Round 14 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2005-08-21
Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) took pole for the 2005 Turkish Grand Prix with a 1:26.797 lap.
Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) joined the front row, 0.242s shy of pole, with Fernando Alonso (Renault) third on the grid. Christian Klien (Red Bull) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) missed the cut by 0.406s.
Q3 was settled inside 2.166s — pole to P10 — with Christian Klien (Red Bull) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:26.797 | — | — | 1:26.797 |
| 2 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:27.039 | — | — | +0.242 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:27.050 | — | — | +0.253 |
| Juan Pablo Montoya |
| McLaren |
| 1:27.352 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.555 |
| 5 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:27.501 | — | — | +0.704 |
| 6 | Nick Heidfeld | Williams | 1:27.929 | — | — | +1.132 |
| 7 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:27.944 | — | — | +1.147 |
| 8 | 19Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:28.419 | — | — | +1.622 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:28.594 | — | — | +1.797 |
| 10 | Christian Klien | Red Bull | 1:28.963 | — | — | +2.166 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:29.369 | — | — | +2.572 |
| 12 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:29.764 | — | — | +2.967 |
| 13 | 22Jenson Button | BAR | 1:30.063 | — | — | +3.266 |
| 14 | Takuma Sato | BAR | 1:30.175 | — | — | +3.378 |
| 15 | Tiago Monteiro | Jordan | 1:30.710 | — | — | +3.913 |
| 16 | Christijan Albers | Minardi | 1:32.186 | — | — | +5.389 |
| 17 | Robert Doornbos | Minardi | — | — | — | — |
| 18 | Jacques Villeneuve | Sauber | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Narain Karthikeyan | Jordan | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | — | — | — | — |