The Australian Grand Prix 2005 was the 1st round of the 2005 F1 season, and took place at the Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Australia, on March 6th.
Giancarlo Fisichella won the race from the pole, followed by Rubens Barrichello, and Fernando Alonso completing the podium with an expectacular comeback, all the way from the 13th position of the grid.
Final results
Race evolution
Pit Stops
Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.
Strategy
Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..
Incidents
There were some incidents during the race, with 4 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.
These included, Michael Schumacher, and Nick Heidfeld, both had to retire due to an accident, and Christijan Albers, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 16.
Accident
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Michael SchumacherLap 42
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Nick HeidfeldLap 42
Gearbox
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Christijan AlbersLap 16
Qualifying
This qualifying was divided into 2 sessions. A single lap with low fuel on Saturday afternoon, and a single lap with race fuel on Sunday monring. The two times would then be agregated in order to determine the grid order. This quali format was very unpoupar, and only lasted for the first 6 races of the season. After that the quali was reverted to one-lap qualifying format for the rest of the season.
Track evolution
The conditions of the track were paraticularly bad on Saturday. This allowed drivers to improve thier times on Sunday morning by an average of 11.345 seconds, even with full tanks.