2005 Belgian Grand Prix

Before the race, Renault were leading the Constructors' Championship with 144 points and McLaren were second with 136 points, with Ferrari third on 58 points. In the World Drivers' Championship, Renault driver Fernando Alonso was leading with 103 points; Kimi Räikkönen was second on 76 points, 27 points behind Alonso. Behind Alonso and Räikkönen in the Drivers' Championship, Michael Schumacher was third on 55 points in a Ferrari, with Juan Pablo Montoya and Jarno Trulli on 50 and 43 points respectively.[2]

Four practice sessions were held before the Sunday race—two on Friday from 11:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 15:00 local time, with the final two sessions held on Saturday morning between 09:00 to 09:45 and 10:15 to 11:00.[3]

Saturday's afternoon qualifying session took place as a one-lap session held between 13:00 and 14:00. Drivers went out one at a time in the reverse order of their finishing positions at the previous race. The cars ran on the fuel that would be used for the Sunday race.[3]

Giancarlo Fisichella started the race from 13th place – the result of a ten-place grid penalty given for an engine change between final practice and qualifying on the Saturday.[4]

Kimi Räikkönen won the race for the second consecutive year for McLaren.

The race took place in the afternoon from 14:00 local time. On lap 14, Takuma Sato hit Michael Schumacher's car from behind, causing both to retire.[4] Antônio Pizzonia crashed into Juan Pablo Montoya—in second position at the time—shortly before the finish of the race.[4] Jacques Villeneuve was able to finish sixth by virtue of a one-stop pit strategy, while other drivers stopped as many as five times.

This race saw the Jordan team score their final point, courtesy of Tiago Monteiro, while the BAR team achieved their last podium finish through Jenson Button. Also, Ralf Schumacher scored his last, and Toyota's first, fastest lap.

The race stewards ruled that Sato had caused the collision with Schumacher, and he would consequently drop ten places on the grid for the next Grand Prix in Brazil. They also fined Pizzonia $8,000 for his collision with Montoya.[5]

Unusually, McLaren did not send a representative to the podium to collect the constructors' trophy, so, Räikkönen accepted it on behalf of the team.[6]

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	44	1:30:01.295	2	10
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Renault	44	+ 28.394	4	8
3	3	Jenson Button	BAR-Honda	44	+ 32.077	8	6
4	7	Mark Webber	Williams-BMW	44	+ 1:09.167	9	5
5	2	Rubens Barrichello	Ferrari	44	+ 1:18.136	12	4
6	11	Jacques Villeneuve	Sauber-Petronas	44	+ 1:27.435	14	3
7	17	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	44	+ 1:27.574	5	2
8	18	Tiago Monteiro	Jordan-Toyota	43	+ 1 Lap	19	1
9	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Cosworth	43	+ 1 Lap	16
10	12	Felipe Massa	Sauber-Petronas	43	+ 1 Lap	7
11	19	Narain Karthikeyan	Jordan-Toyota	43	+ 1 Lap	20
12	21	Christijan Albers	Minardi-Cosworth	42	+ 2 Laps	PL
13	20	Robert Doornbos	Minardi-Cosworth	41	+ 3 Laps	PL
14	10	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	40	Collision	1
15	8	Antônio Pizzonia	Williams-BMW	39	Collision	15
Ret	16	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	34	Accident	3
Ret	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Cosworth	18	Engine	11
Ret	1	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	13	Collision	6
Ret	4	Takuma Sato	BAR-Honda	13	Collision	10
Ret	6	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	10	Accident	13
Source:[8]

• Doornbos and Albers started the race from the pitlane.