2006 Magny-Cours GP2 Series round

2006 Magny-Cours GP2 round
Round details
	Round 7 of 11 rounds in the ; 2006 GP2 Series
Location	Magny-Cours, France
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.141 km (3.19 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	15 July 2006
Laps	41
Pole position
Driver	José María López
Time	1:23.911
Podium
First	Timo Glock
Second	Alexandre Prémat
Third	José María López
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton
Time	1:27.418 (on lap 5)
Sprint race
Date	16 July 2006
Laps	28
Podium
First	Giorgio Pantano
Second	Nelson Piquet Jr.
Third	Alexandre Prémat
Fastest lap
Driver	José María López
Time	1:26.513 (on lap 3)

2006 Magny-Cours GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 15 and 16 July, 2006 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in Magny-Cours, France. It was the seventh race of the 2006 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2006 French Grand Prix.

Classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	5	José María López	Super Nova Racing	1:23.911	1
2	8	Timo Glock	iSport International	1:24.031	2
3	16	Giorgio Pantano	FMS International	1:24.057	3
4	2	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix	1:24.100	4
5	11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports	1:24.120	5
6	9	Adam Carroll	Racing Engineering	1:24.291	6
7	1	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	1:24.334	7
8	7	Ernesto Viso	iSport International	1:24.400	8
9	15	Franck Perera	DAMS	1:24.455	9
10	18	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	1:24.595	10
11	22	Lucas Di Grassi	Durango	1:24.628	11
12	26	Gianmaria Bruni	Trident	1:24.670	12
13	3	Michael Ammermüller	Arden International	1:24.707	13
14	14	Ferdinando Monfardini	DAMS	1:24.778	14
15	12	Alexandre Negrão	Piquet Sports	1:24.948	15
16	27	Andreas Zuber	Trident	1:25.053	16
17	20	Olivier Pla	DPR Direxiv	1:25.200	17
18	19	Luca Filippi	BCN Competición	1:25.254	18
19	25	Félix Porteiro	Campos Racing	1:25.454	19
20	24	Adrián Vallés	Campos Racing	1:25.484	20
21	4	Neel Jani	Arden International	1:25.569	21
22	10	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	1:25.703	22
23	6	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	1:25.923	23
24	21	Clivio Piccione	DPR Direxiv	1:26.016	24
25	23	Sergio Hernández	Durango	1:26.539	25
26	17	Jason Tahincioglu	FMS International	1:26.793	26
Source:^[1]^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Timo Glock	iSport International	41	1:01:14.385	2	10
2	1	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	41	+5.988	7	8
3	5	José María López	Super Nova Racing	41	+17.100	1	6+2
4	11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports	41	+24.226	5	5
5	12	Alexandre Negrão	Piquet Sports	41	+27.944	15	4
6	16	Giorgio Pantano	FMS International	41	+31.586	3	3
7	22	Lucas di Grassi	Durango	41	+34.277	11	2
8	14	Ferdinando Monfardini	DAMS	41	+46.130	14	1
9	18	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	41	+53.671	10
10	7	Ernesto Viso	iSport International	41	+54.151	8
11	4	Neel Jani	Arden International	41	+57.918	21
12	3	Michael Ammermüller	Arden International	41	+1:02.158	13
13	21	Clivio Piccione	DPR Direxiv	41	+1:02.619	24
14	23	Sergio Hernández	Durango	41	+1:03.288	25
15	24	Adrián Vallés	Campos Racing	41	+1:05.753	20
16	20	Olivier Pla	DPR Direxiv	41	+1:15.321	17
17	10	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	41	+1:21.238	22
18	25	Félix Porteiro	Campos Racing	41	+1:22.011	19
19	2	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix	40	+1 Lap	4	1
20	9	Adam Carroll	Racing Engineering	40	+1 Lap	6
Ret	15	Franck Perera	DAMS	34	DNF	9
Ret	17	Jason Tahincioglu	FMS International	16	DNF	26
Ret	6	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	4	DNF	23
Ret	26	Gianmaria Bruni	Trident Racing	1	DNF	12
Ret	19	Luca Filippi	BCN Competición	1	DNF	18
Ret	27	Andreas Zuber	Trident Racing	1	DNF	16
Source:^[3]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Giorgio Pantano	FMS International	28	40:55.810	3	6
2	11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports	28	+0.500	5	5
3	1	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	28	+9.667	7	4
4	8	Timo Glock	iSport International	28	+10.900	8	3+1
5	2	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix	28	+12.199	19	2
6	22	Lucas di Grassi	Durango	28	+17.415	2	1
7	4	Neel Jani	Arden International	28	+17.884	11
8	3	Michael Ammermüller	Arden International	28	+29.154	12
9	20	Olivier Pla	DPR Direxiv	28	+40.728	16
10	25	Félix Porteiro	Campos Racing	28	+42.514	18
11	23	Sergio Hernández	Durango	28	+42.968	14
12	15	Franck Perera	DAMS	28	+44.900	21
13	24	Adrián Vallés	Campos Racing	28	+45.341	15
14	9	Adam Carroll	Racing Engineering	28	+45.855	20
15	6	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	28	+46.555	23
16	10	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	28	+48.782	17
17	17	Jason Tahincioglu	FMS International	28	+1:10.938	22
18	27	Andreas Zuber	Trident Racing	27	+1 Lap	25
Ret	26	Gianmaria Bruni	Trident Racing	23	DNF	24
Ret	19	Luca Filippi	BCN Competición	18	DNF	26
Ret	21	Clivio Piccione	DPR Direxiv	16	DNF	13
Ret	5	José María López	Super Nova Racing	3	DNF	6
Ret	12	Alexandre Negrão	Piquet Sports	2	DNF	4
Ret	14	Ferdinando Monfardini	DAMS	0	DNF	1
Ret	18	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	0	DNF	9
Ret	7	Ernesto Viso	iSport International	0	DNF	10
Source:^[4]

^ José María López did not finish the race so the points were given to Timo Glock.

^ "GP2 Series 2006 Results - Magny-Cours". Team Dan. Team Dan. Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
^ "Lopez grabs maiden GP2 pole". Autosport.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
^ "Glock takes first GP2 win". Autosport.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
^ "Pantano takes thrilling first win". Autosport.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.

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