2005 GP2 Series season

GP2 Series season 2005
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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 the inaugural 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	#	Driver	Rounds
Template:Country data GBR iSport International	1	Template:Country data USA Scott Speed	All
	2	Template:Country data TUR Can Artam	All
Template:Country data GBR HiTech/Piquet Racing	3	Template:Country data BRA Nelson Angelo Piquet	All
	4	Template:Country data BRA Alexandre Sarnes Negrão	All
Template:Country data ESP BCN Competicion	5	Template:Country data VEN Ernesto José Viso Lossada	All
	6	Template:Country data JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto	All
Template:Country data GBR Super Nova Racing	7	Template:Country data ITA Giorgio Pantano	All
	8	Adam Carroll	All
Template:Country data FRA ART Grand Prix	9	Template:Country data GER Nico Rosberg	All
	10	Template:Country data FRA Alexandre Prémat	All
Template:Country data GBR David Price Racing	11	Template:Country data FRA Olivier Pla	All
	12	Ryan Sharp	1-13
		Template:Country data CHE Giorgio Mondini	14-23
Template:Country data FRA DAMS	14	Template:Country data ARG José María López	All
	15	Template:Country data MYS Fairuz Fauzy	All
Template:Country data ITA Coloni Motorsport	16	Template:Country data AUT Mathias Lauda	All
	17	Template:Country flagicon2 Gianmaria Bruni	1-17
		Template:Country data Finland Toni Vilander	18-21
		Template:Country data ITA Ferdinando Monfardini	22-23
Template:Country data ESP Racing Engineering	18	Template:Country data CHE Neel Jani	All
	19	Template:Country data ESP Borja García	All
Template:Country data ESP Campos Racing	20	Template:Country data ARG Juan Cruz Álvarez	All
	21	Template:Country data ESP Sergio Hernandez	All
Template:Country data GBR Arden International	22	Template:Country data FIN Heikki Kovalainen	All
	23	Template:Country data FRA Nicolas Lapierre	All
Template:Country data ITA Durango	24	Template:Country data MCO Clivio Piccione	All
	25	Template:Country flagicon2 Ferdinando Monfardini	1-19
		Template:Country data ITA Gianmaria Bruni	20-23

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	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Template:Country flagicon2 Imola, Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	April 23	Template:Country data Finland Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
2			April 24	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing
3	Template:Country data Spain Barcelona, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	May 7	Template:Country flagicon2 Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport
4			May 8	Template:Country data Argentina José María López	DAMS
5	Template:Country data Monaco Monte Carlo, Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	May 21	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing
6	Template:Country data Germany Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	May 28	Template:Country data Monaco Clivio Piccione	Durango
7			May 29	Template:Country data Finland Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
8	Template:Country data France Magny-Cours, France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	July 2	Template:Country data Finland Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
9			July 3	Template:Country data Germany Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
10	Silverstone, Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	July 9	Template:Country data Germany Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
11			July 10	Template:Country data France Olivier Pla	David Price Racing
12	Template:Country data Germany Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	July 23	Template:Country data Germany Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
13			July 24	Template:Country data France Olivier Pla	David Price Racing
14	Template:Country data Hungary Budapest, Hungary	Hungaroring	July 30	Template:Country data Switzerland Neel Jani	Racing Engineering
15			July 31	Template:Country data France Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix
16	Template:Country data Turkey Istanbul, Turkey	Istanbul Racing Circuit	August 20	Template:Country data France Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix
17			August 21	Template:Country data Finland Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
18	Template:Country flagicon2 Monza, Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	September 3	Template:Country data Finland Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
19			September 4	Template:Country data Switzerland Neel Jani	Racing Engineering
20	Template:Country data Belgium Spa, Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	September 10	Template:Country data Brazil Nelson Angelo Piquet	HiTech/Piquet Racing
21			September 11	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing
22	Template:Country data Bahrain Manama, Bahrain	Bahrain International Circuit	September 29	Template:Country data Germany Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
23			September 30	Template:Country data Germany Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix

Final driver standings

Pos Driver SMR FEA Template:Country data San Marino SMR SPR Template:Country data San Marino ESP FEA Template:Country data Spain ESP SPR Template:Country data Spain MON FEA Template:Country data Monaco EUR FEA Template:Country data Europe EUR SPR Template:Country data Europe FRA FEA Template:Country data France FRA SPR Template:Country data France GBR FEA GBR SPR GER FEA Template:Country data Germany GER SPR Template:Country data Germany HUN FEA Template:Country data Hungary HUN SPR Template:Country data Hungary TUR FEA Template:Country data Turkey TUR SPR Template:Country data Turkey ITA FEA Template:Country flagicon2 ITA SPR Template:Country flagicon2 BEL FEA Template:Country data Belgium BEL SPR Template:Country data Belgium BRN FEA Template:Country data Bahrain BRN SPR Template:Country data Bahrain Points 1 Template:Country data Germany 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 Template:Country data Finland 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 Template:Country data USA 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 Template:Country data France 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 Template:Country flagicon2 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 Template:Country data Switzerland 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 Template:Country data Brazil 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 Template:Country data Argentina 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 Template:Country flagicon2 Bruni 4 4 1 Ret 2 8 Ret 18* 11* 7 11 NC 14 10 8 Ret 9 Ret 16 Ret 14 35 11 Template:Country data France 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 Template:Country data Venezuela 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 Template:Country data France 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 Template:Country data Spain 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 Template:Country data Monaco 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 Template:Country data Japan 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 Template:Country flagicon2 Monfardini Ret DNS Ret 11 DNS Ret 6 12 17 14 10 Ret 15 Ret 11 Ret Ret 8 4 Ret 11 5 18 Template:Country data Argentina 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 Template:Country data Brazil 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 Template:Country data Spain 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 Template:Country data Austria 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 Template:Country data Turkey 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 Template:Country data Malaysia 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 Template:Country data Finland Vilander 15 8 14 13 0 26 Template:Country data Switzerland Mondini Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 21 18 22 0 Pos Driver SMR FEA Template:Country data San Marino SMR SPR Template:Country data San Marino ESP FEA Template:Country data Spain ESP SPR Template:Country data Spain MON FEA Template:Country data Monaco EUR FEA Template:Country data Europe EUR SPR Template:Country data Europe FRA FEA Template:Country data France FRA SPR Template:Country data France GBR FEA GBR SPR GER FEA Template:Country data Germany GER SPR Template:Country data Germany HUN FEA Template:Country data Hungary HUN SPR Template:Country data Hungary TUR FEA Template:Country data Turkey TUR SPR Template:Country data Turkey ITA FEA Template:Country flagicon2 ITA SPR Template:Country flagicon2 BEL FEA Template:Country data Belgium BEL SPR Template:Country data Belgium BRN FEA Template:Country data Bahrain BRN SPR Template:Country data Bahrain 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.

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

Final teams' standings

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