Drivers and Constructors
The following teams and drivers were competitors in the 2005 FIA Formula One World Championship.
| Entrant | Constructor | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | No | Driver | Rounds | No | Third driver | Test driver(s) |
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| Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari | F2004M F2005 |
Ferrari 053 Ferrari 055 |
B | 1 | Michael Schumacher | All | n/a | Luca Badoer Marc Gené |
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| 2 | Rubens Barrichello | All | ||||||||
| Lucky Strike BAR Honda | BAR-Honda | 007 | Honda RA005E | M | 3 | Jenson Button | 1–4, 7–19 | n/a | Anthony Davidson Enrique Bernoldi Adam Carroll Tony Kanaan Alan van der Merwe |
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| 4 | Takuma Sato1 | 1, 3–4, 7–19 | ||||||||
| Anthony Davidson | 2 | |||||||||
| Mild Seven Renault F1 Team | Renault | R25 | Renault RS25 | M | 5 | Fernando Alonso | All | n/a | Franck Montagny Lucas di Grassi Robert Kubica Giorgio Mondini |
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| 6 | Giancarlo Fisichella | All | ||||||||
| BMW WilliamsF1 Team | Williams-BMW | FW27 | BMW P84/5 | M | 7 | Mark Webber | All | n/a | Antônio Pizzonia Nico Rosberg Andy Priaulx Sebastian Vettel |
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| 8 | Nick Heidfeld | 1–14 | ||||||||
| Antônio Pizzonia | 15–19 | |||||||||
| West McLaren Mercedes Team McLaren Mercedes 10 |
McLaren-Mercedes | MP4-20 | Mercedes FO110R | M | 9 | Kimi Räikkönen | All | 35 | Pedro de la Rosa Alexander Wurz |
Pedro de la Rosa Alexander Wurz Gary Paffett |
| 10 | Juan Pablo Montoya2 | 1–2, 5–19 | ||||||||
| Pedro de la Rosa | 3 | |||||||||
| Alexander Wurz | 4 | |||||||||
| Sauber Petronas | Sauber-Petronas | C24 | Petronas 05A | M | 11 | Jacques Villeneuve | All | none | none | |
| 12 | Felipe Massa | All | ||||||||
| Red Bull Racing | Red Bull-Cosworth | RB1 | Cosworth TJ2005 | M | 14 | David Coulthard | All | 37 | Vitantonio Liuzzi Christian Klien Scott Speed |
Scott Speed Neel Jani |
| 15 | Christian Klien3 | 1–3, 8–19 | ||||||||
| Vitantonio Liuzzi | 4–7 | |||||||||
| Panasonic Toyota Racing | Toyota | TF105 TF105B |
Toyota RVX-05 | M | 16 | Jarno Trulli | All | 38 | Ricardo Zonta Olivier Panis |
Olivier Panis Ryan Briscoe Franck Perera Borja García |
| 17 | Ralf Schumacher | 1–8, 10–19 | ||||||||
| Ricardo Zonta | 9 | |||||||||
| Jordan Grand Prix | Jordan-Toyota | EJ15 EJ15B |
Toyota RVX-05 | B | 18 | Tiago Monteiro | All | 39 | Robert Doornbos Franck Montagny Nicolas Kiesa Sakon Yamamoto |
Nicky Pastorelli Mario Domínguez |
| 19 | Narain Karthikeyan | All | ||||||||
| Minardi F1 Team | Minardi-Cosworth | PS04B PS05 |
Cosworth CK2004 Cosworth TJ2005 |
B | 20 | Patrick Friesacher | 1–11 | 40 | Chanoch Nissany7 Enrico Toccacelo8 |
Chanoch Nissany Juan Cáceres Roldán Rodríguez |
| Robert Doornbos5 | 12–19 | |||||||||
| 21 | Christijan Albers | All |
All engines were 3.0 litre, V10 configuration.
- Anthony Davidson (BAR) raced in Malaysia for an ill Takuma Sato (fever, flu).
- Pedro de la Rosa (McLaren) raced in Bahrain for an injured Juan Pablo Montoya (non-racing shoulder injury); Alexander Wurz was third driver in place of de la Rosa. For the 2005 San Marino Grand Prix, de la Rosa and Wurz swapped roles.
- Vitantonio Liuzzi and Christian Klien were both contracted to Red Bull Racing to participate in at least three races, and agreed to share their race seat for the season. Klien drove in the first three races; Liuzzi replaced him for the San Marino, Spanish, Monaco, and European Grands Prix; Klien returned again for the Canadian GP, and completed the remainder of the races for the season.
- Robert Doornbos was Jordan's third driver for 9 of the first 11 races of the season. Franck Montagny replaced him at the European Grand Prix, Jordan were banned from using a third car at the Canadian Grand Prix after using too many tyres at the previous race. Nicolas Kiesa replaced Doornbos for the German Grand Prix onwards.
- Patrick Friesacher was replaced at Minardi by Robert Doornbos for the 2005 German Grand Prix and beyond due to sponsorship issues.
- No Michelin-shod cars participated in the U.S. Grand Prix for safety reasons, leaving just six cars on the grid at the start of the race.
- Chanoch Nissany became Minardi's third driver for the Hungarian Grand Prix.
- Enrico Toccacelo replaced Chanoch Nissany as Minardi's third driver for the Turkish Grand Prix.
- Antônio Pizzonia replaced Nick Heidfeld at Williams for the Italian Grand Prix after Heidfeld decided to withdraw after complaining of a severe headache. Earlier in the week, he crashed heavily during a test session at Monza. Pizzonia replaced Heidfeld again for the remaining three races of the season after Heidfeld had a motorcycle accident.
- At the Hungarian Grand Prix, West McLaren Mercedes became Team McLaren Mercedes.
- 2005 was the final year of the 3 litre V10 engine formula.
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