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

References

1. "2005 Dakar Rally" (PDF). rssp.eu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
2. "2005 Rolex 24 at Daytona". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
3. "2005 Daytona 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
4. "8. Mai 2005: 33. ADAC Zurich 24h-Rennen". veedol-freunde-der-nordschleife.de. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
5. "2005 Grand Prix of Monaco". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
6. "2005 Indianapolis 500". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
7. "TT 2005". iomtt.com. Isle of Man TT. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
8. "MARLBORO MASTERS OF FORMULA 3" (PDF). formel3guide.com (in German). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
9. "Le Mans Register - 2005". formula2.net. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
10. "Spa 24 Hours 2005 - Racing Sports Cars". racingsportscars.com. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
11. "Suzuka 8 Hours 2005 results". Moto Racing JAPAN. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2017.
12. "2005 Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000". racing-reference.info. Racing Reference. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
13. "2005 Macau Grand Prix". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 22 April 2017.
14. "2005 Paris". roc.com. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
15. Spurgeon, Brad (1 June 2005). "Formula One experiments with its minor league". The International Herald Tribune. p. 22.
16. "Maurice Trintignant". motorsportmagazine.com. Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
17. "John Love". en.espn.co.uk. ESPN. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
18. "Richard Burns". juwra.com. Jonkka's World Rally Archive. Retrieved 17 April 2018.

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