2005 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round

2005 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 round
Round details
	Round 11 of 12 rounds in the ; 2005 GP2 Series
	; Spa-Francorchamps
Location	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot, Belgium
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 6.976 km (4.334 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	10 September 2005
Laps	26 (181.376 km)
Pole position
Driver	Gianmaria Bruni
Time	2:14.173
Podium
First	Nelson Piquet Jr.
Second	Ernesto Viso
Third	Nico Rosberg
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexandre Prémat
Time	2:07.563 (on lap 3)
Sprint race
Date	11 September 2005
Laps	9 (62.784 km)
Podium
First	Adam Carroll
Second	Borja García
Third	Ernesto Viso
Fastest lap
Driver	Adam Carroll
Time	2:14.936 (on lap 7)

The 2005 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 10 and 11 September 2005 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. It was the penultimate round of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2005 Belgian Grand Prix.

Classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	25	Gianmaria Bruni	Durango	2:14.273		1
2	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	2:14.661	+0.388	2
3	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	2:14.708	+0.435	3
4	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	2:14.872	+0.599	4
5	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	2:14.885	+0.612	5
6	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	2:14.897	+0.624	6
7	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	2:15.163	+0.890	7
8	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	2:15.174	+0.901	8
9	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	2:15.229	+0.956	9
10	14	José María López	DAMS	2:15.238	+0.965	10
11	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	2:15.240	+0.967	11
12	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	2:15.290	+1.017	12
13	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	2:15.725	+1.425	13
14	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	2:15.845	+1.572	14
15	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	2:15.869	+1.596	15
16	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	2:16.434	+2.161	16
17	12	Giorgio Mondini	DPR	2:16.497	+2.224	17
18	17	Toni Vilander	Coloni Motorsport	2:16.769	+2.496	18
19	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	2:16.924	+2.651	19
20	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	2:17.166	+2.893	20
21	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	2:17.208	+2.935	21
22	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	2:17.579	+3.306	22
23	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	2:18.498	+4.225	23
24	2	Can Artam	iSport International	2:18.801	+4.528	24
107% time: 2:23.672
Source:^[1]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	26	1:08:13.224	5	10
2	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	26	+3.049	12	8
3	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	26	+9.930	11	6
4	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	26	+15.915	6	5
5	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	26	+18.000	21	4
6	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	26	+18.976	20	3
7	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	26	+35.065	19	2
8	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	26	+42.263	8	3
9	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	26	+43.337	23
10	14	José María López	DAMS	26	+44.128	10
11	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	26	+58.011	13
12	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	26	+58.602	14
13	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	26	+1:18.279	22
14	17	Toni Vilander	Coloni Motorsport	26	+1:58.501	18
15	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	25	+1 lap	4
16	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	23	+3 laps	15
Ret	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	22	Did not finish	9
Ret	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	22	Did not finish	22
Ret	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	16	Did not finish	2
Ret	12	Giorgio Mondini	DPR	13	Did not finish	17
Ret	25	Gianmaria Bruni	Durango	8	Did not finish	1	2
Ret	2	Can Artam	iSport International	3	Did not finish	24
Ret	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	3	Did not finish	7
Ret	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	0	Did not finish	3
Fastest lap: Alexandre Prémat (ART Grand Prix) — 2:07.563 (on lap 3)
Source:^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps²	Time/Retired	Grid	Points³
1	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	9	23:38.872	1	6
2	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	9	+16.300	3	2.5
3	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	9	+25.040⁴	7	2
4	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	9	+26.311	5	1.5
5	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	9	+31.170	6	1
6	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	9	+34.666	4	0.5
7	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	9	+35.987	2
8	14	José María López	DAMS	9	+38.059	9
9	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	9	+38.321	14
10	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	9	+41.986	10
11	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	9	+43.635	17
12	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	9	+48.451	19
13	17	Toni Vilander	Coloni Motorsport	9	+51.557	13
14	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	9	+52.170	18¹
15	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	9	+54.876	12
16	25	Gianmaria Bruni	Durango	9	+55.417	21
17	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	9	+55.919	22
18	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	9	+57.455	15
19	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	9	+59.215	11
20	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	9	+1:08.028	16
21	12	Giorgio Mondini	DPR	9	+1:10.508	20
22	2	Can Artam	iSport International	9	+1:16.403	23
23	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	9	+1:26.822	24
24	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	9	+1:44.105	8
Fastest lap: Adam Carroll (Super Nova International) — 2:14.936 (on lap 7)
Source:^[3]

^1 – Nelson Piquet Jr. was given a ten place grid penalty for colliding with Alexandre Prémat in the feature race.^[4]
^2 – The race was originally set to cover 18 laps (125.568 km) but the results were based on the classification at the end of lap nine.
^3 – Half-points were awarded for the race as the field failed to cover 75% of the original race distance.
^4 – Ernesto Viso was reinstated to third position after the race having originally been classified at the back of the field after his accident.^[5]

^ Alexandre Prémat did not finish the race so the points were given to Adam Carroll.

^ "GP2: Qualifying times - Spa-Francorchamps". crash.net. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^ "GP2: Race result (1) - Spa-Francorchamps". crash.net. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^ "GP2: Race result (2) - Spa-Francorchamps". crash.net. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^ "Piquet Penalised but Keeps Win". Autosport.com. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
^ "Race Two Results Modified". Autosport.com. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

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