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[GP2] Istanbul, Qualifying Report |
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Friday, 19 August 2005 |
Nico takes pole in Istanbul Nico Rosberg has taken yet another 2005 pole position to cut the gap to his main championship rival Heikki Kovalainen to five points. Nico’s lap came in the latter stages of today’s half hour qualifying session, just as a light sprinkling of rain made this new circuit just that little bit too slippery for anyone else to have a shot at bettering his time. Nico will be joined on the front row by Scott Speed, with Jose Maria Lopez and Giorgio Pantano sharing row two.
Qualifying Report. As the session got underway, it was this morning’s pace-setter Scott Speed who again proved himself the man to beat at Istanbul Park. The American was the first GP2 series driver to take his car around the 5.338km circuit in the 1:39s. A number of drivers sat on the top of the pile over the next quarter of an hour. Nelson Piquet Jr set a very quick lap to take provisional pole, before Giorgio and then Scott re-took the lead. Nico, who was third fastest this morning, was not about to be outdone however, and promptly set the lap which would seal pole position
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