2005 Bahrain GP2 Series round

2005 Bahrain GP2 round
Round details
Round 12 of 12 rounds in the 2005 GP2 Series season
Bahrain International Circuit
Location	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.412 km (3.363 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	29 September 2005
Laps	34
Pole position
Driver	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:44.643
Podium
First	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
Second	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix
Third	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International
Fastest lap
Driver	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:47.766
Sprint race
Date	30 September 2005
Laps	23
Podium
First	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix
Second	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición
Third	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Scott Speed	iSport International
Time	1:47.401

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 round 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.

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	1:44.643	1
2	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	1:45.318	2
3	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	1:45.532	3
4	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing	1:45.541	4
5	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	1:45.581	5
6	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	1:45.713	6
7	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	1:45.790	7
8	17	Ferdinando Monfardini	Coloni Motorsport	1:45.958	8
9	25	Gianmaria Bruni	Durango	1:45.967	9
10	14	José María López	DAMS	1:46.031	10
11	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	1:46.254	11
12	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	1:46.466	12
13	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	1:46.634	13
14	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	1:46.847	14
15	11	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	1:47.072	15
16	12	Giorgio Mondini	David Price Racing	1:47.101	16
17	3	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	Hitech/Piquet Racing	1:47.109	17
18	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	1:47.125	18
19	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	1:47.178	19
20	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	1:47.259	20
21	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	1:47.555	21
22	2	Can Artam	iSport International	1:48.885	22
23	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech/Piquet Racing	1:49.044	23
24	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	No time	24
Source:^[1]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	34	1:03:34.327	1	12
2	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	34	+11.500	5	10
3	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	34	+18.700	2	6
4	14	José María López	DAMS	34	+33.600	10	5
5	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing	34	+38.200	4	4
6	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	34	+43.700	3	3
7	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	34	+53.800	14	2
8	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	34	+54.200	6	1
9	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	34	+55.700	19
10	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	34	+1:07.300	13
11	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	34	+1:09.000	20
12	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech/Piquet Racing	34	+1:09.600	23
13	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	34	+1:14.500	12
14	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	34	+1:21.700	21
15	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	34	+1:26.600	18
16	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	34	+1:32.600	24
17	2	Can Artam	iSport International	34	+1:36.400	22
Ret	12	Giorgio Mondini	David Price Racing	33	Did not finish	16
Ret	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	31	Did not finish	11
Ret	11	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	29	Did not finish	15
Ret	17	Ferdinando Monfardini	Coloni Motorsport	20	Did not finish	8
Ret	3	Nelson Piquet, Jr.	Hitech/Piquet Racing	13	Did not finish	17
Ret	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	10	Did not finish	7
Ret	25	Gianmaria Bruni	Durango	7	Did not finish	9
Fastest lap: Alexandre Prémat (ART Grand Prix) — 1:47.766
Source:^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	23	41:44.937	8	6
2	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	23	+8.335	1	5
3	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	23	+9.353	7	4
4	14	José María López	DAMS	23	+16.260	5	3
5	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova Racing	23	+22.649	4	2
6	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	23	+30.698	2	1
7	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	23	+31.115	13
8	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova Racing	23	+32.974	9
9	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech/Piquet Racing	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 Racing	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	23	2
20	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	22	+1 lap	3
21	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	22	+1 lap	14
22	12	Giorgio Mondini	David Price Racing	22	+1 lap	18
Ret	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	1	Did not finish	6
Ret	11	Olivier Pla	David Price Racing	0	Did not finish	20
Fastest lap: Scott Speed (iSport International) — 1:47.401
Source:^[3]

Previous round: 2005 Spa-Francorchamps GP2 Series round	GP2 Series 2005 season	Next round: 2006 Valencia GP2 Series round
Previous round: none	Bahrain GP2 round	Next round: 2007 Bahrain GP2 Series round

List of GP2 Series rounds

2005	SMR ESP MON EUR FRA GBR GER HUN TUR ITA BEL BHR

2006	VAL SMR EUR ESP MON GBR FRA GER HUN TUR ITA

2007	BHR ESP MON FRA GBR GER HUN TUR ITA BEL VAL

2008	ESP TUR MON FRA GBR GER HUN EUR BEL ITA

2009	ESP MON TUR GBR GER HUN VAL BEL ITA POR

2010	ESP MON TUR VAL GBR GER HUN BEL ITA ABU

2011	TUR ESP MON VAL GBR GER HUN BEL ITA ABU (NC)

2012	MAL BHR1 BHR2 ESP MON VAL GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN

2013	MAL BHR ESP MON GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN ABU

2014	BHR ESP MON AUT GBR GER HUN BEL ITA RUS ABU

2015	BHR ESP MON AUT GBR HUN BEL ITA RUS ABU

2016	ESP MON AZE AUT GBR HUN GER BEL ITA MAL ABU

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