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October 8-9, 2005
Grand Prix of Japan (Suzuka)

Raikkonen steals victory in Japan
Finn enjoys possibly his finest hour for McLaren

Pos
No
Driver
Team
Laps
Time/Retired
Grid
Points
1
9
Kimi Räikkönen
McLaren-Mercedes
53
1:29:02.212
17
10
2
6
Giancarlo Fisichella
Renault
53
+1.6 secs
3
8
3
5
Fernando Alonso
Renault
53
+17.4 secs
16
6
4
7
Mark Webber
Williams-BMW
53
+22.2 secs
7
5
5
3
Jenson Button
BAR-Honda
53
+29.5 secs
2
4
6
14
David Coulthard
Red Bull Racing
53
+31.6 secs
6
3
7
1
Michael Schumacher
Ferrari
53
+33.8 secs
14
2
8
17
Ralf Schumacher
Toyota
53
+49.5 secs
1
1
9
15
Christian Klien
Red Bull Racing
53
+51.9 secs
4
10
12
Felipe Massa
Sauber-Petronas
53
+57.5 secs
10
11
2
Rubens Barrichello
Ferrari
53
+60.6 secs
9
12
11
Jacques Villeneuve
Sauber-Petronas
53
+83.2 secs
8
13
18
Tiago Monteiro
Jordan-Toyota
52
+1 Lap
20
14
20
Robert Doornbos
Minardi-Cosworth
51
+2 Laps
15
15
19
Narain Karthikeyan
Jordan-Toyota
51
+2 Lap
11
16
21
Christijan Albers
Minardi-Cosworth
49
+4 Laps
13
DSQ
4
Takuma Sato
BAR-Honda
52
+1 Lap
5
Ret
8
Antonio Pizzonia
Williams-BMW
9
Spin
12
Ret
16
Jarno Trulli
Toyota
9
Accident
19
Ret
10
Juan Pablo Montoya
McLaren-Mercedes
0
Accident
18

Fastest Lap: Kimi Räikkönen 1:31.540

Notes: Takuma Sato disqualified for causing collision with Jarno Trulli. 25 seconds added to Jacques Villeneuve's race time for forcing Juan Pablo Montoya off track.

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