Pit Lane F1
Round 7 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2005-05-29
Nick Heidfeld (Williams) took pole for the 2005 European Grand Prix with a 1:30.081 lap.
Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.116s shy of pole, with Mark Webber (Williams) third on the grid. Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Felipe Massa (Sauber) missed the cut by 0.620s.
Q3 was settled inside 1.504s — pole to P10 — with Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Heidfeld | Williams | 1:30.081 | — | — | 1:30.081 |
| 2 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:30.197 | — | — | +0.116 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:30.368 | — | — | +0.287 |
| 4 |
| Toyota |
| 1:30.700 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.619 |
| 5 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren | 1:30.890 | — | — | +0.809 |
| 6 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:31.056 | — | — | +0.975 |
| 7 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:31.249 | — | — | +1.168 |
| 8 | Ralf Schumacher | Toyota | 1:31.392 | — | — | +1.311 |
| 9 | Giancarlo Fisichella | Renault | 1:31.566 | — | — | +1.485 |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:31.585 | — | — | +1.504 |
| 11 | 19Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:32.205 | — | — | +2.124 |
| 12 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:32.553 | — | — | +2.472 |
| 13 | 22Jenson Button | BAR | 1:32.594 | — | — | +2.513 |
| 14 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Red Bull | 1:32.642 | — | — | +2.561 |
| 15 | Jacques Villeneuve | Sauber | 1:32.891 | — | — | +2.810 |
| 16 | Takuma Sato | BAR | 1:32.926 | — | — | +2.845 |
| 17 | Tiago Monteiro | Jordan | 1:35.047 | — | — | +4.966 |
| 18 | Patrick Friesacher | Minardi | 1:35.954 | — | — | +5.873 |
| 19 | Narain Karthikeyan | Jordan | 1:36.192 | — | — | +6.111 |
| 20 | Christijan Albers | Minardi | 1:36.239 | — | — | +6.158 |