Round details | |||
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Round 6 of 11 rounds in the 2006 GP2 Series | |||
Silverstone Circuit | |||
Location | Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire, England | ||
Course | Permanent racing circuit 5.141 km (3.194 mi) | ||
Feature race | |||
Date | 10 June 2006 | ||
Laps | 36 | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Adam Carroll | Racing Engineering | |
Time | 1:29.104 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Lewis Hamilton | ART Grand Prix | |
Second | Timo Glock | iSport International | |
Third | Adam Carroll | Racing Engineering | |
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Lewis Hamilton | ART Grand Prix | |
Time | 1:32.505 (on lap 35) | ||
Sprint race | |||
Date | 11 June 2006 | ||
Laps | 23 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Lewis Hamilton | ART Grand Prix | |
Second | Adam Carroll | Racing Engineering | |
Third | Clivio Piccione | DPR Direxiv | |
Fastest lap | |||
Driver | Lewis Hamilton | ART Grand Prix | |
Time | 1:31.313 (on lap 16) |
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