2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver

2005 Denver
Race details
	Race 9 of 13 in the 2005 Champ Car season
Date	August 14, 2005
Official name	Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver presented by PacifiCare
Location	Streets of Denver; Denver, Colorado, United States
Course	Temporary Street Course; 1.657 mi / 2.667 km
Distance	97 laps; 160.729 mi / 258.699 km
Weather	Mostly cloudy with temperatures reaching up to 69.1 °F (20.6 °C); wind speeds approaching 21 miles per hour (34 km/h)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Paul Tracy (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Time	59.432
Fastest lap
Driver	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Time	1:00.574 (on lap 81 of 97)
Podium
First	Sébastien Bourdais (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Mario Domínguez (Forsythe Championship Racing)
Third	A. J. Allmendinger (RuSPORT)

The 2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver was the ninth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on August 14, 2005 on the streets of Denver, Colorado near the Pepsi Center. Paul Tracy sat on the pole and Sébastien Bourdais won the race.

Qualifying results

Pos	Name	Team	Qual 1	Qual 2	Best
1	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	59.759	59.432	59.432
2	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	1:00.347	59.541	59.541
3	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	1:00.213	59.644	59.644
4	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	1:00.612	59.938	59.938
5	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	1:00.697	59.962	59.962
6	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	1:01.389	59.995	59.995
7	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	1:01.257	1:00.156	1:00.156
8	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	1:01.043	1:00.331	1:00.331
9	Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	1:01.214	1:00.493	1:00.493
10	Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	1:00.957	1:00.529	1:00.529
11	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:02.235	1:00.704	1:00.704
12	Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	1:01.745	1:00.732	1:00.732
13	Rodolfo Lavín	HVM Racing	1:01.029	1:00.766	1:00.766
14	Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	1:00.980	1:00.863	1:00.863
15	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	1:01.434	1:00.915	1:00.915
16	Ronnie Bremer	Dale Coyne Racing	1:01.630	1:01.093	1:01.093
17	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	1:01.342	1:01.438	1:01.342
18	Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	1:02.651	1:02.064	1:02.064

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Sébastien Bourdais	Newman/Haas Racing	97	1:49:45.135	2	33
2	7	Mario Domínguez	Forsythe Racing	97	+15.269 secs	3	27
3	10	A. J. Allmendinger	RuSPORT	97	+17.207 secs	4	25
4	2	Oriol Servià	Newman/Haas Racing	97	+35.775 secs	8	23
5	55	Rodolfo Lavín	HVM Racing	97	+37.629 secs	13	21
6	31	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Rocketsports Racing	97	+43.237 secs	17	20
7	19	Ronnie Bremer	Dale Coyne Racing	97	+47.487 secs	16	17
8	11	Ricardo Sperafico	Dale Coyne Racing	97	+52.470 secs	12	15
9	34	Nelson Philippe	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	97	+1:02.902	15	13
10	27	Andrew Ranger	Mi-Jack Conquest Racing	96	+ 1 Lap	11	11
11	4	Björn Wirdheim	HVM Racing	96	+ 1 Lap	14	10
12	5	Marcus Marshall	Team Australia	94	+ 3 Laps	18	9
13	8	Timo Glock	Rocketsports Racing	88	Gearbox	10	8
14	15	Alex Tagliani	Team Australia	82	+ 15 Laps	7	7
15	12	Jimmy Vasser	PKV Racing	65	In pits	6	6
16	3	Paul Tracy	Forsythe Racing	62	Contact	1	8
17	9	Justin Wilson	RuSPORT	0	Contact	5	4
18	21	Cristiano da Matta	PKV Racing	0	Contact	9	3

Laps	Cause
1-5	da Matta (21), Wilson (9), Tagliani (15) & Vasser (12) contact
63-69	Tracy (3) contact

Driver	Laps led
Paul Tracy	59
Sébastien Bourdais	38

Previous race: 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose	Champ Car World Series 2005 season	Next race: 2005 Molson Indy Montreal

Previous race: 2004 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver	2005 Centrix Financial Grand Prix of Denver	Next race: 2006 Grand Prix of Denver

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