2005 Belgian Grand Prix
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| Race 16 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | September 11, 2005 | ||
| Official name | LXII Belgian Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 6.976 km (4.334 mi) | ||
| Distance | 44 laps, 306.944 km (190.735 mi) | ||
| Weather | Wet and dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 1:46.391 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Ralf Schumacher
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Toyota | |
| Time | 1:51.543 on lap 44 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Second | Renault | ||
| Third | BAR-Honda | ||
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The 2005 Belgian Grand Prix (formally the LXII Belgian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 11 September 2005 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium. It was the sixteenth round of the 2005 Formula One season and the sixty-second Belgian Grand Prix. The 44-lap race was won by Kimi Räikkönen for the McLaren team, from a second position start. Fernando Alonso finished second in a Renault, with Jenson Button third for the BAR team.
Before the race, Renault were leading the Constructors' Championship with 144 points and McLaren were second with 136 points, with Ferrari third on 58 points. In the World Drivers' Championship, Renault driver Fernando Alonso was leading with 103 points; Kimi Räikkönen was second on 76 points, 27 points behind Alonso. Behind Alonso and Räikkönen in the Drivers' Championship, Michael Schumacher was third on 55 points in a Ferrari, with Juan Pablo Montoya and Jarno Trulli on 50 and 43 points respectively.
Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—two on Friday from 11:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 15:00 local time, with the final two sessions held on Saturday morning between 09:00 to 09:45 and 10:15 to 11:00.
Saturday's afternoon qualifying session took place as a one-lap session held between 13:00 and 14:00. Drivers went out one at a time in the reverse order of their finishing positions at the previous race. The cars ran on the fuel that would be used for the Sunday race.
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