2005 Magny-Cours GP2 Series round

   2005 Magny-Cours GP2 round

Round details
Round 5 of 12 rounds in the 2005 GP2 Series season
Location	Magny-Cours, France
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.411 km (2.74 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	2 July 2005
Laps	41
Pole position
Driver	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:25.132
Podium
First	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
Second	José María López	DAMS
Third	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport
Time	1:27.809 (on lap 37)
Sprint race
Date	3 July 2005
Laps	28
Podium
First	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
Second	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición
Third	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport
Time	1:27.682 (on lap 3)

The 2005 French GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on July 2 and July 3, 2005 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in Magny-Cours, France. It was the fifth race of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2005 French Grand Prix.

The first race was won by Heikki Kovalainen for Arden International, with José María López second for DAMS and Nicolas Lapierre finishing third for Arden.

The second race was won by Nico Rosberg for ART Grand Prix, with Hiroki Yoshimoto for BCN Competición and Heikki Kovalainen for Arden also on the podium.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time	Grid
1	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	1:25.132	1
2	14	José María López	DAMS	1:25.209	2
3	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	1:25.245	3
4	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	1:25.402	4
5	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	1:25.525	5
6	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	1:25.620	6
7	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	1:25.848	7
8	3	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	Hitech/Piquet Racing	1:25.863	8
9	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing	1:25.867	9
10	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	1:26.019	10
11	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	1:26.096	11
12	11	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	1:26.158	12
13	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	1:26.519	13
14	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	1:26.766	14
15	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	1:26.822	15
16	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	1:26.858	24[1]
17	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	1:27.080	16
18	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	1:27.173	17
19	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech/Piquet Racing	1:27.178	18
20	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	1:27.247	19
21	12	Ryan Sharp	David Price Racing	1:27.255	20
22	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	1:27.478	21
23	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	1:27.691	22
24	2	Can Artam	iSport International	1:28.695	23

Race 1

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	41	1:02:55.458	4	10
2	14	José María López	DAMS	41	+3.300	2	8
3	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	41	+7.600	7	6
4	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	41	+14.900	5	5
5	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	41	+22.400	15	4
6	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	41	+22.900	10	3
7	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	41	+23.100	3	2
8	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	41	+29.300	22	1
9	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	41	+32.700	1	2
10	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing	41	+36.200	9
11	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	41	+36.600	24
12	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	41	+37.100	16
13	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	41	+45.000	19
14	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	41	+50.800	13
15	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	41	+51.800	6
16	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	41	+1:00.700	21
17	2	Can Artam	iSport International	41	+1:28.000	23
18	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	40	+1 lap	11	2
19	12	Ryan Sharp	David Price Racing	40	+1 lap	20
Ret	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	30	DNF	14
Ret	3	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	Hitech/Piquet Racing	24	DNF	8
Ret	11	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	15	DNF	12
Ret	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	9	DNF	17
Ret	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech/Piquet Racing	1	DNF	18
Fastest lap: Gianmaria Bruni (Coloni Motorsport) 1:27.809 (lap 37)[2]

Race 2

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	28	41:30.173	2	6
2	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	28	+25.300	3	5
3	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	28	+25.800	8	4
4	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	28	+34.900	4	3
5	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	28	+39.200	6	2
6	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	28	+42.000	5	1
7	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing	28	+45.900	10
8	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	28	+1:01.800	11
9	11	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	28	+1:05.300	22
10	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	28	+1:05.900	14
11	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	28	+1:07.200	18	2
12	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	28	+1:09.300	20
13	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech/Piquet Racing	28	+1:11.000	24
14	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	28	+1:19.500	13
15	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	28	+1:27.700	16
16	2	Can Artam	iSport International	28	+1:30.800	17
17	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	27	+1 lap/DNF	12
18	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	26	+2 laps	15
Ret	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	23	DNF	9
Ret	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	23	DNF	23
Ret	14	José María López	DAMS	22	DNF	7
Ret	12	Ryan Sharp	David Price Racing	6	DNF	19
DSQ	3	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	Hitech/Piquet Racing	?	Illegal tyre change	21
DSQ	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	?	Illegal tyre change	1
Fastest lap: Gianmaria Bruni (Coloni Motorsport) 1:27.682 (lap 3)[3]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Heikki Kovalainen 52 1 2 Adam Carroll 34 1 3 Gianmaria Bruni 31 1 4 Nico Rosberg 29 3 5 Scott Speed 29

Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Arden International 64 2 Super Nova Racing 44 3 ART Grand Prix 43 1 4 Coloni Motorsport 34 1 5 iSport International 31

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

References

1. "GP2: Qualifying times – Magny-Cours". Crash Media Group. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
2. "GP2: Race result (1) – Magny-Cours". Crash Media Group. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
3. "GP2: Race result (2) – Magny-Cours [amended]". Crash Media Group. Retrieved 2011-05-06.

External links

• gp2.gpupdate.net