2005 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach

2005 Long Beach

Race details
Race 1 of 13 in the 2005 Champ Car season
Long Beach Track Layout
Date	April 10, 2005
Official name	Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Location	Long Beach, California, United States
Course	Temporary street circuit 1.968 mi / 3.167 km
Distance	81 laps 159.408 mi / 256.527 km
Weather	Sunny
Pole position
Driver	Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Time	1:07.485
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:09.171 (on lap 69 of 81)
Podium
First	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Third	Bruno Junqueira (Newman/Haas Racing)

The 2005 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the first round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on April 10, 2005 on the streets of Long Beach, California. Paul Tracy was the polesitter and the race winner was Sébastien Bourdais.

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	1:08.494	1:07.485	1:07.485
2		Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	1:08.342	1:07.644	1:07.644
3		Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	1:09.058	1:07.803	1:07.803
4		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:08.736	1:07.821	1:07.821
5		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	1:08.884	1:07.919	1:07.919
6		Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	1:09.713	1:08.274	1:08.274
7		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:09.056	1:08.466	1:08.466
8		Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	1:09.626	1:08.493	1:08.493
9		Ronnie Bremer	HVM Racing	1:09.514	1:08.613	1:08.613
10		A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	1:09.425	1:08.638	1:08.638
11		Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	1:09.793	1:08.770	1:08.770
12		Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	1:09.852	1:08.792	1:08.792
13		Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	1:09.619	1:08.834	1:08.834
14		Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	1:10.067	1:08.928	1:08.928
15		Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:10.193	1:09.334	1:09.334
16		Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:09.416	1:09.416	1:09.416
17		Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	1:11.137	1:09.784	1:09.784
18		Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	1:10.844	1:09.879	1:09.879
19		Fabrizio del Monte	Jensen Motorsports	1:13.501	1:11.723	1:11.723

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	81	1:46:29.768	4	34
2	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	81	+4.138 secs	1	29
3	2	Bruno Junqueira	Newman/Haas Racing	81	+5.447 secs	2	27
4	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	81	+6.271 secs	5	24
5	7	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	81	+7.917 secs	3	22
6	8	Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	81	+8.501 secs	6	19
7	55	Ronnie Bremer	HVM Racing	81	+8.999 secs	9	18
8	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	81	+10.945 secs	10	15
9	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	81	+14.806 secs	11	14
10	21	Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	81	+16.074 secs	8	11
11	19	Oriol Servià	Dale Coyne Racing	81	+18.719 secs	14	10
12	4	Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	81	+19.651 secs	13	9
13	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	81	+20.035 secs	12	8
14	5	Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	80	+ 1 Lap	17	7
15	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	79	+ 2 Laps	7	6
16	41	Fabrizio del Monte	Jensen Motorsports	74	+ 7 Laps	19	5
17	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	70	Contact	16	4
18	34	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	61	+ 20 Laps	15	3
19	11	Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	41	Gearbox	18	2

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
8–10	Philippe (34) contact
32–34	del Monte (41) spin/stall
45–46	Sperafico (11) stopped on course
72–75	Ranger (27) contact

Lap leaders

Laps Leader 1–2 Paul Tracy 3–10 Bruno Junqueira 11–28 Paul Tracy 29 Mario Domínguez 30–31 Sébastien Bourdais 32–34 Jimmy Vasser 35–37 Paul Tracy 38–60 Sébastien Bourdais 61 Justin Wilson 62–63 Ronnie Bremer 64–69 Jimmy Vasser 70–81 Sébastien Bourdais

Driver Laps led Sébastien Bourdais 37 Paul Tracy 23 Jimmy Vasser 9 Bruno Junqueira 8 Ronnie Bremer 2 Mario Domínguez 1 Justin Wilson 1

• Average Speed 89.811 mph

External links

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