2005 GP2 Series season

The 2005 GP2 Series season started in Imola, San Marino on April 23, 2005 and ended in Manama, Bahrain on September 30, 2005. The season was won by the German Nico Rosberg, with the Finn Heikki Kovalainen finishing second.

2005 was the first season of the newly-renamed Formula One feeder series, from Formula 3000 to GP2. The inaugural season didn't feature reigning F3000 champion Vitantonio Liuzzi, due to the fact that the Italian was driving for Red Bull Racing in Formula One. The series did feature two former F1 drivers, Italians Gianmaria Bruni and Giorgio Pantano, driving for Coloni and SuperNova respectively.

Drivers and constructors

All of the teams used the Dallara chassis with Renault-badged Mecachrome engines in 2005 in order to keep the field fair.

As this was inaugular season in the series, car numbers were distributed by a pre-season session held at Circuit Paul Ricard on April 6. The fastest driver got number 1, his team-mate number 2, next best driver number 3 etc.

Team	Car #	Driver
iSport International	1	Scott Speed
	2	Can Artam
HiTech/Piquet Racing	3	Nelson Angelo Piquet
	4	Alexandre Sarnes Negrão
BCN Competicion	5	Ernesto José Viso Lossada
	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto
Super Nova Racing	7	Giorgio Pantano
	8	Adam Carroll
ART Grand Prix	9	Nico Rosberg
	10	Alexandre Prémat
David Price Racing	11	Olivier Pla
	12	Ryan Sharp
		Giorgio Mondini
DAMS	14	José María López
	15	Fairuz Fauzy
Coloni Motorsport	16	Mathias Lauda
	17	Ferdinando Monfardini
		Toni Vilander
		Gianmaria Bruni
Racing Engineering	18	Neel Jani
	19	Borja García
Campos Racing	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez
	21	Sergio Hernandez
Arden International	22	Heikki Kovalainen
	23	Nicolas Lapierre
Durango	24	Clivio Piccione
	25	Gianmaria Bruni
		Ferdinando Monfardini

Notes:

• Giorgio Mondini replaced Ryan Sharp for Hungarian races
• Toni Vilander replaced Gianmaria Bruni for Italian races.
• Gianmaria Bruni replaced Ferdinando Monfardini for Belgian races.
• Ferdinando Monfardini replaced Toni Vilander for Bahrain races.

Race calendar

There were 23 races in the 2005 GP2 Series championship at 12 different circuits. Eleven race weekends had one race on Saturday and another on Sunday, the exception being the race at Circuit de Monaco where there was only one race on the weekend. The season began on April 23 2005 and concluded on September 25, 2005.

The calendar was as follows.

Round	Location	Circuit	Date
1	Imola, Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	April 23
2			April 24
3	Barcelona, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	May 7
4			May 8
5	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	May 21
6	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	May 28
7			May 29
8	Magny-Cours, France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	July 2
9			July 3
10	Silverstone, Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	July 9
11			July 10
12	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	July 23
13			July 24
14	Budapest, Hungary	Hungaroring	July 30
15			July 31
16	Istanbul, Turkey	Istanbul Racing Circuit	August 20
17			August 21
18	Monza, Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	September 3
19			September 4
20	Spa, Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	September 10
21			September 11
22	Manama, Bahrain	Bahrain International Circuit	September 29
23			September 30

Results

Rd.	Grand Prix	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Constructor	Report
1	San Marino Grand Prix Feature	Nicolas Lapierre	Ernesto Viso	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	Report
2	San Marino Grand Prix Sprint		Nicolas Lapierre	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	Report
3	Spanish Grand Prix Feature	Scott Speed	Scott Speed	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	Report
4	Spanish Grand Prix Sprint		Ryan Sharp	José María López	DAMS	Report
5	Monaco Grand Prix	Heikki Kovalainen	Heikki Kovalainen	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	Report
6	European Grand Prix Feature	Giorgio Pantano	Scott Speed	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	Report
7	European Grand Prix Sprint		Scott Speed	Clivio Piccione	Durango	Report
8	French Grand Prix Feature	Alexandre Prémat	Gianmaria Bruni	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	Report
9	French Grand Prix Sprint		Nelson Piquet Jr.	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	Report
10	British Grand Prix Feature	Nico Rosberg	Alexandre Prémat	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	Report
11	British Grand Prix Sprint		Scott Speed	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	Report
12	German Grand Prix Feature	Nico Rosberg	Nico Rosberg	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	Report
13	German Grand Prix Sprint		Giorgio Pantano	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	Report
14	Hungarian Grand Prix Feature	Neel Jani	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	Report
15	Hungarian Grand Prix Sprint		Clivio Piccione	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	Report
16	Turkish Grand Prix Feature	Nico Rosberg	Scott Speed	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	Report
17	Turkish Grand Prix Sprint		Olivier Pla	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	Report
18	Italian Grand Prix Feature	Heikki Kovalainen	Giorgio Pantano	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	Report
19	Italian Grand Prix Sprint		Giorgio Pantano	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	Report
20	Belgian Grand Brix Feature	Gianmaria Bruni	Gianmaria Bruni	Nelson Piquet Jr.	HiTech/Piquet Racing	Report
21	Belgian Grand Brix Sprint		Scott Speed	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	Report
22	Bahrain Grand Prix Feature	Nico Rosberg	Alexandre Prémat	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	Report
23	Bahrain Grand Prix Sprint		Scott Speed	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	Report

Standings

Pos.	Number	Driver	Team	Points	Races	Wins	Poles
01	09	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	120	23	5	5*
02	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	105	23	5	2
03	01	Scott Speed	iSport International	67.5	23	0	1
04	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	67	23	2	1
05	08	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	53	23	3	1*
06	07	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing	49	23	0	1
07	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	48	23	2	1
08	03	Nelson Angelo Piquet	HiTech/Piquet Racing	46	22	1	0
09	14	José María López	DAMS	36	23	1	0
10	17/25	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport, Durango	35	21	1	2*
11	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	21	22	0	1
12	05	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competicion	21	22	0	1*
13	11	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	20	23	2	2**
14	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	17.5	22	0	0
15	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	14	23	1	1*
16	06	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competicion	14	21	0	1*
17	25/17	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango, Coloni Motorsport	5	20	0	1*
18	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	4.5	23	0	0
19	04	Alexandre Negrão	HiTech/Piquet Racing	4	23	0	2**
20	21	Sergio Hernandez	Campos Racing	3	23	0	0
21	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	3	23	0	0
22	02	Can Artam	iSport International	2	23	0	0
23	12	Ryan Sharp	David Price Racing	2	13	0	0
24	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	0	23	0	0
25	17	Toni Vilander	Coloni Motorsport	0	4	0	0
26	12	Giorgio Mondini	David Price Racing	0	10	0	0

* Asterisk in poles indicates that one pole has been achieved by finishing 8th in 1st race.

Note: Sprint race at Spa was stopped early and half points were awarded.

Results at a glance

Pos Driver SMR FEA SMR SPR ESP FEA ESP SPR MON FEA EUR FEA EUR SPR FRA FEA FRA SPR GBR FEA GBR SPR GER FEA GER SPR HUN FEA HUN SPR TUR FEA TUR SPR ITA FEA ITA SPR BEL FEA BEL SPR BRN FEA BRN SPR Points 1 Rosberg 8 Ret 9* 4 3 3 4 7 1 1 4 1* 4 5 2 17 3 2* 2* 3 5 1 1 120 2 Kovalainen 1 3 3 Ret 5* 1 Ret 1 3 2 3 5 6 2 5 10 1 1 5 15 9 3 Ret 105 3 Speed 3 Ret 2 3 4 16* 12* 15 18 4 2* 4 3 Ret 19 5* 4 Ret 15 4 4 Ret 19* 67.5 4 Prémat 7 2 10 Ret Ret 4 Ret 9 Ret 3* 5 2 9 4 1 1 14 Ret 18 Ret 12 2* 3 67 5 Carroll 5 1 7 6 1 Ret 2 4 6 21 8 Ret 11 9 9 7 2 5 6 8* 1* 9 8 53 6 Pantano 13 Ret 13 14 Ret 2 7 10 7 12 7 6 2 3 3 2 8 6 3 NC 11 5 5 49 7 Jani 6 15 4 5 Ret 6 13 5 4 5 6 Ret 22 1 4 Ret Ret 7 1 16 18 16 13 48 8 Piquet 14 6 5 2 11 5 3 Ret DSQ Ret Ret 3 8 Ret 10 4 6 3 Ret 1 14 Ret 15 46 9 López 2 11 6 1 Ret 13 14 2 Ret 9 Ret 13 10 Ret Ret 6 7 Ret Ret 10 8 4 4 36 10 Bruni 4 4 1 Ret 2 8 Ret 18* 11 7 11 NC 14 10 8 Ret 9 Ret 16 Ret 14 35 11 Lapierre DNS Ret* 11 9 Ret 12 Ret 3 5 10 Ret 9 7 12 6 Ret 13 4 Ret Ret 23 6 20 21 12 Viso 10* DNS Ret Ret DSQ Ret 11 11 8 15 13 DSQ 12 6 Ret 14 12 Ret Ret 2 3 8 2 21 13 Pla 9 5 Ret Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret 9 8 1 8 1 7 Ret 9 17* Ret Ret 11 10 Ret DNS 20 14 García Ret 10 Ret 10 10 Ret EX Ret 12 17 9 7 5 11 Ret 3 5 Ret 10 6 2 19 17 17.5 15 Piccione 15 Ret Ret 8 Ret 7 1 8 DSQ 6 Ret Ret 17 Ret 16* Ret 11 11 14 12 19 13 7 14 16 Yoshimoto Ret 9 Ret 17 DNS 11 Ret 6 2 13 Ret 12 Ret 13* 17 8 10 10 16 Ret 17 7 6 14 17 Monfardini Ret DNS Ret 11 DNS Ret 6 12 17 14 10 Ret 15 Ret 11 Ret Ret 8 4 Ret 11 5 18 Álvarez Ret 7 Ret 12 Ret 18 15 Ret DSQ 11 Ret 10 Ret Ret 7 15 Ret 12 17 5 6 10 12 4.5 19 Negrão Ret 13 8 15 12 Ret Ret Ret 13 19 16 Ret 18 8 15 12 19 Ret 13 7 7 12 9 4 20 Hernández 11 8 Ret 18 8 15 5 13 14 16 12 Ret 19 Ret 18 Ret NC Ret 7 Ret 20 15 18 3 21 Lauda 12 Ret Ret 13 6 10 Ret 16 15 20 15 14 21 Ret 14 16 18 13 12 9 24 14 21 3 22 Artam 16 Ret Ret Ret 7 17 Ret 17 16 18 14 Ret 20 14 12 11 16 9 9 Ret 22 17 16 2 23 Sharp Ret 14 Ret 16* Ret 9 9 19 Ret Ret NC 11 13 2 24 Fauzy 17 12 12 7 Ret 14 10 14 10 Ret Ret Ret 16 Ret 13 Ret 15 14 11 13 15 11 10 0 25 Vilander 15 8 14 13 0 26 Mondini Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 21 18 22 0 Pos Driver SMR FEA SMR SPR ESP FEA ESP SPR MON FEA EUR FEA EUR SPR FRA FEA FRA SPR GBR FEA GBR SPR GER FEA GER SPR HUN FEA HUN SPR TUR FEA TUR SPR ITA FEA ITA SPR BEL FEA BEL SPR BRN FEA BRN SPR Points

Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Blank Did not participate Blank Injured (INJ) Blank Excluded (EX)

• Polesitter for feature race in bold.
• Driver with asterisk has been awarded two points for fastest lap.
• Driver who retired but was classified in italics.

Final teams' standings

Pos.	Team	Drivers	Points	Wins	Poles
01	ART Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg, Alexandre Prémat	187	7	6*
02	Arden International	Heikki Kovalainen, Nicolas Lapierre	126	5	3
03	Super Nova Racing	Giorgio Pantano, Adam Carroll	102	3	2*
04	iSport International	Scott Speed, Can Artam	69.5	0	1
05	Racing Engineering	Borja García, Neel Jani	65.5	2	1
06	HiTech/Piquet Racing	Nelson Angelo Piquet, Alexandre Negrão	50	1	2**
07	DAMS	José María López, Fairuz Fauzy	36	1	0
08	Coloni Motorsport	Gianmaria Bruni, Mathias Lauda, Toni Vilander, Ferdinando Monfardini	36	1	1*
09	BCN Competicion	Ernesto Viso, Hiroki Yoshimoto	35	0	2**
10	David Price Racing	Olivier Pla, Ryan Sharp, Giorgio Mondini	22	2	2**
11	Durango	Clivio Piccione, Ferdinando Monfardini, Gianmaria Bruni	19	1	3**
12	Campos Racing	Sergio Hernández, Juan Cruz Álvarez	7.5	0	0