2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver

The 2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver was the ninth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 14, 2005 on the streets of Denver, Colorado near the Pepsi Center. Paul Tracy sat on the pole and Sébastien Bourdais won the race.

2005 Denver

Race details
Race 9 of 13 in the 2005 Champ Car season
Date	August 14, 2005
Official name	Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver presented by PacifiCare
Location	Streets of Denver Denver, Colorado, United States
Course	Temporary Street Course 1.647 mi / 2.651 km
Distance	97 laps 159.759 mi / 257.147 km
Weather	Mostly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 69.1 °F (20.6 °C); wind speeds approaching 21 miles per hour (34 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Time	59.432
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:00.574 (on lap 81 of 97)
Podium
First	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Mario Domínguez (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Third	A. J. Allmendinger (RuSPORT)

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	59.759	59.432	59.432
2		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:00.347	59.541	59.541
3		Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	1:00.213	59.644	59.644
4		A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	1:00.612	59.938	59.938
5		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	1:00.697	59.962	59.962
6		Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	1:01.389	59.995	59.995
7		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:01.257	1:00.156	1:00.156
8		Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	1:01.043	1:00.331	1:00.331
9		Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	1:01.214	1:00.493	1:00.493
10		Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	1:00.957	1:00.529	1:00.529
11		Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:02.235	1:00.704	1:00.704
12		Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	1:01.745	1:00.732	1:00.732
13		Rodolfo Lavín	HVM Racing	1:01.029	1:00.766	1:00.766
14		Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	1:00.980	1:00.863	1:00.863
15		Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:01.434	1:00.915	1:00.915
16		Ronnie Bremer	Dale Coyne Racing	1:01.630	1:01.093	1:01.093
17		Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	1:01.342	1:01.438	1:01.342
18		Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	1:02.651	1:02.064	1:02.064

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	97	1:49:45.135	2	33
2	7	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	97	+15.269 secs	3	27
3	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	97	+17.207 secs	4	25
4	2	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	97	+35.775 secs	8	23
5	55	Rodolfo Lavín	HVM Racing	97	+37.629 secs	13	21
6	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	97	+43.237 secs	17	20
7	19	Ronnie Bremer	Dale Coyne Racing	97	+47.487 secs	16	17
8	11	Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	97	+52.470 secs	12	15
9	34	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	97	+1:02.902	15	13
10	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	96	+ 1 Lap	11	11
11	4	Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	96	+ 1 Lap	14	10
12	5	Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	94	+ 3 Laps	18	9
13	8	Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	88	Gearbox	10	8
14	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	82	+ 15 Laps	7	7
15	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	65	In pits	6	6
16	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	62	Contact	1	8
17	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	0	Contact	5	4
18	21	Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	0	Contact	9	3

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
1-5	da Matta (21), Wilson (9), Tagliani (15) & Vasser (12) contact
63-69	Tracy (3) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-39 Paul Tracy 40-42 Sébastien Bourdais 43-62 Paul Tracy 63-97 Sébastien Bourdais

Driver Laps led Paul Tracy 59 Sébastien Bourdais 38

• New Track Record Paul Tracy 59.432 (Qualification Session #2)
• New Race Lap Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:00.574
• New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:49:45.135
• Average Speed 87.868 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Sébastien Bourdais 249 2 Paul Tracy 196 1 3 Oriol Servià 183 1 4 Justin Wilson 179 1 5 Mario Domínguez 152 Note: Only the top five positions are included.