2005 Monaco GP2 Series round

**2005 Monaco GP2 round**
Round details
Round 3 of 12 rounds in the 2005 GP2 Series season.

Location	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Course	Permanent racing facility 3.34 km (2.08 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	21 May 2005
Laps	44
Pole position
Driver	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
Time	1:24.665
Podium
First	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing
Second	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport
Third	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
Fastest Lap
Driver	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
Time	1:23.864 (on lap 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

Pos	No	Name	Team	Time	Grid
1	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	1:24.665	1
2	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	1:24.724	2
3	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	1:24.751	3
4	11	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	1:24.996	4
5	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	1:25.405	5
6	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	1:25.483	6
7	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	1:25.494	7
8	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing	1:25.709	8
9	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	1:25.918	9
10	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	1:26.083	10
11	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	1:26.287	11
12	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	1:26.463	12
13	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	1:27.168	13
14	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	1:27.260	14
15	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	1:27.307	15
16	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	1:28.401	16
17	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	1:28.853	17
18	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	1:28.947	18
19	2	Can Artam	iSport International	1:29.941	19
20	12	Ryan Sharp	David Price Racing	1:36.477	20
21	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech/Piquet Racing	1:55.008	21
22	3	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	Hitech/Piquet Racing	2:01.514	22
23	14	José María López	DAMS	no time	23
24	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	no time	24

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	44	1:04:41.326	3	10
2	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	44	+0.654	2	8
3	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	44	+1.101	7	6
4	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	44	+18.452	5	5
5	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	44	+53.398	1	8
6	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	43	+1 lap	16	3
7	2	Can Artam	iSport International	43	+1 lap	19	2
8	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	42	+2 laps	18	1
9	11	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	41	+3 laps	4
10	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	40	+4 laps/DNF	14
11	3	Nelson Ángelo Piquet	Hitech/Piquet Racing	40	+4 laps/DNF	22
12	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech/Piquet Racing	40	+4 laps/DNF	21
Ret	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	33	DNF	10
Ret	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	23	DNF	11
Ret	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	11	DNF	6
Ret	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	10	DNF	9
Ret	14	José María López	DAMS	10	DNF	23
Ret	12	Ryan Sharp	David Price Racing	8	DNF	20
Ret	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	6	DNF	17
Ret	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing	0	DNF	8
Ret	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	0	DNF	12
DSQ	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	7	Disqualified	15
DNS	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	0	Did not start	13
DNS	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	0	Did not start	24
Fastest lap: Heikki Kovalainen (Arden International) 1:23.864 (lap 44)^[1]

Ernesto Viso was disqualified for exiting pit lane under red light.

Standings after the round

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos	Driver	Points
	1	Heikki Kovalainen	28
1	2	Gianmaria Bruni	26
1	3	Scott Speed	25
1	4	Adam Carroll	23
1	5	José María López	17

Teams' Championship standings

	Pos	Team	Points
	1	Arden International	32
1	2	Coloni Motorsport	29
1	3	iSport International	27
1	4	Super Nova Racing	23
1	5	ART Grand Prix	19

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

References

↑ "GP2: Race result - Monaco". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2005-05-21. Retrieved 2010-04-10.

External links

GPUpdate.net

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List of GP2 Rounds

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2006	VAL SMR EUR ESP MON GBR FRA GER HUN TUR ITA

2007	BHR ESP MON FRA GBR GER HUN TUR ITA BEL VAL

2008	ESP TUR MON FRA GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA

2009	ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN VAL BEL ITA POR

2010	ESP MON TUR VAL GBR GER HUN BEL ITA ABU

2011	TUR ESP MON VAL GBR GER HUN BEL ITA ABU (NC)

2012	MAL BHR1 BHR2 ESP MON VAL GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN

2013	MAL BHR ESP MON GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN ABU

2014	BHR ESP MON AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA RUS ABU

2015	BHR ESP MON AUT GBR HUN BEL ITA RUS ABU

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