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{{American Championshp Car race report infobox|
Country       = Canada|
Race          = Toronto|
Image         = Toronto, Ontario street circuit track map.svg|
Caption       = Exhibition Place track layout|
Date          = July 10|
Year          = 2005|
Official name = [[Honda Indy Toronto|Molson Indy Toronto]]|
Race_No       = 6|
Season_No     = 13|
Series        = Champ Car|
Location      = [[Exhibition Place]]<br />[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada|
Course        = Temporary Street Course|
Course_mi     = 1.755|
Course_km     = 2.824|
Distance_laps = 86|
Distance_mi   = 150.930|
Distance_km   = 242.864|
Weather       = Sunny with temperatures reaching up to {{convert|32|C|F}}; with temperatures dropping slightly to {{convert|25.7|C|F}} by the end of the event<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/ON/Toronto/2005-07-10 |title=''2005 Molson Indy Toronto'' weather information |publisher=Old Farmers' Almanac|accessdate=2013-10-13}}</ref>|
Pole_Driver   = [[Sébastien Bourdais]]|
Pole_Team     = [[Newman/Haas Racing]]|
Pole_Time     = 58.552|
Pole_Country  = France|
Fast_Driver   = [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]]|
Fast_Team     = [[RuSPORT]]|
Fast_Time     = 59.940|
Fast_Lap      = 79|
Fast_Country  = UK|
First_Driver  = [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]]|
First_Team    = [[RuSPORT]]|
First_Country = UK|
Second_Driver = [[Oriol Servià]]|
Second_Team   = [[Newman/Haas Racing]]|
Second_Country= Spain|
Third_Driver  = [[Alex Tagliani]]|
Third_Team    = [[Team Australia]]|
Third_Country = Canada|
}}

The '''[[Honda Indy Toronto|2005 Molson Indy Toronto]]''' was the sixth round of the [[2005 Champ Car season|2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season]], held on July 10, 2005 on the streets of [[Exhibition Place]] in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario, Canada]].  [[Sébastien Bourdais]] was the pole sitter and [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]] won the race.  It was the first American open wheel victory for the British driver.  Sébastien Bourdais took the season points lead by finishing fifth and would end up keeping the points lead for the remainder of the season.

==Qualifying results==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Pos
! Nat
! Name
! Team
! Qual 1
! Qual 2
! Best
|-
! 1
| {{flagicon|France}}
| [[Sébastien Bourdais]]
| [[Newman/Haas Racing]]
| 59.010
| 58.552
| '''58.552'''
|-
! 2
| {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[Paul Tracy]]
| [[Forsythe Championship Racing|Forsythe Racing]]
| 58.887
| 58.594
| '''58.594'''
|-
! 3
| {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]]
| [[RuSPORT]]
| 59.519
| 58.554
| '''58.554'''
|-
! 4
| {{flagicon|Spain}}
| [[Oriol Servià]]
| Newman/Haas Racing
| 1:00.013
| 58.795
| '''58.795'''
|-
! 5
| {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[Alex Tagliani]]
| [[Team Australia]]
| 59.248
| 58.821
| '''58.821'''
|-
! 6
| {{flagicon|Mexico}}
| [[Mario Domínguez]]
| Forsythe Racing
| 59.380
| 59.089
| '''59.089'''
|-
! 7
| {{flagicon|US}}
| [[Jimmy Vasser]]
| [[KV Racing Technology|PKV Racing]]
| 59.507
| 59.256
| '''59.256'''
|-
! 8
| {{flagicon|Brazil}}
| [[Cristiano da Matta]]
| PKV Racing
| 59.372
| 59.451
| '''59.372'''
|-
! 9
| {{flagicon|US}}
| [[A. J. Allmendinger]]
| RuSPORT
| 59.578
| 59.416
| '''59.416'''
|-
! 10
| {{flagicon|France}}
| [[Nelson Philippe]]
| [[Conquest Racing|Mi-Jack Conquest Racing]]
| 1:00.477
| 59.448
| '''59.448'''
|-
! 11
| {{flagicon|Canada}}
| [[Andrew Ranger]]
| Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
| 1:00.478
| 59.486
| '''59.486'''
|-
! 12
| {{flagicon|Sweden}}
| [[Björn Wirdheim]]
| [[HVM Racing]]
| 1:00.402
| 59.705
| '''59.705'''
|-
! 13
| {{flagicon|Brazil}}
| [[Ricardo Sperafico]]
| [[Dale Coyne Racing]]
| 1:00.687
| 59.961
| '''59.961'''
|-
! 14
| {{flagicon|Germany}}
| [[Timo Glock]]
| [[Rocketsports Racing]]
| 1:01.992
| 1:00.189
| '''1:00.189'''
|-
! 15
| {{flagicon|Brazil}}
| [[Alex Sperafico]]
| HVM Racing
| 1:00.686
| 1:00.336
| '''1:00.336'''
|-
! 16
| {{flagicon|UK}}
| [[Ryan Dalziel]]
| Dale Coyne Racing
| 1:00.877
| 1:00.436
| '''1:00.436'''
|-
! 17
| {{flagicon|USA}}
| [[Ryan Hunter-Reay]]
| Rocketsports Racing
| 1:00.783
| 1:00.591
| '''1:00.591'''
|-
! 18
| {{flagicon|Australia}}
| [[Marcus Marshall]]
| Team Australia
| 1:01.015
| 1:00.613
| '''1:00.613'''
|}

==Race==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! Pos !! No !! Driver !! Team !! Laps !! Time/Retired !! Grid !! Points
|-
! 1
| 9
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]]
| [[RuSPORT]]
| 86
| 1:46:10.177
| 3
| '''33'''
|-
! 2
| 2
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Oriol Servià]]
| [[Newman/Haas Racing]]
| 86
| +0.730 secs*
| 4
| '''28'''
|-
! 3
| 15
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Alex Tagliani]]
| [[Team Australia]]
| 86
| +1.695 secs
| 5
| '''25'''
|-
! 4
| 12
| {{flagicon|US}} [[Jimmy Vasser]]
| [[KV Racing Technology|PKV Racing]]
| 86
| +1.868 secs
| 7
| '''23'''
|-
! 5
| 1
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]]
| Newman/Haas Racing
| 86
| +2.558 secs
| 1
| '''23'''
|-
! 6
| 31
| {{flagicon|US}} [[Ryan Hunter-Reay]]
| [[Rocketsports Racing]]
| 86
| +3.234 secs
| 17
| '''20'''
|-
! 7
| 8
| {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Timo Glock]]
| Rocketsports Racing
| 86
| +4.698 secs
| 14
| '''17'''
|-
! 8
| 55
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Alex Sperafico]]
| [[HVM Racing]]
| 86
| +5.377 secs
| 15
| '''15'''
|-
! 9
| 19
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Ryan Dalziel]]
| [[Dale Coyne Racing]]
| 85
| + 1 Lap
| 16
| '''13'''
|-
! 10
| 34
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Nelson Philippe]]
| [[Conquest Racing|Mi-Jack Conquest Racing]]
| 85
| + 1 Lap
| 10
| '''11'''
|-
! 11
| 27
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Andrew Ranger]]
| Mi-Jack Conquest Racing
| 83
| Shut off
| 11
| '''10'''
|-
! 12
| 10
| {{flagicon|US}} [[A. J. Allmendinger]]
| RuSPORT
| 80
| Contact
| 9
| '''9'''
|-
! 13
| 7
| {{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mario Domínguez]]
| [[Forsythe Championship Racing|Forsythe Racing]]
| 80
| Contact
| 6
| '''8'''
|-
! 14
| 5
| {{flagicon|Australia}} [[Marcus Marshall]]
| Team Australia
| 65
| Contact
| 18
| '''7'''
|-
! 15
| 4
| {{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Björn Wirdheim]]
| HVM Racing
| 60
| Contact
| 12
| '''6'''
|-
! 16
| 3
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Paul Tracy]]
| Forsythe Racing
| 57
| Out of fuel
| 2
| '''7'''
|-
! 17
| 21
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Cristiano da Matta]]
| PKV Racing
| 56
| Contact
| 8
| '''4'''
|-
! 18
| 11
| {{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Ricardo Sperafico]]
| Dale Coyne Racing
| 55
| Contact
| 13
| '''3'''
|}

<nowiki>*</nowiki> Race finished under caution.

==Caution flags==
{| border=2 cellspacing=0
|-
!Laps !!Cause
|-
|57-61 || [[Cristiano da Matta|da Matta (21)]] & [[Ricardo Sperafico|R. Sperafico (11)]] contact
|-
|62-65 || [[Björn Wirdheim|Wirdheim (4)]] contact
|-
|66-71 || [[Marcus Marshall|Marshall (5)]], [[Nelson Philippe|Philippe (34)]] & [[Timo Glock|Glock (8)]] contact
|-
|81-86 || [[A. J. Allmendinger|Allmendinger (10)]] & [[Mario Domínguez|Domínguez (7)]] contact; [[Andrew Ranger|Ranger (27)]] stall
|}

==Notes==
{|
|valign="top"|

{| border=2 cellspacing=0
|-
!Laps !!Leader
|-
|1-34 || [[Sébastien Bourdais]]
|-
|35-56 || [[Paul Tracy]]
|-
|57-76 || [[Oriol Servià]]
|-
|77-86 || [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]]
|}
|width="50"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|

{| border=2 cellspacing=0
|-
!Driver !! Laps led
|-
|[[Sébastien Bourdais]] || 34
|-
|[[Paul Tracy]] || 22
|-
|[[Oriol Servià]] || 20
|-
|[[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]] || 10
|}
|}

* '''New Race Record''' [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]] 1:46:10.177
* '''Average Speed''' 85.296&nbsp;mph

==Championship standings after the race==
;Drivers' Championship standings
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
!
! Pos
! Driver
! Points 
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 1
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Sébastien Bourdais]]
| align="left"| 150
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 2
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Paul Tracy]]
| align="left"| 135
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 3
| {{flagicon|UK}} [[Justin Wilson (racing driver)|Justin Wilson]]
| align="left"| 128
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1downarrow red.svg|10px]] 1
|align="center"| 4
| {{flagicon|US}} [[A. J. Allmendinger]]
| align="left"| 111
|-
|align="left"| [[File:1uparrow green.svg|10px]] 2
|align="center"| 5
| {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Oriol Servià]]
| align="left"| 107
|}

* <small>'''Note''': Only the top five positions are included.</small>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060322155028/http://www.champcarworldseries.com/Results/ResultsIndex.asp?ID=535 Full Weekend Times & Results]
*[https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-toronto-friday-qualifying-times-1 Friday Qualifying Results]
*[https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/champcar-cart-toronto-saturday-qualifying-times-1 Saturday Qualifying Results]
*[http://www.champcarstats.com/races/200506.htm Race Box Score]

{{Champ Car World Series race report|
 Name_of_race = [[Honda Indy Toronto|2005 Molson Indy Toronto]] |
 Year_of_race = 2005 |
 Previous_race_in_season = [[2005 Grand Prix of Cleveland]] |
 Next_race_in_season = [[2005 West Edmonton Mall Grand Prix of Edmonton]] |
 Previous_year's_race = [[2004 Molson Indy Toronto]] |
 Next_year's_race = [[2006 Molson Grand Prix of Toronto]]
}}

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