2005 Lexmark Indy 300

2005 Surfers Paradise
Race details
Race 12 of 13 in the 2005 Champ Car season
	Track map of the Surfers Paradise street circuit at Surfers Paradise, Australia.
Date	22 October, 2005
Official name	2005 Lexmark Indy 300
Location	Surfers Paradise Street Circuit; Queensland, Australia
Course	Temporary Street Circuit; 2.795 mi / 4.498 km
Distance	57 laps; 159.315 mi / 256.386 km
Weather	Warm with temperatures reaching up to 31.8 °C (89.2 °F)
Pole position
Driver	Oriol Servià (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:32.616
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:32.063 (on lap 39 of 57)
Podium
First	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	A. J. Allmendinger (RuSPORT)
Third	Jimmy Vasser (PKV Racing)

The 2005 Lexmark Indy 300 was the twelfth and penultimate round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on 22 October 2005 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Queensland, Australia. Sébastien Bourdais won the race and also clinched his second consecutive Champ Car championship. Oriol Servià earned his first and to date only pole position in his career. The race also marked the final career podium for 1996 CART champion Jimmy Vasser, who finished third running for his co-owned team PKV Racing.

Qualifying results

Pos	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	1:47.872	1:32.616	1:32.616
2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:45.739	1:33.211	1:33.211
3	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	1:48.865	1:32.667	1:32.667
4	Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	1:48.346	1:32.753	1:32.753
5	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	1:46.920	1:32.976	1:32.976
6	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	1:49.257	1:33.250	1:33.250
7	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	1:49.922	1:33.360	1:33.360
8	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	1:48.792	1:33.703	1:33.703
9	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:46.010	1:34.137	1:34.137
10	Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	1:51.479	1:34.554	1:34.554
11	Will Power	Team Australia	1:50.777	1:34.599	1:34.599
12	Rodolfo Lavín	CTE Racing – HVM	1:49.623	1:34.780	1:34.780
13	Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	1:49.142	1:34.854	1:34.854
14	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:47.321	1:34.937	1:34.937
15	Ronnie Bremer	Dale Coyne Racing	1:50.006	1:35.406	1:35.406
16	Michael McDowell	Rocketsports Racing	1:49.870	1:35.415	1:35.415
17	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:51.337	1:35.645	1:35.645
18	Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	1:48.355	1:35.711	1:35.711
19	Fabrizio del Monte	CTE Racing – HVM	1:50.702	1:36.268	1:36.268

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	57	1:39:26.671	2	34
2	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	57	+9.130 secs	6	27
3	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	57	+31.852 secs	8	25
4	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	57	+36.420 secs	9	23
5	2	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	57	+43.968 secs	1	22
6	8	Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	57	+45.616 secs	10	19
7	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	57	+59.630 secs	7	17
8	19	Ronnie Bremer	Dale Coyne Racing	57	+65.852 secs	15	15
9	11	Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	57	+76.292 secs	18	14
10	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	57	+93.488 secs	17	11
11	5	Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	56	+ 1 Lap	13	10
12	31	Michael McDowell	Rocketsports Racing	56	+ 1 Lap	16	9
13	55	Rodolfo Lavín	CTE Racing – HVM	53	+ 4 Laps	12	8
14	34	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	47	Off course	14	7
15	25	Will Power	Team Australia	29	Contact	11	6
16	4	Fabrizio del Monte	CTE Racing – HVM	28	Contact	19	5
17	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	24	Gearbox	5	5
18	7	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	1	Contact	3	3
19	21	Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	0	Contact	4	2

Laps	Cause
1–3	Servià (2), da Matta (21), Domínguez (7) contact
29–32	Power (25) contact; del Monte (4) contact

Laps	Leader
1–19	Paul Tracy
20–57	Sébastien Bourdais

Driver	Laps led
Sébastien Bourdais	38
Paul Tracy	19

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