Timo Glock was crowned series champion on 30 September after winning the final round at Valencia, with Brazilian Lucas di Grassi finishing second. The season started in Bahrain. Luca Filippi started the season with a win from pole, while Nicolas Lapierre took his first GP2 win in his third season in the sprint race. Timo Glock finished 2nd in both races. Michael Ammermüller, who was driving for defending teams' champion ART Grand Prix, was injured and missed the next two races.
The next event started with a big start crash involving several drivers, including series leader Luca Filippi. A safety car was instantly deployed and the majority of the field opted to make their mandatory pit stop. Timo Glock was not one of those and he lost his chances to win the race as a result. Bruno Senna took his first GP2 victory in his third race. Timo Glock finally got his first win of the season after three second places in the sprint.
At Monaco, only one race was held which was won by Pastor Maldonado who had celebrated a victory in World Series there in the previous year. Timo Glock increased his podium streak to five races after finishing 3rd. Two drivers made their comeback to GP2 in Magny-Cours. Adam Carroll replaced underperforming Antônio Pizzonia while Ernesto Viso replaced Sérgio Jimenez.
Timo Glock took pole position in Magny-Cours but the race started with a difficult time for him. He crashed with his teammate Andreas Zuber who started second, just a few metres after the start. Later on the first lap, Ernesto Viso had a massive shunt in which his car turned over and flew over the concrete barrier. Ernesto Viso was lucky not to suffer serious injuries. The race was eventually won by veteran Giorgio Pantano, giving Campos Racing its first victory in GP2. Ernesto Viso's teammate Javier Villa won the sprint race, becoming the youngest ever winner in GP2 at that time. Timo Glock failed to finish both Silverstone races as well. Andreas Zuber won the feature race while Adam Carroll took the sprint, making it nine winners in nine races. They were divided into eight different teams; only iSport International had two drivers who had won a race at this point.
Timo Glock rebounded to take feature race victory at his home soil in Nürburgring. The sprint race was won by Javier Villa. Timo Glock was also on pole in Hungaroring but failed to score after a mistake during the race. The Hungaroring race was won by Adam Carroll who leap-frogged several positions with a well-timed pit stop during the safety car. Javier Villa was again victorious in the sprint race, with Adam Carroll taking 2nd.
At Istanbul, Lucas di Grassi, who had finished in the points in every race except one at that point, took his first victory of the season. Timo Glock won the sprint race, so he eventually got more points than Lucas di Grassi while these two were battling for the championship. At Monza, Giorgio Pantano won the feature race and Timo Glock the sprint. Lucas di Grassi failed to get a podium after car troubles at the end of the feature race. Giorgio Pantano, meanwhile, was disqualified in the sprint race after driving several laps with a broken front wing.
At Spa, Timo Glock stalled at the start and finished the race in 17th position. Nicolas Lapierre was the eventual winner. Timo Glock then collided with Ricardo Risatti during the reconnaissance lap of the sprint race and failed to start. Lucas di Grassi got a good chance to close the gap on him but couldn't do better than third in a race which was won by the Indian Karun Chandhok.
The final race was held in Valencia and that was the only race of the season which was not supporting F1. Timo Glock started the weekend two points ahead of Lucas di Grassi. The feature race started on a damp track. Tyre choice was crucial. The best drivers started on intermediates and then quite soon moved to slicks as the mandatory pit window had opened. The gaps in the race were exceptionally big; only five drivers finished in the same lap with the winner Vitaly Petrov. Timo Glock was seventh while Lucas di Grassi spun off on the damp track, just after switching to slicks. Timo Glock got to start from the front row in the sprint race while Lucas di Grassi's place was near the back of the grid. Timo Glock confirmed his championship with the victory in the final race, 11 points ahead of Lucas di Grassi. Giorgio Pantano finished third in the series on countback ahead of Luca Filippi.
All of the teams used the Dallara GP2/05 chassis with Renault-badged 4.0 litre (244 cu in) naturally-aspirated Mecachrome V8 engines and with tyres supplied by Bridgestone.
Points are awarded to the top 8 classified finishers in the Feature race, and to the top 6 classified finishers in the Sprint race. The pole-sitter in the feature race will also receive two points, and one point is given to the driver who set the fastest lap in the feature and sprint races. The driver also had to start the race from his allocated grid position to be eligible to claim the fastest lap and has to drive 90% of race laps. No extra points are awarded to the pole-sitter in the sprint race.
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