2005 Silverstone GP2 Series round

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.

United Kingdom    2005 Silverstone GP2 round
Round details
Round 6 of 12 rounds in the
2005 GP2 Series
Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone Circuit
Location Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course Permanent racing circuit
5.141 km (3.194 mi)
Feature race
Date 9 July 2005
Laps 36
Pole position
Driver Germany Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix
Time 1:31.509
Podium
First Germany Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix
Second Finland Heikki Kovalainen Arden International
Third France Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver France Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix
Time 1:35.326
Sprint race
Date 10 July 2005
Laps 24
Podium
First France Olivier Pla David Price Racing
Second United States Scott Speed iSport International
Third Finland Heikki Kovalainen Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver United States Scott Speed iSport International
Time 1:35.092

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.[1]

Olivier Pla, who was on reverse grid pole after finishing eighth in the feature race, took his and David Price Racing's first win of the season, ahead of iSport's Scott Speed and Kovalainen.[2]

Classification

Qualifying
Pos. No. Driver Team Time Grid
1 9 Germany Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 1:31.509 1
2 3 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech/Piquet Racing 1:31.550 2
3 22 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Arden International 1:31.929 3
4 10 France Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 1:31.987 141
5 8 United Kingdom Adam Carroll Super Nova Racing 1:32.004 4
6 18 Switzerland Neel Jani Racing Engineering 1:32.190 5
7 14 Argentina José María López DAMS 1:32.298 6
8 1 United States Scott Speed iSport International 1:32.339 7
9 7 Italy Giorgio Pantano Super Nova Racing 1:32.359 8
10 23 France Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 1:32.374 9
11 24 Monaco Clivio Piccione Durango 1:32.395 10
12 17 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Coloni Motorsport 1:32.446 11
13 11 France Olivier Pla David Price Racing 1:32.467 12
14 20 Argentina Juan Cruz Álvarez Campos Racing 1:32.793 13
15 5 Venezuela Ernesto Viso BCN Competición 1:32.816 241
16 19 Spain Borja García Racing Engineering 1:32.848 15
17 6 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competición 1:32.941 16
18 25 Italy Ferdinando Monfardini Durango 1:32.953 17
19 15 Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 1:33.006 18
20 21 Spain Sergio Hernández Campos Racing 1:33.226 19
21 12 United Kingdom Ryan Sharp David Price Racing 1:33.298 20
22 2 Turkey Can Artam iSport International 1:34.033 21
23 4 Brazil Alexandre Sarnes Negrão Hitech/Piquet Racing 1:34.109 22
24 16 Austria Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport 1:34.692 23
Source:[3]

Notes

  • ^1 — Alexandre Prémat and Ernesto Viso were given ten-place grid penalties for incidents at Magny-Cours.[3]

Feature race
Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 9 Germany Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 36 58:26.373 1 12
2 22 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Arden International 36 +0.500 3 8
3 10 France Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 36 +26.300 14 8
4 1 United States Scott Speed iSport International 36 +29.700 7 5
5 18 Switzerland Neel Jani Racing Engineering 36 +50.500 5 4
6 24 Monaco Clivio Piccione Durango 36 +51.000 10 3
7 17 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Coloni Motorsport 36 +56.800 11 2
8 11 France Olivier Pla David Price Racing 36 +58.000 12 1
9 14 Argentina José María López DAMS 36 +58.300 6
10 23 France Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 36 +1:00.900 9
11 20 Argentina Juan Cruz Álvarez Campos Racing 36 +1:01.300 13
12 7 Italy Giorgio Pantano Super Nova Racing 36 +1:03.700 8
13 6 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competición 36 +1:04.300 16
14 25 Italy Ferdinando Monfardini Durango 36 +1:06.100 17
15 5 Venezuela Ernesto Viso BCN Competición 36 +1:18.900 24
16 21 Spain Sergio Hernández Campos Racing 36 +1:29.500 19
17 19 Spain Borja García Racing Engineering 36 +1:35.000 15
18 2 Turkey Can Artam iSport International 35 +1 lap 21
19 4 Brazil Alexandre Sarnes Negrão Hitech/Piquet Racing 35 +1 lap 22
20 16 Austria Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport 35 +1 lap 23
21 8 United Kingdom Adam Carroll Super Nova Racing 34 +2 laps 4
Ret 15 Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 30 Did not finish 18
Ret 12 United Kingdom Ryan Sharp David Price Racing 1 Did not finish 20
DNS 3 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech/Piquet Racing Did not start 2
Fastest lap: Alexandre Prémat (ART Grand Prix) — 1:35.326
Source:[1]

Sprint race
Pos. No. Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 11 France Olivier Pla David Price Racing 24 40:09.933 1 6
2 1 United States Scott Speed iSport International 24 +0.500 5 7
3 22 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Arden International 24 +1.200 7 4
4 9 Germany Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 24 +1.800 8 3
5 10 France Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 24 +5.500 6 2
6 18 Switzerland Neel Jani Racing Engineering 24 +6.700 4 1
7 7 Italy Giorgio Pantano Super Nova Racing 24 +8.400 12
8 8 United Kingdom Adam Carroll Super Nova Racing 24 +11.200 21
9 19 Spain Borja García Racing Engineering 24 +12.200 17
10 25 Italy Ferdinando Monfardini Durango 24 +13.700 14
11 17 Italy Gianmaria Bruni Coloni Motorsport 24 +15.400 2
12 21 Spain Sergio Hernández Campos Racing 24 +23.500 16
13 5 Venezuela Ernesto Viso BCN Competición 24 +29.600 15
14 2 Turkey Can Artam iSport International 24 +37.800 18
15 16 Austria Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport 24 +38.300 20
16 4 Brazil Alexandre Sarnes Negrão Hitech/Piquet Racing 23 +1 lap 19
Ret 24 Monaco Clivio Piccione Durango 19 Did not finish 3
Ret 12 United Kingdom Ryan Sharp David Price Racing 18 Did not finish 23
Ret 23 France Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 16 Did not finish 10
Ret 3 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech/Piquet Racing 8 Did not finish 24
Ret 20 Argentina Juan Cruz Álvarez Campos Racing 5 Did not finish 11
Ret 14 Argentina José María López DAMS 0 Did not finish 9
Ret 6 Japan Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competición 0 Did not finish 13
Ret 15 Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 0 Did not finish 22
Fastest lap: Scott Speed (iSport International) — 1:35.092
Source:[2]

Standings after the round
  • Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References
  1. "GP2: Race results (1) - Silverstone". crash.net. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  2. "GP2: Race results (2) - Silverstone". crash.net. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  3. "GP2: Qualifying times - Silverstone". crash.net. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
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