The 2005 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 23 and 24 July 2005 at the Hockenheimring in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was the seventh round of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2005 German Grand Prix.
Round details | |||
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Round 7 of 12 rounds in the 2005 GP2 Series | |||
Hockenheimring | |||
Location | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Germany | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 4.574 km (2.842 mi) | ||
Feature race | |||
Date | 23 July 2005 | ||
Laps | 40 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Nico Rosberg | ART Grand Prix | |
Time | 1:24.691 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Nico Rosberg | ART Grand Prix | |
Second | Alexandre Prémat | ART Grand Prix | |
Third | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Hitech Piquet Sports | |
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Nico Rosberg | ART Grand Prix | |
Time | 1:27.672 (on lap 3) | ||
Sprint race | |||
Date | 24 July 2005 | ||
Laps | 27 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Olivier Pla | DPR | |
Second | Giorgio Pantano | Super Nova International | |
Third | Scott Speed | iSport International | |
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Nico Rosberg | ART Grand Prix | |
Time | 1:27.245 (on lap 24) |
Nico Rosberg, who was the polesitter for the second consecutive feature race, won in the first race, his third victory in four races. The feature race podium was completed by Rosberg's fellow ART Grand Prix driver Alexandre Prémat, and Nelson Piquet Jr., of Hitech Piquet Sports.[1]
Frenchman Olivier Pla, who was on reverse grid pole for the second consecutive round after again finishing eighth in the feature race, took the win in the sprint race, ahead of Super Nova's Giorgio Pantano and iSport's Scott Speed.[2]
Rosberg scored nineteen points at Hockenheim, while Heikki Kovalainen could only manage five, allowing the German to reduce Kovalainen's Drivers' Championship lead to just six points, with five rounds remaining. Rosberg's ART team moved into the lead of the Teams' Championship standings, in the process overtaking Kovalainen's Arden team.
Classification
editQualifying
editFeature race
edit- Notes
- ^1 – Ernesto Viso finished seventh but was disqualified after the race when her car was found to be underweight in the post-race inspection.
Sprint race
editStandings after the round
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- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.
References
edit- ^ a b "GP2: Race result (1) - Hockenheim". crash.net. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ a b "GP2: Race result (2) - Hockenheim". crash.net. Retrieved 5 November 2013.
- ^ "GP2: Qualifying times - Hockenheim". crash.net. Retrieved 5 November 2013.