The 2005 Silverstone GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 9 and 10 July 2005 at Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom. It was the sixth round of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2005 British Grand Prix.
Nico Rosberg, who was the polesitter for race one, took his first GP2 feature race win, his second consecutive victory after also winning the sprint race at Magny-Cours. The feature race podium was completed by championship leader Heikki Kovalainen, of Arden International, and Rosberg's ART Grand Prix teammate Alexandre Prémat.
Olivier Pla, who was on reverse grid pole after finishing eighth in the feature race, took his and DPR's first win of the season, ahead of iSport's Scott Speed and Kovalainen.
Classification
Qualifying Driver Team Time Gap 1 9 Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 1:31.509 1 2 3 Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Piquet Sports 1:31.550 +0.041 2 3 22 Heikki Kovalainen Arden International 1:31.929 +0.420 3 4 10 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 1:31.987 +0.478 14 5 8 Adam Carroll Super Nova International 1:32.004 +0.495 4 6 18 Neel Jani Racing Engineering 1:32.190 +0.681 5 7 14 José María López DAMS 1:32.298 +0.789 6 8 1 Scott Speed iSport International 1:32.339 +0.830 7 9 7 Giorgio Pantano Super Nova International 1:32.359 +0.850 8 10 23 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 1:32.374 +0.865 9 11 24 Clivio Piccione Durango 1:32.395 +0.886 10 12 17 Gianmaria Bruni Coloni Motorsport 1:32.446 +0.937 11 13 11 Olivier Pla DPR 1:32.467 +0.958 12 14 20 Juan Cruz Álvarez Campos Racing 1:32.793 +1.284 13 15 5 Ernesto Viso BCN Competición 1:32.816 +1.307 24 16 19 Borja García Racing Engineering 1:32.848 +1.339 15 17 6 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competición 1:32.941 +1.432 16 18 25 Ferdinando Monfardini Durango 1:32.953 +1.444 17 19 15 Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 1:33.006 +1.497 18 20 21 Sergio Hernández Campos Racing 1:33.226 +1.717 19 21 12 Ryan Sharp DPR 1:33.298 +1.789 20 22 2 Can Artam iSport International 1:34.033 +2.524 21 23 4 Alexandre Negrão Hitech Piquet Sports 1:34.109 +2.600 22 24 16 Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport 1:34.692 +3.183 23107% time: 1:37.914Source: Notes – Alexandre Prémat received a ten-place penalty for causing a collision with José María López in the Magny-Cours sprint race. – Ernesto Viso received a ten-place penalty for causing a collision with Olivier Pla in the Magny-Cours sprint race.
Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 36 58:26.373 1 2 22 Heikki Kovalainen Arden International 36 +0.500 38 3 10 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 36 +26.300 14 4 1 Scott Speed iSport International 36 +29.700 75 5 18 Neel Jani Racing Engineering 36 +50.500 54 6 24 Clivio Piccione Durango 36 +51.000 103 7 17 Gianmaria Bruni Coloni Motorsport 36 +56.800 112 8 11 Olivier Pla DPR 36 +58.000 121 9 14 José María López DAMS 36 +58.300 6 10 23 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 36 +1:00.900 9 11 20 Juan Cruz Álvarez Campos Racing 36 +1:01.300 13 12 7 Giorgio Pantano Super Nova International 36 +1:03.700 8 13 6 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competición 36 +1:04.300 16 14 25 Ferdinando Monfardini Durango 36 +1:06.100 17 15 5 Ernesto Viso BCN Competición 36 +1:18.900 24 16 21 Sergio Hernández Campos Racing 36 +1:29.500 19 17 19 Borja García Racing Engineering 36 +1:35.000 15 18 2 Can Artam iSport International 35 +1 lap 21 19 4 Alexandre Sarnes Negrão Hitech Piquet Sports 35 +1 lap 22 20 16 Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport 35 +1 lap 23 21 8 Adam Carroll Super Nova International 34 +2 laps/DNF 4 Ret 15 Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 30 Did not finish 18 Ret 12 Ryan Sharp DPR 1 Did not finish 20 DNS 3 Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Piquet Sports 0 Did not start 2 Source:
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 Olivier Pla DPR 24 40:09.933 16 2 1 Scott Speed iSport International 24 +0.500 5 3 22 Heikki Kovalainen Arden International 24 +1.200 74 4 9 Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 24 +1.800 83 5 10 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 24 +5.500 62 6 18 Neel Jani Racing Engineering 24 +6.700 41 7 7 Giorgio Pantano Super Nova International 24 +8.400 12 8 8 Adam Carroll Super Nova International 24 +11.200 21 9 19 Borja García Racing Engineering 24 +12.200 17 10 25 Ferdinando Monfardini Durango 24 +13.700 14 11 17 Gianmaria Bruni Coloni Motorsport 24 +15.400 2 12 21 Sergio Hernández Campos Racing 24 +23.500 16 13 5 Ernesto Viso BCN Competición 24 +29.600 15 14 2 Can Artam iSport International 24 +37.800 18 15 16 Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport 24 +38.300 20 16 4 Alexandre Negrão Hitech Piquet Sports 23 +1 lap 19 Ret 24 Clivio Piccione Durango 19 Did not finish 3 Ret 12 Ryan Sharp DPR 18 Did not finish 23 Ret 23 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 16 Did not finish 10 Ret 3 Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Piquet Sports 8 Did not finish 24 Ret 20 Juan Cruz Álvarez Campos Racing 5 Did not finish 11 DNS 14 José María López DAMS 0 Did not start 9 DNS 6 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competición 0 Did not start 13 DNS 15 Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 0 Did not start 22 Source:
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Driver Points 1 Heikki Kovalainen 64 2 2 Nico Rosberg 44 2 3 Scott Speed 41 2 4 Adam Carroll 34 2 5 Gianmaria Bruni 33
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 Arden International 76 1 2 ART Grand Prix 68 1 3 Super Nova International 44 1 4 iSport International 43 1 5 Coloni Motorsport 36
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
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