* Lap 1: Giancarlo Fisichella makes good use of his third Formula One pole position to keep rivals at bay into Turn One. Jenson Button settles into second while Mark Webber outmuscles team-mate Nico Rosberg to take third – before Fernando Alonso sweeps around the outside of both Williams-Cosworths. Webber settles into fourth, while Juan Pablo Montoya and Nick Heidfeld edge out Rosberg before the end of the lap and push him back to seventh. Kimi Räikkönen receives a nudge from behind exiting Turn Four and spins into retirement at the next corner. Christian Klien pits at the end of the first lap with significant front-left suspension damage and loses seven laps. Behind Rosberg, Jarno Trulli, Jacques Villeneuve, Michael Schumacher David Coulthard, Scott Speed, Ralf Schumacher, Felipe Massa, Rubens Barrichello, Takuma Sato, Christijan Albers, Yuji Ide and Tiago Monteiro complete the order. Vitantonio Liuzzi pits for repairs and joins at the tail of the pack. Fisichella leads by 0.9s.

* Lap 2: Fisichella edges away by another 0.4s. Ralf Schumacher passes Speed.

* Lap 3: Massa passes Speed.

* Lap 4: Fisichella leads by 2.0s. Heidfeld runs wide and cedes sixth place to Rosberg.

* Lap 7: Rosberg retires in a spectacular cloud of engine smoke.

* Lap 10: Fisichella leads by 4.2s. Coulthard pits for attention. Team-mate Klien is back in again after his late start, although he soon rejoins. Down the field, Sato is keeping his Super Aguri ahead of the MF1s.

* Lap 11: Michael Schumacher passes Villeneuve for eighth at the first complex.

* Lap 14: Michael Schumacher overtakes Trulli at the first complex and moves up to seventh. Webber pits for fuel and tyres.

* Lap 16: Villeneuve passes Trulli for seventh. Webber pulls off with a smoking engine.

* Lap 17: Leader Fisichella pits and drops to third. Button leads. Massa passes Trulli for eighth.

* Lap 19: Button pits and resumes in fourth, on Montoya’s tail. Alonso moves to the head of the field, 5.5s clear of Fisichella. Running 13th, 14th and 15th, Albers, Sato and Liuzzi all come in for fuel and tyres.

* Lap 20: Trulli makes his first stop.

* Lap 21: There are signs of slight moisture in the air.

* Lap 22: Barrichello lunges inside Speed at the final turn and the American calmly heads into the pits to make a routine stop. Ralf Schumacher follows him in for his second stop.

* Lap 23: Montoya, Michael Schumacher and Villeneuve peel in for stops.
 
* Lap 24: Heidfeld pits. The Renaults continue to lead, with Button third – 13.6s adrift of Fisichella.

* Lap 26: Alonso pits and rejoins in third. Fisichella resumes the lead, 8.5s clear of Button.

* Lap 28: Alonso posts fastest lap so far – 1m 35.010s – and slices 1.2s from Button’s advantage.

* Lap 29: Massa makes his first stop – only Barrichello has still to come in – and slips from fourth to eighth.

* Lap 31: Alonso closes to within 4.4s of Button. Barrichello refuels.

* Lap 32: Fisichella leads Button by 9.9s, with Alonso, Montoya, Heidfeld, Michael Schumacher, Massa, Villeneuve, Trulli, Barrichello and Speed completing the unlapped runners. Albers. Liuzzi, Sato, Monteiro and Ide lie 13th-17th.

* Lap 36: Fisichella gets stuck amid a group of tail-enders, but drops only a couple of tenths to Button. Stewards hand Barrichello a stop-go penalty for speeding in the pits. Trulli pits, Barrichello serves his penalty and the thrice-lapped Ide pulls off to retire.

* Lap 37: Albers and Liuzzi make their second stops.

* Lap 38: Fisichella pits. Button loses time in traffic and refuels at the end of the lap. Alonso resumes the lead from Fisichella, Montoya and Button. Ralf Schumacher stops for a third time.

* Lap 41: Villeneuve makes his final stop.

* Lap 42: Montoya and Heidfeld come in for fuel and tyres. Speed retires.

* Lap 43: Alonso pits and resumes in second, 11.7s adrift of Fisichella. Button is third ahead of Michael Schumacher – who has stopped just once – Montoya and Heidfeld.

* Lap 45: Alonso sets fastest lap – 1m34.803s. Michael Schumacher peels in and slips from fourth to seventh, just behind team-mate Massa.

* Lap 49: Fifth-placed Heidfeld’s engine fails. Liuzzi passes Albers for 12th.

* Lap 52: The Renaults continue to lead comfortably, with third-placed Button five seconds adrift of Alonso. Michael Schumacher remains bottled up behind Massa.

* Lap 56: Fisichella nets his third Formula One victory, 4.5s clear of team-mate – and championship leader – Alonso. Button is third from Montoya, Massa, Michael Schumacher, Villeneuve and Ralf Schumacher. Trulli is a lapped ninth from Barrichello, Liuzzi, Albers, Monteiro and Sato.