2005 Bahrain GP2 Series round explained

Country:	Bahrain
Grand Prix:	Bahrain
Round No:	12
Season No:	12
Year:	2005
Location:	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain
Course:	Permanent racing facility
Course Mi:	3.363
Course Km:	5.412
Date R1:	29 September
Laps R1:	34 (184.008 km)
Pole Driver Country:	GER
Pole Driver:	Nico Rosberg
Pole Team:	ART Grand Prix
Pole Time:	1:44.643
First Driver Country R1:	GER
First Driver R1:	Nico Rosberg
First Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Second Driver Country R1:	FRA
Second Driver R1:	Alexandre Prémat
Second Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Third Driver Country R1:	FIN
Third Driver R1:	Heikki Kovalainen
Third Team R1:	Arden International
Fast Driver Country R1:	FRA
Fast Driver R1:	Alexandre Prémat
Fast Team R1:	ART Grand Prix
Fast Time R1:	1:47.766
Fast Lap R1:	25
Date R2:	30 September
Laps R2:	23 (124.476 km)
First Driver Country R2:	GER
First Driver R2:	Nico Rosberg
First Team R2:	ART Grand Prix
Second Driver Country R2:	VEN
Second Driver R2:	Ernesto Viso
Second Team R2:	BCN Competición
Third Driver Country R2:	FRA
Third Driver R2:	Alexandre Prémat
Third Team R2:	ART Grand Prix
Fast Driver Country R2:	USA
Fast Driver R2:	Scott Speed
Fast Team R2:	iSport International
Fast Time R2:	1:47.401
Fast Lap R2:	3

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 showdown 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.

		Driver	Team	Time		Gap
		Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Gap
1	9	Nico Rosberg	ART Grand Prix	1:46.526	1:44.643		1
2	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	1:46.205	1:45.318	+0.675	2
3	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	1:47.308	1:45.532	+0.889	3
4	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	1:47.621	1:45.541	+0.898	4
5	10	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	1:47.900	1:45.581	+0.938	5
6	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	1:47.572	1:45.713	+1.070	6
7	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	1:46.685	1:45.790	+1.147	7
8	17	Ferdinando Monfardini	Coloni Motorsport	1:48.022	1:45.958	+1.315	8
9	25	Gianmaria Bruni	Durango	1:46.919	1:45.967	+1.324	9
10	14	José María López	DAMS	1:47.754	1:46.031	+1.388	10
11	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	1:47.930	1:46.254	+1.611	11
12	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	1:47.731	1:46.466	+1.823	12
13	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	1:47.858	1:46.634	+1.991	13
14	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	1:48.417	1:46.847	+2.204	14
15	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	1:48.916	1:47.072	+2.429	15
16	12	Giorgio Mondini	DPR	1:48.333	1:47.101	+2.458	16
17	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	No time	1:47.109	+2.466	17
18	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	1:48.339	1:47.125	+2.482	18
19	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	1:47.149	1:47.270	+2.506	19
20	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	1:48.868	1:47.259	+2.616	20
21	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	1:48.732	1:47.555	+2.912	21
22	2	Can Artam	iSport International	1:48.794	1:48.885	+4.151	22
23	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	1:49.044	No time	+4.401	23
24	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	No time	No time		24
Source:^[1]

Nelson Piquet Jr. and Adam Carroll had their two fastest times deleted for speeding under yellow flags during Q2. Piquet had been due to start from 7th and Carroll 11th start grid.^[2]

		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	+11.557	5	10
3	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	34	+18.768	2	6
4	14	José María López	DAMS	34	+33.723	10	5
5	7	Giorgio Pantano	Super Nova International	34	+38.348	4	4
6	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	34	+43.930	3	3
7	6	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	34	+54.077	14	2
8	5	Ernesto Viso	BCN Competición	34	+54.478	6	1
9	8	Adam Carroll	Super Nova International	34	+56.071	19
10	20	Juan Cruz Álvarez	Campos Racing	34	+1:07.712	13
11	15	Fairuz Fauzy	DAMS	34	+1:09.416	20
12	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	34	+1:10.016	23
13	24	Clivio Piccione	Durango	34	+1:14.937	12
14	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	34	+1:22.167	21
15	21	Sergio Hernández	Campos Racing	34	+1:27.321	18
16	18	Neel Jani	Racing Engineering	34	+1:33.179	24
17	2	Can Artam	iSport International	34	+1:36.993	22
18	12	Giorgio Mondini	DPR	33	+1 lap	16
19	19	Borja García	Racing Engineering	31	+3 laps	11
Ret	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	29	Gearbox	15
Ret	17	Ferdinando Monfardini	Coloni Motorsport	20	Electrics	8
Ret	3	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Hitech Piquet Sports	13	Hydraulics	17
Ret	1	Scott Speed	iSport International	10	Brakes	7
Ret	25	Gianmaria Bruni	Durango	7	Gearbox	9

Source:^[3] ^[4]

		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 International	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 International	23	+32.974	9
9	4	Alexandre Negrão	Hitech Piquet Sports	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 Sports	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	PL
20	23	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	22	+1 lap	3
21	16	Mathias Lauda	Coloni Motorsport	22	+1 lap	14
22	12	Giorgio Mondini	DPR	22	+1 lap	18
Ret	22	Heikki Kovalainen	Arden International	0	Spun off	6
DNS	11	Olivier Pla	DPR	0	Gearbox	20

Source:^[5] ^[6]

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