Race · Round 7 of 19 · 29 May 2005

2005 European Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso won for Renault from 6th on the grid at Nurburgring (GP-Strecke). 2 of the starters were not classified.

Dry, with cloud · High of 21 °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: Nurburgring (GP-Strecke)Nurburg, Germany
Winner: Fernando AlonsoRenault
Pole: Nick Heidfeld
Fastest lap: Fernando Alonso
Entries: 2018 classified

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	R25	6	59	Finished	10	fastest lap
2	Nick Heidfeld	Williams	FW27	1	59	Finished	8
3	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	—	7	59	Finished	6
4	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	RB1	12	59	Finished	5
5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	—	10	59	Finished	4
6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	R25	PL	59	Finished	3
7	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	MP4-20	5	59	Finished	2
8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	—	4	59	Finished	1
9	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing	RB1	14	59	Finished	0
10	Jenson Button	British American Racing	6	13	59	Finished	0
11	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	MP4-20	2	58	Suspension	0
12	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	6	16	58	Finished	0
13	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber	C24	15	58	Finished	0
14	Felipe Massa	Sauber	C24	11	58	Finished	0
15	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan	—	17	58	Finished	0
16	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan	—	19	58	Finished	0
17	Christijan Albers	Minardi	—	20	57	Finished	0
18	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi	—	18	56	Finished	0
DNF	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	—	8	33	Spun off	0
DNF	Mark Webber	Williams	FW27	3	0	Collision	0

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

F1DB layout nurburgring-4 · 5.148 km · 15 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	6	1	59
Nick Heidfeld	1	2	59
Rubens Barrichello	7	3	59
David Coulthard	12	4	59
Michael Schumacher	10	5	59
Giancarlo Fisichella	PL	6	59
Juan Pablo Montoya	5	7	59
Jarno Trulli	4	8	59
Vitantonio Liuzzi	14	9	59
Jenson Button	13	10	59
Kimi Raikkonen	2	11	58
Takuma Sato	16	12	58
Jacques Villeneuve	15	13	58
Felipe Massa	11	14	58
Tiago Monteiro	17	15	58
Narain Karthikeyan	19	16	58
Christijan Albers	20	17	57
Patrick Friesacher	18	18	56
Ralf Schumacher	8	DNF	33
Mark Webber	3	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Time	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Nick Heidfeld	Williams	8	1:30.081	—	0 m	—
2	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	9	1:30.197	+0.116	7 m	+0.116
3	Mark Webber	Williams	7	1:30.368	+0.287	16 m	+0.171
4	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	16	1:30.700	+0.619	35 m	+0.332
5	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	10	1:30.890	+0.809	46 m	+0.190
6	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:31.056	+0.975	56 m	+0.166
7	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:31.249	+1.168	67 m	+0.193
8	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	17	1:31.392	+1.311	75 m	+0.143
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	6	1:31.566	+1.485	85 m	+0.174
10	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:31.585	+1.504	86 m	+0.019
11	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:32.205	+2.124	121 m	+0.620
12	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:32.553	+2.472	141 m	+0.348
13	Jenson Button	British American Racing	3	1:32.594	+2.513	144 m	+0.041
14	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing	15	1:32.642	+2.561	146 m	+0.048
15	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber	11	1:32.891	+2.810	161 m	+0.249
16	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	4	1:32.926	+2.845	163 m	+0.035
17	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan	18	1:35.047	+4.966	284 m	+2.121
18	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi	20	1:35.954	+5.873	336 m	+0.907
19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan	19	1:36.192	+6.111	349 m	+0.238
20	Christijan Albers	Minardi	21	1:36.239	+6.158	352 m	+0.047

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	59	2	23, 47	26.5, 22.7
Nick Heidfeld	2	59	3	12, 31, 50	23.9, 24.9, 22.1
Rubens Barrichello	3	59	3	11, 33, 48	25.6, 23.4, 21.9
David Coulthard	4	59	3	20, 23, 47	27.1, 13.7, 22.8
Michael Schumacher	5	59	2	20, 46	26.4, 22.9
Giancarlo Fisichella	6	59	2	22, 50	26.9, 21.1
Juan Pablo Montoya	7	59	2	19, 45	26.0, 23.9
Jarno Trulli	8	59	3	8, 18, 45	13.7, 27.5, 23.6
Vitantonio Liuzzi	9	59	2	19, 44	27.2, 24.2
Jenson Button	10	59	2	23, 46	25.6, 23.5
Kimi Raikkonen	11	58	2	18, 43	25.7, 23.4
Takuma Sato	12	58	3	1, 27, 49	30.6, 25.4, 21.9
Jacques Villeneuve	13	58	2	24, 46	26.0, 22.9
Felipe Massa	14	58	3	19, 44, 54	27.3, 24.1, 38.5
Tiago Monteiro	15	58	3	21, 42, 44	25.4, 24.2, 13.7
Narain Karthikeyan	16	58	2	22, 40	24.7, 24.5
Christijan Albers	17	57	3	20, 30, 38	28.1, 13.9, 26.8
Patrick Friesacher	18	56	2	19, 37	27.8, 28.4
Ralf Schumacher	DNF	33	2	1, 26	26.9, 25.4
Mark Webber	DNF	0	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
Nick Heidfeld · Fernando Alonso	1 · 6	2 · 1	12 · 23	Nick Heidfeld	Swapped places
Juan Pablo Montoya · Fernando Alonso	5 · 6	7 · 1	19 · 23	Juan Pablo Montoya	Swapped places
Fernando Alonso · Rubens Barrichello	6 · 7	1 · 3	23 · 11	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Rubens Barrichello	1 · 7	2 · 3	12 · 11	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Kimi Raikkonen	1 · 2	2 · 11	12 · 18	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · David Coulthard	7 · 12	3 · 4	11 · 20	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · David Coulthard	10 · 12	5 · 4	20 · 20	Same lap	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · David Coulthard	11 · 12	14 · 4	19 · 20	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
David Coulthard · Jenson Button	12 · 13	4 · 10	20 · 23	David Coulthard	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Felipe Massa	10 · 11	5 · 14	20 · 19	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Juan Pablo Montoya	4 · 5	8 · 7	8 · 19	Jarno Trulli	Swapped places
Jarno Trulli · Vitantonio Liuzzi	4 · 14	8 · 9	8 · 19	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Vitantonio Liuzzi	13 · 14	10 · 9	23 · 19	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Swapped places
Vitantonio Liuzzi · Jacques Villeneuve	14 · 15	9 · 13	19 · 24	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Kept their order
Kimi Raikkonen · Jenson Button	2 · 13	11 · 10	18 · 23	Kimi Raikkonen	Swapped places
Kimi Raikkonen · Takuma Sato	2 · 16	11 · 12	18 · 1	Takuma Sato	Kept their order
Jacques Villeneuve · Takuma Sato	15 · 16	13 · 12	24 · 1	Takuma Sato	Swapped places
Takuma Sato · Tiago Monteiro	16 · 17	12 · 15	1 · 21	Takuma Sato	Kept their order
Felipe Massa · Jacques Villeneuve	11 · 15	14 · 13	19 · 24	Felipe Massa	Swapped places
Felipe Massa · Tiago Monteiro	11 · 17	14 · 15	19 · 21	Felipe Massa	Kept their order
Tiago Monteiro · Narain Karthikeyan	17 · 19	15 · 16	21 · 22	Tiago Monteiro	Kept their order
Tiago Monteiro · Patrick Friesacher	17 · 18	15 · 18	21 · 19	Patrick Friesacher	Kept their order
Patrick Friesacher · Narain Karthikeyan	18 · 19	18 · 16	19 · 22	Patrick Friesacher	Swapped places
Narain Karthikeyan · Christijan Albers	19 · 20	16 · 17	22 · 20	Christijan Albers	Kept their order
Patrick Friesacher · Christijan Albers	18 · 20	18 · 17	19 · 20	Patrick Friesacher	Swapped places

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	Alexander Wurz	McLaren	35	1:31.670	—	0 m	—	18
2	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:32.578	+0.908	51 m	+0.908	10
3	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	38	1:32.726	+1.056	59 m	+0.148	21
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	10	1:32.873	+1.203	68 m	+0.147	7
5	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:32.984	+1.314	74 m	+0.111	11
6	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	9	1:32.988	+1.318	74 m	+0.004	6
7	Nick Heidfeld	Williams	8	1:33.142	+1.472	83 m	+0.154	5
8	Mark Webber	Williams	7	1:33.248	+1.578	89 m	+0.106	5
9	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	37	1:33.304	+1.634	92 m	+0.056	19
10	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	17	1:34.018	+2.348	132 m	+0.714	11
11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	16	1:34.212	+2.542	143 m	+0.194	9
12	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:35.142	+3.472	195 m	+0.930	8
13	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:35.413	+3.743	210 m	+0.271	7
14	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber	11	1:35.716	+4.046	227 m	+0.303	9
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing	15	1:36.129	+4.459	250 m	+0.413	12
16	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan	18	1:37.021	+5.351	301 m	+0.892	19
17	Christijan Albers	Minardi	21	1:37.406	+5.736	322 m	+0.385	15
18	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan	19	1:37.474	+5.804	326 m	+0.068	16
19	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi	20	1:37.538	+5.868	330 m	+0.064	15
20	Franck Montagny	Jordan	39	1:37.725	+6.055	340 m	+0.187	23
21	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	4	—	—	—	—	2
22	Jenson Button	British American Racing	3	—	—	—	—	2
23	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	6	—	—	—	—	2
24	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	—	—	—	—	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 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Alexander Wurz	McLaren	35	1:30.623	—	0 m	—	31
2	Ricardo Zonta	Toyota	38	1:30.630	+0.007	0 m	+0.007	33
3	Nick Heidfeld	Williams	8	1:31.813	+1.190	68 m	+1.183	13
4	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	10	1:31.841	+1.218	69 m	+0.028	13
5	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	9	1:31.870	+1.247	71 m	+0.029	16
6	Mark Webber	Williams	7	1:32.088	+1.465	83 m	+0.218	7
7	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:32.143	+1.520	86 m	+0.055	19
8	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:32.335	+1.712	97 m	+0.192	25
9	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	6	1:32.842	+2.219	126 m	+0.507	27
10	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	17	1:33.098	+2.475	141 m	+0.256	17
11	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	16	1:33.168	+2.545	145 m	+0.070	20
12	Christian Klien	Red Bull Racing	37	1:33.174	+2.551	145 m	+0.006	32
13	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:33.242	+2.619	149 m	+0.068	5
14	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:33.430	+2.807	159 m	+0.188	22
15	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	4	1:33.514	+2.891	164 m	+0.084	20
16	Jenson Button	British American Racing	3	1:33.753	+3.130	178 m	+0.239	22
17	Franck Montagny	Jordan	39	1:34.090	+3.467	197 m	+0.337	27
18	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:34.274	+3.651	207 m	+0.184	26
19	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber	11	1:34.645	+4.022	228 m	+0.371	22
20	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan	18	1:34.702	+4.079	232 m	+0.057	17
21	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing	15	1:34.842	+4.219	240 m	+0.140	16
22	Christijan Albers	Minardi	21	1:35.311	+4.688	266 m	+0.469	19
23	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi	20	1:35.791	+5.168	294 m	+0.480	5
24	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan	19	1:36.702	+6.079	345 m	+0.911	8

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	1:30.615	—	0 m	—	10
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	10	1:31.278	+0.663	38 m	+0.663	10
3	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	9	1:31.573	+0.958	54 m	+0.295	10
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	6	1:31.778	+1.163	66 m	+0.205	9
5	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:31.794	+1.179	67 m	+0.016	8
6	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:32.097	+1.482	84 m	+0.303	15
7	Mark Webber	Williams	7	1:32.266	+1.651	94 m	+0.169	9
8	Nick Heidfeld	Williams	8	1:32.304	+1.689	96 m	+0.038	7
9	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	17	1:32.432	+1.817	103 m	+0.128	13
10	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	4	1:32.483	+1.868	106 m	+0.051	7
11	Jenson Button	British American Racing	3	1:32.501	+1.886	107 m	+0.018	4
12	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	16	1:32.719	+2.104	120 m	+0.218	5
13	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:33.212	+2.597	148 m	+0.493	7
14	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:33.365	+2.750	156 m	+0.153	9
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing	15	1:33.414	+2.799	159 m	+0.049	5
16	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan	19	1:33.681	+3.066	174 m	+0.267	12
17	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber	11	1:33.731	+3.116	177 m	+0.050	6
18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan	18	1:34.407	+3.792	215 m	+0.676	7
19	Christijan Albers	Minardi	21	1:34.871	+4.256	242 m	+0.464	15
20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi	20	1:35.067	+4.452	253 m	+0.196	11

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	Kimi Raikkonen	McLaren	9	1:29.680	—	0 m	—	11
2	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren	10	1:29.789	+0.109	6 m	+0.109	13
3	Fernando Alonso	Renault	5	1:29.987	+0.307	18 m	+0.198	15
4	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	6	1:30.071	+0.391	22 m	+0.084	14
5	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	16	1:30.552	+0.872	50 m	+0.481	12
6	Nick Heidfeld	Williams	8	1:30.559	+0.879	50 m	+0.007	9
7	Takuma Sato	British American Racing	4	1:30.645	+0.965	55 m	+0.086	12
8	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	17	1:30.692	+1.012	58 m	+0.047	14
9	Jenson Button	British American Racing	3	1:30.773	+1.093	63 m	+0.081	13
10	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1	1:31.026	+1.346	77 m	+0.253	14
11	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	2	1:31.449	+1.769	102 m	+0.423	10
12	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull Racing	15	1:31.572	+1.892	109 m	+0.123	17
13	Mark Webber	Williams	7	1:32.054	+2.374	136 m	+0.482	9
14	Felipe Massa	Sauber	12	1:32.079	+2.399	138 m	+0.025	11
15	David Coulthard	Red Bull Racing	14	1:32.172	+2.492	143 m	+0.093	14
16	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber	11	1:33.140	+3.460	199 m	+0.968	14
17	Christijan Albers	Minardi	21	1:33.977	+4.297	247 m	+0.837	16
18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan	18	1:34.527	+4.847	278 m	+0.550	17
19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan	19	1:34.640	+4.960	285 m	+0.113	12
20	Patrick Friesacher	Minardi	20	1:35.087	+5.407	310 m	+0.447	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

A photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.

Where this comes from

Round: 7 of 2005
Grand Prix: European Grand Prix
Dates: 29 May 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.