By Phil Huff
September 3 2005
Qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix saw a turn around in fortunes for the BAR Honda team, as Jenson Button and Takuma Sato set fourth and fifth fastest times. Here's the complete qualifying times...
| P | Driver | Team | Engine | Car | T | Best Lap | Gap |
| 1 | Raikkonen | McLaren | Mercedes | MP4-20 | M | 1:20.878 | |
| 2 | Montoya | McLaren | Mercedes | MP4-20 | M | 1:21.054 | 0.176 |
| 3 | Alonso | Renault | Renault | R25 | M | 1:21.319 | 0.441 |
| 4 | Button | BAR | Honda | BAR007 | M | 1:21.369 | 0.491 |
| 5 | Sato | BAR | Honda | BAR007 | M | 1:21.477 | 0.599 |
| 6 | Trulli | Toyota | Toyota | TF105 | M | 1:21.640 | 0.762 |
| 7 | M Schumacher | Ferrari | Ferrari | F2005 | B | 1:21.721 | 0.843 |
| 8 | Barrichello | Ferrari | Ferrari | F2005 | B | 1:21.962 | 1.084 |
| 9 | Fisichella | Renault | Renault | R25 | M | 1:22.068 | 1.190 |
| 10 | R Schumacher | Toyota | Toyota | TF105 | M | 1:22.266 | 1.388 |
| 11 | Coulthard | Red Bull | Cosworth | RB1 | M | 1:22.304 | 1.426 |
| 12 | Villeneuve | Sauber | Petronas | C24 | M | 1:22.356 | 1.478 |
| 13 | Klien | Red Bull | Cosworth | RB1 | M | 1:22.532 | 1.654 |
| 14 | Webber | Williams | BMW | FW27 | M | 1:22.560 | 1.682 |
| 15 | Massa | Sauber | Petronas | C24 | M | 1:23.060 | 2.182 |
| 16 | Pizzonia | Williams | BMW | FW27 | M | 1:23.291 | 2.413 |
| 17 | Monteiro | Jordan | Toyota | EJ15B | B | 1:24.666 | 3.788 |
| 18 | Doornbos | Minardi | Cosworth | PS05 | B | 1:24.904 | 4.026 |
| 19 | Karthikeyan | Jordan | Toyota | EJ15 | B | 1:25.859 | 4.981 |
| 20 | Albers | Minardi | Cosworth | PS05 | B | 1:26.964 | 6.086 |
