# 2005 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round

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.
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.
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.
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
### Qualifying

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Time | Gap | Grid |
| 1 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | ART Grand Prix | 1:24.691 | | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | Scott Speed | iSport International | 1:25.195 | +0.504 | 2 |
| 3 | 10 | Alexandre Prémat | ART Grand Prix | 1:25.623 | +0.932 | 3 |
| 4 | 11 | Olivier Pla | DPR | 1:25.832 | +1.141 | 4 |
| 5 | 19 | Borja García | Racing Engineering | 1:25.845 | +1.154 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 | Ernesto Viso | BCN Competición | 1:25.861 | +1.170 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | Adam Carroll | Super Nova International | 1:25.955 | +1.264 | 7 |
| 8 | 3 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Hitech Piquet Sports | 1:26.006 | +1.315 | 8 |
| 9 | 22 | Heikki Kovalainen | Arden International | 1:26.041 | +1.350 | 9 |
| 10 | 24 | Clivio Piccione | Durango | 1:26.126 | +1.435 | 10 |
| 11 | 7 | Giorgio Pantano | Super Nova International | 1:26.249 | +1.558 | 11 |
| 12 | 6 | Hiroki Yoshimoto | BCN Competición | 1:26.279 | +1.588 | 12 |
| 13 | 17 | Gianmaria Bruni | Coloni Motorsport | 1:26.325 | +1.634 | 13 |
| 14 | 18 | Neel Jani | Racing Engineering | 1:26.368 | +1.677 | 14 |
| 15 | 23 | Nicolas Lapierre | Arden International | 1:26.403 | +1.712 | 15 |
| 16 | 12 | Ryan Sharp | DPR | 1:26.561 | +1.870 | 16 |
| 17 | 25 | Ferdinando Monfardini | Durango | 1:26.610 | +1.919 | 17 |
| 18 | 4 | Alexandre Negrão | Hitech Piquet Sports | 1:26.627 | +1.936 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | Juan Cruz Álvarez | Campos Racing | 1:26.680 | +1.989 | 19 |
| 20 | 14 | José María López | DAMS | 1:26.693 | +2.002 | 20 |
| 21 | 15 | Fairuz Fauzy | DAMS | 1:26.982 | +2.291 | 21 |
| 22 | 16 | Mathias Lauda | Coloni Motorsport | 1:27.157 | +2.466 | 22 |
| 23 | 21 | Sergio Hernández | Campos Racing | 1:27.245 | +2.554 | 23 |
| 24 | 2 | Can Artam | iSport International | 1:27.319 | +2.628 | 24 |
| 107% time: 1:30.619 |||||||
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### Feature race

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | ART Grand Prix | 40 | 59:30.442 | 1 | 14 |
| 2 | 10 | Alexandre Prémat | ART Grand Prix | 40 | +14.600 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | 3 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Hitech Piquet Sports | 40 | +15.300 | 8 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | Scott Speed | iSport International | 40 | +15.800 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | 22 | Heikki Kovalainen | Arden International | 40 | +24.600 | 9 | 4 |
| 6 | 7 | Giorgio Pantano | Super Nova International | 40 | +34.500 | 11 | 3 |
| 7 | 19 | Borja García | Racing Engineering | 40 | +41.300 | 5 | 2 |
| 8 | 11 | Olivier Pla | DPR | 40 | +41.700 | 4 | 1 |
| 9 | 23 | Nicolas Lapierre | Arden International | 40 | +48.000 | 15 | |
| 10 | 20 | Juan Cruz Álvarez | Campos Racing | 40 | +48.300 | 19 | |
| 11 | 12 | Ryan Sharp | DPR | 40 | +53.000 | 16 | |
| 12 | 6 | Hiroki Yoshimoto | BCN Competición | 40 | +1:09.000 | 12 | |
| 13 | 14 | José María López | DAMS | 39 | +1 lap | 20 | |
| 14 | 16 | Mathias Lauda | Coloni Motorsport | 39 | +1 lap | 22 | |
| Ret | 17 | Gianmaria Bruni | Coloni Motorsport | 20 | Did not finish | 13 | |
| Ret | 2 | Can Artam | iSport International | 17 | Did not finish | 24 | |
| Ret | 24 | Clivio Piccione | Durango | 15 | Did not finish | 10 | |
| Ret | 18 | Neel Jani | Racing Engineering | 10 | Did not finish | 14 | |
| Ret | 8 | Adam Carroll | Super Nova International | 7 | Did not finish | 7 | |
| Ret | 15 | Fairuz Fauzy | DAMS | 6 | Did not finish | 21 | |
| Ret | 21 | Sergio Hernández | Campos Racing | 4 | Did not finish | 23 | |
| Ret | 25 | Ferdinando Monfardini | Durango | 1 | Did not finish | 17 | |
| Ret | 4 | Alexandre Negrão | Hitech Piquet Sports | 0 | Did not finish | 18 | |
| DSQ | 5 | Ernesto Viso | BCN Competición | 40 | Disqualified | 6 | |
| Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg (ART Grand Prix) — 1:27.672 (on lap 3) ||||||||
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#### 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

| Pos. | No. | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 11 | Olivier Pla | DPR | 27 | 39:54.758 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 7 | Giorgio Pantano | Super Nova International | 27 | +6.900 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | 1 | Scott Speed | iSport International | 27 | +7.400 | 5 | 4 |
| 4 | 9 | Nico Rosberg | ART Grand Prix | 27 | +7.600 | 8 | 5 |
| 5 | 19 | Borja García | Racing Engineering | 27 | +16.600 | 2 | 2 |
| 6 | 22 | Heikki Kovalainen | Arden International | 27 | +17.700 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | 23 | Nicolas Lapierre | Arden International | 27 | +18.400 | 9 | |
| 8 | 3 | Nelson Piquet Jr. | Hitech Piquet Sports | 27 | +20.000 | 6 | |
| 9 | 10 | Alexandre Prémat | ART Grand Prix | 27 | +20.800 | 7 | |
| 10 | 14 | José María López | DAMS | 27 | +21.700 | 13 | |
| 11 | 8 | Adam Carroll | Super Nova International | 27 | +23.700 | 19 | |
| 12 | 5 | Ernesto Viso | BCN Competición | 27 | +27.900 | 24 | |
| 13 | 12 | Ryan Sharp | DPR | 27 | +34.000 | 11 | |
| 14 | 17 | Gianmaria Bruni | Coloni Motorsport | 27 | +37.000 | 15 | |
| 15 | 25 | Ferdinando Monfardini | Durango | 27 | +37.500 | 22 | |
| 16 | 15 | Fairuz Fauzy | DAMS | 27 | +47.000 | 20 | |
| 17 | 24 | Clivio Piccione | Durango | 27 | +48.000 | 17 | |
| 18 | 4 | Alexandre Negrão | Hitech Piquet Sports | 27 | +51.400 | 23 | |
| 19 | 21 | Sergio Hernández | Campos Racing | 27 | +1:05.500 | 21 | |
| 20 | 2 | Can Artam | iSport International | 27 | +1:05.800 | 16 | |
| 21 | 16 | Mathias Lauda | Coloni Motorsport | 27 | +1:08.500 | 14 | |
| Ret | 18 | Neel Jani | Racing Engineering | 24 | Did not finish | 18 | |
| Ret | 6 | Hiroki Yoshimoto | BCN Competición | 21 | Did not finish | 12 | |
| Ret | 20 | Juan Cruz Álvarez | Campos Racing | 17 | Did not finish | 10 | |
| Fastest lap: Nico Rosberg (ART Grand Prix) — 1:27.245 (on lap 23) ||||||||
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## Standings after the round

| Pos. | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Heikki Kovalainen | 69 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | 63 |
| 3 | Scott Speed | 50 |
| 4 | Adam Carroll | 34 |
| 5 | Gianmaria Bruni | 33 |
| | Pos. | Team | Points |
| 1 | 1 | ART Grand Prix | 95 |
| 1 | 2 | Arden International | 81 |
| | 3 | Super Nova International | 52 |
| | 4 | iSport International | 52 |
| | 5 | Coloni Motorsport | 36 |
* Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.