2005 Nürburgring GP2 Series round

The 2005 European GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 28 and 29 May 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.

   2005 Nürburgring 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 (3.200 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	28 May 2005
Laps	33
Pole position
Driver	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International
Time	1:43.862
Podium
First	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
Second	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International
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 International
Third	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports
Fastest lap
Driver	Scott Speed	iSport International
Time	1:43.853 (on lap 20)

The first race was won by Heikki Kovalainen for Arden International, with Giorgio Pantano second for Super Nova International 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 International and Nelson Piquet Jr. for Hitech Piquet Sports also on the podium.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	1:43.862		1
2	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	1:44.128	+0.266	2
3	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	1:44.176	+0.314	3
4	14	José María López	DAMS	1:44.266	+0.404	4
5	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	1:44.477	+0.615	5
6	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	1:44.739	+0.877	6
7	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	1:44.748	+0.886	7
8	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	1:44.865	+1.003	8
9	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	1:44.879	+1.017	9
10	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	1:44.914	+1.052	10
11	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	1:44.989	+1.127	111
12	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	1:45.331	+1.469	12
13	12	Ryan Sharp	DPR	1:45.463	+1.601	13
14	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	1:45.523	+1.661	14
15	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	1:45.550	+1.688	15
16	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	1:45.661	+1.799	16
17	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	1:45.737	+1.875	172
18	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	1:45.789	+1.927	18
19	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	1:45.946	+2.084	19
20	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	1:46.429	+2.567	20
21	2	Can Artam	iSport International	1:46.503	+2.641	21
22	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	1:46.589	+2.727	223
23	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	1:46.656	+2.794	23
24	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	1:47.266	+3.404	24
107% time: 1:51.132
Source:[1]

Notes

• ^1 – Nico Rosberg (1:43.939 and 1:44.302) two fastest times deleted for speeding under yellow flags during. This demoted him from second to 11th on the grid.
• ^2 – Heikki Kovalainen (1:43.965 and 1:44.318) two fastest times deleted for speeding under yellow flags during. This demoted him from third to 17th on the grid.
• ^3 – Alexandre Prémat (1:44.598 and 1:44.904) two fastest times deleted for speeding under yellow flags during. This demoted him from eighth to 22nd on the grid.

Feature race

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 International	33	+1.832	1	10
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 Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	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	DPR	33	+1:07.919	13
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	DPR	0	DNF	9
Ret	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	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 Sports	0	DNF	19
Fastest lap: Scott Speed (iSport International) 1:44.992 (on lap 20)
Source:[2]

Sprint race

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 International	24	+6.861	21	5
3	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	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 International	24	+21.005	7
8	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	24	+22.896	20
9	12	Ryan Sharp	DPR	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	23	+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 Sports	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
DNS	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	0	Did not start	11
EX	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	0	Excluded1	22
Fastest lap: Scott Speed (iSport International) 1:43.853 (on lap 20)
Source:[3]

Notes

• ^1 – Borja García was excluded from the sprint race for causing a five-car accident at the start of the feature race.

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Heikki Kovalainen 38 1 2 Scott Speed 29 1 3 Adam Carroll 28 2 4 Gianmaria Bruni 27 1 5 Nico Rosberg 21

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Arden International 42 2 2 Super Nova International 38 2 3 ART Grand Prix 33 1 4 iSport International 31 3 5 Coloni Motorsport 30

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