Pit Lane F1
Round 19 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2005-10-16
Fernando Alonso (Renault) took pole for the 2005 Chinese Grand Prix with a 1:34.080 lap.
Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) joined the front row, 0.321s shy of pole, with Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) third on the grid. Mark Webber (Williams) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Felipe Massa (Sauber) missed the cut by 0.159s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.659s — pole to P10 — with Mark Webber (Williams) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:34.080 | — | — | 1:34.080 |
| 2 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:34.401 | — | — | +0.321 |
| 3 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:34.488 | — | — | +0.408 |
| 22Jenson Button |
| BAR |
| 1:34.801 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.721 |
| 5 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren | 1:35.188 | — | — | +1.108 |
| 6 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:35.301 | — | — | +1.221 |
| 7 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:35.428 | — | — | +1.348 |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:35.610 | — | — | +1.530 |
| 9 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:35.723 | — | — | +1.643 |
| 10 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:35.739 | — | — | +1.659 |
| 11 | 19Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:35.898 | — | — | +1.818 |
| 12 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:36.044 | — | — | +1.964 |
| 13 | Antônio Pizzonia | Williams | 1:36.445 | — | — | +2.365 |
| 14 | Christian Klien | Red Bull | 1:36.472 | — | — | +2.392 |
| 15 | Narain Karthikeyan | Jordan | 1:36.707 | — | — | +2.627 |
| 16 | Jacques Villeneuve | Sauber | 1:36.788 | — | — | +2.708 |
| 17 | Takuma Sato | BAR | 1:37.083 | — | — | +3.003 |
| 18 | Christijan Albers | Minardi | 1:39.105 | — | — | +5.025 |
| 19 | Tiago Monteiro | Jordan | 1:39.233 | — | — | +5.153 |
| 20 | Robert Doornbos | Minardi | 1:39.460 | — | — | +5.380 |