Round 4 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2005-04-24
Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) took pole for the 2005 San Marino Grand Prix with a 1:22.994 lap.
Fernando Alonso (Renault) joined the front row, 0.558s shy of pole, with Jenson Button (BAR) third on the grid. Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Ralf Schumacher (Toyota) missed the cut by 0.071s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.357s — pole to P10 — with Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:19.886 | 1:22.994 | — | 1:22.994 |
| 2 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:19.889 | 1:23.552 | — | +0.558 |
| 3 | 22Jenson Button | BAR | 1:20.464 | 1:23.641 | — | +0.647 |
| 4 |
| Mark Webber |
| Williams |
| 1:20.442 |
| 1:24.069 |
| — |
| +1.075 |
| 5 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:20.492 | 1:24.026 | — | +1.032 |
| 6 | Takuma Sato | BAR | 1:20.851 | 1:23.807 | — | +0.813 |
| 7 | Alexander Wurz | McLaren | 1:20.632 | 1:24.057 | — | +1.063 |
| 8 | 19Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:20.593 | 1:24.337 | — | +1.343 |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Williams | 1:20.807 | 1:24.389 | — | +1.395 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:20.892 | 1:24.351 | — | +1.357 |
| 11 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:20.994 | 1:24.422 | — | +1.428 |
| 12 | Jacques Villeneuve | Sauber | 1:20.999 | 1:25.260 | — | +2.266 |
| 13 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:21.708 | 1:25.002 | — | +2.008 |
| 14 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:20.260 | 1:26.984 | — | +3.990 |
| 15 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:21.632 | 1:26.438 | — | +3.444 |
| 16 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Red Bull | 1:21.804 | 1:26.351 | — | +3.357 |
| 17 | Narain Karthikeyan | Jordan | 1:23.123 | 1:28.976 | — | +5.982 |
| 18 | Tiago Monteiro | Jordan | 1:25.100 | 1:29.152 | — | +6.158 |
| 19 | Patrick Friesacher | Minardi | 1:26.484 | 1:30.564 | — | +7.570 |
| 20 | Christijan Albers | Minardi | 1:25.921 | — | — | +2.927 |