947	410 m	+1.000	6
24	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	16	—	—	—	—	1

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Pedro de la Rosa	McLaren	35	1:14.460	—	0 m	—	35
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	10	1:15.129	+0.669	40 m	+0.669	21
3	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:15.204	+0.744	44 m	+0.075	24
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:15.242	+0.782	46 m	+0.038	23
5	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	6	1:15.380	+0.920	55 m	+0.138	27
6	Olivier Panis	Toyota	38	1:15.483	+1.023	61 m	+0.103	37
7	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:15.605	+1.145	68 m	+0.122	27
8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	16	1:15.774	+1.314	78 m	+0.169	24
9	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	17	1:15.925	+1.465	87 m	+0.151	24
10	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:16.371	+1.911	113 m	+0.446	26
11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber	11	1:16.430	+1.970	117 m	+0.059	25
12	Jenson Button	British American Racing	3	1:16.597	+2.137	127 m	+0.167	29
13	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:16.753	+2.293	136 m	+0.156	27
14	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	4	1:16.890	+2.430	144 m	+0.137	28
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing	37	1:16.987	+2.527	150 m	+0.097	25
16	Mark Webber	Williams	7	1:17.107	+2.647	157 m	+0.120	27
17	Nick Heidfeld	Williams	8	1:17.192	+2.732	162 m	+0.085	28
18	Robert Doornbos	Jordan	39	1:17.574	+3.114	184 m	+0.382	25
19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan	19	1:17.790	+3.330	197 m	+0.216	23
20	Christijan Albers	Minardi	21	1:18.508	+4.048	240 m	+0.718	14
21	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi	20	1:18.814	+4.354	258 m	+0.306	25
22	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:18.897	+4.437	263 m	+0.083	5
23	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan	18	1:19.186	+4.726	280 m	+0.289	18
24	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	9	—	—	—	—	2

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:23.939	—	0 m	—	11
2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	6	1:24.922	+0.983	52 m	+0.983	10
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	9	1:26.483	+2.544	134 m	+1.561	5
4	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:27.019	+3.080	162 m	+0.536	3
5	Jenson Button	British American Racing	3	1:27.276	+3.337	175 m	+0.257	6
6	Mark Webber	Williams	7	1:27.313	+3.374	177 m	+0.037	8
7	Nick Heidfeld	Williams	8	1:27.510	+3.571	188 m	+0.197	7
8	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi	20	1:30.166	+6.227	327 m	+2.656	5
9	Christijan Albers	Minardi	21	1:31.872	+7.933	417 m	+1.706	6
10	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	16	—	—	—	—	3
11	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	10	—	—	—	—	1
12	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan	18	—	—	—	—	1
13	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	4	—	—	—	—	1
14	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	17	—	—	—	—	2
15	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan	19	—	—	—	—	2
16	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	—	—	—	—	1
17	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber	11	—	—	—	—	1
18	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	—	—	—	—	1

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 4

Practice 4
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	6	1:14.466	—	0 m	—	16
2	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	17	1:14.603	+0.137	8 m	+0.137	13
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	9	1:14.649	+0.183	11 m	+0.046	14
4	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:14.792	+0.326	19 m	+0.143	12
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:14.979	+0.513	30 m	+0.187	14
6	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	4	1:15.177	+0.711	42 m	+0.198	18
7	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:15.218	+0.752	45 m	+0.041	15
8	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	10	1:15.223	+0.757	45 m	+0.005	15
9	Jenson Button	British American Racing	3	1:15.228	+0.762	45 m	+0.005	18
10	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	16	1:15.249	+0.783	46 m	+0.021	15
11	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:15.305	+0.839	50 m	+0.056	16
12	Mark Webber	Williams	7	1:16.080	+1.614	96 m	+0.775	12
13	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	15	1:16.095	+1.629	96 m	+0.015	17
14	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber	11	1:16.125	+1.659	98 m	+0.030	15
15	Nick Heidfeld	Williams	8	1:16.372	+1.906	113 m	+0.247	12
16	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:16.454	+1.988	118 m	+0.082	17
17	Christijan Albers	Minardi	21	1:17.846	+3.380	200 m	+1.392	14
18	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi	20	1:17.929	+3.463	205 m	+0.083	16
19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan	19	1:18.195	+3.729	221 m	+0.266	14
20	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan	18	1:18.310	+3.844	228 m	+0.115	14

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

The cars in this race

The photograph each car's Wikipedia article leads with, from Wikimedia Commons: taken wherever and whenever that was, not necessarily at this race.

BAR 006
BAR006HCH · Mclarensenna · Public domain

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Where this comes from

Round: 10 of 2005
Grand Prix: French Grand Prix
Dates: 3 Jul 2005
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Renault
Entrant: Renault
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.