This article is about the 2005 GP2 Series season, which will commence in Imola, San Marino on April 23, 2005.

The first season since the demise of Formula 3000 and return of GP2, the new season sees reigning F3000 drivers champion Vitantonio Liuzzi leaving the series in order to become rotating second driver for the Formula One team Red Bull Racing. His former team, the reigning constructors champions Arden Motorsport , remain but with two new drivers. The series has two ex-Formula One drivers - Gianmaria Bruni driving for Coloni , and Giorgio Pantano at the SuperNova team.

Drivers and constructors

The current driver line-up is as follows:

Note: As all of the teams will use the Dallara chassis with Renault engines in 2005 in order to keep the field fair, no information on the car specifications is given.

Race Calendar

There are 23 races in the 2005 GP2 Series championship at 12 different circuits. Eleven race weekends have one race on the Saturday and one on the Sunday, the exception being the race at Circuit de Monaco, where there is only one race on the weekend. The season begins on April 23 2005 and concludes on September 25 2005.

The calendar is as follows, although is subject to change up until the start of the season.

Current driver standings

Current constructors standings