2006 European GP2 Series round
| Round details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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Round 3 of 11 rounds in the 2006 GP2 Series | |||
 Layout of the Nürburgring | |||
| Location | Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 4.959 km (3.081 mi) | ||
| Feature race | |||
| Date | 6 May 2006 | ||
| Laps | 35 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Nelson Piquet Jr. | Piquet Sports | |
| Time | 1:40.799 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
 Lewis Hamilton | ART Grand Prix | |
| Second |
 Alexandre Prémat | ART Grand Prix | |
| Third |
Adam Carroll | Racing Engineering | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
Lewis Hamilton | ART Grand Prix | |
| Time | 1:42.782 (on lap 14) | ||
| Sprint race | |||
| Date | 7 May 2006 | ||
| Laps | 24 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Lewis Hamilton | ART Grand Prix | |
| Second |
Nicolas Lapierre | Arden International | |
| Third |
 José María López | Super Nova Racing | |
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
Alexandre Prémat[a] | ART Grand Prix | |
| Time | 1:40.983 (on lap 22) | ||
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
Feature Race
| Pos. | No. | 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:[2] | |||||||
Sprint Race
Standings after the round
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Notes
- ^ Alexandre Prémat set the fastest lap, but he started from the pitlane, so the points were given to Gianmaria Bruni.[1]
References
- ^ "Nurburgring 2006: Hamilton does 'Ring double". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 7 May 2006. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ^ a b c "GP2 Series 2006 Results - European". Team Dan. Team Dan. Archived from the original on 2017-07-31. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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