2005 GP2 Series

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The 2005 GP2 Series season was the thirty-ninth season of the second-tier of Formula One feeder championship and also first season under the GP2 Series moniker. The season started in Imola, Italy on 23 April, and ended in Sakhir, Bahrain on 30 September. The season was won by the German Nico Rosberg, with the Finn Heikki Kovalainen finishing second.

2005 was the first season of the newly renamed Formula One feeder series, from Formula 3000 to GP2. The inaugural season did not feature reigning F3000 champion Vitantonio Liuzzi, because the Italian was driving for Red Bull Racing in Formula One. The series did feature two former F1 drivers, Italians Gianmaria Bruni and Giorgio Pantano, driving for Coloni and SuperNova respectively.

Season summary

In the opening race at Imola, there were a number of mechanical problems and with organisers afraid of trouble at the start, the rolling start was used in both races despite the weather being dry. Nicolas Lapierre had taken his inaugural pole position but he was out before the race had started due to mechanical problems. The race was won by his team-mate Heikki Kovalainen.

After the first weekend, it was decided that the points for the fastest lap would only be awarded if the driver was classified. This was due to the event in the Imola sprint race, where Lapierre started with a fuel load with which he wouldn't have been able to finish, set a fastest lap and retired soon after.

At Montmeló, the drivers could finally experience standing starts. F1 refugee Bruni won the feature race and José María López the sprint race. The first four races had been won by four drivers in four teams, highlighting that the field had many competitive drivers. Adam Carroll was the first driver to take a second victory after he won at Monaco, where only one race was held.

At Nürburgring, the sprint race was extended from 80 to 120 kilometres. This coincided with F1 dropping its second qualifying session on Sunday morning. The sprint race turned to be one of the most exciting of the season, with Monegasque Clivio Piccione winning.

Heikki Kovalainen was the top driver early in the season, winning three of the first five feature races. However, the season took a turnaround at Magny-Cours, where ART Grand Prix started going strong. Tactical errors caused them to lose the feature race, but Nico Rosberg gave them their first win at the sprint. Rosberg went on to win the next two feature races, while Olivier Pla won both sprints having started from pole position in both of them.

At the qualifying of the Hungaroring race, ART cars were disqualified for illegal position of their steering rack. They were sent to back of the grid but it didn't stop them taking points finishes in the feature and 1-2 in the sprint race, where Alexandre Prémat won his first race. Neel Jani joined the winners' list in the feature race.

Prémat also won the next race at Istanbul, while championship leading duo Kovalainen and Rosberg finished outside the points. The sprint race started in wet conditions but dried out, so tyre changes were necessary. Kovalainen did that move perfectly and won the race having started 10th. Rosberg jumped from 17th to 3rd.

Kovalainen and Jani won races at Monza but Rosberg took the most points with two second places and two fastest laps. Nelson Piquet Jr. then won the feature race at Spa-Francorchamps while Rosberg took the championship lead from Kovalainen who spun off on the last lap while battling for eighth place and pole for Sunday's race. Carroll led the sprint race from the start but following accidents involving Ernesto Viso, Hiroki Yoshimoto and Jani the race was stopped early and only half points were awarded. Viso still ended in 3rd position thanks to countback rule.

The championship was decided in Bahrain which held the only race not supporting F1. Rosberg led Kovalainen by three points and increased his lead by taking pole position. Rosberg also won the race and clinched the title as Kovalainen was 3rd. Rosberg then also won the sprint race, becoming the first driver in the series to win both races during an event.

Teams and drivers

All of the teams used the Dallara GP2/05 chassis with Renault-badged 4.0 litre (244 cu in) naturally-aspirated Mecachrome V8 engines in 2005 in order to keep the field fair.

As this was the inaugural season in the series, car numbers were distributed by a pre-season session held at Circuit Paul Ricard on 6 April. The fastest driver got number 1, his team-mate number 2, next best driver number 3 etc.[1]

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Template:Flagicon iSport International 1 Template:Flagicon Scott Speed All
2 Template:Flagicon Can Artam All
Template:Flagicon Hitech Piquet SportsTemplate:Efn 3 Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet Jr. All
4 Template:Flagicon Alexandre Negrão All
Template:Flagicon BCN Competición 5 Template:Flagicon Ernesto Viso All
6 Template:Flagicon Hiroki Yoshimoto All
Template:Flagicon Super Nova International 7 Template:Flagicon Giorgio Pantano All
8 Template:Flagicon Adam Carroll All
Template:Flagicon ART Grand Prix 9 Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg All
10 Template:Flagicon Alexandre Prémat All
Template:Flagicon DPR 11 Template:Flagicon Olivier Pla All
12 Template:Flagicon Ryan Sharp 1–7
Template:Flagicon Giorgio MondiniTemplate:Efn 8–12
Template:Flagicon DAMS 14 Template:Flagicon José María LópezTemplate:Efn All
15 Template:Flagicon Fairuz FauzyTemplate:Efn All
Template:Flagicon Coloni Motorsport 16 Template:Flagicon Mathias Lauda All
17 Template:Flagicon Gianmaria Bruni 1–9
Template:Flagicon Toni Vilander 10–11
Template:Flagicon Ferdinando Monfardini 12
Template:Flagicon Racing Engineering 18 Template:Flagicon Neel Jani All
19 Template:Flagicon Borja García All
Template:Flagicon Campos Racing 20 Template:Flagicon Juan Cruz ÁlvarezTemplate:Efn All
21 Template:Flagicon Sergio Hernández All
Template:Flagicon Arden InternationalTemplate:Efn 22 Template:Flagicon Heikki Kovalainen All
23 Template:Flagicon Nicolas Lapierre All
Template:Flagicon Durango 24 Template:Flagicon Clivio Piccione All
25 Template:Flagicon Ferdinando Monfardini 1–10
Template:Flagicon Gianmaria Bruni 11–12

Driver changes

Entering GP2

Midseason changes

Calendar

There were 23 races in the 2005 GP2 Series championship at 12 different circuits. Eleven race weekends had one race on Saturday and another on Sunday, the exception being the race at Circuit de Monaco where there was only one race on the weekend. The season began on 23 April 2005 and concluded on 25 September 2005.

The calendar was as follows:

Round Location Circuit Date Supporting
1 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />FScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon Imola, Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 23 April San Marino Grand Prix
<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />SScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 24 April
2 F Template:Flagicon Montmeló, Spain Circuit de Catalunya 7 May Spanish Grand Prix
S 8 May
3 F Template:Flagicon Monaco Circuit de Monaco 21 May Monaco Grand Prix
4 F Template:Flagicon Nürburg, Germany Nürburgring 28 May European Grand Prix
S 29 May
5 F Template:Flagicon Magny-Cours, France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 2 July French Grand Prix
S 3 July
6 F Template:Flagicon Silverstone, UK Silverstone Circuit 9 July British Grand Prix
S 10 July
7 F Template:Flagicon Hockenheim, Germany Hockenheimring 23 July German Grand Prix
S 24 July
8 F Template:Flagicon Mogyoród, Hungary Hungaroring 30 July Hungarian Grand Prix
S 31 July
9 F Template:Flagicon Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul Racing Circuit 20 August Turkish Grand Prix
S 21 August
10 F Template:Flagicon Monza, Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 3 September Italian Grand Prix
S 4 September
11 F Template:Flagicon Stavelot, Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 10 September Belgian Grand Prix
S 11 September
12 F Template:Flagicon Sakhir, Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit 29 September Stand-alone event
S 30 September

Results

Round Circuit Pole Position Fastest Lap[2] Winning Driver Winning Team Report
1 <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />FScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Template:Flagicon Nicolas Lapierre Template:Flagicon Ernesto Viso Template:Flagicon Heikki Kovalainen Template:Flagicon Arden International Report
<templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />SScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Flagicon Nicolas Lapierre Template:Flagicon Adam Carroll Template:Flagicon Super Nova International
2 F Template:Flagicon Circuit de Catalunya Template:Flagicon Scott Speed Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg Template:Flagicon Gianmaria Bruni Template:Flagicon Coloni Motorsport Report
S Template:Flagicon Ryan Sharp Template:Flagicon José María López Template:Flagicon DAMS
3 F Template:Flagicon Circuit de Monaco Template:Flagicon Heikki Kovalainen Template:Flagicon Heikki Kovalainen Template:Flagicon Adam Carroll Template:Flagicon Super Nova International Report
4 F Template:Flagicon Nürburgring Template:Flagicon Giorgio Pantano Template:Flagicon Scott Speed Template:Flagicon Heikki Kovalainen Template:Flagicon Arden International Report
S Template:Flagicon Scott Speed Template:Flagicon Clivio Piccione Template:Flagicon Durango
5 F Template:Flagicon Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours Template:Flagicon Alexandre Prémat Template:Flagicon Gianmaria Bruni Template:Flagicon Heikki Kovalainen Template:Flagicon Arden International Report
S Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet Jr.Template:Efn Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg Template:Flagicon ART Grand Prix
6 F Template:Flagicon Silverstone Circuit Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg Template:Flagicon Alexandre Prémat Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg Template:Flagicon ART Grand Prix Report
S Template:Flagicon Scott Speed Template:Flagicon Olivier Pla Template:Flagicon DPR
7 F Template:Flagicon Hockenheimring Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg Template:Flagicon ART Grand Prix Report
S Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg Template:Flagicon Olivier Pla Template:Flagicon DPR
8 F Template:Flagicon Hungaroring Template:Flagicon Neel JaniTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Hiroki Yoshimoto Template:Flagicon Neel Jani Template:Flagicon Racing Engineering Report
S Template:Flagicon Clivio Piccione Template:Flagicon Alexandre Prémat Template:Flagicon ART Grand Prix
9 F Template:Flagicon Istanbul Racing Circuit Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg Template:Flagicon Scott Speed Template:Flagicon Alexandre Prémat Template:Flagicon ART Grand Prix Report
S Template:Flagicon Olivier Pla Template:Flagicon Heikki Kovalainen Template:Flagicon Arden International
10 F Template:Flagicon Autodromo Nazionale Monza Template:Flagicon Heikki Kovalainen Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg Template:Flagicon Heikki Kovalainen Template:Flagicon Arden International Report
S Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg Template:Flagicon Neel Jani Template:Flagicon Racing Engineering
11 F Template:Flagicon Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Template:Flagicon Gianmaria Bruni Template:Flagicon Alexandre PrématTemplate:Efn Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet Jr. Template:Flagicon Hitech Piquet Sports Report
S Template:Flagicon Adam Carroll Template:Flagicon Adam Carroll Template:Flagicon Super Nova International
12 F Template:Flagicon Bahrain International Circuit Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg Template:Flagicon Alexandre Prémat Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg Template:Flagicon ART Grand Prix Report
S Template:Flagicon Scott Speed Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg Template:Flagicon ART Grand Prix

Championship standings

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 6 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race will also receive two points, and two points are given to the driver who set the fastest lap in the feature and sprint races. The driver also has to drive 90% of race laps. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.

Feature race points
Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   Pole   FL 
Points 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 2 2
Sprint race points

Points are awarded to the top 6 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   FL 
Points 6 5 4 3 2 1 2

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver IMO
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NÜR
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MAG
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SIL
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HOC
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HUN
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IST
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MNZ
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SPA
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BHR
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Points
1 Template:Flagicon Nico Rosberg 8 Ret 9 4 3 3 4 7 1 1 4 1 4 5 2 17 3 2 2 3 5 1 1 120
2 Template:Flagicon Heikki Kovalainen 1 3 3 Ret 5 1 Ret 1 3 2 3 5 6 2 5 10 1 1 5 15† 9 3 Ret 105
3 Template:Flagicon Scott Speed 3 Ret 2 3 4 16 12 15 18 4 2 4 3 Ret 19 5 4 Ret 15 4 4 Ret 19 67.5
4 Template:Flagicon Alexandre Prémat 7 2 10 Ret Ret 4 Ret 9 Ret 3 5 2 9 4 1 1 14 Ret 18 Ret 12 2 3 67
5 Template:Flagicon Adam Carroll 5 1 7 6 1 Ret 2 4 6 21† 8 Ret 11 9 9 7 2 5 6 8 1 9 8 53
6 Template:Flagicon Giorgio Pantano 13† Ret 13 14 Ret 2 7 10 7 12 7 6 2 3 3 2 8 6 3 NC 11 5 5 49
7 Template:Flagicon Neel Jani 6 15 4 5 Ret 6 13† 5 4 5 6 Ret 22 1 4 Ret Ret 7 1 16 18 16 13 48
8 Template:Flagicon Nelson Piquet Jr. 14† 6 5 2 11† 5 3 Ret DSQ DNS Ret 3 8 15† 10 4 6 3 Ret 1 14 Ret 15 46
9 Template:Flagicon José María López 2 11 6 1 Ret 13 14 2 Ret 9 DNS 13 10 Ret Ret 6 7 Ret Ret 10 8 4 4 36
10 Template:Flagicon Gianmaria Bruni 4 4 1 Ret 2 8 Ret 18 11 7 11 NC 14 10 8 Ret 9 Ret 16 Ret 14 35
11 Template:Flagicon Ernesto Viso 10 DNS Ret Ret DSQ Ret 11 11 8 15 13 DSQ 12 6 Ret 14 12 Ret Ret 2 3 8 2 21
12 Template:Flagicon Nicolas Lapierre DNS Ret 11 9 Ret 12 Ret 3 5 10 Ret 9 7 12 6 Ret 13 4 Ret Ret 23† 6 20 21
13 Template:Flagicon Olivier Pla 9 5 Ret Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret 9 8 1 8 1 7 Ret 9 17 Ret Ret 11 10 Ret DNS 20
14 Template:Flagicon Borja García Ret 10 Ret 10 10† Ret EX Ret 12 17 9 7 5 11 Ret 3 5 Ret 10 6 2 19† 17 17.5
15 Template:Flagicon Clivio Piccione 15 Ret Ret 8 Ret 7 1 8 DSQ 6 Ret Ret 17 Ret 16 Ret 11 11 14 12 19 13 7 14
16 Template:Flagicon Hiroki Yoshimoto Ret 9 Ret 17 DNS 11 DNS 6 2 13 DNS 12 Ret 13 17 8 10 10 16 Ret 17 7 6 14
17 Template:Flagicon Ferdinando Monfardini Ret DNS Ret 11 DNS Ret 6 12 17† 14 10 Ret 15 Ret 11 Ret Ret 8 4 Ret 11 5
18 Template:Flagicon Juan Cruz Álvarez Ret 7 Ret 12 Ret 18† 15 Ret DSQ 11 Ret 10 NC Ret 7 15 Ret 12 17† 5 6 10 12 4.5
19 Template:Flagicon Alexandre Negrão Ret 13 8 15 12† Ret Ret Ret 13 19 16† Ret 18 8 15 12 19 Ret 13 7 7 12 9 4
20 Template:Flagicon Sergio Hernández 11 8 Ret 18† 8 15 5 13 14 16 12 Ret 19 Ret 18† Ret 20† Ret 7 Ret 20† 15 18 3
21 Template:Flagicon Mathias Lauda 12 Ret Ret 13 6 10 Ret 16 15 20 15 14 21 Ret 14 16 18 13 12 9 24† 14 21 3
22 Template:Flagicon Can Artam 16† Ret Ret Ret 7 17 Ret 17 16 18 14 Ret 20 14 12 11 16 9 9 Ret 22† 17 16 2
23 Template:Flagicon Ryan Sharp Ret 14 Ret 16 Ret 9 9 19 Ret Ret NC 11 13 2
24 Template:Flagicon Fairuz Fauzy 17† 12 12 7 Ret 14 10 14 10 Ret DNS Ret 16 Ret 13 Ret 15 14 11 13 15 11 10 0
25 Template:Flagicon Toni Vilander 15 8 14 13 0
26 Template:Flagicon Giorgio Mondini Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 21† 18 22 0
Pos Driver IMO
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CAT
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MON
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NÜR
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MAG
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SIL
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HOC
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HUN
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IST
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MNZ
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SPA
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BHR
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Points

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Notes:

  • Template:Dagger – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
  • Template:Double-dagger – Sprint race at Spa was stopped early and half points were awarded.

Teams' Championship

Pos Team Car
No.
IMO
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CAT
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MON
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NÜR
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MAG
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SIL
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HOC
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HUN
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IST
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MNZ
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SPA
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BHR
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Points
1 Template:Flagicon ART Grand Prix 9 8 Ret 9 4 3 3 4 7 1 1 4 1 4 5 2 17 3 2 2 3 5 1 1 187
10 7 2 10 Ret Ret 4 Ret 9 Ret 3 5 2 9 4 1 1 14 Ret 18 Ret 12 2 3
2 Template:Flagicon Arden International 22 1 3 3 Ret 5 1 Ret 1 3 2 3 5 6 2 5 10 1 1 5 15† 9 3 Ret 126
23 DNS Ret 11 9 Ret 12 Ret 3 5 10 Ret 9 7 12 6 Ret 13 4 Ret Ret 23† 6 20
3 Template:Flagicon Super Nova International 7 13† Ret 13 14 Ret 2 7 10 7 12 7 6 2 3 3 2 8 6 3 NC 11 5 5 102
8 5 1 7 6 1 Ret 2 4 6 21† 8 Ret 11 9 9 7 2 5 6 8 1 9 8
4 Template:Flagicon iSport International 1 3 Ret 2 3 4 16 12 15 18 4 2 4 3 Ret 19 5 4 Ret 15 4 4 Ret 19 69.5
2 16† Ret Ret Ret 7 17 Ret 17 16 18 14 Ret 20 14 12 11 16 9 9 Ret 22† 17 16
5 Template:Flagicon Racing Engineering 18 6 15 4 5 Ret 6 13† 5 4 5 6 Ret 22 1 4 Ret Ret 7 1 16 18 16 13 65.5
19 Ret 10 Ret 10 10† Ret EX Ret 12 17 9 7 5 11 Ret 3 5 Ret 10 6 2 19† 17
6 Template:Flagicon Hitech Piquet Sports 3 14† 6 5 2 11† 5 3 Ret DSQ DNS Ret 3 8 15† 10 4 6 3 Ret 1 14 Ret 15 50
4 Ret 13 8 15 12† Ret Ret Ret 13 19 16† Ret 18 8 15 12 19 Ret 13 7 7 12 9
7 Template:Flagicon DAMS 14 2 11 6 1 Ret 13 14 2 Ret 9 DNS 13 10 Ret Ret 6 7 Ret Ret 10 8 4 4 36
15 17† 12 12 7 Ret 14 10 14 10 Ret DNS Ret 16 Ret 13 Ret 15 14 11 13 15 11 10
8 Template:Flagicon Coloni Motorsport 16 12 Ret Ret 13 6 10 Ret 16 15 20 15 14 21 Ret 14 16 18 13 12 9 24† 14 21 36
17 4 4 1 Ret 2 8 Ret 18 11 7 11 NC 14 10 8 Ret 9 15 8 14 13 Ret 11
9 Template:Flagicon BCN Competición 5 10 DNS Ret Ret DSQ Ret 11 11 8 15 13 DSQ 12 6 Ret 14 12 Ret Ret 2 3 8 2 35
6 Ret 9 Ret 17 DNS 11 DNS 6 2 13 DNS 12 Ret 13 17 8 10 10 16 Ret 17 7 6
10 Template:Flagicon DPR 11 9 5 Ret Ret 9 Ret 8 Ret 9 8 1 8 1 7 Ret 9 17 Ret Ret 11 10 Ret DNS 22
12 Ret 14 Ret 16 Ret 9 9 19 Ret Ret NC 11 13 Ret Ret 13 Ret Ret Ret Ret 21† 18 22
11 Template:Flagicon Durango 24 15 Ret Ret 8 Ret 7 1 8 DSQ 6 Ret Ret 17 Ret 16 Ret 11 11 14 12 19 13 7 21
25 Ret DNS Ret 11 DNS Ret 6 12 17† 14 10 Ret 15 Ret 11 Ret Ret 8 4 Ret 16 Ret 14
12 Template:Flagicon Campos Racing 20 Ret 7 Ret 12 Ret 18† 15 Ret DSQ 11 Ret 10 NC Ret 7 15 Ret 12 17† 5 6 10 12 7.5
21 11 8 Ret 18† 8 15 5 13 14 16 12 Ret 19 Ret 18† Ret 20† Ret 7 Ret 20† 15 18
Pos Team Car
No.
IMO
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CAT
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MON
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NÜR
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MAG
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SIL
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HOC
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HUN
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IST
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MNZ
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SPA
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BHR
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Points

Notes

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References

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