2005 Grand Prix of Cleveland

2005 Cleveland

Race details
Race 5 of 13 in the 2005 Champ Car season
File:Cleveland Street Course at Burke Lakefront Airport.svg Burke Lakefront Airport Track Layout
Date	June 26, 2005
Official name	Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland Presented by U.S. Bank
Location	Burke Lakefront Airport Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Course	Temporary Airport Course 2.106 mi / 3.389 km
Distance	91 laps 191.646 mi / 308.399 km
Weather	Hazy with temperatures reaching up to 90 °F (32 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 8 miles per hour (13 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Time	57.419
Fastest lap
Driver	Oriol Servià (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	58.616 (on lap 90 of 91)
Podium
First	Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Second	A. J. Allmendinger (RuSPORT)
Third	Oriol Servià (Newman/Haas Racing)

The 2005 Champ Car Grand Prix of Cleveland was the fifth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on June 26, 2005 at Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. Due to the controversy at the 2005 United States Grand Prix held at Indianapolis a week earlier, any fan who had a ticket to the 2005 United States GP was granted free admission to this race. Paul Tracy swept both the pole and the race win, his second victory of the season.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	58.440	57.419	57.419
2		Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	58.436	57.424	57.424
3		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	58.576	57.559	57.559
4		Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	59.581	57.801	57.801
5		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	58.705	57.836	57.836
6		Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	58.920	57.917	57.917
7		Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	58.546	57.942	57.942
8		Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	58.835	58.029	58.029
9		A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	59.158	58.126	58.126
10		Tarso Marques	Dale Coyne Racing	59.819	58.335	58.335
11		Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	59.346	58.385	58.385
12		Ronnie Bremer	HVM Racing	59.435	58.471	58.471
13		Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	59.970	58.493	58.493
14		Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	59.395	58.693	58.693
15		Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	59.789	58.844	58.844
16		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	58.986	1:10.166	58.986
17		Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	1:00.390	59.128	59.128
18		Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	1:01.135	59.200	59.200

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	91	1:45:43.856	1	33
2	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	91	+3.113 secs	9	28
3	2	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	91	+3.914 secs	6	26
4	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	91	+10.185 secs	5	24
5	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	91	+13.262 secs	3	21
6	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	91	+20.361 secs	8	19
7	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	91	+23.489 secs	16	18
8	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	91	+25.212 secs	4	15
9	11	Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	91	+31.736 secs	17	13
10	8	Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	91	+47.725 secs	11	11
11	19	Tarso Marques	Dale Coyne Racing	90	+ 1 Lap	10	10
12	5	Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	89	+ 2 Laps	18	9
13	34	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	89	+ 2 Laps	15	8
14	55	Ronnie Bremer	HVM Racing	80	Engine	12	7
15	4	Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	51	Contact	13	6
16	21	Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	50	Contact	2	7
17	7	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	38	Contact	7	4
18	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	1	Contact	14	3

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-3	Wirdheim (4) & Hunter-Reay (31) contact
26-33	Domínguez (7) & Wilson (9) contact
36-37	Debris
54-59	Wirdheim (4) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-29 Paul Tracy 30-50 Cristiano da Matta 51-56 Paul Tracy 57-75 A. J. Allmendinger 76-80 Paul Tracy 81-85 Alex Tagliani 86-91 Paul Tracy

Driver Laps led Paul Tracy 46 Cristiano da Matta 21 A. J. Allmendinger 19 Alex Tagliani 5

• New Race Record Paul Tracy 1:45:43.856
• Average Speed 108.755 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
File:1uparrow green.svg 1	1	Paul Tracy	128
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	2	Sébastien Bourdais	127
File:1uparrow green.svg 1	3	A. J. Allmendinger	102
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	4	Justin Wilson	95
File:1uparrow green.svg 2	5	Jimmy Vasser	82

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.

External links

• Full Weekend Times & Results
• Friday Qualifying Results
• Saturday Qualifying Results
• Race Box Score