As a consequence of the race, Alonso stretched his lead to fifteen points in the Drivers' Championship over Schumacher.

The teams (also known as Constructors) were Renault, McLaren, Ferrari, Toyota, Williams, Honda, Red Bull, BMW, MF1, Toro Rosso and Super Aguri.

The bottom 6 teams in the 2005 Constructors' Championship and Super Aguri were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday.

The first part ran for 15 minutes, and cars that finished the session 17th position or lower were eliminated from qualifying.

[3] Alonso clinched his second pole position of the season with a time of 1:14.648, and was joined on the front row by teammate Fisichella.