The 2005 Lexmark Indy 300 was the twelfth and penultimate round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on 22 October 2005 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Queensland, Australia. Sébastien Bourdais won the race and also clinched his second consecutive Champ Car championship. Oriol Servià earned his first and to date only pole position in his career. The race also marked the final career podium for 1996 CART champion Jimmy Vasser, who finished third running for his co-owned team PKV Racing.
Qualifying results Pos Nat Name Team Qual 1 Qual 2 Best 1 Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 1:47.872 1:32.616 1:32.616 2 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 1:45.739 1:33.211 1:33.211 3 Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 1:48.865 1:32.667 1:32.667 4 Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 1:48.346 1:32.753 1:32.753 5 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 1:46.920 1:32.976 1:32.976 6 A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 1:49.257 1:33.250 1:33.250 7 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 1:49.922 1:33.360 1:33.360 8 Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 1:48.792 1:33.703 1:33.703 9 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 1:46.010 1:34.137 1:34.137 10 Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 1:51.479 1:34.554 1:34.554 11 Will Power Team Australia 1:50.777 1:34.599 1:34.599 12 Rodolfo Lavín CTE Racing – HVM 1:49.623 1:34.780 1:34.780 13 Marcus Marshall Team Australia 1:49.142 1:34.854 1:34.854 14 Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:47.321 1:34.937 1:34.937 15 Ronnie Bremer Dale Coyne Racing 1:50.006 1:35.406 1:35.406 16 Michael McDowell Rocketsports Racing 1:49.870 1:35.415 1:35.415 17 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 1:51.337 1:35.645 1:35.645 18 Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 1:48.355 1:35.711 1:35.711 19 Fabrizio del Monte CTE Racing – HVM 1:50.702 1:36.268 1:36.268
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/retired Grid Points 1 1 Sébastien Bourdais Newman/Haas Racing 57 1:39:26.671 2 34 2 10 A. J. Allmendinger RuSPORT 57 +9.130 secs 6 27 3 12 Jimmy Vasser PKV Racing 57 +31.852 secs 8 25 4 15 Alex Tagliani Team Australia 57 +36.420 secs 9 23 5 2 Oriol Servià Newman/Haas Racing 57 +43.968 secs 1 22 6 8 Timo Glock Rocketsports Racing 57 +45.616 secs 10 19 7 9 Justin Wilson RuSPORT 57 +59.630 secs 7 17 8 19 Ronnie Bremer Dale Coyne Racing 57 +65.852 secs 15 15 9 11 Ricardo Sperafico Dale Coyne Racing 57 +76.292 secs 18 14 10 27 Andrew Ranger Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 57 +93.488 secs 17 11 11 5 Marcus Marshall Team Australia 56 + 1 Lap 13 10 12 31 Michael McDowell Rocketsports Racing 56 + 1 Lap 16 9 13 55 Rodolfo Lavín CTE Racing – HVM 53 + 4 Laps 12 8 14 34 Nelson Philippe Mi-Jack Conquest Racing 47 Off course 14 7 15 25 Will Power Team Australia 29 Contact 11 6 16 4 Fabrizio del Monte CTE Racing – HVM 28 Contact 19 5 17 3 Paul Tracy Forsythe Racing 24 Gearbox 5 5 18 7 Mario Domínguez Forsythe Racing 1 Contact 3 3 19 21 Cristiano da Matta PKV Racing 0 Contact 4 2
Caution flags Laps Cause1–3 Servià (2), da Matta (21), Domínguez (7) contact29–32 Power (25) contact; del Monte (4) contact
Notes Laps Leader1–19 Paul Tracy20–57 Sébastien Bourdais Driver Laps ledSébastien Bourdais 38Paul Tracy 19
New Race Lap Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:32.063 New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:39:26.671 Average Speed 96.123 mph
Championship standings after the race Bold indicates the Season Champion. Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sébastien Bourdais 344 2 Oriol Servià 265 1 3 Justin Wilson 231 1 4 Paul Tracy 221 2 5 A. J. Allmendinger 199
Note: Only the top five positions are included.
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