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.
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Jarno Trulli takes the lead!
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What a start from Vettel. He's up to 13th.
Lap 55/56A look at the order following the first lap.
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Dixon runs wide and drops a couple of places.
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Barrichello passes Alonso for P5.
Lap 53/56Castro-Neves retires with an oil leak.
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Schumacher passes Vettel for 13th. What can he do today?
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A mistake from the race leader!
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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.
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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!!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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 CHAMPIONSHIP![](https://i.imgur.com/KOZpgWd.png)
A fantastic second for Rubens Barrichello.
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A 3rd place finish for Montoya means
FERRARI ARE CONSTRUCTORS CHAMPIONS BY A SINGLE POINT!
Official Chinese Grand Prix Result
2005 Championship Tables![](https://i.imgur.com/o7xVxRR.png)
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