Suzuka - 09-10-2005 - Kimi Raikkonen drove an excellent race starting from low down in 17th and still managing to win; passing Giancarlo Fischella on the final lap.
This win still did not keep Mclaren ahead of Renault in the constructor's championship as JP Montoya went out on lap one when he crashed into the tyre barrier after colliding with Jacques Villeneuve.
The ever-consistent Renaults came in 2nd and 3rd with Fisichella and Alonso, respectively.
Alonso, current world-champion with only 1 race left, managed to pass his predecessor twice in the race having started from 16th as the rain played with qualification yesterday. Despite already having become the youngest ever Formula One Champion he still only managed 6 wins against Raikkonen's 7 so far.
Kimi had this to say about his entertaining and hard-fought race: "It was a much more difficult win than any of my others but it's nicer when you really have to fight for it, it was one of the best for sure." team boss Ron Dennis was very impressed with his driver and showed it with his words:"You don't have anything left – it's your last chance. He's radioed in. How many laps to go? One lap. And he just did it, just phenomenal."
Montoya was not happy with Jacques Villeneuve saying, "He missed the chicane and then just started to go wider and wider and wider until he pushed me off the circuit.
After Belgium one would think Takuma Sato would have calmed himself down but instead he ended up being disqualified from the race after his incident with Toyota's Jarno Trulli in which he ended up being too aggressive and shunting him off. Jacques Villenevue was penalised 25 seconds for his incident with JP Montoya and this pushed him back to 12th position in the final race classifications. 
| Position |
Driver |
Team |
Country |
1. Kimi Raikkonen Mclaren-Mercedes Finland 2. Giancarlo Fisichella Renault Italy 3. Fernando Alonso Renault Spain 4. Mark Webber Williams-BMW Australia 5. Jenson Button BAR Britain 6. David Coulthard Red Bull Racing Britain 7. Michael Schumacher Ferrari Germany 8. Ralf Schumacher Toyota Germany 9. Christian Klien Red Bull Racing Austria 10. Felipe Massa Sauber Brazil 11. Rubens Barrichelo Ferrari Brazil 12. Jacques Villeneuve Sauber Canada 13. Tiago Monteiro Jordan Portugal 14. Robert Doornbos Minardi Netherlands 15. Narain Karthikeyan Jordan India 16. Christijan Albers Minardi Netherlands |