2005 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 2005 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Years in motorsport

2005 in sports

  • Motorsport
  • Racquetball
  • Sailing
  • Skiing
  • Rugby league‎
  • Rugby union
  • Snooker
    • 2004–05
    • 2005–06
  • Squash
  • Table tennis
  • Tennis
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Weightlifting

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had own significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date Event Ref
31 December-16 January 27th Dakar Rally [1]
5–6 February 43rd 24 Hours of Daytona [2]
20 February 47th Daytona 500 [3]
7–8 May 33rd 24 Hours of Nurburgring [4]
22 May 63rd Monaco Grand Prix [5]
29 May 89th Indianapolis 500 [6]
28 May-10 June 87th Isle of Man TT [7]
12 June 15th Masters of Formula 3 [8]
18–19 June 73rd 24 Hours of Le Mans [9]
30–31 July 57th 24 Hours of Spa [10]
31 July 28th Suzuka 8 Hours [11]
9 October 47th Supercheap Auto 1000 [12]
20 November 52nd Macau Grand Prix [13]
3 December 18th Race of Champions [14]

Established championships/events
First race Championship Ref
23 April GP2 Series [15]

Deaths
Date Month Name Age Nationality Occupation Note Ref
13 February Maurice Trintignant 87 French Racing driver 24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1954). [16]
25 April John Love 80 Rhodesian Racing driver The first Rhodesian Formula One driver. 1962 British Saloon Car Championship winner. [17]
25 November Richard Burns 34 British Rally driver World Rally champion (2001). [18]
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See also

References
  1. "2005 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  2. "2005 Rolex 24 at Daytona". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  3. "2005 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  4. "8. Mai 2005: 33. ADAC Zurich 24h-Rennen". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  5. "2005 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  6. "2005 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  7. "TT 2005". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  8. "MARLBORO MASTERS OF FORMULA 3" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  9. "Le Mans Register - 2005". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  10. "Spa 24 Hours 2005 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  11. "Suzuka 8 Hours 2005 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
  12. "2005 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  13. "2005 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
  14. "2005 Paris". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
  15. Spurgeon, Brad (1 June 2005). "Formula One experiments with its minor league". The International Herald Tribune. p. 22.
  16. "Maurice Trintignant". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  17. "John Love". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  18. "Richard Burns". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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