2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton

The 2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton was the seventh round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents: the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 17, 2005, at Finning International Speedway, a temporary course laid out at Edmonton City Centre Airport in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. A. J. Allmendinger won the pole, the first of his career, and Sébastien Bourdais was the race winner.

2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton

Race details
Race 7 of 13 in the 2005 Champ Car season
Date	July 17, 2005
Official name	West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton
Location	Finning International Speedway Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Course	Temporary Airport Course 1.973 mi / 3.175 km
Distance	88 laps 173.624 mi / 279.400 km
Weather	Partly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 24 °C (75 °F)[1]
Pole position
Driver	A. J. Allmendinger ( RuSPORT)
Time	58.628
Fastest lap
Driver	A. J. Allmendinger ( RuSPORT)
Time	59.900 (on lap 51 of 88)
Podium
First	Sébastien Bourdais ( Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Oriol Servià ( Newman/Haas Racing)
Third	Paul Tracy ( Forsythe Championship Racing)

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1		A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	58.628	1:01.070	58.628
2		Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	58.954	—	58.954
3		Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	59.497	1:01.529	59.497
4		Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	59.592	1:08.689	59.592
5		Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	59.769	9:08.142	59.769
6		Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	59.782	—	59.782
7		Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	59.873	—	59.873
8		Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	59.990	1:04.774	59.990
9		Timo Glock (R)	Rocketsports Racing	1:00.121	8:09.776	1:00.121
10		Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:00.462	1:02.799	1:00.462
11		Björn Wirdheim (R)	HVM Racing	1:00.569	9:11.405	1:00.569
12		Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:00.777	1:04.065	1:00.777
13		Ricardo Sperafico (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	1:00.884	1:03.512	1:00.884
14		Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	1:00.916	1:03.593	1:00.916
15		Andrew Ranger (R)	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:01.271	1:03.698	1:01.271
16		Ronnie Bremer (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	1:01.349	1:02.184	1:01.349
17		Alex Sperafico	HVM Racing	1:01.984	1:06.247	1:01.984
18		Marcus Marshall (R)	Team Australia	1:03.811	1:03.823	1:03.811

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	88	1:38:55.730	10	32
2	2	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	88	+0.596 secs	4	28
3	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	88	+1.335 secs	3	26
4	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	88	+1.615 secs	2	24
5	7	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	88	+12.042 secs	8	21
6	19	Ronnie Bremer (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	88	+12.397 secs	16	20
7	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	87	+ 1 Lap	6	17
8	5	Marcus Marshall (R)	Team Australia	87	+ 1 Lap	18	15
9	34	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	87	+ 1 Lap	12	13
10	11	Ricardo Sperafico (R)	Dale Coyne Racing	87	+ 1 Lap	13	11
11	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	86	+ 2 Laps	7	10
12	55	Alex Sperafico	HVM Racing	86	+ 2 Laps	17	9
13	8	Timo Glock (R)	Rocketsports Racing	83	Contact	9	8
14	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	80	Contact	1	11
15	4	Björn Wirdheim (R)	HVM Racing	74	Contact	11	6
16	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	51	Out of fuel	14	5
17	21	Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	7	Suspension	5	4
18	27	Andrew Ranger (R)	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	3	Suspension	15	3

Caution flags

Laps	Cause
26-29	Vasser (12) off course
30	Tracy (3) improper restart procedure
76-79	Wirdheim (4) contact

Notes

Laps Leader 1-18 A. J. Allmendinger 19-48 Paul Tracy 49-52 Justin Wilson 53-57 A. J. Allmendinger 58-59 Oriol Servià 60-62 Sébastien Bourdais 63-79 A. J. Allmendinger 80-88 Sébastien Bourdais

Driver Laps led A. J. Allmendinger 40 Paul Tracy 30 Sébastien Bourdais 12 Justin Wilson 4 Oriol Servià 2

• New Track Record A. J. Allmendinger 58.628 (Qualification Session #1)
• New Race Lap Record A. J. Allmendinger 59.900
• New Race Record Sébastien Bourdais 1:38:55.730
• Average Speed 105.302 mph

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Sébastien Bourdais	182
	2	Paul Tracy	161
	3	Justin Wilson	152
1	4	Oriol Servià	135
1	5	A. J. Allmendinger	122

• Note: Only the top five positions are included.