2006 Monaco GP2 Series round

Monaco Monaco 5 11 Monte Carlo Formula 1 track map.svg 2006 Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco Permanent racing facility 3.340 2.08 27 May 45 UK Lewis Hamilton ART Grand Prix 1:20.430 UK Lewis Hamilton ART Grand Prix FRA Franck Perera DAMS FRA Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix BRA Lucas di Grassi Durango 1:22.563 24 The 2006 Monaco GP2 round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 21 May 2006 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo, Monaco. It was the third race of the 2006 GP2 Series. The race was used to support the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix. Report Qualifying Indeed, Hamilton was the man to beat in qualifying as he set a new GP2 lap record in the Principality, claiming pole with a 1:20.430. Franck Perera was his closest challenger in second, a quarter of a second behind, while Gianmaria Bruni and Alexandre Prémat shared the second row.Hamilton streets ahead in Monaco https://www.crash.net/gp2/news/67223/1/hamilton-streets-ahead-in-monaco crash.net 17 December 2020 dead 9 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201209112006/https://www.crash.net/gp2/news/67223/1/hamilton-streets-ahead-in-monaco Feature race There would be no heading Hamilton at the start of the race either, with the #2 ART Grand Prix car shooting into the lead as the lights went out. Perera was hence left to hold second in the Brit's wake into Sainte Devote, while poor starts for Bruni and Prémat let Olivier Pla leap into third. Behind, however, the start would be more confused, with Tristan Gommendy striking José María López, which sent the Frenchman literally flying into Nicolas Lapierre. Javier Villa was also removed by the out of control trio, while Bruni, Alexandre Negrão and Championship leader Nelson Piquet Jr. were all delayed. Remarkably, despite four cars being abandoned on track, and a further retirement for Adam Carroll later around the opening tour, there would be no Safety Car, with stunningly quick work from the marshals clearing the circuit under yellow flags. That meant that Hamilton could make his escape during the early laps, although Perera would exchange a barrage of fastest laps with the Brit as the race settled down. That fight was effectively over by lap thirteen when Perera stopped, with Hamilton making his stop three laps later and resuming with the race lead. Perera was split from the Brit's tail by a yet to stop Andreas Zuber, although Hamilton's lead over the Frenchman had been cut to three seconds from ten before the stops. Once Zuber pitted Perera was clear to attack Hamilton, although he never closed to within three seconds despite the fact that the lead duo had begun to catch the tail of the field. Indeed, Hamilton and Perera would go on to lap everyone up and including sixth on track, although Hamilton would be denied the fastest lap point as a result. That point would go to Lucas di Grassi, with the Brazilian setting the best lap of the race moments before he punted Jason Tahincioğlu out of the way, the Turkish racer having formed a rolling roadblock for most of the race. Elsewhere, Ernesto Viso battled from the back into the points, only to be taken out by Ferdinando Monfardini after the Italian racer made a very late lunge to try and pass Michael Ammermüller into the Nouvelle Chicane. With that the race was run, with Hamilton claiming victory by eight seconds from Perera, while Prémat was a distant third. Home racer Clivio Piccione secured fourth ahead of late-stopper Zuber, while Félix Porteiro was a lap down in sixth. Ammermüller was next up ahead of Sergio Hernández, the last scorer, while di Grassi denied Hamilton a Grand Slam by finishing with fastest lap down in eleventh.Monaco 2006: Hamilton in cruise mode https://www.crash.net/gp2/race-report/67234/1/monaco-2006-hamilton-in-cruise-mode crash.net 17 December 2020 dead 8 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201208191519/https://www.crash.net/gp2/race-report/67234/1/monaco-2006-hamilton-in-cruise-mode Classification Qualifying Pos. PositionNo. Car numberDriverTeamTimeGapGrid Final grid position12GBR Lewis HamiltonART Grand Prix1:20.4301215FRA Franck PereraDAMS1:20.717 +0.2872326ITA Gianmaria BruniTrident Racing1:21.155 +0.725341FRA Alexandre PrématART Grand Prix1:21.227 +0.7974520FRA Olivier PlaDPR Direxiv1:21.277 +0.8475621MCO Clivio PiccioneDPR Direxiv1:21.386 +0.956679GBR Adam CarrollRacing Engineering1:21.542 +1.1127824ESP Adrián VallésCampos Racing1:21.616 +1.1868925ESP Félix PorteiroCampos Racing1:21.679 +1.24991027UAE Andreas ZuberTrident Racing1:21.744 +1.314101122BRA Lucas di GrassiDurango1:21.926 +1.496111211BRA Nelson Piquet Jr.Piquet Sports1:21.940 +1.510121310ESP Javier VillaRacing Engineering1:22.075 +1.64513144FRA Nicolas LapierreArden International1:22.112 +1.68214155ARG José María LópezSuper Nova International1:22.296 +1.86615168FRA Tristan GommendyiSport International1:22.377 +1.947161719GER Timo GlockBCN Competición1:22.428 +1.998171816ITA Giorgio PantanoPetrol Ofisi FMS International1:22.474 +2.044181914ITA Ferdinando MonfardiniDAMS1:22.620 +2.19019203GER Michael AmmermüllerArden International1:22.702 +2.27220216MYS Fairuz FauzySuper Nova International1:23.231 +2.801212223ESP Sergio HernándezDurango1:23.418 +2.988222312BRA Alexandre NegrãoPiquet Sports1:23.569 +3.13923247VEN Ernesto VisoiSport International1:24.130 +3.700242518JPN Hiroki YoshimotoBCN Competición1:24.335 +3.905252617TUR Jason TahinciPetrol Ofisi FMS International1:25.997 +5.56726107% time: 1:26.060Source:2006 Monaco GP2 Qualifying Results https://motorsportstats.com/results/gp2-series/2006/monaco/classification/qualifying 27 August 2024 Motorsportstats.com Championship standings after the round Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints10px 11GBR Lewis Hamilton4910px 12BRA Nelson Piquet Jr.3910px3FRA Alexandre Prémat3310px4VEN Ernesto Viso2610px 15GER Michael Ammermüller25 Teams' Championship standings PosTeamPoints10px1FRA ART Grand Prix8210px2NED Arden International5010px3BRA Piquet Sports4310px4GBR iSport International3210px5ITA Trident Racing24 Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings. References Monaco GP2 round 2006 2006 Catalunya GP2 Series round 2006 Silverstone GP2 Series round 2005 Monaco GP2 Series round 2007 Monaco GP2 Series round Monaco Sports GP2 Monaco Category:Motorsport in Monaco