ROUND 11, RACE 2 - SPA, BELGIUM
It was a safety car start for the 18-lap race in Belgium on Sunday with Super Nova’s Adam Carroll out at the front. Poor visibility and laying water on the track meant this was going to be an event to be driven with skill and caution. Adam Carroll proved to do just this leading the 24 cars, by up to 2.5 seconds a lap from the very start.
Giorgio Pantano showed that he had the speed with a best lap of 2:17.24, climbing the line up from his start position of 17th to 10th. Unfortunately however on the 10th lap the race was suspended and not resumed, due to accident debris at the top of Eau Rouge. Therefore Giorgio classified in 10th and Adam Carroll in a well deserved first place.
Some 16seconds behind Adam was Racing Engineering’s Garcia to take second place today, followed by Isport’s American driver Scott Speed.
Giorgio Pantano 2: 17 249(P10)“It was a very tough race today with the wet weather conditions as well as starting from 17th. It was difficult to see in front and overtake because of the poor visibility. The car felt really good though and after the fourth lap, and it started clearing I managed to move up several places. We have a very good car, which was proved that today with my team mates win!”
Adam Carroll 2:14.936 (P1)“The conditions were very wet, the car was fantastic today and guys done a great job. It was unfortunate the race was stopped early and we were not able to finish the race under the chequered flag. But it was still a great result for the team – a big thanks to the guys! ”
Team Principal – David Sears“What a fantastic result for the Super Nova team today, with Adam winning the wet race in dominant style! In fact Adam was so fast that he was between 2 and 2.5 seconds quicker than the other drivers. The race was suspended on lap 10 due to accident debris on the track, which could not be cleared in time. Unfortunately the race will only count half points, because it did not reach 75%. Giorgio Pantano drove a storming race from 17th on the grid, to 10th at the flag. Giorgio was sure he could have finished in the top 6 if the race had continued.
Super Nova team are looking forward to the last race weekend of the championship season in Bahrain”
2005 INTERNATIONAL GP2 SERIES - ROUND 11, RACE 2 - SPA, BELGIUM
Pos. - Driver - Nat - Team - Time - Best Lap - Lap
1. Adam Carroll GBR Super Nova Intl Racing 21:18.560 2:14.936 72. Borja Garcia ESP Racing Engineering 21:34.860 2:16.647 573. Ernesto Viso VEN BCN Competition 21:43.600 2:16.234 84. Scott Speed USA ISport International 21:44.871 2:16.045 85. Nico Rosberg GER ART Grand Prix 21:49.730 2:17.045 86. Juan Cruz Alvarez ARG Campos Racing 21:53.226 2:18.693 57. Alaxandre Negräo BRA HiTech Piquet 21:54.437 2:19.113 48. Jose Maria Lopez ARG DAMS 21:56.619 2:18.495 79. Heikki Kovalainen FIN Arden International 21:56.881 2:16.929 610. Oliver Pla FRA David Price Racing 22:00.546 2:17.332 611. Giorgio Pantano ITA Super Nova Intl Racing 22:02.195 2:17.249 712. Alexandre Premat FRA ART Grand Prix 22:07.011 2:17.452 613. Tony Vilander FIN Coloni Motorsport 22:10.117 2:17.888 614. Nelson Piquet Jnr. BRA HiTech Piquet 22:10.730 2:17.267 715. Fairuz Fauzy MAL DAMS 22:13.436 2:18.800 716. G. Bruni ITA Durango 22:13.997 2:17.060 717. Hiroki Yoshimoto JAP BCN Competition 22:14.479 2:17.207 818. Neel Jani SUI Racing Engineering 22:16.015 2:17.169 819. Clivio Piccione MC Durango 22:17.775 2:17.273 820. Sergio Hernandez ESP Campos Racing 22:26.588 2:19.918 821. Giorgio Mondini ITA David Price Racing 22:29.068 2:19.426 622. Can Artam TUR ISport International 22:34.963 2:19.502 723. Nicolas Lapierre FRA Arden International 22:45.382 2:17.204 624. Mathias Lauda AUT Coloni Motorsport 23:02.665 2:18.695 8
Fastest Lap
Adam Carroll GBR Super Nova Intl Racing 2:14.936 7
Team Championship Points
ART Grand Prix: 155.5Arden International: 117Super Nova International Racing: 96ISport International: 68Racing Engineering: 65.5HiTech Piquet: 50.5Coloni Motorsport: 36DAMS: 28BCN Competition: 24David Price Racing: 22Durango: 21Campos Racing: 8
Driver Championship points
Heikki Kovalainen FIN Arden International 99Nico Rosberg GER ART Grand Prix 102.5Scott Speed USA ISport International 66Alexandre Premat FRA ART Grand Prix 53Adam Carroll GBR Super Nova Intl Racing 53Neel Jani SUI Racing Engineering 48Nelson Piquet Jnr. BRA HiTech Piquet 46Giorgio Pantano ITA Super Nova Intl Racing 43Gianmaria Bruni ITA Coloni Motorsport 35Jose Maria Lopez ARG DAMS 28Oliver Pla FRA David Price Racing 20Nicolas Lapierre FRA Arden International 18Clivio Piccione MC Durango 17.5Ernesto Viso VEN BCN Competition 13Borja Garcia ESP Racing Engineering 12Hiroki Yoshimoto JAP BCN Competition 11Ferdinando Monfardini ITA Durango 5Juan Cruz Alvarez ARG Campos Racing 5Alaxandre Negräo BRA HiTech Piquet 4.5Sergio Hernandez ESP Campos Racing 3Mathias Lauda AUT Coloni Motorsport 3Can Artam TUR ISport International 2Ryan Sharp GBR David Price Racing 2Fairuz Fauzy MAL DAMS 0G Mondini ITA David Price Racing 0T Vilander FIN Coloni Motorsport 0
