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 DriverTeamTimeGap Q1 Q2 1 9 Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 1:46.526 1:44.643 1 2 22 Heikki Kovalainen Arden International 1:46.205 1:45.318 +0.675 2 3 23 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 1:47.308 1:45.532 +0.889 3 4 7 Giorgio Pantano Super Nova International 1:47.621 1:45.541 +0.898 4 5 10 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 1:47.900 1:45.581 +0.938 5 6 5 Ernesto Viso BCN Competición 1:47.572 1:45.713 +1.070 6 7 1 Scott Speed iSport International 1:46.685 1:45.790 +1.147 7 8 17 Ferdinando Monfardini Coloni Motorsport 1:48.022 1:45.958 +1.315 8 9 25 Gianmaria Bruni Durango 1:46.919 1:45.967 +1.324 9 10 14 José María López DAMS 1:47.754 1:46.031 +1.388 10 11 19 Borja García Racing Engineering 1:47.930 1:46.254 +1.611 11 12 24 Clivio Piccione Durango 1:47.731 1:46.466 +1.823 12 13 20 Juan Cruz Álvarez Campos Racing 1:47.858 1:46.634 +1.991 13 14 6 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competición 1:48.417 1:46.847 +2.204 14 15 11 Olivier Pla DPR 1:48.916 1:47.072 +2.429 15 16 12 Giorgio Mondini DPR 1:48.333 1:47.101 +2.458 16 17 3 Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Piquet Sports No time 1:47.109 +2.466 17 18 21 Sergio Hernández Campos Racing 1:48.339 1:47.125 +2.482 18 19 8 Adam Carroll Super Nova International 1:47.149 1:47.270 +2.506 19 20 15 Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 1:48.868 1:47.259 +2.616 20 21 16 Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport 1:48.732 1:47.555 +2.912 21 22 2 Can Artam iSport International 1:48.794 1:48.885 +4.151 22 23 4 Alexandre Negrão Hitech Piquet Sports 1:49.044 No time +4.401 23 24 18 Neel Jani Racing Engineering No time No time 24 Source: 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.
Feature race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 34 1:03:34.327 112 2 10 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 34 +11.557 510 3 22 Heikki Kovalainen Arden International 34 +18.768 26 4 14 José María López DAMS 34 +33.723 105 5 7 Giorgio Pantano Super Nova International 34 +38.348 44 6 23 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 34 +43.930 33 7 6 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competición 34 +54.077 142 8 5 Ernesto Viso BCN Competición 34 +54.478 61 9 8 Adam Carroll Super Nova International 34 +56.071 19 10 20 Juan Cruz Álvarez Campos Racing 34 +1:07.712 13 11 15 Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 34 +1:09.416 20 12 4 Alexandre Negrão Hitech Piquet Sports 34 +1:10.016 23 13 24 Clivio Piccione Durango 34 +1:14.937 12 14 16 Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport 34 +1:22.167 21 15 21 Sergio Hernández Campos Racing 34 +1:27.321 18 16 18 Neel Jani Racing Engineering 34 +1:33.179 24 17 2 Can Artam iSport International 34 +1:36.993 22 18 12 Giorgio Mondini DPR 33 +1 lap 16 19 19 Borja García Racing Engineering 31 +3 laps 11 Ret 11 Olivier Pla DPR 29 Gearbox 15 Ret 17 Ferdinando Monfardini Coloni Motorsport 20 Electrics 8 Ret 3 Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Piquet Sports 13 Hydraulics 17 Ret 1 Scott Speed iSport International 10 Brakes 7 Ret 25 Gianmaria Bruni Durango 7 Gearbox 9 Source:
Sprint race Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 9 Nico Rosberg ART Grand Prix 23 41:44.937 86 2 5 Ernesto Viso BCN Competición 23 +8.335 15 3 10 Alexandre Prémat ART Grand Prix 23 +9.353 74 4 14 José María López DAMS 23 +16.260 53 5 7 Giorgio Pantano Super Nova International 23 +22.649 42 6 6 Hiroki Yoshimoto BCN Competición 23 +30.698 21 7 24 Clivio Piccione Durango 23 +31.115 13 8 8 Adam Carroll Super Nova International 23 +32.974 9 9 4 Alexandre Negrão Hitech Piquet Sports 23 +33.853 12 10 15 Fairuz Fauzy DAMS 23 +34.571 11 11 17 Ferdinando Monfardini Coloni Motorsport 23 +34.844 21 12 20 Juan Cruz Álvarez Campos Racing 23 +35.402 10 13 18 Neel Jani Racing Engineering 23 +38.027 16 14 25 Gianmaria Bruni Durango 23 +41.669 24 15 3 Nelson Piquet Jr. Hitech Piquet Sports 23 +44.106 22 16 2 Can Artam iSport International 23 +49.552 17 17 19 Borja García Racing Engineering 23 +50.243 19 18 21 Sergio Hernández Campos Racing 23 +1:25.107 15 19 1 Scott Speed iSport International 22 +1 lap PL 20 23 Nicolas Lapierre Arden International 22 +1 lap 3 21 16 Mathias Lauda Coloni Motorsport 22 +1 lap 14 22 12 Giorgio Mondini DPR 22 +1 lap 18 Ret 22 Heikki Kovalainen Arden International 0 Spun off 6 DNS 11 Olivier Pla DPR 0 Gearbox 20 Source: 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 Driver Points 1 Nico Rosberg 120 2 Heikki Kovalainen 105 3 Scott Speed 67.5 4 Alexandre Prémat 67 5 Adam Carroll 53
Teams' Championship standings Team Points 1 ART Grand Prix 187 2 Arden International 126 3 Super Nova International 102 4 iSport International 69.5 5 Racing Engineering 65.5
Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
External links Motorsportstats.com