2005 Istanbul Park GP2 Series round

2005 Istanbul Park GP2 round
Round details
	Round 9 of 12 rounds in the ; 2005 GP2 Series
	; Istanbul Park
Location	Istanbul Park, Istanbul, Turkey
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.338 km (3.317 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	20 August 2005
Laps	34
Pole position
Driver	Nico Rosberg
Time	1:38.416
Podium
First	Alexandre Prémat
Second	Giorgio Pantano
Third	Borja García
Fastest lap
Driver	Scott Speed
Time	1:38.288 (on lap 34)
Sprint race
Date	21 August 2005
Laps	23
Podium
First	Heikki Kovalainen
Second	Adam Carroll
Third	Nico Rosberg
Fastest lap
Driver	Olivier Pla
Time	1:41.209 (on lap 23)

The 2005 Istanbul Park GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 20 and 21 August 2005 at Istanbul Park in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the ninth round of the 2005 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2005 Turkish Grand Prix.

Classification[edit]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Gap	Grid
1	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	1:38.416		1
2	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	1:38.531	+0.115	2
3	14	José María López	DAMS	1:38.561	+0.145	3
4	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	1:38.690	+0.274	4
5	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	1:38.820	+0.404	5
6	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	1:38.897	+0.481	6
7	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	1:39.335	+0.919	7
8	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	1:39.533	+1.117	8
9	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	1:39.708	+1.292	9
10	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	1:39.737	+1.321	10
11	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	1:39.830	+1.414	11
12	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	1:39.982	+1.566	12
13	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	1:40.040	+1.624	13
14	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	1:40.064	+1.648	14
15	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	1:40.081	+1.665	15
16	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	1:40.205	+1.789	16
17	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	1:40.295	+1.879	17
18	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	1:40.629	+2.213	18
19	12	Giorgio Mondini	DPR	1:40.749	+2.333	19
20	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	1:40.770	+2.354	20
21	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	1:40.794	+2.378	21
22	2	Can Artam	iSport International	1:40.952	+2.536	22
23	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	1:40.956	+2.540	23
24	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	1:41.184	+2.768	24
107% time: 1:45.305
Source:^[1]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	34	1:01:27.680	6	10
2	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	34	+0.336	4	8
3	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	34	+9.486	9	6
4	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	34	+10.987	5	5
5	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	34	+13.076	2	6
6	14	José María López	DAMS	34	+18.449	3	3
7	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	34	+19.558	7	2
8	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	34	+21.128	10	1
9	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	34	+21.615	23
10	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	34	+28.630	13
11	2	Can Artam	iSport International	34	+30.582	22
12	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	34	+38.315	17
13	12	Giorgio Mondini	DPR	34	+40.033	19
14	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	34	+48.068	21
15	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	34	+50.424	11
16	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	34	+52.408	24
17	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	32	+2 laps	1	2
Ret	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	26	Did not finish	16
Ret	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	23	Did not finish	20
Ret	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	16	Did not finish	18
Ret	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	16	Did not finish	8
Ret	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	10	Did not finish	15
Ret	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	2	Did not finish	14
Ret	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	0	Did not finish	12
Fastest lap: Scott Speed (iSport International) — 1:38.288 (on lap 34)
Source:^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	23	43:48.581	10	6
2	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	23	+7.900	2	5
3	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	23	+8.556	17	4
4	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	23	+9.328	4	3
5	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	23	+11.341	6	2
6	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	23	+18.360	5	1
7	14	José María López	DAMS	23	+21.618	3
8	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	23	+24.032	7
9	17	Gianmaria Bruni	Coloni Motorsport	23	+25.718	21
10	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	23	+34.197	1
11	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	23	+39.720	19
12	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	23	+39.750	14
13	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	23	+40.095	20
14	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	23	+1:03.412	8
15	2	Can Artam	iSport International	23	+1:03.799¹	11
16	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	23	+1:05.662¹	9	2
17	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	23	+1:17.374	22
18	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	22	+1 lap	16
19	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	22	+1 lap	12
20	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	20	+3 laps/DNF	23
Ret	25	Ferdinando Monfardini	Durango	18	Did not finish¹	18
Ret	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	14	Did not finish	24
Ret	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	10	Did not finish	15
Ret	12	Giorgio Mondini	DPR	2	Did not finish	13
Fastest lap: Olivier Pla (DPR) — 1:41.209 (on lap 23)
Source:^[3]

^1 – Can Artam, Olivier Pla and Fernando Monfardini were given a 25 second time penalty did not have all four tyres on their cars five minutes before the new start time.^[4]

^ "GP2: Qualifying times - Istanbul". crash.net. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
^ "GP2: Race result (1) - Istanbul". crash.net. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
^ "GP2: Race result (2) - Istanbul". crash.net. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
^ "Three Drivers Given Time Penalties". Autosport.com. Retrieved 12 December 2023.

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