2005 Lexmark Indy 300

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	Nat	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Template:Flagicon	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	1:47.872	1:32.616	1:32.616
2	Template:Flagicon	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:45.739	1:33.211	1:33.211
3	Template:Flagicon	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	1:48.865	1:32.667	1:32.667
4	Template:Flagicon	Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	1:48.346	1:32.753	1:32.753
5	Template:Flagicon	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	1:46.920	1:32.976	1:32.976
6	Template:Flagicon	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	1:49.257	1:33.250	1:33.250
7	Template:Flagicon	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	1:49.922	1:33.360	1:33.360
8	Template:Flagicon	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	1:48.792	1:33.703	1:33.703
9	Template:Flagicon	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:46.010	1:34.137	1:34.137
10	Template:Flagicon	Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	1:51.479	1:34.554	1:34.554
11	Template:Flagicon	Will Power	Team Australia	1:50.777	1:34.599	1:34.599
12	Template:Flagicon	Rodolfo Lavín	CTE Racing – HVM	1:49.623	1:34.780	1:34.780
13	Template:Flagicon	Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	1:49.142	1:34.854	1:34.854
14	Template:Flagicon	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:47.321	1:34.937	1:34.937
15	Template:Flagicon	Ronnie Bremer	Dale Coyne Racing	1:50.006	1:35.406	1:35.406
16	Template:Flagicon	Michael McDowell	Rocketsports Racing	1:49.870	1:35.415	1:35.415
17	Template:Flagicon	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:51.337	1:35.645	1:35.645
18	Template:Flagicon	Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	1:48.355	1:35.711	1:35.711
19	Template:Flagicon	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	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	57	1:39:26.671	2	34
2	10	Template:Flagicon A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	57	+9.130 secs	6	27
3	12	Template:Flagicon Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	57	+31.852 secs	8	25
4	15	Template:Flagicon Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	57	+36.420 secs	9	23
5	2	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	57	+43.968 secs	1	22
6	8	Template:Flagicon Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	57	+45.616 secs	10	19
7	9	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	57	+59.630 secs	7	17
8	19	Template:Flagicon Ronnie Bremer	Dale Coyne Racing	57	+65.852 secs	15	15
9	11	Template:Flagicon Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	57	+76.292 secs	18	14
10	27	Template:Flagicon Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	57	+93.488 secs	17	11
11	5	Template:Flagicon Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	56	+ 1 Lap	13	10
12	31	Template:Flagicon Michael McDowell	Rocketsports Racing	56	+ 1 Lap	16	9
13	55	Template:Flagicon Rodolfo Lavín	CTE Racing – HVM	53	+ 4 Laps	12	8
14	34	Template:Flagicon Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	47	Off course	14	7
15	25	Template:Flagicon Will Power	Team Australia	29	Contact	11	6
16	4	Template:Flagicon Fabrizio del Monte	CTE Racing – HVM	28	Contact	19	5
17	3	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	24	Gearbox	5	5
18	7	Template:Flagicon Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	1	Contact	3	3
19	21	Template:Flagicon 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

	Pos	Driver	Points
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	1	Template:Flagicon Sébastien Bourdais	344
File:1rightarrow blue.svg	2	Template:Flagicon Oriol Servià	265
File:1uparrow green.svg 1	3	Template:Flagicon Justin Wilson	231
File:1downarrow red.svg 1	4	Template:Flagicon Paul Tracy	221
File:1uparrow green.svg 2	5	Template:Flagicon A. J. Allmendinger	199

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