2005 Monaco GP2 Series round

The 2005 Monaco GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 21 May 2005 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. It was the third race of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2005 Monaco Grand Prix.

   2005 Monaco GP2 round

Round details
Round 3 of 12 rounds in the 2005 GP2 Series
Location	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course	Street circuit 3.340 km (2.08 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	21 May 2005
Laps	44
Pole position
Driver	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
Time	1:24.665
Podium
First	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International
Second	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport
Third	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
Time	1:23.864 (on lap 44)
Sprint race

There was only one race, held on Saturday. Polesitter Heikki Kovalainen finished fifth after an unsuccessful pit-stop, but was able to set the fastest lap. Irishman Adam Carroll, who started third, won the race by a margin of 0.657 seconds from Gianmaria Bruni. Nico Rosberg finished third, to score his first GP2 podium finish.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	1:24.665		1
2	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	1:24.724	+0.059	2
3	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	1:24.751	+0.086	3
4	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	1:24.996	+0.331	4
5	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	1:25.405	+0.740	5
6	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	1:25.483	+0.818	6
7	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	1:25.494	+0.829	7
8	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	1:25.709	+1.044	8
9	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	1:25.918	+1.253	9
10	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	1:26.083	+1.418	10
11	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	1:26.287	+1.622	11
12	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	1:26.463	+1.798	12
13	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	1:27.168	+2.503	13
14	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	1:27.260	+2.595	14
15	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	1:27.307	+2.642	15
16	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	1:28.401	+3.736	16
17	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	1:28.853	+4.188	17
18	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	1:28.947	+4.282	18
19	2	Can Artam	iSport International	1:29.941	+5.276	19
20	12	Ryan Sharp	DPR	1:36.477	+11.812	20
21	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	1:55.008	+30.343	21
22	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	2:01.514	+36.849	22
23	14	José María López	DAMS	No time		23
24	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	No time		24
107% time: 1:30.591

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	44	1:04:41.326	3	10
2	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	44	+0.654	2	8
3	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	44	+1.101	7	6
4	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	44	+18.452	5	5
5	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	44	+53.398	1	8
6	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	43	+1 lap	16	3
7	2	Can Artam	iSport International	43	+1 lap	19	2
8	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	42	+2 laps	18	1
9	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	41	+3 laps	4
10	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	40	+4 laps/DNF	14
11	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	40	+4 laps/DNF	22
12	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	40	+4 laps/DNF	21
Ret	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	33	DNF	10
Ret	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	23	DNF	11
Ret	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	11	DNF	6
Ret	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	10	DNF	9
Ret	14	José María López	DAMS	10	DNF	23
Ret	12	Ryan Sharp	DPR	8	DNF	20
Ret	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	6	DNF	17
Ret	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	0	DNF	8
Ret	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	0	DNF	12
DSQ	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	7	Disqualified1	15
DNS	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	0	Did not start	13
DNS	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	0	Did not start	24
Fastest lap: Heikki Kovalainen (Arden International) 1:23.864 (on lap 44)
Source:[1]

Notes

• ^1 – Ernesto Viso was disqualified for exiting pit lane under red light.

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Heikki Kovalainen 28 1 2 Gianmaria Bruni 26 1 3 Scott Speed 25 1 4 Adam Carroll 23 1 5 José María López 17

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Arden International 32 1 2 Coloni Motorsport 29 1 3 iSport International 27 1 4 Super Nova International 23 1 5 ART Grand Prix 19

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

See also

• 2005 Monaco Grand Prix
• 2005 Monaco Porsche Supercup round
• 2005 Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three