2005 Monaco Grand Prix
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| Race 6 of 19 in the 2005 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 22 May 2005 | ||
| Official name | LXIII Grand Prix de Monaco | ||
| Location | Circuit de Monaco, Monaco | ||
| Course | Street circuit | ||
| Course length | 3.34 km (2.075 mi) | ||
| Distance | 78 laps, 260.52 km (161.85 mi) | ||
| Weather | Fine | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Time | 2:30.323 (aggregate) | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Michael Schumacher
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:15.842 on lap 40 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Second | Williams-BMW | ||
| Third | Williams-BMW | ||
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Coordinates: 43°44′4.74″N 7°25′16.8″E / 43.7346500°N 7.421333°E
The 2005 Monaco Grand Prix (formally the LXIII Grand Prix de Monaco) was a Formula One motor race held on 22 May 2005 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. The 78-lap race was the sixth round of the 2005 Formula One season and the 63rd running of the Monaco Grand Prix. It was won by polesitter and McLaren driver Kimi Räikkönen. Williams driver Nick Heidfeld completed the race in second position whilst his team-mate, Mark Webber, completed the podium by finishing in third place.
This was the first Monaco Grand Prix held after the death of Prince Rainier III. His death was the reason why the Princely Family did not attend the Grand Prix.
Polesitter Kimi Räikkönen led the field from the start of the race, and though he was at first closely followed by Fernando Alonso, he was more than five seconds ahead by the twentieth lap. Meanwhile, Karthikeyan retired with a hydraulic failure. The race progressed otherwise uneventfully, with Alonso followed by Giancarlo Fisichella, Jarno Trulli, and Mark Webber, until the twenty-third lap, when Christijan Albers spun his Minardi into a wall at Mirabeau, blocking about two-thirds of the width of the track. David Coulthard, arriving behind him, swerved and successfully stopped his Red Bull without damage; however, Michael Schumacher plowed into Coulthard, breaking off his own nosecone and damaging the Red Bull's suspension beyond repair. As more drivers reached the blocked turn, the Safety Car was deployed so that marshals could remove Albers' car.
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