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However, Fernando Alonso moved up to second in the first lap, and ran close to Michael Schumacher all aftenoon, taking the lead after the 2nd pitstop to win the race. In third was Kimi Raikkonen, an achievement considering that he started from the back of the grid after a suspension failure in qualifying. Fernando Alonso Díaz (born on July 29, 1981 in Oviedo, Spain) is a Formula One racing driver, currently living in Oxford. ... Michael Schumacher (born January 3, 1969, in Hürth-Hermühlheim, near Cologne, Germany) is a German Formula One racer and statistically the greatest driver of all time. ... Kimi Räikkönen at the USGP in 2002 Kimi-Matias Räikkönen (born October 17, 1979) is a Finnish Formula One race car driver. ...

Qualifying results

Pos	Nat	Name	Team/Engine	Part 3	Part 2	Part 1
1		Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	1:31.431	1:32.025	1:33.310
2		Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:31.478	1:32.014	1:33.579
3		Jenson Button	Honda	1:31.549	1:32.025	1:32.603
4		Fernando Alonso	Renault	1:31.702	1:31.215	1:32.433
5		Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	1:32.164	1:31.487	1:33.233
6		Rubens Barrichello	Honda	1:32.579	1:32.322	1:33.922
7		Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	1:33.006	1:32.309	1:33.454
8		Christian Klien	RBR-Ferrari	1:33.112	1:32.106	1:34.308
9		Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	1:33.496	1:31.831	1:32.934
10		Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber	1:33.926	1:31.958	1:33.374
11		Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber		1:32.456	1:33.882
12		Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth		1:32.620	1:32.945
13		David Coulthard	RBR-Ferrari		1:32.850	1:33.678
14		Jarno Trulli	Toyota		1:33.066	1:33.987
15		Vitantonio Liuzzi	STR-Cosworth		1:33.416	1:34.439
16		Scott Speed	STR-Cosworth		1:34.606	1:33.995
17		Ralf Schumacher	Toyota			1:34.702
18		Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota			1:35.724
19		Tiago Monteiro	MF1-Toyota			1:35.900
20		Takuma Sato	Aguri-Honda			1:37.411
21		Yuji Ide	Aguri-Honda			1:40.270
22		Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes			no time

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Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1	Fernando Alonso	Renault	57	1:29:46.205	4	10
2	5	Michael Schumacher	Ferrari	57	+1.2 secs	1	8
3	3	Kimi Räikkönen	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+19.3 secs	22	6
4	12	Jenson Button	Honda	57	+19.9 secs	3	5
5	4	Juan Pablo Montoya	McLaren-Mercedes	57	+37.0 secs	5	4
6	9	Mark Webber	Williams-Cosworth	57	+41.9 secs	7	3
7	10	Nico Rosberg	Williams-Cosworth	57	+63.0 secs	12	2
8	15	Christian Klien	Red Bull-Ferrari	57	+66.7 secs	8	1
9	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	57	+69.9 secs	2
10	14	David Coulthard	Red Bull-Ferrari	57	+75.5 secs	13
11	20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	57	+85.9 secs	15
12	16	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-BMW	56	+1 Lap	10
13	21	Scott Speed	Toro Rosso-Cosworth	56	+1 Lap	16
14	7	Ralf Schumacher	Toyota	56	+1 Lap	17
15	11	Rubens Barrichello	Honda	56	+1 Lap	6
16	8	Jarno Trulli	Toyota	56	+1 Lap	14
17	18	Tiago Monteiro	MF1-Toyota	55	+2 Laps	19
18	22	Takuma Sato	Super Aguri-Honda	53	+4 Laps	20
Ret	23	Yuji Ide	Super Aguri-Honda	35	+22 Laps	21
Ret	17	Jacques Villeneuve	BMW Sauber-BMW	29	Engine	11
Ret	2	Giancarlo Fisichella	Renault	21	+36 Laps	9
Ret	19	Christijan Albers	MF1-Toyota	0	+57 Laps	18

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Notes

• Fastest Lap: Nico Rosberg: 1:32.406
• Lap Leaders: Michael Schumacher 1-15, 24-35 (27); Fernando Alonso 16-19, 36-39, 41-57 (25); Juan Pablo Montoya 20-23 (4); Jenson Button 40 (1).
• After a tussle with David Coulthard, Nick Heidfeld was reprimanded by stewards post-race for positioning his car in a way that forced Coulthard off the race circuit.

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