2005 in motorsport

The following is an overview of the events of 2005 in motorsport including the major racing events, motorsport venues that were opened and closed during a year, championships and non-championship events that were established and disestablished in a year, and births and deaths of racing drivers and other motorsport people.

Annual events

The calendar includes only annual major non-championship events or annual events that had significance separate from the championship. For the dates of the championship events see related season articles.

Date	Event	Ref
31 December-16 January	27th Dakar Rally	[1]
5–6 February	43rd 24 Hours of Daytona	[2]
20 February	47th Daytona 500	[3]
7–8 May	33rd 24 Hours of Nurburgring	[4]
22 May	63rd Monaco Grand Prix	[5]
29 May	89th Indianapolis 500	[6]
28 May-10 June	87th Isle of Man TT	[7]
12 June	15th Masters of Formula 3	[8]
18–19 June	73rd 24 Hours of Le Mans	[9]
30–31 July	57th 24 Hours of Spa	[10]
31 July	28th Suzuka 8 Hours	[11]
9 October	47th Supercheap Auto 1000	[12]
20 November	52nd Macau Grand Prix	[13]
3 December	18th Race of Champions	[14]

Established championships/events

First race	Championship	Ref
23 April	GP2 Series	[15]

Deaths

Date	Month	Name	Age	Nationality	Occupation	Note	Ref
13	February	Maurice Trintignant	87	French	Racing driver	24 Hours of Le Mans winner (1954).	[16]
25	April	John Love	80	Rhodesian	Racing driver	The first Rhodesian Formula One driver. 1962 British Saloon Car Championship winner.	[17]
25	November	Richard Burns	34	British	Rally driver	World Rally champion (2001).	[18]

See also

• List of 2005 motorsport champions