2005 Bahrain GP2 Series round

Bahrain Bahrain 12 12 Bahrain International Circuit--Grand Prix Layout.svg Bahrain International Circuit 2005 Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain Permanent racing facility 3.363 5.412 29 September 34 (184.008 km) GER Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 1:44.643 GER Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix FRA Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix FIN Heikki Kovalainen Arden International FRA Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 1:47.766 25 30 September 23 (124.476 km) GER Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix VEN Ernesto Viso BCN Competición FRA Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix USA Scott Speed iSport International 1:47.401 3 The 2005 Bahrain GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on September 29 and 30, 2005 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, Bahrain. It was the final showdown of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race weekend was a stand-alone event unlike the previous GP2 rounds which support Formula One Grands Prix. Background Coming into the final round of the season, Nico Rosberg held a five-point lead in the driver's championship from Heikki Kovalainen with 22 points up for grabs in the final round at the Bahrain International Circuit. Classification Qualifying Pos. PositionNo. Car numberDriverTeamTimeGapGrid Final grid position Q1 Q2 1 9 GER Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 1:46.526 1:44.643 1 2 22 FIN Heikki Kovalainen Arden International 1:46.205 1:45.318 +0.675 2 3 23 FRA Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 1:47.308 1:45.532 +0.889 3 4 7 ITA Giorgio Pantano Super Nova International 1:47.621 1:45.541 +0.898 4 5 10 FRA Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 1:47.900 1:45.581 +0.938 5 6 5 VEN 1954 Ernesto Viso BCN Competición 1:47.572 1:45.713 +1.070 6 7 1 USA Scott Speed iSport International 1:46.685 1:45.790 +1.147 7 8 17 ITA Ferdinando Monfardini Coloni Motorsport 1:48.022 1:45.958 +1.315 8 9 25 ITA Gianmaria Bruni Durango 1:46.919 1:45.967 +1.324 9 10 14 ARG José María López DAMS 1:47.754 1:46.031 +1.388 10 11 19 ESP Borja García Racing Engineering 1:47.930 1:46.254 +1.611 11 12 24 MCO Clivio Piccione Durango 1:47.731 1:46.466 +1.823 12 13 20 ARG Juan Cruz Álvarez Campos Racing 1:47.858 1:46.634 +1.991 13 14 6 JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competición 1:48.417 1:46.847 +2.204 14 15 11 FRA Olivier Pla DPR 1:48.916 1:47.072 +2.429 15 16 12 CHE Giorgio Mondini DPR 1:48.333 1:47.101 +2.458 16 17 3 BRA Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Piquet Sports No time 1:47.109 +2.466 17 18 21 ESP Sergio Hernández Campos Racing 1:48.339 1:47.125 +2.482 18 19 8 GBR Adam Carroll Super Nova International 1:47.149 1:47.270 +2.506 19 20 15 MYS Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 1:48.868 1:47.259 +2.616 20 21 16 AUT Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport 1:48.732 1:47.555 +2.912 21 22 2 TUR Can Artam iSport International 1:48.794 1:48.885 +4.151 22 23 4 BRA Alexandre Negrão Hitech Piquet Sports 1:49.044 No time +4.401 23 24 18 CHE Neel Jani Racing Engineering No time No time 24 Source:http://www.crash.net/gp2/results/66892/1/gp2-qualifying-times-bahrain-amended.html GP2: Qualifying times - Monza (combined) crash.net 29 July 2014 2 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170202055744/http://www.crash.net/gp2/results/66892/1/gp2-qualifying-times-bahrain-amended.html dead Nelson Piquet Jr. and Adam Carroll had their two fastest times deleted for speeding under yellow flags during Q2. Piquet had been due to start from 7th and Carroll 11th start grid.Bahrain: Qualifying report https://us.motorsport.com/fia-f2/news/bahrain-qualifying-report/1275998/ 17 August 2022 Motorsport.com Feature race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 GER Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 34 1:03:34.327 112(10+2) 10 points for first place, 2 points for pole position 2 10 FRA Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 34 +11.557 510(8+2) 8 points for second place, 2 points for fastest lap 3 22 FIN Heikki Kovalainen Arden International 34 +18.768 26 4 14 ARG José María López DAMS 34 +33.723 105 5 7 ITA Giorgio Pantano Super Nova International 34 +38.348 44 6 23 FRA Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 34 +43.930 33 7 6 JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competición 34 +54.077 142 8 5 VEN 1954 Ernesto Viso BCN Competición 34 +54.478 61 9 8 GBR Adam Carroll Super Nova International 34 +56.071 19 10 20 ARG Juan Cruz Álvarez Campos Racing 34 +1:07.712 13 11 15 MYS Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 34 +1:09.416 20 12 4 BRA Alexandre Negrão Hitech Piquet Sports 34 +1:10.016 23 13 24 MCO Clivio Piccione Durango 34 +1:14.937 12 14 16 AUT Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport 34 +1:22.167 21 15 21 ESP Sergio Hernández Campos Racing 34 +1:27.321 18 16 18 CHE Neel Jani Racing Engineering 34 +1:33.179 24 17 2 TUR Can Artam iSport International 34 +1:36.993 22 18 12 CHE Giorgio Mondini DPR 33 +1 lap 16 19 19 ESP Borja García Racing Engineering 31 +3 laps 11 Ret 11 FRA Olivier Pla DPR 29 Gearbox 15 Ret 17 ITA Ferdinando Monfardini Coloni Motorsport 20 Electrics 8 Ret 3 BRA Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Piquet Sports 13 Hydraulics 17 Ret 1 USA Scott Speed iSport International 10 Brakes 7 Ret 25 ITA Gianmaria Bruni Durango 7 Gearbox 9 Fastest lap: Alexandre Prémat (ART Grand Prix) — 1:47.766 (on lap 25) Source:http://www.crash.net/gp2/results/66893/1/gp2-race-result-1-bahrain.html GP2: Race result (1) - Bahrain crash.net 29 July 2014 2 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170202060451/http://www.crash.net/gp2/results/66893/1/gp2-race-result-1-bahrain.html dead2005 Bahrain GP2 - Round 22 https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2005-bahrain-gp2/ MotorSport Magazine 5 June 2021 Sprint race Pos. Position No. Car number Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 GER Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 23 41:44.937 86 2 5 VEN 1954 Ernesto Viso BCN Competición 23 +8.335 15 3 10 FRA Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 23 +9.353 74 4 14 ARG José María López DAMS 23 +16.260 53 5 7 ITA Giorgio Pantano Super Nova International 23 +22.649 42 6 6 JPN Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competición 23 +30.698 21 7 24 MCO Clivio Piccione Durango 23 +31.115 13 8 8 GBR Adam Carroll Super Nova International 23 +32.974 9 9 4 BRA Alexandre Negrão Hitech Piquet Sports 23 +33.853 12 10 15 MYS Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 23 +34.571 11 11 17 ITA Ferdinando Monfardini Coloni Motorsport 23 +34.844 21 12 20 ARG Juan Cruz Álvarez Campos Racing 23 +35.402 10 13 18 CHE Neel Jani Racing Engineering 23 +38.027 16 14 25 ITA Gianmaria Bruni Durango 23 +41.669 24 15 3 BRA Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Piquet Sports 23 +44.106 22 16 2 TUR Can Artam iSport International 23 +49.552 17 17 19 ESP Borja García Racing Engineering 23 +50.243 19 18 21 ESP Sergio Hernández Campos Racing 23 +1:25.107 15 19 1 USA Scott Speed iSport International 22 +1 lap PL2 2 points for fastest lap 20 23 FRA Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 22 +1 lap 3 21 16 AUT Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport 22 +1 lap 14 22 12 CHE Giorgio Mondini DPR 22 +1 lap 18 Ret 22 FIN Heikki Kovalainen Arden International 0 Spun off 6 DNS 11 FRA Olivier Pla DPR 0 Gearbox 20 Fastest lap: Scott Speed (iSport International) — 1:47.401 (on lap 3) Source:http://www.crash.net/gp2/results/66902/1/gp2-race-result-2-bahrain.html GP2: Race result (2) - Bahrain crash.net 29 July 2014 2 February 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170202060528/http://www.crash.net/gp2/results/66902/1/gp2-race-result-2-bahrain.html dead2005 Bahrain GP2 - Round 29 https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/database/races/2005-bahrain-gp2-2/ MotorSport Magazine 5 June 2021 Oliver Pla was unable to start the race due to an gearbox failure. Scott Speed started the race from the pitlane. Standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings Pos. Position Driver Points 10px 1 GER Nico Rosberg 120 10px 2 FIN Heikki Kovalainen 105 10px 3 USA Scott Speed 67.5 10px 4 FRA Alexandre Prémat 67 10px 5 GBR Adam Carroll 53 Teams' Championship standings Pos. Position Team Points 10px 1 FRA ART Grand Prix 187 10px 2 UK Arden International 126 10px 3 UK Super Nova International 102 10px 4 UK iSport International 69.5 10px 5 ESP Racing Engineering 65.5 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References External links Motorsportstats.com Bahrain GP2 round 2005 2005 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round 2006 Valencia GP2 Series round none 2007 Bahrain GP2 Series round Bahrain GP2