Super Nova’s Adam Carroll started on third row of the grid in fifth position, after finishing 4th in Ssturday's first round at Magny Cours. Both of the teams’ drivers got off to a good start, Adam instantly moving up a place, Giorgio holding his 10th position, unable to pass the cars blocking him in front. Giorgio kept the same position until mid race where he moved up three places to 7th.
The morning was definitely heating up, and so too was it action on the circuit! Several cars had to retire after spinning off, Adam’s car was hit by Premat, who eventually retired after a collision with Jose Maria Lopez. Adam was able to carry on but both he and Giorgio experienced lack of grip throughout the 28-lap race, after several set up changes were made from yesterdays first round.
Nico Rosberg won with an impressive 25.3 second lead, in front of Hiroki Yoshimoto of BCN Competition and Arden’s’ Heikki Kovalainen.
However Super Nova continue to hold second place in the Team’s championship, along with Adam Carroll also second in the driver championship.
Giorgio Pantano (P7)
“I think today we did our best and that’s all we can do. We had a lot of problems with the braking, therefore we need to work together to find where the problems are and hope we can do better at next weekends race in Silverstone ”.
Adam Carroll (P6)
“It was a very tough race today. The changes we made to the car just didn’t work. So basically I just tried to bring it home and score some points, which we did! Hopefully Silverstone will be good; and we’ll have a chance to move back up to the front of the grid.”
Team Principal – David Sears
“Both Super Nova drivers struggled in today’s race at Magny Cours. Adam Carroll ended up 6th and Giorgio Pantano in 7th position; Nico Rosberg won the race. Both Adam and Giorgio suffered with a general lack of grip throughout the race, after a set up change from yesterday, which proved to be wrong.However Super Nova still stay second in the teams championship, and so does Adam in the Drivers Championship.”
2005 INTERNATIONAL GP2 SERIES ROUND 5 RACE 2 CLASSIFICATION – MAGNY COURS, FRANCE - 3rd July 2005
Pos. - Driver - Nat - Team - Time - Best Lap - Lap
1. Nico Rosberg GER ART Grand Prix 41:30.173 1:27.646 32. Hiroki Yoshimoto JAP BCN Competition 41:55.539 1:28.847 53. Heikki Kovalainen FIN Arden International 41:56.057 1:29.029 24. Neel Jani SUI Racing Engineering 42:05.232 1:29.125 35. Nicolas Lapierre FRA Arden International 42:09.579 1:28.666 46. Adam Carroll GBR Super Nova Intl 42:12.432 1:29.200 27. Giorgio Pantano ITA Super Nova Intl 42:16.383 1:29.102 38. Ernesto Viso VEN BCN Competition 42:32.403 1:29.160 69. Oliver Pla FRA David Price Racing 42:35.994 1:29.606 510. Fairuz Fauzy MAL DAMS 42:36.597 1:29.786 211. Gianmaria Bruni ITA Coloni Motorsport 42:37.992 1:27.602 212. Borja Garcia ESP Racing Engineering 42:40.178 1:29.897 413. Alaxandre Negräo BRA HiTech Piquet 42:41.926 1:29.503 314. Sergio Hernandez ESP Campos Racing 42:50.489 1:29.640 315. Mathias Lauda AUT Coloni Motorsport 42:58.768 1:29.677 216. Can Artam TUR ISport International 43:01.959 1:30.354 417. Ferdinando Monfardini ITA Durango 40:46.483 1:29.413 718. Nelson Piquet Jnr. BRA HiTech Piquet 41:43.378 1:27.263 2619. Clivio Piccione MC Durango 40:47.582 1:28.384 2320. Scott Speed USA ISport International 42:28.647 1:28.883 10
Not Classified
Alexandre Premat FRA ART Grand Prix DNF 1:28.911 13 Juan Cruz Alvarez ARG Campos Racing DNF 1:28.899 23 Jose Maria Lopez ARG DAMS DNF 1:28.890 4 Ryan Sharp GBR David Price Racing DNF 1:29.716 4
Fastest Lap
Gianmaria Bruni ITA Coloni Motorsport 1:27.602 2
