2005 GP2 Series season
The 2005 GP2 Series season started in Imola, San Marino on April 23, 2005.
The first season since the demise of Formula 3000 and return of GP2, the new season sees reigning F3000 drivers champion Vitantonio Liuzzi leaving the series in order to become rotating second driver for the Formula One team Red Bull Racing. His former team, the reigning constructors champions Arden International, remain but with two new drivers. The series has two ex-Formula One drivers - Gianmaria Bruni driving for Coloni, and Giorgio Pantano at the SuperNova team.
Drivers and constructors
The current driver line-up is as follows:
Note: As all of the teams will use the Dallara chassis with Renault engines in 2005 in order to keep the field fair, no information on the car specifications is given.
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.
Race Calendar
There are 23 races in the 2005 GP2 Series championship at 12 different circuits. Eleven race weekends have one race on Saturday and another on Sunday, the exception being the race at Circuit de Monaco where there is only one race on the weekend. The season begins on April 23 2005 and concludes on September 25, 2005.
The calendar is as follows, although is subject to change up until the start of the season.
Current driver standings
- 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.
Current constructors standings
| Pos. | Team | Drivers | Points | Wins | Poles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | ART Grand Prix | Nico Rosberg, Alexandre Premat | 155 | 5 | 5* |
| 02 | Arden Motorsport | Heikki Kovalainen, Nicolas Lapierre | 117 | 5 | 3 |
| 03 | SuperNova | Giorgio Pantano, Adam Carroll | 97 | 3 | 2* |
| 04 | iSport International | Scott Speed, Can Artam | 67,5 | 0 | 1 |
| 05 | Racing Engineering | Borja Garcia, Neel Jani | 65,5 | 2 | 1 |
| 06 | HiTech/Piquet Racing | Nelson Angelo Piquet, Alexandre Negrao | 50 | 1 | 2** |
| 07 | Coloni Motorsport | Gianmaria Bruni, Mathias Lauda, Toni Vilander | 36 | 1 | 1* |
| 08 | DAMS | Jose Maria Lopez, Fairuz Fauzy | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| 09 | BCN Competicion | Ernesto Viso, Hiroki Yoshimoto | 26 | 0 | 1* |
| 10 | David Price Racing | Oliver Pla, Ryan Sharp, Giorgio Mondini | 22 | 2 | 2** |
| 11 | Durango | Clivio Piccione, Ferdinando Monfardini, Gianmaria Bruni | 19 | 1 | 3** |
| 12 | Campos Racing | Sergio Hernandez, Juan Cruz Alvarez | 7,5 | 0 | 0 |