The 2005 Chinese Grand Prix Review
The 2005 Formula One season came to an end with an incident-filled Chinese Grand Prix in which Fernando Alonso demonstrated why he is the World Champion as his Renault team showed they deserved the teams' crown. Autosport-Atlas's Will Gray reviews the events and results from the final race of the year
China was a race to sum up a season.
The Shanghai race ran to a script that had been played out over the previous 18 races as Fernando Alonso proved his season-long consistency, McLaren proved their season-long fallibility and Renault showed they could step up a gear when they wished to add the Constructors' Championship to his drivers' crown.
The double World Champions admitted being cautious during the latter part of the season to maintain Alonso's points advantage with a consistent finishing record but they threw all they could at the final event, bringing in a special one-race engine, in a bid to prove a point.
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