2005 Nürburgring GP2 Series round

   2005 European GP2 round

Round details
Round 4 of 12 rounds in the 2005 GP2 Series
Location	Nürburgring, Nürburg, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.148 km (3.2 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	28 May 2005
Laps	33
Pole position
Driver	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing
Time	1:43.862
Podium
First	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
Second	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing
Third	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Scott Speed	iSport International
Time	1:44.992 (on lap 20)
Sprint race
Date	29 May 2005
Laps	24
Podium
First	Clivio Piccione	Durango
Second	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing
Third	Nelson Ángelo Piquet	Hitech/Piquet Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Scott Speed	iSport International
Time	1:43.853 (on lap 20)

The 2005 European GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on May 28 and May 29, 2005 at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Germany. It was the fourth race of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2005 European Grand Prix.

The first race was won by Heikki Kovalainen for Arden International, with Giorgio Pantano for Super Nova Racing and Nico Rosberg finishing third for ART Grand Prix.

The second race was won by Clivio Piccione for Durango, with Adam Carroll for Super Nova Racing and Nelson Ángelo Piquet for Hitech/Piquet Racing also on the podium.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time	Grid
1	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing	1:43.862	1
2	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	1:44.128	2
3	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	1:44.176	3
4	14	José María López	DAMS	1:44.266	4
5	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	1:44.477	5
6	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	1:44.739	6
7	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	1:44.748	7
8	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	1:44.865	8
9	11	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	1:44.879	9
10	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	1:44.914	10
11	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	1:44.989	11
12	3	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	Hitech/Piquet Racing	1:45.331	12
13	12	Ryan Sharp	David Price Racing	1:45.463	13
14	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	1:45.523	14
15	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	1:45.550	15
16	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	1:45.661	16
17	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	1:45.737	17
18	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	1:45.789	18
19	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech/Piquet Racing	1:45.946	19
20	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	1:46.429	20
21	2	Can Artam	iSport International	1:46.503	21
22	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	1:46.589	22
23	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	1:46.656	23
24	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	1:47.266	24

Race 1

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	33	1:01:43.066	17	10
2	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing	33	+1.832	1	8
3	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	33	+24.953	11	6
4	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	33	+40.520	22	5
5	3	Nelson Ángelo Piquet	Hitech/Piquet Racing	33	+41.160	12	4
6	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	33	+49.037	3	3
7	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	33	+49.138	14	2
8	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	33	+54.299	2	1
9	12	Ryan Sharp	David Price Racing	33	+1:07.919	13	2
10	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	33	+1:08.692	23
11	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	33	+1:17.472	7
12	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	33	+1:19.997	6
13	14	José María López	DAMS	33	+1:20.750	4
14	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	33	+1:25.504	24
15	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	33	+1:32.110	20
16	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	32	+1 lap	8	2
17	2	Can Artam	iSport International	32	+1 lap	21
18	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	30	+3 laps/DNF	15
Ret	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	8	DNF	5
Ret	11	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	0	DNF	9
Ret	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	0	DNF	10
Ret	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	0	DNF	16
Ret	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	0	DNF	18
Ret	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech/Piquet Racing	0	DNF	19
Fastest lap: Scott Speed (iSport International) 1:44.992 (lap 20)

Race 2

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	24	42:42.210	2	6
2	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	24	+6.861	21	5
3	3	Nelson Ángelo Piquet	Hitech/Piquet Racing	24	+7.487	4	4
4	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	24	+7.727	6	3
5	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	24	+14.867	15	2
6	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	24	+17.270	23	1
7	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing	24	+21.005	7
8	11	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	24	+22.896	20
9	12	Ryan Sharp	David Price Racing	24	+35.319	9
10	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	24	+56.231	14
11	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	24	+1:20.910	19
12	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	24	+1 lap	16	2
13	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	22	+2 laps/DNF	3
14	14	José María López	DAMS	22	+2 laps	13
15	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	22	+2 laps	18
Ret	2	Can Artam	iSport International	17	DNF	17
Ret	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	16	DNF	1
Ret	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech/Piquet Racing	6	DNF	24
Ret	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	2	DNF	8
Ret	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	1	DNF	12
Ret	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	1	DNF	5
Ret	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	1	DNF	10
Ret	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	0	DNF	11
EX	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	-	DNF	22
Fastest lap: Scott Speed (iSport International) 1:43.853 (lap 20)

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Heikki Kovalainen	38
2	Adam Carroll	28
3	Gianmaria Bruni	27
4	Scott Speed	25
5	Nico Rosberg	21

Teams' Championship standings

Pos	Team	Points
1	Arden International	42
2	Super Nova Racing	38
3	ART Grand Prix	33
4	Coloni Motorsport	30
5	iSport International	27

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

External links

• gp2.gpupdate.net