2005 Monaco GP2 Series round explained

Country:Monaco
Grand Prix:Monaco
Round No:3
Season No:12
Year:2005
Location:Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course:Street circuit
Course Km:3.340
Course Mi:2.08
Date R1:21 May
Laps R1:44
Pole Driver Country:FIN
Pole Driver:Heikki Kovalainen
Pole Team:Arden International
Pole Time:1:24.665
First Driver Country R1:GBR
First Driver R1:Adam Carroll
First Team R1:Super Nova International
Second Driver Country R1:ITA
Second Driver R1:Gianmaria Bruni
Second Team R1:Coloni Motorsport
Third Driver Country R1:GER
Third Driver R1:Nico Rosberg
Third Team R1:ART Grand Prix
Fast Driver Country R1:FIN
Fast Driver R1:Heikki Kovalainen
Fast Team R1:Arden International
Fast Time R1:1:23.864
Fast Lap R1:44

The 2005 Monaco GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 21 May 2005 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. It was the third race of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2005 Monaco Grand Prix.

There was only one race, held on Saturday. Polesitter Heikki Kovalainen finished fifth after an unsuccessful pit-stop, but was able to set the fastest lap. Irishman Adam Carroll, who started third, won the race by a margin of 0.657 seconds from Gianmaria Bruni. Nico Rosberg finished third, to score his first GP2 podium finish.

Classification

Qualifying

PosNoDriverTeamTimeGapGrid
122 Heikki KovalainenArden International1:24.6651
217 Gianmaria BruniColoni Motorsport1:24.724+0.0592
38 Adam CarrollSuper Nova International1:24.751+0.0863
411 Olivier PlaDPR1:24.996+0.3314
51 Scott SpeediSport International1:25.405+0.7405
624 Clivio PiccioneDurango1:25.483+0.8186
79 Nico RosbergART Grand Prix1:25.494+0.8297
87 Giorgio PantanoSuper Nova International1:25.709+1.0448
918 Neel JaniRacing Engineering1:25.918+1.2539
1023 Nicolas LapierreArden International1:26.083+1.41810
1110 Alexandre PrématART Grand Prix1:26.287+1.62211
1220 Juan Cruz ÁlvarezCampos Racing1:26.463+1.79812
1325 Ferdinando MonfardiniDurango1:27.168+2.50313
1419 Borja GarcíaRacing Engineering1:27.260+2.59514
155 Ernesto VisoBCN Competición1:27.307+2.64215
1616 Mathias LaudaColoni Motorsport1:28.401+3.73616
1715 Fairuz FauzyDAMS1:28.853+4.18817
1821 Sergio HernándezCampos Racing1:28.947+4.28218
192 Can ArtamiSport International1:29.941+5.27619
2012 Ryan SharpDPR1:36.477+11.81220
214 Alexandre NegrãoHitech Piquet Sports1:55.008+30.34321
223 Nelson Piquet Jr.Hitech Piquet Sports2:01.514+36.84922
2314 José María LópezDAMSNo time23
246 Hiroki YoshimotoBCN CompeticiónNo time24
107% time

1:30.591

Race

PosNoDriverTeamLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
18 Adam CarrollSuper Nova International441:04:41.326310
217 Gianmaria BruniColoni Motorsport44+0.65428
39 Nico RosbergART Grand Prix44+1.10176
41 Scott SpeediSport International44+18.45255
522 Heikki KovalainenArden International44+53.3981
616 Mathias LaudaColoni Motorsport43+1 lap163
72 Can ArtamiSport International43+1 lap192
821 Sergio HernándezCampos Racing42+2 laps181
911 Olivier PlaDPR41+3 laps4
1019 Borja GarcíaRacing Engineering40+4 laps/DNF14
113 Nelson Piquet Jr.Hitech Piquet Sports40+4 laps/DNF22
124 Alexandre NegrãoHitech Piquet Sports40+4 laps/DNF21
Ret23 Nicolas LapierreArden International33DNF10
Ret10 Alexandre PrématART Grand Prix23DNF11
Ret24 Clivio PiccioneDurango11DNF6
Ret18 Neel JaniRacing Engineering10DNF9
Ret14 José María LópezDAMS10DNF23
Ret12 Ryan SharpDPR8DNF20
Ret15 Fairuz FauzyDAMS6DNF17
Ret7 Giorgio PantanoSuper Nova International0DNF8
Ret20 Juan Cruz ÁlvarezCampos Racing0DNF12
DSQ5 Ernesto VisoBCN Competición7Disqualified15
DNS25 Ferdinando MonfardiniDurango0Did not start13
DNS6 Hiroki YoshimotoBCN Competición0Did not start24
Source:[1]
Notes

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings
PosDriverPoints
1 Heikki Kovalainen28
12 Gianmaria Bruni26
13 Scott Speed25
14 Adam Carroll23
15 José María López17
Teams' Championship standings
PosTeamPoints
1 Arden International32
12 Coloni Motorsport29
13 iSport International27
14 Super Nova International23
15 ART Grand Prix19

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: GP2: Race result - Monaco. 2005-05-21. crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2010-04-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20120926143327/http://www.crash.net/gp2/results/66522/1/gp2_race_result_-_monaco.html. 26 September 2012. dead.