2005 Silverstone GP2 Series round

The 2005 Silverstone GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 9 and 10 July 2005 at Silverstone Circuit, United Kingdom. It was the sixth round of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2005 British Grand Prix.

   2005 Silverstone GP2 round

Round details
Round 6 of 12 rounds in the 2005 GP2 Series
Silverstone Circuit
Location	Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England
Course	Permanent racing circuit 5.141 km (3.194 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	9 July 2005
Laps	36
Pole position
Driver	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:31.509
Podium
First	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
Second	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
Third	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:35.326
Sprint race
Date	10 July 2005
Laps	24
Podium
First	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing
Second	Scott Speed	iSport International
Third	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Scott Speed	iSport International
Time	1:35.092

Nico Rosberg, who was the polesitter for race one, took his first GP2 feature race win, his second consecutive victory after also winning the sprint race at Magny-Cours. The feature race podium was completed by championship leader Heikki Kovalainen, of Arden International, and Rosberg's ART Grand Prix teammate Alexandre Prémat.[1]

Olivier Pla, who was on reverse grid pole after finishing eighth in the feature race, took his and David Price Racing's first win of the season, ahead of iSport's Scott Speed and Kovalainen.[2]

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	1:31.509	1
2	3	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	Hitech/Piquet Racing	1:31.550	2
3	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	1:31.929	3
4	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	1:31.987	14^1
5	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	1:32.004	4
6	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	1:32.190	5
7	14	José María López	DAMS	1:32.298	6
8	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	1:32.339	7
9	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing	1:32.359	8
10	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	1:32.374	9
11	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	1:32.395	10
12	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	1:32.446	11
13	11	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	1:32.467	12
14	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	1:32.793	13
15	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	1:32.816	24^1
16	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	1:32.848	15
17	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	1:32.941	16
18	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	1:32.953	17
19	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	1:33.006	18
20	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	1:33.226	19
21	12	Ryan Sharp	David Price Racing	1:33.298	20
22	2	Can Artam	iSport International	1:34.033	21
23	4	Alexandre Sarnes Negrão	Hitech/Piquet Racing	1:34.109	22
24	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	1:34.692	23
Source:[3]

Notes

• ^1 — Alexandre Prémat and Ernesto Viso were given ten-place grid penalties for incidents at Magny-Cours.[3]

Feature race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	36	58:26.373	1	12
2	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	36	+0.500	3	8
3	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	36	+26.300	14	8
4	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	36	+29.700	7	5
5	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	36	+50.500	5	4
6	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	36	+51.000	10	3
7	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	36	+56.800	11	2
8	11	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	36	+58.000	12	1
9	14	José María López	DAMS	36	+58.300	6
10	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	36	+1:00.900	9
11	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	36	+1:01.300	13
12	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing	36	+1:03.700	8
13	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	36	+1:04.300	16
14	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	36	+1:06.100	17
15	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	36	+1:18.900	24
16	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	36	+1:29.500	19
17	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	36	+1:35.000	15
18	2	Can Artam	iSport International	35	+1 lap	21
19	4	Alexandre Sarnes Negrão	Hitech/Piquet Racing	35	+1 lap	22
20	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	35	+1 lap	23
21	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	34	+2 laps	4
Ret	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	30	Did not finish	18
Ret	12	Ryan Sharp	David Price Racing	1	Did not finish	20
DNS	3	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	Hitech/Piquet Racing		Did not start	2
Fastest lap: Alexandre Prémat (ART Grand Prix) — 1:35.326
Source:[1]

Sprint race

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	24	40:09.933	1	6
2	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	24	+0.500	5	7
3	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	24	+1.200	7	4
4	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	24	+1.800	8	3
5	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	24	+5.500	6	2
6	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	24	+6.700	4	1
7	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing	24	+8.400	12
8	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	24	+11.200	21
9	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	24	+12.200	17
10	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	24	+13.700	14
11	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	24	+15.400	2
12	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	24	+23.500	16
13	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	24	+29.600	15
14	2	Can Artam	iSport International	24	+37.800	18
15	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	24	+38.300	20
16	4	Alexandre Sarnes Negrão	Hitech/Piquet Racing	23	+1 lap	19
Ret	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	19	Did not finish	3
Ret	12	Ryan Sharp	David Price Racing	18	Did not finish	23
Ret	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	16	Did not finish	10
Ret	3	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	Hitech/Piquet Racing	8	Did not finish	24
Ret	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	5	Did not finish	11
Ret	14	José María López	DAMS	0	Did not finish	9
Ret	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	0	Did not finish	13
Ret	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	0	Did not finish	22
Fastest lap: Scott Speed (iSport International) — 1:35.092
Source:[2]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Driver Points 1 Heikki Kovalainen 64 2 2 Nico Rosberg 44 2 3 Scott Speed 41 2 4 Adam Carroll 34 2 5 Gianmaria Bruni 33

Teams' Championship standings Pos. Constructor Points 1 Arden International 76 1 2 ART Grand Prix 68 1 3 Super Nova Racing 44 1 4 iSport International 43 1 5 Coloni Motorsport 36

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

References

1. "GP2: Race results (1) - Silverstone". crash.net. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
2. "GP2: Race results (2) - Silverstone". crash.net. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
3. "GP2: Qualifying times - Silverstone". crash.net. Retrieved 2 November 2013.