Round 9 qualifying — Q1, Q2 and Q3 timing - 2005-06-19
Jarno Trulli (Toyota) took pole for the 2005 United States Grand Prix with a 1:10.625 lap.
Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren) joined the front row, 0.069s shy of pole, with Jenson Button (BAR) third on the grid. Felipe Massa (Sauber) was the slowest into Q3 in P10, while Juan Pablo Montoya (McLaren) missed the cut by 0.126s.
Q3 was settled inside 0.930s — pole to P10 — with Felipe Massa (Sauber) closing the top ten.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jarno Trulli | Toyota | 1:10.625 | — | — | 1:10.625 |
| 2 | 7Kimi Räikkönen | McLaren | 1:10.694 | — | — | +0.069 |
| 3 | 22Jenson Button | BAR | 1:11.277 | — | — | +0.652 |
| 4 |
| Giancarlo Fisichella |
| Renault |
| 1:11.290 |
| — |
| — |
| +0.665 |
| 5 | Michael Schumacher | Ferrari | 1:11.369 | — | — | +0.744 |
| 6 | 14Fernando Alonso | Renault | 1:11.380 | — | — | +0.755 |
| 7 | Rubens Barrichello | Ferrari | 1:11.431 | — | — | +0.806 |
| 8 | Takuma Sato | BAR | 1:11.497 | — | — | +0.872 |
| 9 | Mark Webber | Williams | 1:11.527 | — | — | +0.902 |
| 10 | 19Felipe Massa | Sauber | 1:11.555 | — | — | +0.930 |
| 11 | Juan Pablo Montoya | McLaren | 1:11.681 | — | — | +1.056 |
| 12 | Jacques Villeneuve | Sauber | 1:11.691 | — | — | +1.066 |
| 13 | Ricardo Zonta | Toyota | 1:11.754 | — | — | +1.129 |
| 14 | Christian Klien | Red Bull | 1:12.132 | — | — | +1.507 |
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | Williams | 1:12.430 | — | — | +1.805 |
| 16 | David Coulthard | Red Bull | 1:12.682 | — | — | +2.057 |
| 17 | Tiago Monteiro | Jordan | 1:13.462 | — | — | +2.837 |
| 18 | Christijan Albers | Minardi | 1:13.632 | — | — | +3.007 |
| 19 | Narain Karthikeyan | Jordan | 1:13.776 | — | — | +3.151 |
| 20 | Patrick Friesacher | Minardi | 1:14.494 | — | — | +3.869 |