2005 GP2 SERIES SEASON


The '2005 GP2 Series season' started in Imola, San Marino on April 23, 2005 and ended in Manama, Bahrain on September 30, 2005. The season was won by the German Nico Rosberg, with the Finn Heikki Kovalainen finishing second.
2005 was the first season of the newly-renamed Formula One feeder series, from Formula 3000 to GP2. The inaugural season didn't feature reigning F3000 champion Vitantonio Liuzzi, due to the fact that the Italian was driving for Red Bull Racing in Formula One. Also featured were two former F1 drivers, Gianmaria Bruni and Giorgio Pantano, driving for Coloni and SuperNova respectively.

Contents
Drivers and constructors
Race calendar
Final driver standings
Final constructors' standings

Drivers and constructors


Note: As all of the teams used the Dallara chassis with Renault-badged Mecachrome engines in 2005 in order to keep the field fair, no information on the car specifications is given.
Team Car # Driver
iSport International 1 Scott Speed
2 Can Artam
HiTech/Piquet Racing 3 Nelson Angelo Piquet
4 Alexandre Sarnes Negrão
BCN Competicion 5 Ernesto José Viso Lossada
6 Hiroki Yoshimoto
Super Nova Racing 7 Giorgio Pantano
8 Adam Carroll
ART Grand Prix 9 Nico Rosberg
10 Alexandre Prémat
David Price Racing 11 Olivier Pla
12 Ryan Sharp
Giorgio Mondini
DAMS 14 José María López
15 Fairuz Fauzy
Coloni Motorsport 16 Mathias Lauda
17 Ferdinando Monfardini
Toni Vilander
Gianmaria Bruni
Racing Engineering 18 Neel Jani
19 Borja García
Campos Racing 20 Juan Cruz Ãlvarez
21 Sergio Hernández
Arden International 22 Heikki Kovalainen
23 Nicolas Lapierre
Durango 24 Clivio Piccione
25 Gianmaria Bruni
Ferdinando Monfardini

Notes:

Giorgio Mondini replaced Ryan Sharp for Hungarian races

Toni Vilander replaced Gianmaria Bruni for Italian races.

Gianmaria Bruni replaced Ferdinando Monfardini for Belgian races.

Ferdinando Monfardini replaced Toni Vilander for Bahrain races.

Race calendar


There were 23 races in the 2005 GP2 Series championship at 12 different circuits. Eleven race weekends had one race on Saturday and another on Sunday, the exception being the race at Circuit de Monaco where there was only one race on the weekend. The season began on April 23 2005 and concluded on September 25, 2005.
The calendar was as follows.
Round Location Circuit Date Winning Driver Winning Team
1 Imola, Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari April 23 Heikki Kovalainen Arden International
2 April 24 Adam Carroll Super Nova Racing
3 Barcelona, Spain Circuit de Catalunya May 7 Gianmaria Bruni Coloni Motorsport
4 May 8 José María López DAMS
5 Monte Carlo, Monaco Circuit de Monaco May 21 Adam Carroll Super Nova Racing
6 Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring May 28 Clivio Piccione Durango
7 May 29 Heikki Kovalainen Arden International
8 Magny-Cours, France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours July 2 Heikki Kovalainen Arden International
9 July 3 Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix
10 Silverstone, Great Britain Silverstone Circuit July 9 Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix
11 July 10 Olivier Pla David Price Racing
12 Hockenheim, Germany Hockenheimring July 23 Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix
13 July 24 Olivier Pla David Price Racing
14 Budapest, Hungary Hungaroring July 30 Neel Jani Racing Engineering
15 July 31 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix
16 Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul Racing Circuit August 20 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix
17 August 21 Heikki Kovalainen Arden International
18 Monza, Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza September 3 Heikki Kovalainen Arden International
19 September 4 Neel Jani Racing Engineering
20 Spa, Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps September 10 Nelson Angelo Piquet HiTech/Piquet Racing
21 September 11 Adam Carroll Super Nova Racing
22 Manama, Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit September 29 Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix
23 September 30 Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix

Final driver standings


Pos. Number Driver Team Points Races Wins Poles
01 09 Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix '120' 23 5 5
02 22 Heikki Kovalainen Arden International '105' 23 5 2
03 01 Scott Speed iSport International '67.5' 23 0 1
04 10 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix '67' 23 2 1
05 08 Adam Carroll Super Nova Racing '53' 23 3 1
06 07 Giorgio Pantano Super Nova Racing '49' 23 0 1
07 18 Neel Jani Racing Engineering '48' 23 2 1
08 03 Nelson Angelo Piquet HiTech/Piquet Racing '46' 22 1 0
09 14 José María López DAMS '36' 23 1 0
10 17/25 Gianmaria Bruni Coloni Motorsport, Durango '35' 21 1 2
11 23 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International '21' 22 0 1
12 05 Ernesto Viso BCN Competicion '21' 22 0 1
13 11 Olivier Pla David Price Racing '20' 23 2 2

14 19 Borja García Racing Engineering '17.5' 22 0 0
15 24 Clivio Piccione Durango '14' 23 1 1
16 06 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competicion '14' 21 0 1
17 25/17 Ferdinando Monfardini Durango, Coloni Motorsport '5' 20 0 1
18 20 Juan Cruz Ãlvarez Campos Racing '4.5' 23 0 0
19 04 Alexandre Negrão HiTech/Piquet Racing '4' 23 0 2

20 21 Sergio Hernández Campos Racing '3' 23 0 0
21 16 Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport '3' 23 0 0
22 02 Can Artam iSport International '2' 23 0 0
23 12 Ryan Sharp David Price Racing '2' 13 0 0
24 15 Fairuz Fauzy DAMS '0' 23 0 0
25 17 Toni Vilander Coloni Motorsport '0' 4 0 0
26 12 Giorgio Mondini David Price Racing '0' 10 0 0


Asterisk in poles indicates that one pole has been achieved by finishing 8th in 1st race.
Note: Sprint race at Spa was stopped early and half points were awarded.

Final constructors' standings


Pos. Team Drivers Points Wins Poles
01 ART Grand Prix Nico Rosberg, Alexandre Prémat '187' 7 6
02 Arden International Heikki Kovalainen, Nicolas Lapierre '126' 5 3
03 Super Nova Racing Giorgio Pantano, Adam Carroll '102' 3 2
04 iSport International Scott Speed, Can Artam '69.5' 0 1
05 Racing Engineering Borja García, Neel Jani '65.5' 2 1
06 HiTech/Piquet Racing Nelson Angelo Piquet, Alexandre Negrão '50' 1 2

07 DAMS José María López, Fairuz Fauzy '36' 1 0
08 Coloni Motorsport Gianmaria Bruni, Mathias Lauda, Toni Vilander, Ferdinando Monfardini '36' 1 1
09 BCN Competicion Ernesto Viso, Hiroki Yoshimoto '35' 0 2

10 David Price Racing Olivier Pla, Ryan Sharp, Giorgio Mondini '22' 2 2

11 Durango Clivio Piccione, Ferdinando Monfardini, Gianmaria Bruni '19' 1 3

12 Campos Racing Sergio Hernández, Juan Cruz Ãlvarez '7.5' 0 0


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