The 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose was the eighth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 31, 2005 on the streets of San Jose, California. Sébastien Bourdais swept both the pole and the race win. The race was notable for the large bump on the main straight where a light rail track crossed the course, the bump being large enough to cause the cars to catch air.
Qualifying results Because of circuit construction issues on Friday, the Qualification 1 session was canceled. Only times from Saturday's Qualification 2 session were used to set the grid for the race.
Pos Nat Name Team Time 1 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 54.243 2 Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 54.305 3 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 54.570 4 A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 54.604 5 Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 54.654 6 Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 54.878 7 Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 54.895 8 Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 55.054 9 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 55.093 10 Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 55.414 11 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 55.434 12 Rodolfo Lavín HVM Racing 55.449 13 Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 55.773 14 Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 55.972 15 Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 56.019 16 Ronnie Bremer Dale Coyne Racing 56.452 17 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 56.616 18 Marcus Marshall Team Australia 57.687
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 1 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 93 1:45:42.889 1 34 2 3 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 93 +3.724 secs 3 27 3 2 Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 93 +10.383 secs 2 25 4 9 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 93 +11.323 secs 9 23 5 7 Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 93 +11.917 secs 5 21 6 8 Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 93 +15.260 secs 7 19 7 19 Ronnie Bremer Dale Coyne Racing 93 +16.391 secs 16 19 8 4 Björn Wirdheim HVM Racing 93 +19.443 secs 8 16 9 15 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 89 + 4 Laps 17 13 10 21 Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 77 Contact 13 11 11 12 Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 60 Suspension 10 10 12 5 Marcus Marshall Team Australia 52 Mechanical 18 9 13 55 Rodolfo Lavín HVM Racing 40 Contact 12 8 14 31 Ryan Hunter-Reay Rocketsports Racing 36 Suspension 15 7 15 34 Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 20 Oil pressure 6 6 16 27 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 13 Contact 11 5 17 10 A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 12 Contact 4 4 18 11 Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 0 Contact 14 3
Caution flags Laps Cause2-5 Sperafico (11) contact26-33 Debris58-65 Hunter-Reay (31) stopped on course66 Yellow restart78-83 da Matta (21) contact
Notes Laps Leader1-28 Sébastien Bourdais29-47 Ronnie Bremer48-60 Sébastien Bourdais61-71 Björn Wirdheim72-93 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledSébastien Bourdais 63Ronnie Bremer 19Björn Wirdheim 11
New Track Record Sébastien Bourdais 54.243 (Qualification Session) New Race Lap Record Sébastien Bourdais 55.083 New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:45:42.889 Average Speed 76.431 mph
Championship standings after the race Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sébastien Bourdais 216 2 Paul Tracy 188 3 Justin Wilson 175 4 Oriol Servià 160 5 A. J. Allmendinger 126
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
References
External links Full Weekend Times & Results Qualifying Results Race Box Score Rail line jump video