The 2005 French GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 2 and 3 July 2005 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in Magny-Cours, France. It was the fifth race of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2005 French Grand Prix.
The first race was won by Heikki Kovalainen for Arden International, with José María López second for DAMS and Nicolas Lapierre finishing third for Arden.
The second race was won by Nico Rosberg for ART Grand Prix, with Hiroki Yoshimoto for BCN Competición and Heikki Kovalainen for Arden also on the podium.
Classification
Qualifying PosNoDriverTeamTimeGapGrid110 Alexandre PrématART Grand Prix1:25.1321214 José María LópezDAMS1:25.209 +0.077239 Nico RosbergART Grand Prix1:25.245 +0.1333422 Heikki KovalainenArden International1:25.402 +0.270458 Adam CarrollSuper Nova International1:25.525 +0.393561 Scott SpeediSport International1:25.620 +0.4886723 Nicolas LapierreArden International1:25.848 +0.716783 Nelson Piquet Jr.Hitech Piquet Sports1:25.863 +0.731897 Giorgio PantanoSuper Nova International1:25.867 +0.7359106 Hiroki YoshimotoBCN Competición1:26.019 +0.887101117 Gianmaria BruniColoni Motorsport1:26.096 +0.964111211 Olivier PlaDPR1:26.158 +1.026121315 Fairuz FauzyDAMS1:26.519 +1.387131419 Borja GarcíaRacing Engineering1:26.766 +1.634141518 Neel JaniRacing Engineering1:26.822 +1.69015165 Ernesto VisoBCN Competición1:26.858 +1.726241725 Ferdinando MonfardiniDurango1:27.080 +1.948161820 Juan Cruz ÁlvarezCampos Racing1:27.173 +2.04117194 Alexandre NegrãoHitech Piquet Sports1:27.178 +2.046182021 Sergio HernándezCampos Racing1:27.247 +2.115192112 Ryan SharpDPR1:27.255 +2.123202216 Mathias LaudaColoni Motorsport1:27.478 +2.346212324 Clivio PiccioneDurango1:27.691 +2.55922242 Can ArtamiSport International1:28.695 +3.56323107% time: 1:31.091Source: Notes – Ernesto Viso was given a ten-place grid penalty for causing collision with Mathias Lauda in the sprint race in Nürburgring.
Feature race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 22 Heikki Kovalainen Arden International 41 1:02:55.458 4 10 2 14 José María López DAMS 41 +3.300 2 8 3 23 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 41 +7.600 7 6 4 8 Adam Carroll Super Nova International 41 +14.900 5 5 5 18 Neel Jani Racing Engineering 41 +22.400 15 4 6 6 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competición 41 +22.900 10 3 7 9 Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 41 +23.100 3 2 8 24 Clivio Piccione Durango 41 +29.300 22 1 9 10 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 41 +32.700 1 10 7 Giorgio Pantano Super Nova International 41 +36.200 9 11 5 Ernesto Viso BCN Competición 41 +36.600 24 12 25 Ferdinando Monfardini Durango 41 +37.100 16 13 21 Sergio Hernández Campos Racing 41 +45.000 19 14 15 Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 41 +50.800 13 15 1 Scott Speed iSport International 41 +51.800 6 16 16 Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport 41 +1:00.700 21 17 2 Can Artam iSport International 41 +1:28.000 23 18 17 Gianmaria Bruni Coloni Motorsport 40 +1 lap 11 19 12 Ryan Sharp DPR 40 +1 lap 20 Ret 19 Borja García Racing Engineering 30 DNF 14 Ret 3 Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Piquet Sports 24 DNF 8 Ret 11 Olivier Pla DPR 15 DNF 12 Ret 20 Juan Cruz Álvarez Campos Racing 9 DNF 17 Ret 4 Alexandre Negrão Hitech Piquet Sports 1 DNF 18Source:
Sprint race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 28 41:30.173 2 6 2 6 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competición 28 +25.300 3 5 3 22 Heikki Kovalainen Arden International 28 +25.800 8 4 4 18 Neel Jani Racing Engineering 28 +34.900 4 3 5 23 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 28 +39.200 6 2 6 8 Adam Carroll Super Nova International 28 +42.000 5 1 7 7 Giorgio Pantano Super Nova International 28 +45.900 10 8 5 Ernesto Viso BCN Competición 28 +1:01.800 11 9 11 Olivier Pla DPR 28 +1:05.300 22 10 15 Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 28 +1:05.900 14 11 17 Gianmaria Bruni Coloni Motorsport 28 +1:07.200 18 12 19 Borja García Racing Engineering 28 +1:09.300 20 13 4 Alexandre Negrão Hitech Piquet Sports 28 +1:11.000 24 14 21 Sergio Hernández Campos Racing 28 +1:19.500 13 15 16 Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport 28 +1:27.700 16 16 2 Can Artam iSport International 28 +1:30.800 17 17 25 Ferdinando Monfardini Durango 27 +1 lap/DNF 12 18 1 Scott Speed iSport International 26 +2 laps 15 Ret 10 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 23 DNF 9 Ret 14 José María López DAMS 22 DNF 7 Ret 12 Ryan Sharp DPR 6 DNF 19 DSQ 3 Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Piquet Sports 27 Disqualified 21 DSQ 24 Clivio Piccione Durango 26 Disqualified 1 DSQ 20 Juan Cruz Álvarez Campos Racing 23 Disqualified 23Source: Notes – Nelson Piquet Jr., Clivio Piccione and Juan Cruz Álvarez was disqualified from the race because their team broke the rules and changed all four tires during the race.
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Heikki Kovalainen 52 1 2 Adam Carroll 34 1 3 Gianmaria Bruni 31 1 4 Nico Rosberg 29 3 5 Scott Speed 29
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Arden International 64 2 Super Nova International 44 3 ART Grand Prix 43 1 4 Coloni Motorsport 34 1 5 iSport International 31
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2005 French Grand Prix 2005 Magny-Cours Porsche Supercup round
Notes
References
External links gp2.gpupdate.net