The 2005 European GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 28 and 29 May 2005 at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany. It was the fourth race of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2005 European Grand Prix.
The first race was won by Heikki Kovalainen for Arden International, with Giorgio Pantano second for Super Nova International and Nico Rosberg finishing third for ART Grand Prix.
The second race was won by Clivio Piccione for Durango, with Adam Carroll for Super Nova International and Nelson Piquet Jr. for Hitech Piquet Sports also on the podium.
Classification Qualifying PosNoDriverTeamTimeGapGrid17 Giorgio PantanoSuper Nova International1:43.8621217 Gianmaria BruniColoni Motorsport1:44.128 +0.2662318 Neel JaniRacing Engineering1:44.176 +0.3143414 José María LópezDAMS1:44.266 +0.404455 Ernesto VisoBCN Competición1:44.477 +0.6155623 Nicolas LapierreArden International1:44.739 +0.877676 Hiroki YoshimotoBCN Competición1:44.748 +0.886781 Scott SpeediSport International1:44.865 +1.0038911 Olivier PlaDPR1:44.879 +1.0179108 Adam CarrollSuper Nova International1:44.914 +1.05210119 Nico RosbergART Grand Prix1:44.989 +1.12711123 Nelson Piquet Jr.Hitech Piquet Sports1:45.331 +1.469121312 Ryan SharpDPR1:45.463 +1.601131424 Clivio PiccioneDurango1:45.523 +1.661141520 Juan Cruz ÁlvarezCampos Racing1:45.550 +1.688151619 Borja GarcíaRacing Engineering1:45.661 +1.799161722 Heikki KovalainenArden International1:45.737 +1.875171825 Ferdinando MonfardiniDurango1:45.789 +1.92718194 Alexandre NegrãoHitech Piquet Sports1:45.946 +2.084192021 Sergio HernándezCampos Racing1:46.429 +2.56720212 Can ArtamiSport International1:46.503 +2.641212210 Alexandre PrématART Grand Prix1:46.589 +2.727222316 Mathias LaudaColoni Motorsport1:46.656 +2.794232415 Fairuz FauzyDAMS1:47.266 +3.40424107% time: 1:51.132Source: Notes – Nico Rosberg (1:43.939 and 1:44.302) two fastest times deleted for speeding under yellow flags during. This demoted him from second to 11th on the grid. – Heikki Kovalainen (1:43.965 and 1:44.318) two fastest times deleted for speeding under yellow flags during. This demoted him from third to 17th on the grid. – Alexandre Prémat (1:44.598 and 1:44.904) two fastest times deleted for speeding under yellow flags during. This demoted him from eighth to 22nd on the grid.
Feature race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 22 Heikki Kovalainen Arden International 33 1:01:43.066 17 10 2 7 Giorgio Pantano Super Nova International 33 +1.832 1 3 9 Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 33 +24.953 11 6 4 10 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 33 +40.520 22 5 5 3 Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Piquet Sports 33 +41.160 12 4 6 18 Neel Jani Racing Engineering 33 +49.037 3 3 7 24 Clivio Piccione Durango 33 +49.138 14 2 8 17 Gianmaria Bruni Coloni Motorsport 33 +54.299 2 1 9 12 Ryan Sharp DPR 33 +1:07.919 13 10 16 Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport 33 +1:08.692 23 11 6 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competición 33 +1:17.472 7 12 23 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 33 +1:19.997 6 13 14 José María López DAMS 33 +1:20.750 4 14 15 Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 33 +1:25.504 24 15 21 Sergio Hernández Campos Racing 33 +1:32.110 20 16 1 Scott Speed iSport International 32 +1 lap 8 17 2 Can Artam iSport International 32 +1 lap 21 18 20 Juan Cruz Álvarez Campos Racing 30 +3 laps/DNF 15 Ret 5 Ernesto Viso BCN Competición 8 DNF 5 Ret 11 Olivier Pla DPR 0 DNF 9 Ret 8 Adam Carroll Super Nova International 0 DNF 10 Ret 19 Borja García Racing Engineering 0 DNF 16 Ret 25 Ferdinando Monfardini Durango 0 DNF 18 Ret 4 Alexandre Negrão Hitech Piquet Sports 0 DNF 19Source:
Sprint race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 24 Clivio Piccione Durango 24 42:42.210 2 6 2 8 Adam Carroll Super Nova International 24 +6.861 21 5 3 3 Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Piquet Sports 24 +7.487 4 4 4 9 Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 24 +7.727 6 3 5 21 Sergio Hernández Campos Racing 24 +14.867 15 2 6 25 Ferdinando Monfardini Durango 24 +17.270 23 1 7 7 Giorgio Pantano Super Nova International 24 +21.005 7 8 11 Olivier Pla DPR 24 +22.896 20 9 12 Ryan Sharp DPR 24 +35.319 9 10 15 Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 24 +56.231 14 11 5 Ernesto Viso BCN Competición 24 +1:20.910 19 12 1 Scott Speed iSport International 23 +1 lap 16 13 18 Neel Jani Racing Engineering 22 +2 laps/DNF 3 14 14 José María López DAMS 22 +2 laps 13 15 20 Juan Cruz Álvarez Campos Racing 22 +2 laps 18 Ret 2 Can Artam iSport International 17 DNF 17 Ret 17 Gianmaria Bruni Coloni Motorsport 16 DNF 1 Ret 4 Alexandre Negrão Hitech Piquet Sports 6 DNF 24 Ret 22 Heikki Kovalainen Arden International 2 DNF 8 Ret 23 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 1 DNF 12 Ret 10 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 1 DNF 5 Ret 16 Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport 1 DNF 10 DNS 6 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competición 0 Did not start 11 EX 19 Borja García Racing Engineering 0 Excluded 22Source: Notes – Borja García was excluded from the sprint race for causing a five-car accident at the start of the feature race.
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Heikki Kovalainen 38 1 2 Scott Speed 29 1 3 Adam Carroll 28 2 4 Gianmaria Bruni 27 1 5 Nico Rosberg 21
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Arden International 42 2 2 Super Nova International 38 2 3 ART Grand Prix 33 1 4 iSport International 31 3 5 Coloni Motorsport 30
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
External links gp2.gpupdate.net