Round 17 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2005-09-25
Fernando Alonso (Renault) took pole for the 2005 Brazilian Grand Prix with a 1:11.988 lap.
Juan Pablo Montoya (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.157s shy of pole, with Giancarlo Fisichella (Renault) third on the grid. Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Ralf Schumacher (Toyota) missed the cut by 0.102s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.195s — pole to P10 — with Rubens Barrichello (Ferrari) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:11.988 | — | — | 1:11.988 |
| 2 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren | 1:12.145 | — | — | +0.157 |
| 3 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:12.558 | — | — | +0.570 |
| 4 |
| BAR |
| 1:12.696 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.708 |
| 5 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:12.781 | — | — | +0.793 |
| 6 | Christian Klien | Red Bull | 1:12.889 | — | — | +0.901 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:12.976 | — | — | +0.988 |
| 8 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:13.041 | — | — | +1.053 |
| 9 | 19Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:13.151 | — | — | +1.163 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:13.183 | — | — | +1.195 |
| 11 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:13.285 | — | — | +1.297 |
| 12 | Jacques Villeneuve | Sauber | 1:13.372 | — | — | +1.384 |
| 13 | Tiago Monteiro | Jordan | 1:13.387 | — | — | +1.399 |
| 14 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:13.538 | — | — | +1.550 |
| 15 | Antônio Pizzonia | Williams | 1:13.581 | — | — | +1.593 |
| 16 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:13.844 | — | — | +1.856 |
| 17 | Narain Karthikeyan | Jordan | 1:14.520 | — | — | +2.532 |
| 18 | Christijan Albers | Minardi | 1:14.763 | — | — | +2.775 |
| 19 | Takuma Sato | BAR | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Robert Doornbos | Minardi | — | — | — | — |