2005 Chinese Grand Prix

The 2005 Chinese Grand Prix was the 20th and final race of the 2005 Alternate Formula One season. The 56-lap race, which has gone down in Spanish sports history as El Milagro de Shanghai (the Miracle of Shanghai), was won by Renault driver Fernando Alonso. Alonso's win and a last-lap error by title contender and teammate Kimi Räikkönen secured Alonso his first and only F1 World Driver's Championship. It also was the last race for historic teams Jordan, Sauber (before their return as an independent team in 2011) and BAR.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Lap	Gap
1	15	Rubens Barrichello	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.108	—
2	1	James James Davies	Ferrari	1:32.144	+0.036
3	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:32.229	+0.121
4	10	Mark Webber	Toyota	1:32.267	+0.159
5	14	Nick Heidfeld	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.311	+0.203
6	8	Kimi Räikkönen	Renault	1:32.573	+0.465
7	2	Daniel Melrose	Ferrari	1:32.688	+0.580
8	4	Jenson Button	Williams-BMW	1:32.907	+0.799
9	9	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	1:33.207	+1.099
10	6	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	1:33.212	+1.104
11	16	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	1:33.465	+1.357
12	5	Anthony Davidson	BAR-Honda	1:33.498	+1.390
13	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	1:33.801	+1.693
14	12	Dave Simpson	Sauber-Petronas	1:33.926	+1.818
15	17	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull-Cosworth	1:34.061	+1.953
16	3	Rhys Davies	Williams-BMW	1:34.548	+2.440
17	18	Sammy Jones	Jordan-Toyota	1:35.211	+3.103
18	19	Christijan Albers	Jordan-Toyota	1:36.444	+4.336

Race

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	7	Fernando Alonso	Renault	56	1:42:18.172	3	10
2	15	Rubens Barrichello	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+12.947	1	8
3	1	James James Davies	Ferrari	56	+19.114	2	6
4	8	Kimi Räikkönen	Renault	56	+20.783	6	5
5	10	Mark Webber	Toyota	56	+38.743	4	4
6	3	Rhys Davies	Williams-BMW	56	+1:14.499	16	3
7	9	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	56	+1:17.875	9	2
8	16	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	56	+1:19.333	11	1
9	12	Dave Simpson	Sauber-Petronas	55	+1 lap	14
10	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Red Bull-Cosworth	55	+1 lap	15
11	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	55	+1 lap	13
12	18	Sammy Jones	Jordan-Toyota	55	+1 Lap	17
13	19	Christijan Albers	Jordan-Toyota	54	+2 Laps	18
Ret	5	Anthony Davidson	BAR-Honda		Collision	11
Ret	14	Nick Heidfeld	McLaren-Mercedes		Collision	5
Ret	2	Daniel Melrose	Ferrari		Engine	7
Ret	4	Jenson Button	Williams-BMW		Suspension	8
Ret	6	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda		Suspension	10

Championship standings

• Bold text indicates the World Champions.

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	92
2	Kimi Räikkönen	91
3	James James Davies	91
4	Rubens Barrichello	87
5	Daniel Melrose	79

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	Renault	183
2	Ferrari	170
3	McLaren-Mercedes	140
4	Toyota	108
5	Williams-BMW	80