2006 Monza GP2 Series round

The 2006 Monza GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on September 9 and 10, 2006 at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza, Italy. It was the final round of the 2006 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2006 Italian Grand Prix.

   2006 Monza GP2 round

Round details
Round 11 of 11 rounds in the 2006 GP2 Series
Monza
Location	Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.793 km (3.600 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	9 September 2006
Laps	32
Pole position
Driver	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports
Time	1:30.161
Podium
First	Giorgio Pantano	FMS International
Second	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports
Third	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton[a]	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:30.528[2] (on lap 23)
Sprint race
Date	10 September 2006
Laps	21
Podium
First	Giorgio Pantano	FMS International
Second	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
Third	Clivio Piccione	DPR Direxiv
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:30.528 (on lap 17)

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports	1:30.161	1
2	16	Giorgio Pantano	FMS International	1:30.390	2
3	2	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix	1:30.528	3
4	9	Adam Carroll	Racing Engineering	1:30.789	4
5	1	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	1:31.031	5
6	19	Luca Filippi	BCN Competición	1:31.071	6
7	7	Ernesto Viso	iSport International	1:31.162	7
8	3	Michael Ammermüller	Arden International	1:31.212	8
9	15	Franck Perera	DAMS	1:31.273	9
10	24	Adrián Vallés	Campos Racing	1:31.288	10
11	8	Timo Glock	iSport International	1:31.302	11
12	26	Gianmaria Bruni	Trident	1:31.357	12
13	25	Félix Porteiro	Campos Racing	1:31.358	13
14	5	José María López	Super Nova Racing	1:31.479	14
15	21	Clivio Piccione	DPR Direxiv	1:31.510	15
16	12	Alexandre Negrão	Piquet Sports	1:31.664	16
17	23	Sergio Hernández	Durango	1:31.685	17
18	27	Andreas Zuber	Trident	1:31.818	18
19	4	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	1:31.870	19
20	18	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	1:31.888	20
21	22	Lucas di Grassi	Durango	1:31.934	21
22	10	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	1:32.195	22
23	14	Ferdinando Monfardini	DAMS	1:32.253	23
24	20	Vitaly Petrov	DPR Direxiv	1:32.351	24
25	6	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	1:32.584	25
26	17	Jason Tahincioglu	FMS International	1:33.337	26
Source:[3][4]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Giorgio Pantano	FMS International	32	51:31.171	2	10
2	11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports	32	+5.054	1	8+2
3	2	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix	32	+6.887	3	6+1
4	19	Luca Filippi	BCN Competición	32	+28.630	6	5
5	1	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	32	+32.882	5	4
6	4	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	32	+39.285	19	3
7	21	Clivio Piccione	DPR Direxiv	32	+40.656	15	2
8	18	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	32	+43.361	20	1
9	10	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	32	+57.004	22
10	22	Lucas di Grassi	Durango	32	+1:27.040	21
11	17	Jason Tahincioglu	FMS International	31	+1 Lap	26
12	3	Michael Ammermüller	Arden International	31	+1 Lap	8
13	23	Sergio Hernández	Durango	31	+1 Lap	17
14	6	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	31	+1 Lap	25
15	15	Franck Perera	DAMS	30	+2 Laps	9
Ret	5	José María López	Super Nova Racing	19	DNF	14
Ret	20	Vitaly Petrov	DPR Direxiv	18	DNF	24
Ret	8	Timo Glock	iSport International	17	DNF	11
Ret	24	Adrián Vallés	Campos Racing	17	DNF	10
Ret	26	Gianmaria Bruni	Trident Racing	15	DNF	12
Ret	14	Ferdinando Monfardini	DAMS	15	DNF	23
Ret	9	Adam Carroll	Racing Engineering	10	DNF	4
Ret	25	Félix Porteiro	Campos Racing	8	DNF	13
Ret	7	Ernesto Viso	iSport International	0	DNF	7
Ret	12	Alexandre Negrão	Piquet Sports	0	DNF	16
Ret	27	Andreas Zuber	Trident Racing	0	DNF	18
Source:[5]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Giorgio Pantano	FMS International	21	32:08.597	8	6
2	2	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix	21	+0.411	6	5+1
3	21	Clivio Piccione	DPR Direxiv	21	+14.075	2	4
4	4	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	21	+21.206	3	3
5	18	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	21	+21.680	1	2
6	11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports	21	+22.029	7	1
7	19	Luca Filippi	BCN Competición	21	+22.548	5
8	7	Ernesto Viso	iSport International	21	+28.507	24
9	26	Gianmaria Bruni	Trident Racing	21	+43.967	20
10	6	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	21	+44.845	14
11	24	Adrián Vallés	Campos Racing	21	+45.523	19
12	20	Vitaly Petrov	DPR Direxiv	21	+45.781	17
13	17	Jason Tahincioglu	FMS International	21	+1:01.274	11
14	22	Lucas di Grassi	Durango	21	+1:08.214	10
15	15	Franck Perera	DAMS	19	+2 Laps	15
Ret	5	José María López	Super Nova Racing	17	DNF	16
NC	27	Andreas Zuber	Trident Racing	17	+4 Laps	26
NC	25	Félix Porteiro	Campos Racing	16	+5 Laps	23
Ret	1	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	15	DNF	4
Ret	23	Sergio Hernández	Durango	12	DNF	13
Ret	9	Adam Carroll	Racing Engineering	5	DNF	22
Ret	12	Alexandre Negrão	Piquet Sports	4	DNF	25
Ret	14	Ferdinando Monfardini	DAMS	4	DNF	21
Ret	3	Michael Ammermüller	Arden International	2	DNF	12
Ret	10	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	1	DNF	9
DNS	8	Timo Glock	iSport International	0	Did not start	18
Source:[6]

Notes

1. Giorgio Pantano set the fastest lap, but Judges penalised him for ignoring the yellow flags, so the point were given to Lewis Hamilton.^[1]