2006 Magny-Cours GP2 Series round

2006 Magny-Cours GP2 round
Round details
	Round 7 of 11 rounds in the ; 2006 GP2 Series
Location	Magny-Cours, France
Course	Permanent racing facility ; 5.141 km (3.19 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	15 July 2006
Laps	41
Pole position
Driver	José María López
Time	1:23.911
Podium
First	Timo Glock
Second	Alexandre Prémat
Third	José María López
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton
Time	1:27.418 (on lap 5)
Sprint race
Date	16 July 2006
Laps	28
Podium
First	Giorgio Pantano
Second	Nelson Piquet Jr.
Third	Alexandre Prémat
Fastest lap
Driver	José María López
Time	1:26.513 (on lap 3)

2006 Magny-Cours GP2 Series round was a GP2 Series motor race held on 15 and 16 July, 2006 at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours in Magny-Cours, France. It was the seventh race of the 2006 GP2 Series season. The race was used to support the 2006 French Grand Prix.

Classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Time	Grid
1	5	José María López	Super Nova Racing	1:23.911	1
2	8	Timo Glock	iSport International	1:24.031	2
3	16	Giorgio Pantano	FMS International	1:24.057	3
4	2	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix	1:24.100	4
5	11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports	1:24.120	5
6	9	Adam Carroll	Racing Engineering	1:24.291	6
7	1	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	1:24.334	7
8	7	Ernesto Viso	iSport International	1:24.400	8
9	15	Franck Perera	DAMS	1:24.455	9
10	18	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	1:24.595	10
11	22	Lucas Di Grassi	Durango	1:24.628	11
12	26	Gianmaria Bruni	Trident	1:24.670	12
13	3	Michael Ammermüller	Arden International	1:24.707	13
14	14	Ferdinando Monfardini	DAMS	1:24.778	14
15	12	Alexandre Negrão	Piquet Sports	1:24.948	15
16	27	Andreas Zuber	Trident	1:25.053	16
17	20	Olivier Pla	DPR Direxiv	1:25.200	17
18	19	Luca Filippi	BCN Competición	1:25.254	18
19	25	Félix Porteiro	Campos Racing	1:25.454	19
20	24	Adrián Vallés	Campos Racing	1:25.484	20
21	4	Neel Jani	Arden International	1:25.569	21
22	10	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	1:25.703	22
23	6	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	1:25.923	23
24	21	Clivio Piccione	DPR Direxiv	1:26.016	24
25	23	Sergio Hernández	Durango	1:26.539	25
26	17	Jason Tahincioglu	FMS International	1:26.793	26
Source:^[1]^[2]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	8	Timo Glock	iSport International	41	1:01:14.385	2	10
2	1	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	41	+5.988	7	8
3	5	José María López	Super Nova Racing	41	+17.100	1	6+2
4	11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports	41	+24.226	5	5
5	12	Alexandre Negrão	Piquet Sports	41	+27.944	15	4
6	16	Giorgio Pantano	FMS International	41	+31.586	3	3
7	22	Lucas di Grassi	Durango	41	+34.277	11	2
8	14	Ferdinando Monfardini	DAMS	41	+46.130	14	1
9	18	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	41	+53.671	10
10	7	Ernesto Viso	iSport International	41	+54.151	8
11	4	Neel Jani	Arden International	41	+57.918	21
12	3	Michael Ammermüller	Arden International	41	+1:02.158	13
13	21	Clivio Piccione	DPR Direxiv	41	+1:02.619	24
14	23	Sergio Hernández	Durango	41	+1:03.288	25
15	24	Adrián Vallés	Campos Racing	41	+1:05.753	20
16	20	Olivier Pla	DPR Direxiv	41	+1:15.321	17
17	10	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	41	+1:21.238	22
18	25	Félix Porteiro	Campos Racing	41	+1:22.011	19
19	2	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix	40	+1 Lap	4	1
20	9	Adam Carroll	Racing Engineering	40	+1 Lap	6
Ret	15	Franck Perera	DAMS	34	DNF	9
Ret	17	Jason Tahincioglu	FMS International	16	DNF	26
Ret	6	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	4	DNF	23
Ret	26	Gianmaria Bruni	Trident Racing	1	DNF	12
Ret	19	Luca Filippi	BCN Competición	1	DNF	18
Ret	27	Andreas Zuber	Trident Racing	1	DNF	16
Source:^[3]

Pos.	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	16	Giorgio Pantano	FMS International	28	40:55.810	3	6
2	11	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports	28	+0.500	5	5
3	1	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix	28	+9.667	7	4
4	8	Timo Glock	iSport International	28	+10.900	8	3+1
5	2	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix	28	+12.199	19	2
6	22	Lucas di Grassi	Durango	28	+17.415	2	1
7	4	Neel Jani	Arden International	28	+17.884	11
8	3	Michael Ammermüller	Arden International	28	+29.154	12
9	20	Olivier Pla	DPR Direxiv	28	+40.728	16
10	25	Félix Porteiro	Campos Racing	28	+42.514	18
11	23	Sergio Hernández	Durango	28	+42.968	14
12	15	Franck Perera	DAMS	28	+44.900	21
13	24	Adrián Vallés	Campos Racing	28	+45.341	15
14	9	Adam Carroll	Racing Engineering	28	+45.855	20
15	6	Fairuz Fauzy	Super Nova Racing	28	+46.555	23
16	10	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	28	+48.782	17
17	17	Jason Tahincioglu	FMS International	28	+1:10.938	22
18	27	Andreas Zuber	Trident Racing	27	+1 Lap	25
Ret	26	Gianmaria Bruni	Trident Racing	23	DNF	24
Ret	19	Luca Filippi	BCN Competición	18	DNF	26
Ret	21	Clivio Piccione	DPR Direxiv	16	DNF	13
Ret	5	José María López	Super Nova Racing	3	DNF	6
Ret	12	Alexandre Negrão	Piquet Sports	2	DNF	4
Ret	14	Ferdinando Monfardini	DAMS	0	DNF	1
Ret	18	Hiroki Yoshimoto	BCN Competición	0	DNF	9
Ret	7	Ernesto Viso	iSport International	0	DNF	10
Source:^[4]

Previous round: 2006 Silverstone GP2 Series round	GP2 Series 2006 season	Next round: 2006 Hockenheimring GP2 Series round
Previous round: 2005 Magny-Cours GP2 Series round	Magny-Cours GP2 round	Next round: 2007 Magny-Cours GP2 Series round

Round details
Round 7 of 11 rounds in the 2006 GP2 Series

Location	Magny-Cours, France
Course	Permanent racing facility 5.141 km (3.19 mi)
GP2 Series
Feature race
Date	15 July 2006
Laps	41
Pole position
Driver	José María López	Super Nova Racing
Time	1:23.911
Podium
First	Timo Glock	iSport International
Second	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix
Third	José María López	Super Nova Racing
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	ART Grand Prix
Time	1:27.418 (on lap 5)
Sprint race
Date	16 July 2006
Laps	28
Podium
First	Giorgio Pantano	FMS International
Second	Nelson Piquet Jr.	Piquet Sports
Third	Alexandre Prémat	ART Grand Prix
Fastest lap
Driver	José María López^[a]	Super Nova Racing
Time	1:26.513 (on lap 3)