2005 Lexmark Indy 300
# 2005 Lexmark Indy 300

The 2005 Lexmark Indy 300 was the twelfth and penultimate round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on 22 October 2005 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Queensland, Australia. Sébastien Bourdais won the race and also clinched his second consecutive Champ Car championship. Oriol Servià earned his first and to date only pole position in his career. The race also marked the final career podium for 1996 CART champion Jimmy Vasser, who finished third running for his co-owned team PKV Racing.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Qual 1 | Qual 2 | Best |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oriol Servià | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:47.872 | 1:32.616 | 1:32.616 |
| 2 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 1:45.739 | 1:33.211 | 1:33.211 |
| 3 | Mario Domínguez | Forsythe Racing | 1:48.865 | 1:32.667 | 1:32.667 |
| 4 | Cristiano da Matta | PKV Racing | 1:48.346 | 1:32.753 | 1:32.753 |
| 5 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 1:46.920 | 1:32.976 | 1:32.976 |
| 6 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 1:49.257 | 1:33.250 | 1:33.250 |
| 7 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 1:49.922 | 1:33.360 | 1:33.360 |
| 8 | Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 1:48.792 | 1:33.703 | 1:33.703 |
| 9 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 1:46.010 | 1:34.137 | 1:34.137 |
| 10 | Timo Glock | Rocketsports Racing | 1:51.479 | 1:34.554 | 1:34.554 |
| 11 | Will Power | Team Australia | 1:50.777 | 1:34.599 | 1:34.599 |
| 12 | Rodolfo Lavín | CTE Racing – HVM | 1:49.623 | 1:34.780 | 1:34.780 |
| 13 | Marcus Marshall | Team Australia | 1:49.142 | 1:34.854 | 1:34.854 |
| 14 | Nelson Philippe | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:47.321 | 1:34.937 | 1:34.937 |
| 15 | Ronnie Bremer | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:50.006 | 1:35.406 | 1:35.406 |
| 16 | Michael McDowell | Rocketsports Racing | 1:49.870 | 1:35.415 | 1:35.415 |
| 17 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 1:51.337 | 1:35.645 | 1:35.645 |
| 18 | Ricardo Sperafico | Dale Coyne Racing | 1:48.355 | 1:35.711 | 1:35.711 |
| 19 | Fabrizio del Monte | CTE Racing – HVM | 1:50.702 | 1:36.268 | 1:36.268 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 57 | 1:39:26.671 | 2 | 34 |
| 2 | 10 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 57 | +9.130 secs | 6 | 27 |
| 3 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 57 | +31.852 secs | 8 | 25 |
| 4 | 15 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 57 | +36.420 secs | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | 2 | Oriol Servià | Newman/Haas Racing | 57 | +43.968 secs | 1 | 22 |
| 6 | 8 | Timo Glock | Rocketsports Racing | 57 | +45.616 secs | 10 | 19 |
| 7 | 9 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 57 | +59.630 secs | 7 | 17 |
| 8 | 19 | Ronnie Bremer | Dale Coyne Racing | 57 | +65.852 secs | 15 | 15 |
| 9 | 11 | Ricardo Sperafico | Dale Coyne Racing | 57 | +76.292 secs | 18 | 14 |
| 10 | 27 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 57 | +93.488 secs | 17 | 11 |
| 11 | 5 | Marcus Marshall | Team Australia | 56 | + 1 Lap | 13 | 10 |
| 12 | 31 | Michael McDowell | Rocketsports Racing | 56 | + 1 Lap | 16 | 9 |
| 13 | 55 | Rodolfo Lavín | CTE Racing – HVM | 53 | + 4 Laps | 12 | 8 |
| 14 | 34 | Nelson Philippe | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 47 | Off course | 14 | 7 |
| 15 | 25 | Will Power | Team Australia | 29 | Contact | 11 | 6 |
| 16 | 4 | Fabrizio del Monte | CTE Racing – HVM | 28 | Contact | 19 | 5 |
| 17 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 24 | Gearbox | 5 | 5 |
| 18 | 7 | Mario Domínguez | Forsythe Racing | 1 | Contact | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | 21 | Cristiano da Matta | PKV Racing | 0 | Contact | 4 | 2 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| - | - |
| 1–3 | Servià (2), da Matta (21), Domínguez (7) contact |
| 29–32 | Power (25) contact; del Monte (4) contact |
