2005 GP2 Series

The 2005 GP2 Series season started in Imola, San Marino on April 23, 2005 and ended in Manama, Bahrain on September 30, 2005. The season was won by the German Nico Rosberg, with the Finn Heikki Kovalainen finishing second.

2005 was the first season of the newly-remaned Formula One feeder series, from Formula 3000 to GP2. The inaugural season didn't feature reigning F3000 champion Vitantonio Liuzzi, due to the fact that the Italian was driving for Red Bull Racing in Formula One. Also featured were two former F1 drivers, Gianmaria Bruni and Giorgio Pantano, driving for Coloni and SuperNova respectively.

Drivers and constructors

Note: As all of the teams used the Dallara chassis with Renault-badged Mecachrome engines in 2005 in order to keep the field fair, no information on the car specifications is given.

Team	Car #	Driver
iSport International	1	Scott Speed
	2	Can Artam
HiTech/Piquet Racing	3	Nelson Angelo Piquet
	4	Alexandre Sarnes Negrão
BCN Competicion	5	Ernesto José Viso Lossada
	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto
Super Nova Racing	7	Giorgio Pantano
	8	Adam Carroll
ART Grand Prix	9	Nico Rosberg
	10	Alexandre Prémat
David Price Racing	11	Olivier Pla
	12	Ryan Sharp
		Giorgio Mondini
DAMS	14	José María López
	15	Fairuz Fauzy
Coloni Motorsport	16	Mathias Lauda
	17	Ferdinando Monfardini
		Toni Vilander
		Gianmaria Bruni
Racing Engineering	18	Neel Jani
	19	Borja Garcia
Campos Racing	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez
	21	Sergio Hernandez
Arden International	22	Heikki Kovalainen
	23	Nicolas Lapierre
Durango	24	Clivio Piccione
	25	Gianmaria Bruni
		Ferdinando Monfardini

Notes:

• Giorgio Mondini replaced Ryan Sharp for Hungarian races
• Toni Vilander replaced Gianmaria Bruni for Italian races.
• Gianmaria Bruni replaced Ferdinando Monfardini for Belgian races.
• Ferdinando Monfardini replaced Toni Vilander for Bahrain races.

Race calendar

There were 23 races in the 2005 GP2 Series championship at 12 different circuits. Eleven race weekends had one race on Saturday and another on Sunday, the exception being the race at Circuit de Monaco where there was only one race on the weekend. The season began on April 23 2005 and concluded on September 25, 2005.

The calendar was as follows.

Round	Location	Circuit	Date	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Imola, Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	April 23	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
2			April 24	Adam Carroll	SuperNova
3	Barcelona, Spain	Circuit de Catalunya	May 7	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport
4			May 8	Jose Maria Lopez	DAMS
5	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Circuit de Monaco	May 21	Adam Carroll	SuperNova
6	Nürburg, Germany	Nürburgring	May 28	Clivio Piccione	Durango
7			May 29	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
8	Magny-Cours, France	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	July 2	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
8			July 3	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
9	Silverstone, Great Britain	Silverstone Circuit	July 9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
10			July 10	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing
11	Hockenheim, Germany	Hockenheimring	July 23	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
12			July 24	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing
14	Budapest, Hungary	Hungaroring	July 30	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering
15			July 31	Alexandre Premat	ART Grand Prix
16	Istanbul, Turkey	Istanbul Racing Circuit	August 20	Alexandre Premat	ART Grand Prix
17			August 21	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
18	Monza, Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	September 3	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
19			September 4	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering
20	Spa, Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	September 10	Nelson Angelo Piquet	HiTech/Piquet Racing
21			September 11	Adam Carroll	SuperNova
22	Manama, Bahrain	Bahrain International Circuit	September 29	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
23			September 30	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix

Final driver standings

Pos.	Number	Driver	Nationality	Team	Points	Races	Wins	Poles
01	09	Nico Rosberg	German	ART Grand Prix	120	23	5	5*
02	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Finnish	Arden International	105	23	5	2
03	01	Scott Speed	American	iSport International	67.5	23	0	1
04	10	Alexandre Premat	French	ART Grand Prix	67	23	2	1
05	08	Adam Carroll	British	SuperNova	53	23	3	1*
06	07	Giorgio Pantano	Italian	SuperNova	49	23	0	1
07	18	Neel Jani	Swiss	Racing Engineering	48	23	2	1
08	03	Nelson Angelo Piquet	Brazilian	HiTech/Piquet Racing	46	22	1	0
09	14	Jose Maria Lopez	Spanish	DAMS	36	23	1	0
10	17/25	Gianmaria Bruni	Italian	Coloni Motorsport, Durango	35	21	1	2*
11	23	Nicolas Lapierre	French	Arden International	21	22	0	1
12	05	Ernesto Viso	Venezuelan	BCN Competicion	21	22	0	1*
13	11	Oliver Pla	French	David Price Racing	20	23	2	2**
14	19	Borja Garcia	Spanish	Racing Engineering	17.5	22	0	0
15	06	Hiroki Yoshimoto	Japanese	BCN Competicion	14	21	0	1*
16	24	Clivio Piccione	Monegasque	Durango	14	23	1	1*
17	25/17	Ferdinando Monfardini	Italian	Durango	5	20	0	1*
18	20	Juan Cruz Alvarez	Argentinian	Campos Racing	4.5	23	0	0
19	04	Alexandre Negrao	Brazilian	HiTech/Piquet Racing	4	23	0	2**
20	21	Sergio Hernandez	Spanish	Campos Racing	3	23	0	0
21	16	Mathias Lauda	Austrian	Coloni Motorsport	3	23	0	0
22	02	Can Artam	Turkish	iSport International	2	23	0	0
23	12	Ryan Sharp	British	David Price Racing	2	13	0	0
24	15	Fairuz Fauzy	Malaysian	DAMS	0	23	0	0
25	17	Toni Vilander	Finnish	Coloni Motorsport	0	4	0	0
26	12	Giorgio Mondini	Italian	David Price Racing	0	10	0	0

* Asterisk in poles indicates that one pole has been achieved by finishing 8th in 1st race.

Note: Sprint race at Spa was stopped early and half points were awarded.

Final constructors' standings

Pos.	Team	Drivers	Points	Wins	Poles
01	ART Grand Prix	Nico Rosberg, Alexandre Premat	187	7	6*
02	Arden International	Heikki Kovalainen, Nicolas Lapierre	126	5	3
03	SuperNova	Giorgio Pantano, Adam Carroll	102	3	2*
04	iSport International	Scott Speed, Can Artam	69.5	0	1
05	Racing Engineering	Borja Garcia, Neel Jani	65.5	2	1
06	HiTech/Piquet Racing	Nelson Angelo Piquet, Alexandre Negrao	50	1	2**
07	DAMS	Jose Maria Lopez, Fairuz Fauzy	36	1	0
08	Coloni Motorsport	Gianmaria Bruni, Mathias Lauda, Toni Vilander, Ferdinando Monfardini	36	1	1*
09	BCN Competicion	Ernesto Viso, Hiroki Yoshimoto	35	0	2**
10	David Price Racing	Oliver Pla, Ryan Sharp, Giorgio Mondini	22	2	2**
11	Durango	Clivio Piccione, Ferdinando Monfardini, Gianmaria Bruni	19	1	3**
12	Campos Racing	Sergio Hernandez, Juan Cruz Alvarez	7.5	0	0