2006 Istanbul Park GP2 Series round

2006 Istanbul Park GP2 round
Round details
	Round 10 of 11 rounds in the ; 2006 GP2 Series
	; Istanbul Park
Location	Istanbul Park, Istanbul, Turkey
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.338 km (3.317 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	26 August 2006
Laps	34
Pole position
Driver	Nelson Piquet Jr.
Time	1:34.741
Podium
First	Nelson Piquet Jr.
Second	Lewis Hamilton
Third	Alexandre Prémat
Fastest lap
Driver	Nelson Piquet Jr.
Time	1:36.334 (on lap 26)
Sprint race
Date	27 August 2006
Laps	23
Podium
First	Andreas Zuber
Second	Lewis Hamilton
Third	Adam Carroll
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton
Time	1:36.822 (on lap 23)

The 2006 Istanbul Park GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on August 26 and 27, 2006 at Istanbul Park in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the tenth And penultimate round of the 2006 GP2 Series season. The race weekend supported the 2006 Turkish Grand Prix.

Classification edit

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports	1:34.741	1
2	5	José María López	Super Nova Racing	1:34.745	2
3	16	Giorgio Pantano	FMS International	1:35.068	3
4	1	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	1:35.151	4
5	2	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix	1:35.169	5
6	9	Adam Carroll	Racing Engineering	1:35.579	6
7	22	Lucas di Grassi	Durango	1:35.584	7
8	7	Ernesto Viso	iSport International	1:35.672	8
9	12	Alexandre Negrão	Piquet Sports	1:35.675	9
10	8	Timo Glock	iSport International	1:35.824	10
11	27	Andreas Zuber	Trident Racing	1:35.899	11
12	26	Gianmaria Bruni	Trident Racing	1:36.145	12
13	21	Clivio Piccione	DPR Direxiv	1:36.226	13
14	15	Franck Perera	DAMS	1:36.259	14
15	24	Adrián Vallés	Campos Racing	1:36.364	15
16	14	Ferdinando Monfardini	DAMS	1:36.367	16
17	18	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	1:36.587	17
18	3	Michael Ammermüller	Arden International	1:36.617	18
19	10	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	1:36.733	26
20	23	Sergio Hernández	Durango	1:36.776	19
21	4	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	1:36.800	20
22	25	Félix Porteiro	Campos Racing	1:37.111	21
23	19	Luca Filippi	BCN Competición	1:37.313	22
24	17	Jason Tahincioglu	FMS International	1:37.695	23
25	6	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	1:37.878	24
26	20	Vitaly Petrov	DPR Direxiv	No time	25
Source:^[1]^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports	34	55:59.398	1	10+2+1
2	2	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix	34	+17.879	5	8
3	1	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	34	+23.964	4	6
4	8	Timo Glock	iSport International	34	+24.590	10	5
5	22	Lucas di Grassi	Durango	34	+36.882	7	4
6	9	Adam Carroll	Racing Engineering	34	+41.706	6	3
7	27	Andreas Zuber	Trident Racing	34	+42.171	11	2
8	12	Alexandre Negrão	Piquet Sports	34	+49.170	9	1
9	5	José María López	Super Nova Racing	34	+56.946	2
10	19	Luca Filippi	BCN Competición	34	+1:03.677	23
11	23	Sergio Hernández	Durango	34	+1:09.515	20
12	15	Franck Perera	DAMS	34	+1:10.378	14
13	3	Michael Ammermüller	Arden International	34	+1:12.278	18
14	4	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	34	+1:12.427	21
15	10	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	34	+1:17.383	26
16	20	Vitaly Petrov	DPR Direxiv	34	+1:23.863	25
17	17	Jason Tahincioglu	FMS International	34	+1:33.817	23
18	14	Ferdinando Monfardini	DAMS	32	DNF	16
19	25	Félix Porteiro	Campos Racing	30	DNF	21
Ret	18	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	27	DNF	17
Ret	16	Giorgio Pantano	FMS International	13	DNF	3
Ret	21	Clivio Piccione	DPR Direxiv	11	DNF	13
Ret	24	Adrián Vallés	Campos Racing	9	DNF	15
Ret	7	Ernesto Viso	iSport International	9	DNF	8
Ret	6	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	8	DNF	24
Ret	26	Gianmaria Bruni	Trident Racing	6	DNF	12
Source:^[3]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	27	Andreas Zuber	Trident Racing	23	37:54.990	2	6
2	2	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix	23	+2.938	7	5+1
3	9	Adam Carroll	Racing Engineering	23	+3.826	3	4
4	8	Timo Glock	iSport International	23	+5.807	5	3
5	11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports	23	+6.749	8	2
6	4	Nicolas Lapierre	Arden International	23	+10.347	14	1
7	1	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	23	+16.693	6
8	15	Franck Perera	DAMS	23	+17.382	12
9	22	Lucas di Grassi	Durango	23	+18.000	4
10	23	Sergio Hernández	Durango	23	+20.358	11
11	5	José María López	Super Nova Racing	23	+20.610	9
12	14	Ferdinando Monfardini	DAMS	23	+20.977	18
13	7	Ernesto Viso	iSport International	23	+23.010	24
14	24	Adrián Vallés	Campos Racing	23	+23.585	23
15	26	Gianmaria Bruni	Trident Racing	23	+26.360	26
16	10	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	23	+38.058	15
17	17	Jason Tahincioglu	FMS International	23	+44.899	17
18	20	Vitaly Petrov	DPR Direxiv	23	+45.888	16
19	18	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	23	+1:00.623	20
Ret	25	Félix Porteiro	Campos Racing	3	DNF	19
Ret	12	Alexandre Negrão	Piquet Sports	2	DNF	1
Ret	6	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	2	DNF	25
Ret	19	Luca Filippi	BCN Competición	0	DNF	10
Ret	21	Clivio Piccione	DPR Direxiv	0	DNF	22
Ret	16	Giorgio Pantano	FMS International	0	DNF	21
Ret	3	Michael Ammermüller	Arden International	0	DNF	13
Source:^[4]

^ "GP2 Series 2006 Results - Istanbul Park". Team Dan. Team Dan. Archived from the original on 2008-02-26. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
^ "Piquet takes pole at Istanbul". Autosport.com. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "Piquet narrows title gap with win". Autosport.com. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "Zuber claims maiden win". Autosport.com. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

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Round details
Round 10 of 11 rounds in the 2006 GP2 Series
Istanbul Park
Location	Istanbul Park, Istanbul, Turkey
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.338 km (3.317 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	26 August 2006
Laps	34
Pole position
Driver	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports
Time	1:34.741
Podium
First	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports
Second	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
Third	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports
Time	1:36.334 (on lap 26)
Sprint race
Date	27 August 2006
Laps	23
Podium
First	Andreas Zuber	Trident Racing
Second	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
Third	Adam Carroll	Racing Engineering
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:36.822 (on lap 23)