Round 15 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2005-09-04
Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) took pole for the 2005 Italian Grand Prix with a 1:20.878 lap.
Juan Pablo Montoya (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.176s shy of pole, with Fernando Alonso (Renault) third on the grid. Ralf Schumacher (Toyota) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while David Coulthard (Red Bull) missed the cut by 0.038s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.388s — pole to P10 — with Ralf Schumacher (Toyota) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:20.878 | — | — | 1:20.878 |
| 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren | 1:21.054 | — | — | +0.176 |
| 3 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:21.319 | — | — | +0.441 |
| 22Jenson Button |
| BAR |
| 1:21.369 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.491 |
| 5 | Takuma Sato | BAR | 1:21.477 | — | — | +0.599 |
| 6 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:21.640 | — | — | +0.762 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:21.721 | — | — | +0.843 |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:21.962 | — | — | +1.084 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:22.068 | — | — | +1.190 |
| 10 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:22.266 | — | — | +1.388 |
| 11 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:22.304 | — | — | +1.426 |
| 12 | Jacques Villeneuve | Sauber | 1:22.356 | — | — | +1.478 |
| 13 | Christian Klien | Red Bull | 1:22.532 | — | — | +1.654 |
| 14 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:22.560 | — | — | +1.682 |
| 15 | 19Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:23.060 | — | — | +2.182 |
| 16 | Antônio Pizzonia | Williams | 1:23.291 | — | — | +2.413 |
| 17 | Tiago Monteiro | Jordan | 1:24.666 | — | — | +3.788 |
| 18 | Robert Doornbos | Minardi | 1:24.904 | — | — | +4.026 |
| 19 | Narain Karthikeyan | Jordan | 1:25.859 | — | — | +4.981 |
| 20 | Christijan Albers | Minardi | 1:26.964 | — | — | +6.086 |