The Bahrain Grand Prix 2005 was the 3rd round of the 2005 F1 season, and took place at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain, on April 3rd.
Fernando Alonso won the race from the pole, followed by Jarno Trulli, and Kimi Räikkönen completing the podium.
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
The reace did not end without incidents... 9 drivers out of the original 20 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.
These included, Jacques Villeneuve, who suffered a suspension problem on lap 54, Jenson Button, who had a problem with the clutch on lap 46, Takuma Sato, who saw the breaks of the car give up on lap 27, Nick Heidfeld, and Giancarlo Fisichella, both suffered an engine malfunction, Michael Schumacher, who experienced an hydraulic malfunction on lap 12, and Narain Karthikeyan, and Christian Klien, both suffered from electrical problems.
Suspension
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Jacques VilleneuveLap 54
Clutch
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Jenson ButtonLap 46
Brakes
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Takuma SatoLap 27
Engine
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Nick HeidfeldLap 25
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Giancarlo FisichellaLap 4
Hydraulics
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Michael SchumacherLap 12
Electrical
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Narain KarthikeyanLap 2
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Christian KlienLap 0
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.
Fernando Alonso dominated all the qualifying sessions and took the pole position.
Track evolution
Drivers were 2.609 seconds slower on average on Sunday morning than they were on Saturday afternoon. This was to be expected, since the Saturday session was completed with fuel for just one lap and the Sunday session with full tanks.