2005 GP2 Series

2005 GP2 Series
Nico Rosberg, the inaugural GP2 Series Champion
Season Information
No. Rounds	23
First Round	2005 Imola Feature Race
Last Round	2005 Bahrain Sprint Race
Maker	Dallara; Renault
Tyre(s)	Bridgestone
Driver's Championship
Champion	Nico Rosberg 120 Pt(s)
	5 Win(s), 4 Pole(s) 5 Fastest Lap(s)
Second	Heikki Kovalainen 105 Pt(s)
	5 Win(s), 2 Pole(s) 1 Fastest Lap(s)
Third	Scott Speed 67.5 Pt(s)
	0 Win(s), 1 Pole(s), 5 Fastest Lap(s)
Team's Championship
Champion	ART Grand Prix 187 Pt(s)
	7 Win(s), 5 Pole(s) 6 Fastest Lap(s)
Second	Arden International 126 Pt(s)
	5 Win(s), 3 Pole(s) 1 Fastest Lap(s)
Third	Super Nova International 102 Pt(s)
	3 Win(s), 1 Pole(s) 1 Fastest Lap(s)
Season Guide
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The 2005 GP2 Series was the inaugural season of the FIA GP2 Series, which was designed to become the second tier of single-seater racing under Formula One. To reduce costs, GP2's first season would see teams use a standardised engine, chassis, gearbox and tyres, hoping avoid the fate of its predecessor, the Formula 3000 Championship.

The inaugural GP2 Series would begin with a wave of mechanical issues with the new Dallara GP2/05 and its Mecachrome engine. Regardless, Heikki Kovalainen would become the first GP2 Series winner by winning the Feature Race at Imola, before Adam Carroll claimed victory in the Sprint Race.

Kovalainen would go on to become one of the major title contenders, with the Finn claiming additional victories in Magny-Cours, Istanbul and Monza. Carroll, meanwhile, would become the first driver to win a second race in the series by winning the Monaco Feature Race, while Gianmaria Bruni and José María López also claimed early victories.

However, as the season progressed a new driver with an old name would rise to the top and, ultimately, become the 2005 GP2 Series Champion. Indeed, five victories in the second half of the season would see Nico Rosberg jump to the head of the table, with a double victory at Bahrain at the end of the season securing his crown.

Elsewhere, Rosberg's team ART Grand Prix would claim the honours in the Teams' Championship, with Arden International and Super Nova Racing completing the top three. Otherwise it was a very competitive opening season for the GP2 Series, with ten drivers from nine different teams claiming victory.

Calendar

The full calendar for the 2005 FIA GP2 Series Championship is shown below:

2005 GP2 Series Championship Calendar
Round	Event	Type	Circuit	Date	Report
1	XXV Gran Premio Foster's di San Marino	F	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	23 April 2005	Report
		S		24 April 2005	Report
2	XLVII Gran Premio Marlboro de España	F	Circuit de Catalunya	7 May 2005	Report
		S		8 May 2005	Report
3	LXIII Grand Prix de Monaco	F	Circuit de Monaco	21 May 2005	Report
4	XLIX Allianz Grand Prix of Europe	F	Nürburgring	28 May 2005	Report
		S		29 May 2005	Report
5	XCI Mobil 1 Grand Prix de France	F	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	2 July 2005	Report
		S		3 July 2005	Report
6	LVIII Foster's British Grand Prix	F	Silverstone Circuit	9 July 2005	Report
		S		10 July 2005	Report
7	LXVII Großer Mobil 1 Preis von Deutschland	F	Hockenheimring	23 July 2005	Report
		S		24 July 2005	Report
8	XXI Marlboro Magyar Nagydíj	F	Hungaroring	30 July 2005	Report
		S		31 July 2005	Report
9	I Türkiye Grand Prix'si	F	Istanbul Racing Circuit	20 August 2005	Report
		S		21 August 2005	Report
10	LXXVI Gran Premio Vodafone d'Italia	F	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	3 September 2005	Report
		S		4 September 2005	Report
11	LXII Foster's Grand Prix de Belgique	F	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	10 September 2005	Report
		S		11 September 2005	Report
12	2005 GP2 Series Finale	F	Bahrain International Circuit	29 September 2005	Report
		S		30 September 2005	Report
2005 FIA GP2 Series Tests
I
	2004 Barcelona Pre-Season Test	T	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	1-2 November 2004	Report
	2005 Paul Ricard Pre-Season Test 1	T	Circuit Paul Ricard	23-25 February 2005	Report
	2005 Paul Ricard Pre-Season Test 2	T		8-10 March 2005	Report
	2005 Paul Ricard Pre-Season Test 3	T		4-6 April 2005	Report
	2005 Barcelona Pre-Season Test	T	Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya	13-14 April 2005	Report
II
	2005 Paul Ricard Mid-Season Test	T	Circuit Paul Ricard	14-15 June 2005	Report
III
	2005 Paul Ricard Post-Season Test 1	T		11-12 October 2005	Report
	2005 Jerez Post-Season Test	T	Circuito de Jerez	9-10 November 2005	Report
	2005 Paul Ricard Post-Season Test 2	T	Circuit Paul Ricard	1-2 December 2005	Report
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Entrants

Entry List

The full 2005 FIA GP2 Series entry list is outlined below:

2005 FIA GP2 Series Championship Entry List
Entrant	No.	Name	Rounds
iSport International Dallara-Renault GP2/05	1	Scott Speed	All
	2	Can Artam	All
Hitech Piquet Sports* Dallara-Renault GP2/05	3	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	All
	4	Alexandre Negrão	All
BCN Competición Dallara-Renault GP2/05	5	Ernesto Viso	All
	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	All
Super Nova International Dallara-Renault GP2/05	7	Giorgio Pantano	All
	8	Adam Carroll	All
ART Grand Prix Dallara-Renault GP2/05	9	Nico Rosberg	All
	10	Alexandre Prémat	All
DPR Dallara-Renault GP2/05	11	Olivier Pla	All
	12	Ryan Sharp	1-7
		Giorgio Mondini*	8-12
DAMS Dallara-Renault GP2/05	14	José María López*	All
	15	Fairuz Fauzy*	All
Coloni Motorsport Dallara-Renault GP2/05	16	Mathias Lauda	All
	17	Gianmaria Bruni*	1-9, 11-12
		Toni Vilander	10-11
Racing Engineering Dallara-Renault GP2/05	18	Neel Jani	All
	19	Borja García	All
Campos Racing Dallara-Renault GP2/05	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez*	All
	21	Sergio Hernández	All
Arden International* Dallara-Renault GP2/05	22	Heikki Kovalainen	All
	23	Nicolas Lapierre	All
Durango Dallara-Renault GP2/05	24	Clivio Piccione	All
	25	Ferdinando Monfardini†	1-10, 12

• * Piquet Sports competed under a British license. Prior to the Istanbul round, it was announced that this partnership had ended and that Piquet Sports would run the team for the remainder of the season. Despite this, team would continued carrying the Hitech name until the end of the season.
• * Arden International competed under a Holland license.
• * Mondini competed under a Italia license.
• * Lopéz competed under a French license.
• * Fauzy competed under a British license.
• * Alvaréz competed under a Spanish license.
• * Bruni would join Durango ahead of the 2005 Spa Feature Race.
• ^† Monfardini moved to Coloni Motorsport for the season finale in Bahrain.

Standings

2005 GP2 Series Championship for Drivers

The full Championship standings from the 2005 FIA GP2 Series Championship for Drivers is outlined below:

2005 FIA GP2 Series Championship for Drivers
Pos.	Name																								Pts.
		F	S	F	S	F	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S
1st	Rosberg	8th	Ret	9th	4th	3rd	3rd	4th	7th	1st	1st	4th	1st	4th	5th	2nd	17th	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	5th	1st	1st	120
2nd	Kovalainen	1st	3rd	3rd	Ret	5th	1st	Ret	1st	3rd	2nd	3rd	5th	6th	2nd	5th	10th	1st	1st	5th	15th	9th	3rd	Ret	105
3rd	Speed	3rd	Ret	2nd	3rd	4th	16th	12th	15th	18th	4th	2nd	4th	3rd	Ret	19th	5th	4th	Ret	15th	4th	4th	Ret	19th	67.5
4th	Prémat	7th	2nd	10th	Ret	Ret	4th	Ret	9th	Ret	3rd	5th	2nd	9th	4th	1st	1st	14th	Ret	18th	Ret	12th	2nd	3rd	67
5th	Carroll	5th	1st	7th	6th	1st	Ret	2nd	4th	6th	21st	8th	Ret	11th	9th	9th	7th	2nd	5th	6th	8th	1st	9th	8th	53
6th	Pantano	13th	Ret	13th	14th	Ret	2nd	7th	10th	7th	12th	7th	6th	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	8th	6th	3rd	NC	11th	5th	5th	49
7th	Jani	6th	15th	4th	5th	Ret	6th	13th	5th	4th	5th	6th	Ret	22nd	1st	4th	Ret	Ret	7th	1st	16th	18th	16th	13th	48
8th	Piquet Jr.	14th	6th	5th	2nd	11th	5th	3rd	Ret	DSQ	Ret	Ret	3rd	8th	15th	10th	4th	6th	3rd	Ret	1st	14th	Ret	15th	46
9th	López	2nd	11th	6th	1st	Ret	13th	14th	2nd	Ret	9th	Ret	13th	10th	Ret	Ret	6th	7th	Ret	Ret	10th	8th	4th	4th	36
10th	Bruni	4th	4th	1st	Ret	2nd	8th	Ret	18th	11th	7th	11th	NC	14th	10th	8th	Ret	9th			Ret	16th	Ret	14th	35
11th	Viso	10th	DNS	Ret	Ret	DSQ	Ret	11th	11th	8th	15th	13th	DSQ	12th	6th	Ret	14th	12th	Ret	Ret	2nd	3rd	8th	2nd	21
12th	Lapierre	DNS	Ret	11th	9th	Ret	12th	Ret	3rd	5th	10th	Ret	9th	7th	12th	6th	Ret	13th	4th	Ret	Ret	23rd	6th	20th	21
13th	Pla	9th	5th	Ret	Ret	9th	Ret	8th	Ret	9th	8th	1st	8th	1st	7th	Ret	9th	17th	Ret	Ret	11th	10th	Ret	DNS	20
14th	García	Ret	10th	Ret	10th	10th	Ret	DSQ	Ret	12th	17th	9th	7th	5th	11th	Ret	3rd	5th	Ret	10th	6th	2nd	19th	17th	17.5
15th	Piccione	15th	Ret	Ret	8th	Ret	7th	1st	8th	DSQ	6th	Ret	Ret	17th	Ret	16th	Ret	11th	11th	14th	12th	19th	13th	7th	14
16th	Yoshimoto	Ret	9th	Ret	17th	DNS	11th	Ret	6th	2nd	13th	Ret	12th	Ret	13th	17th	8th	10th	10th	16th	Ret	17th	7th	6th	14
17th	Monfardini	Ret	DNS	Ret	11th	DNS	Ret	6th	12th	17th	14th	10th	Ret	15th	Ret	11th	Ret	Ret	8th	4th			Ret	11th	5
18th	Álvarez	Ret	7th	Ret	12th	Ret	18th	15th	Ret	NC	11th	Ret	10th	NC	Ret	7th	15th	Ret	12th	17th	5th	6th	10th	12th	4.5
19th	Negrão	Ret	13th	8th	15th	12th	Ret	Ret	Ret	13th	19th	16th	Ret	18th	8th	15th	12th	19th	Ret	13th	7th	7th	12th	9th	4
20th	Hernández	11th	8th	Ret	18th	8th	15th	5th	13th	14th	16th	12th	Ret	19th	Ret	18th	Ret	20th	Ret	7th	Ret	20th	15th	18th	3
21st	Lauda	12th	Ret	Ret	13th	6th	10th	Ret	16th	15th	20th	15th	14th	21st	Ret	14th	16th	18th	13th	12th	9th	24th	14th	21st	3
22nd	Artam	16th	Ret	Ret	Ret	7th	17th	Ret	17th	16th	18th	14th	Ret	20th	14th	12th	11th	16th	9th	9th	Ret	22nd	17th	16th	2
23rd	Sharp	Ret	14th	Ret	16th	Ret	9th	9th	19th	Ret	Ret	NC	11th	13th											2
NC	Fauzy	17th	12th	12th	7th	Ret	14th	10th	14th	10th	Ret	Ret	Ret	16th	Ret	13th	Ret	15th	14th	11th	13th	15th	11th	10th	0
NC	Vilander																		15th	8th	14th	13th			0
NC	Mondini														Ret	Ret	13th	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	21st	18th	22nd	0

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