The bottom 6 teams in the 2005 Constructors' Championship and Super Aguri were entitled to run a third car in free practice on Friday.
Franck Montagny was originally scheduled to act as the third driver for Super Aguri,[REF] but was promoted to a race seat[REF] after team driver Yuji Ide had his FIA Super License revoked[REF] for erratic driving in prior races that season.