2005 Catalunya GP2 Series round

The 2005 Spanish GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 7 and 8 May 2005 at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain. It was the second race of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2005 Spanish Grand Prix.

   2005 Spanish GP2 round

Round details
Round 2 of 12 rounds in the 2005 GP2 Series
Location	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló, Catalonia, Spain
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.627 km (2.875 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	7 May 2005
Laps	39
Pole position
Driver	Scott Speed	iSport International
Time	1:25.486
Podium
First	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport
Second	Scott Speed	iSport International
Third	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:25.875 (on lap 38)
Sprint race
Date	8 May 2005
Laps	18
Podium
First	José María López	DAMS
Second	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports
Third	Scott Speed	iSport International
Fastest lap
Driver	Ryan Sharp	DPR
Time	1:26.251 (on lap 17)

The first race was won by Gianmaria Bruni for Coloni Motorsport, with Scott Speed second for iSport International and Heikki Kovalainen finishing third for Arden International.

The second race was won by José María López for DAMS, with Nelson Piquet Jr. for Hitech Piquet Sports and Scott Speed also on the podium.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	1:25.486		1
2	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	1:25.934	+0.448	2
3	14	José María López	DAMS	1:26.143	+0.657	3
4	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	1:26.189	+0.703	4
5	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	1:26.209	+0.723	5
6	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	1:26.241	+0.755	6
7	12	Ryan Sharp	DPR	1:26.298	+0.812	7
8	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	1:26.422	+0.936	8
9	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	1:26.464	+0.978	9
10	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	1:26.465	+0.979	10
11	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	1:26.512	+1.026	11
12	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	1:26.717	+1.231	12
13	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	1:26.766	+1.280	13
14	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	1:26.822	+1.336	14
15	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	1:26.834	+1.348	15
16	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	1:26.849	+1.363	16
17	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	1:26.987	+1.501	17
18	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	1:27.092	+1.606	18
19	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	1:27.094	+1.608	19
20	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	1:27.367	+1.881	20
21	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	1:27.627	+2.141	21
22	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	1:27.752	+2.266	22
23	2	Can Artam	iSport International	1:28.806	+3.320	23
24	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	No time		24
107% time: 1:31.470

Feature race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	39	58:07.348	2	10
2	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	39	+1.203	1	10
3	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	39	+7.789	11	6
4	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	39	+18.165	13	5
5	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	39	+23.594	4	4
6	14	José María López	DAMS	39	+25.992	3	3
7	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	39	+33.740	12	2
8	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	39	+36.881	22	1
9	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	39	+37.197	10	2
10	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	39	+46.868	14
11	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	39	+1:06.152	8
12	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	39	+1:29.143	24
13	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	38	+1 lap	17
Ret	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	34	DNF	15
Ret	12	Ryan Sharp	DPR	30	DNF	7
Ret	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	29	DNF	5
Ret	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	28	DNF	21
Ret	2	Can Artam	iSport International	26	DNF	23
Ret	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	19	DNF	16
Ret	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	18	DNF	20
Ret	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	13	DNF	19
Ret	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	4	DNF	6
Ret	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	1	DNF	9
Ret	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	1	DNF	18
Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg (ART Grand Prix) 1:25.875 (on lap 38)
Source:

Sprint race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	14	José María López	DAMS	18	30:10.213	3	6
2	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	18	+2.969	4	5
3	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	18	+3.279	7	4
4	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	18	+7.780	9	3
5	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	18	+10.215	5	2
6	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	18	+11.240	2	1
7	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	18	+18.379	12
8	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	18	+18.943	14
9	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	18	+19.692	11
10	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	18	+21.228	23
11	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	18	+24.249	24
12	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	18	+24.661	22
13	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	18	+25.993	17
14	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	18	+26.502	13
15	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	18	+30.358	1
16	12	Ryan Sharp	DPR	18	+35.475	15	2
17	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	17	+1 lap	19
18	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	16	+2 laps	21
Ret	2	Can Artam	iSport International	11	DNF	18
Ret	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	8	DNF	8
Ret	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	4	DNF	10
Ret	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	1	DNF	16
Ret	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	0	DNF	6
Ret	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	0	DNF	20
Fastest lap: Ryan Sharp (DPR) 1:26.251 (on lap 17)
Source:

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Heikki Kovalainen	20
4	2	Scott Speed	20
1	3	Gianmaria Bruni	18
1	4	José María López	17
3	5	Adam Carroll	13

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Team	Points
	1	Arden International	24
4	2	iSport International	20
2	3	Coloni Motorsport	18
	4	DAMS	17
3	5	Super Nova International	13

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

External links

• GPUpdate.net