2005 Chinese Grand PrixHere we go then, it all comes down to this. Will championship leader Michael Schumacher recover from a poor qualifying to take the title or will one of the chasers win it? Let's find out.
Lap 56/56It's lights out and away we go.
Jarno Trulli takes the lead!
What a start from Vettel. He's up to 13th.
Lap 55/56A look at the order following the first lap.
Dixon runs wide and drops a couple of places.
Barrichello passes Alonso for P5.
Lap 53/56Castro-Neves retires with an oil leak.
Schumacher passes Vettel for 13th. What can he do today?
A mistake from the race leader!
He rejoins down in 4th. Montoya now leads.
Lap 52/56Villeneuve passes Vettel.
Lap 51/56Sato goes through past Enge and into 8th.
Lap 49/56Barrichello overtakes Trulli for 4th.
Lap 47/56Is the title slipping away from Sch9umacher? Villeneuve overtakes him.
Lap 46/56Sato takes 7th from Button.
Lap 44/56Sato overtakes Alonso as he looks to get up the order.
Lap 43/56The leaders aren't really pulling away. We could have an interesting race here.
Lap 40/56The current order with 40 laps to go.
Lap 39/56Webber, Barrichello, Villeneuve, Pantano, and Maldonado are the first men to pit this afternoon.
Lap 38/56Sato passes Trulli.
Sato and De La Rosa come in.
Lap 37/56Trulli, Dixon, Schumacher, and Rosberg pit.
Lap 36/56Enge and Vettel come in for their first stops.
Lap 35/56Alonso. Kovalainen, and Massa pit.
Lap 34/56Montoya and Raikkonen pit on the same lap! It's a battle of the pitcrews. Button, Kubica, and Klien also pit.
Lap 33/56Barrichello leapfrogs them both and takes the lead!!
Raikkonen has come out behind not only Montoya but Webber and Sato too. That could have huge ramifications for the Championship battles.
Lap 32/56A good time to look at the current order I think. Raikkonen still leads the Championship but only just.
Villeneuve is up to 8th meaning Mclaren will beat Toyota to 3rd in the Constructors if nothing changes.
Lap 31/56Button passes Villeneuve for 8th. Huge for Toyota.
Lap 30/56Sato passes Webber for 3rd!!
Lap 29/56Raikkonen now passes Webber to lead the championship.
Lap 28/56Button goes into P7 past Trulli.
Lap 25/56Raikkonen takes 3rd from Sato.
Lap 24/56Barrichello, Raikkonen, Alonso, Button, Kubica, and Dixon pit for the 2nd time.
Lap 23/56Montoya, Webber, Villeneuve, Schumacher, and Vettel pit.
Lap 22/56Massa, De La Rosa, Rosberg, Klien, and Maldonado pit.
Lap 21/56Trulli's race is over after an engine failure.
Sato pits from the lead. He rejoins in 3rd ahead of Raikkonen! Kovalainen and Enge also come in.
Lap 20/56Pantano pits.
Lap 19/56Here's the order with the pitstops done. It's advantage Raikkonen in the Drivers Championship and Williams in the Constructors.
Lap 17/56What a miserable day for Schumacher. He's still only 12th.
Team orders at Ferrari? Sato passes Montoya for 2nd and the lead of the Championship! What can Raikkonen do?
Lap 12/56Raikkonen is catching Montoya. Is there another twist to come?
Lap 10/56Ten laps to go in the 2005 season. Both championships are still to be decided!
Lap 8/56Sato is catching Barrichello. If he passes him then Ferrari will lead the constructors!
Lap 5/56Montoya is keeping the gap from Raikkonen at two seconds. Sato is going to owe him a few drinks after this.
Lap 3/56Three laps to go. Can Sato pass Barrichello to give Ferrari the title?
Here we go.
SATO TAKES THE LEAD! FERRARI AND SATO ARE ON COURSE TO BE CHAMPIONS!Lap 0/56SATO WINS THE CHINESE GRAND PRIX AND THE 2005 WORLD DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIPA fantastic second for Rubens Barrichello.
A 3rd place finish for Montoya means
FERRARI ARE CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONS BY A SINGLE POINT!Official Chinese Grand Prix Result2005 Championship Tables