2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose

The 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose was the eighth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 31, 2005 on the streets of San Jose, California. Sébastien Bourdais swept both the pole and the race win. The race was notable for the large bump on the main straight where a light rail track crossed the course, the bump being large enough to cause the cars to catch air.

2005 San Jose

Race details
Race 8 of 13 in the 2005 Champ Car season
San Jose Track Layout
Date	July 31, 2005
Official name	Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose
Location	Streets of San Jose San Jose, California, United States
Course	Temporary Street Course 1.448 mi / 2.330 km
Distance	93 laps 134.664 mi / 216.690 km
Weather	Partly Cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 84 °F (29 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 10.1 miles per hour (16.3 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	54.243
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	55.083 (on lap 90 of 93)
Podium
First	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Third	Oriol Servià (Newman/Haas Racing)

Qualifying results

Because of circuit construction issues on Friday, the Qualification 1 session was canceled. Only times from Saturday's Qualification 2 session were used to set the grid for the race.

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Time
1		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	54.243
2		Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	54.305
3		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	54.570
4		A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	54.604
5		Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	54.654
6		Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	54.878
7		Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	54.895
8		Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	55.054
9		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	55.093
10		Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	55.414
11		Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	55.434
12		Rodolfo Lavín	HVM Racing	55.449
13		Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	55.773
14		Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	55.972
15		Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	56.019
16		Ronnie Bremer	Dale Coyne Racing	56.452
17		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	56.616
18		Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	57.687

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	93	1:45:42.889	1	34
2	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	93	+3.724 secs	3	27
3	2	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	93	+10.383 secs	2	25
4	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	93	+11.323 secs	9	23
5	7	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	93	+11.917 secs	5	21
6	8	Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	93	+15.260 secs	7	19
7	19	Ronnie Bremer	Dale Coyne Racing	93	+16.391 secs	16	19
8	4	Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	93	+19.443 secs	8	16
9	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	89	+ 4 Laps	17	13
10	21	Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	77	Contact	13	11
11	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	60	Suspension	10	10
12	5	Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	52	Mechanical	18	9
13	55	Rodolfo Lavín	HVM Racing	40	Contact	12	8
14	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	36	Suspension	15	7
15	34	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	20	Oil pressure	6	6
16	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	13	Contact	11	5
17	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	12	Contact	4	4
18	11	Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	0	Contact	14	3

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
2-5	Sperafico (11) contact
26-33	Debris
58-65	Hunter-Reay (31) stopped on course
66	Yellow restart
78-83	da Matta (21) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-28 Sébastien Bourdais 29-47 Ronnie Bremer 48-60 Sébastien Bourdais 61-71 Björn Wirdheim 72-93 Sébastien Bourdais

Driver Laps led Sébastien Bourdais 63 Ronnie Bremer 19 Björn Wirdheim 11

• New Track Record Sébastien Bourdais 54.243 (Qualification Session)
• New Race Lap Record Sébastien Bourdais 55.083
• New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:45:42.889
• Average Speed 76.431 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sébastien Bourdais 216 2 Paul Tracy 188 3 Justin Wilson 175 4 Oriol Servià 160 5 A. J. Allmendinger 126 Note: Only the top five positions are included. References "Weather information for the 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2013-10-13. External links Full Weekend Times & Results Qualifying Results Race Box Score Rail line jump video Previous race: 2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton Champ Car World Series 2005 season Next race: 2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver Previous race: First Event 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose Next race: 2006 Canary Foundation Grand Prix of San Jose