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 PosNoDriverTeamTimeGapGrid122 Heikki KovalainenArden International1:24.6651217 Gianmaria BruniColoni Motorsport1:24.724 +0.059238 Adam CarrollSuper Nova International1:24.751 +0.0863411 Olivier PlaDPR1:24.996 +0.331451 Scott SpeediSport International1:25.405 +0.7405624 Clivio PiccioneDurango1:25.483 +0.818679 Nico RosbergART Grand Prix1:25.494 +0.829787 Giorgio PantanoSuper Nova International1:25.709 +1.0448918 Neel JaniRacing Engineering1:25.918 +1.25391023 Nicolas LapierreArden International1:26.083 +1.418101110 Alexandre PrématART Grand Prix1:26.287 +1.622111220 Juan Cruz ÁlvarezCampos Racing1:26.463 +1.798121325 Ferdinando MonfardiniDurango1:27.168 +2.503131419 Borja GarcíaRacing Engineering1:27.260 +2.59514155 Ernesto VisoBCN Competición1:27.307 +2.642151616 Mathias LaudaColoni Motorsport1:28.401 +3.736161715 Fairuz FauzyDAMS1:28.853 +4.188171821 Sergio HernándezCampos Racing1:28.947 +4.28218192 Can ArtamiSport International1:29.941 +5.276192012 Ryan SharpDPR1:36.477 +11.81220214 Alexandre NegrãoHitech Piquet Sports1:55.008 +30.34321223 Nelson Piquet Jr.Hitech Piquet Sports2:01.514 +36.849222314 José María LópezDAMSNo time23246 Hiroki YoshimotoBCN CompeticiónNo time24107% time: 1:30.591
Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 Adam Carroll Super Nova International 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 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 DPR 41 +3 laps 4 10 19 Borja García Racing Engineering 40 +4 laps/DNF 14 11 3 Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Piquet Sports 40 +4 laps/DNF 22 12 4 Alexandre Negrão Hitech Piquet Sports 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 DPR 8 DNF 20 Ret 15 Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 6 DNF 17 Ret 7 Giorgio Pantano Super Nova International 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 Source: Notes – 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 International 23 1 5 ART Grand Prix 19
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
See also 2005 Monaco Grand Prix 2005 Monaco Porsche Supercup round 2005 Monaco Grand Prix Formula Three
References
External links GPUpdate.net