2005 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0

The 2005 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season was the fifteenth Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 season. The season began at Zolder on 30 April and finished at Monza on 22 October, after sixteen races.^[1]

Japanese driver Kamui Kobayashi scored six victories at Bugatti Circuit, Oschersleben, Donington Park, Estoril and Monza during the season, he took the championship at the wheel of his Prema Powerteam-run car. Red Bull-backed driver Michael Ammermüller who competed with Jenzer Motorsport was the only Koboyashi's rival for championship title was not resolved until the final round, and Ammermüller finished in series' standings just eight points behind Japanese driver, winning races at Zolder, Valencia, Bilbao and Oschersleben. SG Formula's Yann Clairay amassed three wins on his way to third place in the series standings. Motopark Academy's Filipe Albuquerque completed the top five, despite missing Le Mans round.

Teams and drivers edit

2005 Entry List^[2]
Team	No.	Driver name	Rounds
Motopark Academy	1	Filipe Albuquerque	1–2, 4–8
	2	Matías Milla	1
	3	Teemu Nyman	All
	38	John Michael Edwards	3–8
Comtec Racing	4	Westley Barber	1–4
	5	Pippa Mann	All
	63	Gustavo Sondermann	6
Mr Glow Motorsport	6	Junior Strous	All
Epsilon Euskadi	7	Bertrand Baguette	All
	8	Juan Antonio del Pino	All
	35	Jaime Alguersuari	8
Graff Racing	9	Julien Canal	All
	14	Hiroyuki Matsumura	All
	54	Nicolas Prost	1–2
	55	Ulric Amado de Carvalho	2
	57	Bruce Lorgère-Roux	2
Jenzer Motorsport	10	Federico Montoya	All
	11	Michael Ammermüller	All
	12	Adrian Zaugg	All
	18	Walter Grubmüller	All
	19	David Oberle	1, 3–8
Prema Powerteam	15	Kamui Kobayashi	All
	20	Patrick Rocha	All
	21	Tom Dillmann	1–3
	67	Mihai Marinescu	7–8
Lukoil Racing Team	16	Mikhail Aleshin	1–2, 4–7
Lukoil Racing Team	17	Sergey Afanasyev	1–2, 4–8
Cram Competition	21	Tom Dillmann	4–5
	26	Reinhard Kofler	1–2
	27	Daniel Serra	All
	62	Ben Hanley	6
	66	Giancarlo Serenelli	7–8
JD Motorsport	22	Carlos Iaconelli	1
	23	Marcello Puglisi	1
	24	Xavier Maassen	All
	37	Allan Hellmeister	6–8
Koiranen Bros Motorsport	25	Atte Mustonen	1–2, 4–6
SL Formula Racing	28	Dima Raikhlin	1–7
SL Formula Racing	29	Cyndie Allemann	1–2, 4–8
Team Formula Sport	30	Kasper Andersen	All
Pons Racing	31	Dani Clos	All
Pons Racing	32	Miguel Molina	All
SG Formula	33	Carlo van Dam	All
	34	Yann Clairay	All
	52	Romain Grosjean	1–2, 7–8
	53	Franck Mailleux	1–3
	56	Julien Jousse	3, 7–8
	58	Johan Charpilienne	3
AR Motorsport	37	Allan Hellmeister	1–5
AR Motorsport	5?	Carlos Iaconelli	2
Euronova Racing	51	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	1
	64	Alberto Costa	7–8
	65	Marco Frezza	7–8
Epsilon Sport	59	Pierre Ragues	2–3, 5, 7
RP Motorsport	68	Davide Valsecchi	8
Alan Racing	69	Mauro Massironi	8
Twincam Motorsport	70	Oliver Campos-Hull	8
BVM Racing	71	Frederico Muggia	8
	72	Gary Cester	8
	73	Luca Persiani	8

Calendar edit

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Circuit Zolder	30 April	Michael Ammermüller	Kamui Kobayashi	Michael Ammermüller	Jenzer Motorsport
1	R2	Circuit Zolder	1 May	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller	Jenzer Motorsport
2	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	4 June	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller	Jenzer Motorsport
2	R2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	5 June	Michael Ammermüller	Adrian Zaugg	Michael Ammermüller	Jenzer Motorsport
3	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	9 July	Yann Clairay	Kamui Kobayashi	Kamui Kobayashi	Prema Powerteam
3	R2	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	10 July	Yann Clairay	Bertrand Baguette	Yann Clairay	SG Formula
4	R1	Circuito Urbano Bilbao	16 July	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller	Jenzer Motorsport
4	R2	Circuito Urbano Bilbao	17 July	Adrian Zaugg	Junior Strous	Adrian Zaugg	Jenzer Motorsport
5	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	6 August	Yann Clairay	Kasper Andersen	Kamui Kobayashi	Prema Powerteam
5	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	7 August	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller	Jenzer Motorsport
6	R1	Donington Park	10 September	Kamui Kobayashi	Kamui Kobayashi	Kamui Kobayashi	Prema Powerteam
6	R2	Donington Park	11 September	Kamui Kobayashi	Kamui Kobayashi	Kamui Kobayashi	Prema Powerteam
7	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	1 October	Kamui Kobayashi	Yann Clairay	Kamui Kobayashi	Prema Powerteam
7	R2	Autódromo do Estoril	2 October	Yann Clairay	Carlo van Dam	Yann Clairay	SG Formula
8	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	22 October	Kamui Kobayashi	Kamui Kobayashi	Kamui Kobayashi	Prema Powerteam
8	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	23 October	Yann Clairay	Patrick Rocha	Yann Clairay	SG Formula

Championship standings edit

Drivers edit

Points are awarded to the drivers as follows:

Position	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	PP
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Pos	Driver	ZOL		VAL		LMS		BIL		OSC		DON		EST		MNZ		Points
Pos	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Points
1	Kamui Kobayashi	Ret	14	2	4	1	5	5	Ret	1	4	1	1	1	4	1	3	157
2	Michael Ammermüller	1	1	1	1	3	6	1	2	21	1	Ret	3	2	Ret	Ret	Ret	149
3	Yann Clairay	17	4	4	28	2	1	2	Ret	2	2	Ret	19	3	1	11	1	125
4	Carlo van Dam	Ret	7	24	5	4	4	6	3	6	3	4	6	5	3	27	2	100
5	Filipe Albuquerque	Ret	12	11	16			4	8	3	5	Ret	4	4	2	4	Ret	63
6	Adrian Zaugg	7	9	23	9	11	3	3	1	Ret	15	2	Ret	11	Ret	DSQ	Ret	57
7	Junior Strous	4	32	20	11	12	2	10	7	Ret	11	12	2	12	8	9	Ret	43
8	Bertrand Baguette	6	18	5	10	7	21	DSQ	4	7	12	Ret	5	15	9	23	5	43
9	Hiroyuki Matsumura	20	Ret	9	Ret	15	8	14	9	Ret	16	19	12	28	14	2	9	33
10	Xavier Maassen	18	10	8	NC	14	10	12	15	15	10	5	Ret	9	5	3	16	32
11	Allan Hellmeister	9	6	6	13	Ret	14	9	5	Ret	6	Ret	18	7	27	Ret	11	31
12	Romain Grosjean	Ret	5	3	2									32	DNS	Ret	24	28
13	Patrick Rocha	8	13	31	20	Ret	Ret	8	10	Ret	9	7	8	8	6	Ret	17	26
14	Reinhard Kofler	5	3	7	6													25
15	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	3	2											20	28	Ret	15	22
16	Julien Canal	Ret	6	22	Ret	10	11	13	16	20	18	22	14	22	Ret	6	4	17
17	Daniel Serra	26	15	12	8	5	16	18	Ret	13	8	Ret	Ret	10	Ret	7	20	17
18	Westley Barber	2	Ret	14	Ret	Ret	7	11	11									16
19	Kasper Andersen	Ret	24	Ret	17	Ret	20	17	14	5	Ret	23	Ret	21	23	5	10	16
20	Atte Mustonen	22	30	19	21			7	Ret	8	13	6	Ret					13
21	Julien Jousse					8	Ret							19	7	Ret	7	12
22	Dima Raikhlin	Ret	21	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	22	19	Ret	7	10	Ret	6	Ret			11
23	Teemu Nyman	11	19	15	25			15	6	18	Ret	16	7	16	11	10	25	10
24	Sergey Afanasyev	Ret	25	Ret	29			Ret	DNS	4	Ret	21	11	25	15	18	Ret	9
25	David Oberle	19	20			9	12	Ret	21	9	19	8	17	14	10	Ret	Ret	9
26	Franck Mailleux	13	22	13	Ret	6	Ret											5
27	Ulric Amado de Carvalho			Ret	7													4
28	Miguel Molina	21	26	28	Ret	17	Ret	20	18	12	23	14	Ret	18	Ret	8	19	3
29	Juan Antonio del Pino	10	17	16	12	Ret	15	24	12	Ret	27	13	9	17	16	Ret	Ret	3
30	Mikhail Aleshin	12	11	18	19			DNS	DNS	Ret	14	9	Ret	Ret	26			3
31	Pierre Ragues			Ret	22	Ret	9			11	24			33	17			2
32	Dani Clos	Ret	31	30	Ret	18	17	Ret	23	14	Ret	11	15	26	22	15	13	2
33	Federico Montoya	16	27	21	14	19	Ret	Ret	17	10	22	Ret	13	13	12	12	27	1
34	Bruce Lorgère-Roux			10	Ret													1
35	John Michael Edwards			29	27			19	13	19	20	15	Ret	24	DNS	13	14	0
36	Walter Grubmüller	24	Ret	Ret	16	26	Ret	21	24	16	17	Ret	Ret	23	13	Ret	Ret	0
37	Tom Dillmann	Ret	28	26	23	13	19	16	Ret	Ret	21							0
38	Johan Charpilienne					20	13											0
39	Pippa Mann	14	Ret	DNS	Ret	Ret	18	23	22	Ret	26	18	Ret	30	20	17	Ret	0
40	Carlos Iaconelli	Ret	Ret	17	15													0
41	Matías Milla	15	23															0
42	Nicolas Prost	25	16	25	24													0
43	Cyndie Allemann	23	Ret	27	18			25	20	17	25	20	Ret	Ret	18	22	18	0
44	Marco Frezza													27	19	Ret	23	0
45	Giancarlo Serenelli													Ret	24	20	Ret	0
46	Alberto Costa													29	25	21	26	0
47	Mihai Marinescu													31	21	Ret	Ret	0
48	Marcello Puglisi	Ret	29															0
The following drivers are guest ineligible to final standing
	Ben Hanley											3	10					–
	Luca Persiani															Ret	6	–
	Davide Valsecchi															14	8	–
	Jaime Alguersuari															24	12	–
	Gustavo Sondermann											17	16					–
	Oliver Campos-Hull															16	Ret	–
	Mauro Massironi															19	22	–
	Frederico Muggia															Ret	21	–
	Gary Cester															Ret	Ret	–
Pos	Driver	ZOL		VAL		LMS		BIL		OSC		DON		EST		MNZ		Points

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Teams edit

Pos	Team	Points
1	SG Formula	270
2	Jenzer Motorsport	216
3	Prema Powerteam	182
4	Motopark Academy	73
5	Graff Racing	55
6	Epsilon Euskadi	46
7	Mr Glow Motorsport	43
8	Cram Competition	42
9	JD Motorsport	38
10	AR Motorsport	25
11	Euronova Racing	22
12	Comtec Racing	16
13	Team Formula Sport	16
14	Koiranen Bros Motorsport	13
15	Lukoil Racing Team	12
16	SL Formula Racing	11
17	Pons Racing	5
18	Epsilon Sport	2

References edit

^ "Race Calendar: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup – Season 2005". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
^ "Entrylist: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup – Season 2005". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

External links edit

Official website of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship

[1] "Race Calendar: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup – Season 2005". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

[2] "Entrylist: Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup – Season 2005". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 13 March 2012.

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