2005 Hungaroring GP2 Series round explained

Country:	Hungary
Grand Prix:	Hungaroring
Round No:	8
Season No:	12
Year:	2005
Location:	Hungaroring, Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	2.722
Course Km:	4.381
Date R1:	30 July
Laps R1:	42
Pole Driver Country:	CHE
Pole Driver:	Neel Jani
Pole Team:	Racing Engineering
Pole Time:	1:32.457
First Driver Country R1:	CHE
First Driver R1:	Neel Jani
First Team R1:	Racing Engineering
Second Driver Country R1:	FIN
Second Driver R1:	Heikki Kovalainen
Second Team R1:	Arden International
Third Driver Country R1:	ITA
Third Driver R1:	Giorgio Pantano
Third Team R1:	Super Nova International
Fast Driver Country R1:	JPN
Fast Driver R1:	Hiroki Yoshimoto
Fast Team R1:	BCN Competición
Fast Time R1:	1:34.170
Fast Lap R1:	39
Date R2:	31 July
Laps R2:	25
First Driver Country R2:	FRA
First Driver R2:	Alexandre Prémat
First Team R2:	ART Grand Prix
Second Driver Country R2:	GER
Second Driver R2:	Nico Rosberg
Second Team R2:	ART Grand Prix
Third Driver Country R2:	ITA
Third Driver R2:	Giorgio Pantano
Third Team R2:	Super Nova International
Fast Driver Country R2:	MCO
Fast Driver R2:	Clivio Piccione
Fast Team R2:	Durango
Fast Time R2:	1:34.336
Fast Lap R2:	25

The 2005 Hungaroring GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 30 and 31 July 2005 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród, Pest, Hungary. It was the eighth round of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2005 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

		Driver	Team	Time	Gap
1	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	1:31.459		23
2	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	1:32.457	+0.998	1
3	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	1:32.652	+1.193	2
4	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	1:32.666	+1.207	3
5	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	1:32.707	+1.248	4
6	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	1:32.908	+1.449	24
7	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	1:33.005	+1.546	5
8	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	1:33.102	+1.643	6
9	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	1:33.119	+1.660	7
10	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	1:33.172	+1.713	8
11	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	1:33.359	+1.900	9
12	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	1:33.602	+2.143	10
13	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	1:33.632	+2.173	11
14	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	1:33.634	+2.175	12
15	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	1:33.828	+2.369	13
16	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	1:34.131	+2.672	14
17	14	José María López	DAMS	1:34.192	+2.733	15
18	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	1:34.256	+2.797	16
19	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	1:34.608	+3.149	17
20	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	1:34.685	+3.226	18
21	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	1:35.029	+3.570	19
22	2	Can Artam	iSport International	1:35.123	+3.664	20
23	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	1:35.186	+3.727	21
24	12	Giorgio Mondini	DPR	1:35.916	+4.457	22
107% time 1:38.929
Source:^[1] ^[2]

Notes

• – ART Grand Prix cars were demoted to the back of the grid after post-qualifying inspection discovered suspension irregularities in both of their cars.

Feature race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	42	1:11:11.253	1
2	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	42	+0.400	2	8
3	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	42	+1.700	3	6
4	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	42	+7.300	24	5
5	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	42	+10.400	23	4
6	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	42	+10.500	6	3
7	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	42	+11.200	8	2
8	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	42	+21.100	18	1
9	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	42	+23.000	19
10	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	42	+33.200	7
11	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	42	+39.400	10
12	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	41	+1 lap	9
13	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	41	+1 lap	5
14	2	Can Artam	iSport International	40	+2 laps	20
15	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	37	+5 laps/DNF	16
Ret	14	José María López	DAMS	29	Did not finish	15
Ret	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	25	Did not finish	11
Ret	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	24	Did not finish	14
Ret	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	21	Did not finish	13
Ret	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	18	Did not finish	4
Ret	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	18	Did not finish	21
Ret	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	16	Did not finish	17
Ret	12	Giorgio Mondini	DPR	11	Did not finish	22
Ret	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	8	Did not finish	12
Source:^[3]

Sprint race

		Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	25	45:05.029	5	6
2	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	25	+0.400	4	5
3	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	25	+1.900	6	4
4	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	25	+3.600	8	3
5	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	25	+4.500	7	2
6	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	25	+5.300	12	1
7	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	25	+5.900	17
8	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	25	+6.400	10
9	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	25	+7.100	9
10	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	25	+8.000	15
11	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	25	+8.500	19
12	2	Can Artam	iSport International	25	+10.100	14
13	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	25	+12.800	22
14	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	25	+13.600	21
15	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	25	+17.800	1
16	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	25	+20.600	24
17	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	25	+23.700	13
18	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	24	+1 lap	18
19	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	23	+2 laps	20
Ret	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	16	Did not finish	2
Ret	14	José María López	DAMS	6	Did not finish	16
Ret	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	4	Did not finish	11
Ret	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	4	Did not finish	3
Ret	12	Giorgio Mondini	DPR	2	Did not finish	23
Source:^[4]

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

		Driver	Points
	1	Heikki Kovalainen	79
	2	Nico Rosberg	72
	3	Scott Speed	50
2	4	Alexandre Prémat	43
3	5	Neel Jani	40

Teams' Championship standings

		Team	Points
	1	ART Grand Prix	115
	2	Arden International	92
	3	Super Nova International	62
	4	iSport International	52
1	5	Racing Engineering	44

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: GP2: Qualifying times - Hungaroring. crash.net. 27 July 2014.
2. Web site: GP2: Qualifying times - Hungaroring [amended]]. crash.net. 27 July 2014. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030303/http://www.crash.net/gp2/results/66736/1/gp2-qualifying-times-hungaroring-amended.html. dead.
3. Web site: GP2: Race result (1) - Hungaroring. crash.net. 27 July 2014. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304033135/http://www.crash.net/gp2/results/66737/1/gp2-race-result-1-hungaroring.html. dead.
4. Web site: GP2: Race result (2) - Hungaroring. crash.net. 27 July 2014. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303235527/http://www.crash.net/gp2/results/66742/1/gp2-race-result-2-hungaroring.html. dead.