2005 Formula One Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix

Kimi Räikkönen wins from the 17th of the grid to FIRST!

The 2005 Japanese Grand Prix was a Formula One race which was held at Suzuka International Racing Course on October 9, 2005. It was the eighteenth and penultimate round of the 2005 Formula One World Championship, the 31st running of the Japanese Grand Prix and nineteenth to be held at Suzuka.

Kimi Räikkönen won the race after starting from seventeenth, overtaking long-time race leader Giancarlo Fisichella on the final lap to win a race that saw many overtaking manoeuvres. Fisichella’s teammate Fernando Alonso completed the podium, having come through from sixteenth, including an overtake on Michael Schumacher around the outside of 130R corner.

This was also Räikkönen's last win until the 2007 Australian Grand Prix, his last win for McLaren and McLaren's last win until the 2007 Malaysian Grand Prix.