# 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose

The 2005 Taylor Woodrow Grand Prix of San Jose was the eighth round of the 2005 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford season, held on July 31, 2005 on the streets of San Jose, California. Sébastien Bourdais swept both the pole and the race win. The race was notable for the large bump on the main straight where a light rail track crossed the course, the bump being large enough to cause the cars to catch air.

## Qualifying results

Because of circuit construction issues on Friday, the Qualification 1 session was canceled. Only times from Saturday's Qualification 2 session were used to set the grid for the race.
| Pos | Name | Team | Time |
| 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 54.243 |
| 2 | Oriol Servià | Newman/Haas Racing | 54.305 |
| 3 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 54.570 |
| 4 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 54.604 |
| 5 | Mario Domínguez | Forsythe Racing | 54.654 |
| 6 | Nelson Philippe | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 54.878 |
| 7 | Timo Glock | Rocketsports Racing | 54.895 |
| 8 | Björn Wirdheim | HVM Racing | 55.054 |
| 9 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 55.093 |
| 10 | Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 55.414 |
| 11 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 55.434 |
| 12 | Rodolfo Lavín | HVM Racing | 55.449 |
| 13 | Cristiano da Matta | PKV Racing | 55.773 |
| 14 | Ricardo Sperafico | Dale Coyne Racing | 55.972 |
| 15 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Rocketsports Racing | 56.019 |
| 16 | Ronnie Bremer | Dale Coyne Racing | 56.452 |
| 17 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 56.616 |
| 18 | Marcus Marshall | Team Australia | 57.687 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 1 | Sébastien Bourdais | Newman/Haas Racing | 93 | 1:45:42.889 | 1 | 34 |
| 2 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Forsythe Racing | 93 | +3.724 secs | 3 | 27 |
| 3 | 2 | Oriol Servià | Newman/Haas Racing | 93 | +10.383 secs | 2 | 25 |
| 4 | 9 | Justin Wilson | RuSPORT | 93 | +11.323 secs | 9 | 23 |
| 5 | 7 | Mario Domínguez | Forsythe Racing | 93 | +11.917 secs | 5 | 21 |
| 6 | 8 | Timo Glock | Rocketsports Racing | 93 | +15.260 secs | 7 | 19 |
| 7 | 19 | Ronnie Bremer | Dale Coyne Racing | 93 | +16.391 secs | 16 | 19 |
| 8 | 4 | Björn Wirdheim | HVM Racing | 93 | +19.443 secs | 8 | 16 |
| 9 | 15 | Alex Tagliani | Team Australia | 89 | + 4 Laps | 17 | 13 |
| 10 | 21 | Cristiano da Matta | PKV Racing | 77 | Contact | 13 | 11 |
| 11 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | PKV Racing | 60 | Suspension | 10 | 10 |
| 12 | 5 | Marcus Marshall | Team Australia | 52 | Mechanical | 18 | 9 |
| 13 | 55 | Rodolfo Lavín | HVM Racing | 40 | Contact | 12 | 8 |
| 14 | 31 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Rocketsports Racing | 36 | Suspension | 15 | 7 |
| 15 | 34 | Nelson Philippe | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 20 | Oil pressure | 6 | 6 |
| 16 | 27 | Andrew Ranger | Mi-Jack Conquest Racing | 13 | Contact | 11 | 5 |
| 17 | 10 | A. J. Allmendinger | RuSPORT | 12 | Contact | 4 | 4 |
| 18 | 11 | Ricardo Sperafico | Dale Coyne Racing | 0 | Contact | 14 | 3 |

## Caution flags

| Laps | Cause |
| 2-5 | Sperafico (11) contact |
| 26-33 | Debris |
| 58-65 | Hunter-Reay (31) stopped on course |
| 66 | Yellow restart |
| 78-83 | da Matta (21) contact |