The 2006 Valencia GP2 Series round was a pair of motor races held on 8 and 9 April 2006 at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia as part of the GP2 Series. It was the first round of the 2006 GP2 season.
Classification
Qualifying
Driver Team Time 1 11 Nelson Piquet Jr. Piquet Sports 1:17.886 1 2 8 Tristan Gommendy iSport International 1:18.360 2 3 2 Lewis Hamilton ART Grand Prix 1:18.400 3 4 24 Adrián Vallés Campos Racing 1:18.551 4 5 7 E. J. Viso iSport International 1:18.623 5 6 5 José María López Super Nova Racing 1:18.659 6 7 3 Michael Ammermüller Arden International 1:18.681 7 8 25 Félix Porteiro Campos Racing 1:18.717 8 9 1 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 1:18.752 9 10 26 Gianmaria Bruni Trident 1:18.772 10 11 12 Alexandre Sarnes Negrão Piquet Sports 1:18.886 11 12 15 Franck Perera DAMS 1:18.890 12 13 9 Adam Carroll Racing Engineering 1:18.893 13 14 27 Andreas Zuber Trident 1:18.918 14 15 20 Olivier Pla DPR Direxiv 1:19.106 15 16 21 Clivio Piccione DPR Direxiv 1:19.199 16 17 14 Ferdinando Monfardini DAMS 1:19.217 17 18 18 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competicion 1:19.251 18 19 16 Luca Filippi FMS International 1:19.294 19 20 22 Lucas di Grassi Durango 1:19.349 20 21 4 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 1:19.602 21 22 6 Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova Racing 1:19.725 22 23 8 Timo Glock BCN Competicion 1:20.092 23 24 23 Sergio Hernández Durango 1:20.142 24 25 10 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 1:20.339 25 26 17 Jason Tahincioglu FMS International 1:20.994 26 Source:
Feature Race
Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 11 Nelson Piquet Jr. Piquet Sports 45 1hr 03min 14.260sec 1 12 2 2 Lewis Hamilton ART Grand Prix 45 + 16.655 s 3 8 3 24 Adrián Vallés Campos Racing 45 + 19.490 s 5 6 4 4 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 45 + 31.309 s 21 6 5 5 José María López Super Nova Racing 45 + 33.526 s 6 4 6 26 Gianmaria Bruni Trident 45 + 33.994 s 10 3 7 3 Michael Ammermüller Arden International 45 + 35.387 s 7 2 8 7 E. J. Viso iSport International 45 + 48.275 s 5 1 9 1 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 45 + 53.028 s 9 10 20 Olivier Pla DPR Direxiv 45 + 59.040 s 15 11 15 Franck Perera DAMS 45 + 1:05.229 s 12 12 14 Ferdinando Monfardini DAMS 45 + 1:11.427 s 17 13 12 Alexandre Sarnes Negrão Piquet Sports 45 + 1:11.719 s 11 14 9 Adam Carroll Racing Engineering 45 + 1:14.261 s 13 15 6 Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova Racing 44 + 1 Lap 22 16 19 Timo Glock BCN Competicion 44 + 1 Lap 23 17 22 Lucas di Grassi Durango 44 + 1 Lap 20 18 10 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 44 + 1 Lap 25 Ret 18 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competicion 27 Engine 18 Ret 27 Andreas Zuber Trident 23 Accident 14 Ret 16 Luca Filippi FMS International 15 Gearbox 19 Ret 25 Félix Porteiro Campos Racing 7 Engine 8 Ret 23 Sergio Hernández Durango 4 Gearbox 24 Ret 8 Tristan Gommendy iSport International 2 Engine 2 Ret 21 Clivio Piccione DPR Direxiv 1 Accident 16 Ret 17 Jason Tahincioğlu FMS International 0 Gearbox 26 Fastest lap: Nicolas Lapierre (Arden International) — 1:22.168 (109.031 mph) Source:
Sprint Race
Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 Michael Ammermüller Arden International 28 30min 44.066sec 2 6 2 7 E. J. Viso iSport International 28 + 9.756 s 1 5 3 4 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 28 + 10.213 s 5 4 4 11 Nelson Piquet Jr. Piquet Sports 28 + 10.975 s 8 4 5 26 Gianmaria Bruni Trident 28 + 16.537 s 3 2 6 2 Lewis Hamilton ART Grand Prix 28 + 18.150 s 7 1 7 12 Alexandre Sarnes Negrão Piquet Sports 28 + 32.746 s 13 8 19 Timo Glock BCN Competicion 28 + 37.391 s 16 9 10 Javier Villa Racing Engineering 28 + 44.084 s 18 10 6 Fairuz Fauzy Super Nova Racing 28 + 55.125 s 15 11 8 Tristan Gommendy iSport International 28 + 1:00.402 s 24 12 18 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competicion 28 + 1:03.704 s 19 13 27 Andreas Zuber Trident 28 + 1:06.774 s 20 14 15 Franck Perera DAMS 28 + 1:09.772 s 11 15 20 Olivier Pla DPR Direxiv 28 + 1:21.534 s 10 16 22 Lucas di Grassi Durango 27 + 1 Lap 17 Ret 21 Clivio Piccione DPR Direxiv 24 Spun off 25 Ret 24 Adrián Vallés Campos Racing 23 Accident 6 Ret 9 Adam Carroll Racing Engineering 22 Accident 14 Ret 5 José María López Super Nova Racing 22 Accident 4 Ret 14 Ferdinando Monfardini DAMS 5 Engine 12 Ret 1 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 3 Suspension 9 Ret 16 Luca Filippi FMS International 0 Gearbox 21 Ret 25 Félix Porteiro Campos Racing 0 Engine 22 Ret 17 Jason Tahincioğlu FMS International 0 Gearbox 26 Ret 23 Sergio Hernández Durango 0 Clutch 23 Fastest lap: Andreas Zuber (Trident) — 1:21.244 (110.272 mph) Source:
Standings after the round
Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Nelson Piquet Jr. 16 2 Nicolas Lapierre 10 3 Lewis Hamilton 9 4 Michael Ammermüller 8 5 E. J. Viso 6
Teams' Championship standings Pos Team Points 1 Arden International 18 2 Piquet Sports 16 3 ART Grand Prix 9 4= Campos Racing 6 4= iSport International 6
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
Notes
References
External links Official website of GP2 Series