The 2006 European GP2 Series round were a pair of motor races held on 6 and 7 May 2006 at the Nürburgring in Nürburg as part of the GP2 Series. It was the third round of the 2006 GP2 season.
Classification
Qualifying
Driver Team Time 1 11 Nelson Piquet Jr. Piquet Sports 1:40.799 1 2 15 Franck Perera DAMS 1:41.241 2 3 2 Lewis Hamilton ART Grand Prix 1:41.325 3 4 18 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competicion 1:41.406 4 5 5 José María López Super Nova Racing 1:41.471 5 6 1 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 1:41.478 6 7 9 Adam Carroll Racing Engineering 1:41.576 7 8 4 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 1:41.622 8 9 7 E. J. Viso iSport International 1:41.664 9 10 19 Timo Glock BCN Competicion 1:41.671 10 11 24 Adrián Vallés Campos Racing 1:41.690 11 12 3 Michael Ammermüller Arden International 1:41.768 12 13 21 Clivio Piccione DPR Direxiv 1:41.769 13 14 26 Gianmaria Bruni Trident 1:41.770 14 15 27 Andreas Zuber Trident 1:41.814 15 16 8 Tristan Gommendy iSport International 1:41.841 16 17 25 Felix Porteiro Campos Racing 1:41.913 17 18 12 Alexandre Sarnes Negrão Piquet Sports 1:42.029 18 19 14 Ferdinando Monfardini DAMS 1:42.096 19 20 20 Olivier Pla DPR Direxiv 1:42.162 20 21 22 Lucas di Grassi Durango 1:42.192 21 22 23 Sergio Hernández Durango 1:42.513 22 23 16 Luca Filippi FMS International 1:42.654 23 24 10 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:42.784 24 25 6 Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova Racing 1:43.151 25 26 17 Jason Tahincioğlu FMS International 1:43.812 26 Source:
Feature Race
Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Lewis Hamilton ART Grand Prix 35 1hr 01min 26.097sec 3 11 2 1 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 35 + 19.642 s 6 8 3 9 Adam Carroll Racing Engineering 35 + 28.756 s 5 6 4 5 José María López Super Nova Racing 35 + 29.782 s 5 5 5 4 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 35 + 30.073 s 8 4 6 7 E. J. Viso iSport International 35 + 35.784 s 9 3 7 12 Alexandre Sarnes Negrão Piquet Sports 35 + 36.426 s 18 2 8 18 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competicion 35 + 40.197 s 4 1 9 10 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 35 + 55.748 s 24 10 3 Michael Ammermüller Arden International 35 + 56.638 s 12 11 21 Clivio Piccione DPR Direxiv 35 + 57.179 s 13 12 23 Sergio Hernández Durango 35 + 1:04.519 s 22 13 8 Tristan Gommendy iSport International 35 + 1:05.006 s 16 14 27 Andreas Zuber Trident 35 + 1:16.509 s 15 15 20 Olivier Pla DPR Direxiv 35 + 1:17.218 s 20 16 25 Félix Porteiro Super Nova Racing 35 + 1:29.541 s 17 17 19 Timo Glock BCN Competicion 35 + 1:38.504 s 17 18 22 Lucas di Grassi Durango 34 + 1 Lap 21 19 6 Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova Racing 34 + 1 Lap 25 Ret 11 Nelson Piquet Jr. Piquet Sports 30 Puncture 1 2 Ret 14 Ferdinando Monfardini DAMS 29 Spin 19 Ret 26 Gianmaria Bruni Trident 18 Accident 14 Ret 24 Adrián Vallés Campos Racing 18 Accident 11 Ret 16 Luca Filippi FMS International 11 Gearbox 23 Ret 15 Franck Perera DAMS 0 Engine 2 DSQ 17 Jason Tahincioğlu FMS International 35 Disqualified 26 Fastest lap: Lewis Hamilton (ART Grand Prix) — 1:42.782 (112.040 mph) Source:
Sprint Race
Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 Lewis Hamilton ART Grand Prix 24 41min 18.772sec 8 6 2 4 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 24 + 1.034 s 4 5 3 5 José María López Super Nova Racing 24 + 3.021 s 5 4 4 18 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competicion 24 + 10.682 s 1 3 5 9 Adam Carroll Racing Engineering 24 + 11.646 s 6 2 6 3 Michael Ammermüller Arden International 24 + 14.193 s 10 1 7 12 Alexandre Sarnes Negrão Piquet Sports 24 + 19.611 s 7 8 21 Clivio Piccione DPR Direxiv 24 + 21.478 s 11 9 6 Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova Racing 24 + 37.310 s 19 10 14 Ferdinando Monfardini DAMS 24 + 37.601 s 21 11 7 E. J. Viso iSport International 24 + 38.266 s 3 12 8 Tristan Gommendy iSport International 24 + 38.899 s 13 13 22 Lucas di Grassi Durango 24 + 42.126 s 18 14 24 Adrián Vallés Campos Racing 24 + 46.117 s 13 15 15 Franck Perera DAMS 24 + 50.908 s 25 16 26 Gianmaria Bruni Trident 24 + 1:17.955 s 22 1 17 1 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 24 + 1:27.512 s 7 18 17 Jason Tahincioğlu FMS International 24 + 1:35.744 s 26 19 11 Nelson Piquet Jr. Piquet Sports 23 + 1 Lap 20 20 10 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 23 + 1 Lap 9 Ret 19 Timo Glock BCN Competicion 13 Electrics 17 Ret 25 Félix Porteiro Campos Racing 11 Gearbox 16 Ret 16 Luca Filippi FMS International 6 Gearbox 24 Ret 20 Olivier Pla DPR Direxiv 5 Suspension 15 Ret 23 Sergio Hernández Durango 0 Engine 12 Ret 27 Andreas Zuber Trident 0 Accident 14 Fastest lap: Alexandre Prémat (ART Grand Prix) — 1:40.983 (107.935 mph) Source:
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nelson Piquet Jr. 27 2 Lewis Hamilton 26 3 Nicolas Lapierre 25 4 E. J. Viso 19 5 Gianmaria Bruni 19
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Arden International 42 2 ART Grand Prix 39 3 Piquet Sports 29 4 iSport International 19 5 Trident 19
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Notes
References
External links Official website of GP2 Series