The 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix (officially the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio do Brasil 2005) was a Formula One motor race held on at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, Brazil on 25 September 2005. It was the seventeenth race of the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship.

The 71-lap race was won by McLaren driver Juan Pablo Montoya, who took the seventh and final victory of his career, ahead of his teammate, Kimi Räikkönen, who finished second. Renault driver Fernando Alonso became the Drivers' Champion for the first time after he finished the race in third place.

As of 2026, this is the last Grand Prix to be won by a Colombian driver in Formula One.

Friday drivers The bottom 6 teams in the 2004 Constructors' Championship were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday. These drivers drove on Friday but did not compete in qualifying or the race. Enrico Toccacelo, Minardi's third driver was not present in Brazil as he competed for the Italian team in the opening round of the A1 Grand Prix series at Brands Hatch. Constructor Nat Driver McLaren-Mercedes Alexander Wurz Sauber-Petronas - Red Bull-Cosworth Vitantonio Liuzzi Toyota Ricardo Zonta Jordan-Toyota Nicolas Kiesa Minardi-Cosworth -

Report Background Fernando Alonso led the drivers' championship with 25 points ahead of Kimi Räikkönen and 56 points ahead of Michael Schumacher. With three races remaining, the drivers' championship was decided between Alonso and Räikkönen. A third place would be enough for Alonso to win his first world championship title, while Räikkönen would no longer have a mathematical chance even if he won and came third. In the constructors' championship, Renault led McLaren-Mercedes by six points and Ferrari by 62 points.

Williams' Nick Heidfeld, having injured his shoulder in a cycling accident in Switzerland, was replaced again by Antônio Pizzonia. The German had also missed the two previous Grands Prix due to the consequences of an accident in a test session in Monza.

Qualifying Alonso took his eighth career pole with a time of 1:11.998 minutes ahead of Montoya and Fisichella. Button completed the second line. Räikkönen reached 5th place.

Commentators have judged Renault's qualifying performance as evidence that their "conservative phase" was over. Renault's Pat Symonds had said that the team was not aiming to settle for a simple podium finish, rather they were aiming to win. BBC's Maurice Hamilton said that "the thought that Fernando Alonso might cruise to the Championship.....was dispelled in the most convincing fashion". McLaren CEO Ron Dennis remained confident of his team's race strategy given Juan Pablo Montoya's strong second position, despite a major error in the qualifying lap of Kimi Räikkönen.

Race Jacques Villeneuve was forced to start from pit lane as a penalty for infringement of parc ferme regulations. After getting involved in an accident at the start of the race, Mark Webber was able to rejoin, over 20 laps behind the leaders. Due to a driveshaft failure, this was Tiago Monteiro's only retirement of the 2005 season.

Juan Pablo Montoya won the race ahead of teammate Kimi Räikkönen; McLaren's first 1–2 finish since the 2000 Austrian Grand Prix. Fernando Alonso finished 3rd and thus became World Champion for the first time, at the time the youngest ever champion at 24 years and 58 days surpassing Emerson Fittipaldi's record of 25 years and 273 days set in 1972, and the first Spaniard to do so. The result of the Grand Prix marked the only point during the season when McLaren had more championship points than Renault.

Classification Qualifying Pos No Driver Constructor Lap Gap Grid 1 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 1:11.988 — 1 2 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.145 +0.157 2 3 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 1:12.558 +0.570 3 4 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 1:12.696 +0.708 4 5 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 1:12.781 +0.793 5 6 15 Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 1:12.889 +0.901 6 7 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 1:12.976 +0.988 7 8 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 1:13.041 +1.053 17 9 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 1:13.151 +1.163 8 10 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 1:13.183 +1.195 9 11 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 1:13.285 +1.297 10 12 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 1:13.372 +1.384 20 13 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 1:13.387 +1.399 11 14 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 1:13.538 +1.550 12 15 8 Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW 1:13.581 +1.593 13 16 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 1:13.844 +1.856 14 17 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 1:14.520 +2.532 15 18 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 1:14.763 +2.775 16 19 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda No time 19, 20 20 Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth No time 18 Notes – Jarno Trulli and Takuma Sato received a 10-place grid penalty for engine changes. – Jacques Villeneuve was dropped to the back of the grid for a breach of parc fermé rules. – Takuma Sato did not drive a qualifying lap because she was subject to a ten-place grid penalty given for the accident in the Belgian Grand Prix where he crashed into Michael Schumacher. – Robert Doornbos was left without time in after spinning at turn 12 and aborting the attempt.

Race Pos No Driver Constructor Tyre Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 10 Juan Pablo Montoya McLaren-Mercedes 71 1:29:20.574 2 10 2 9 Kimi Räikkönen McLaren-Mercedes 71 +2.527 5 8 3 5 Fernando Alonso Renault 71 +24.840 1 6 4 1 Michael Schumacher Ferrari 71 +35.668 7 5 5 6 Giancarlo Fisichella Renault 71 +40.218 3 4 6 2 Rubens Barrichello Ferrari 71 +1:09.173 9 3 7 3 Jenson Button BAR-Honda 70 +1 Lap 4 2 8 17 Ralf Schumacher Toyota 70 +1 Lap 10 1 9 15 Christian Klien Red Bull-Cosworth 70 +1 Lap 6 10 4 Takuma Sato BAR-Honda 70 +1 Lap 19 11 12 Felipe Massa Sauber-Petronas 70 +1 Lap 8 12 11 Jacques Villeneuve Sauber-Petronas 70 +1 Lap PL 13 16 Jarno Trulli Toyota 69 Puncture 17 14 21 Christijan Albers Minardi-Cosworth 69 +2 Laps 16 15 19 Narain Karthikeyan Jordan-Toyota 68 +3 Laps 15 18 Tiago Monteiro Jordan-Toyota 55 Driveshaft PL 7 Mark Webber Williams-BMW 45 +26 Laps 12 20 Robert Doornbos Minardi-Cosworth 34 Engine 18 8 Antônio Pizzonia Williams-BMW 0 Collision 13 14 David Coulthard Red Bull-Cosworth 0 Collision 14 Notes – Tiago Monteiro and Jacques Villeneuve started the race from the pitlane.

Championship standings after the race Bold text and an asterisk indicates who still has a theoretical chance of becoming World Champion.

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Fernando Alonso 117 2 Kimi Räikkönen 94 1 3 Juan Pablo Montoya 60 1 4 Michael Schumacher 60 1 5 Giancarlo Fisichella 45Source:

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 1 McLaren-Mercedes* 164 1 2 Renault* 162 3 Ferrari 98 4 Toyota 81 5 Williams-BMW 59Source:

Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

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