2005 Eurocup Mégane Trophy

The 2005 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season was the inaugural season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault. The season began at Circuit Ricardo Tormo on 4 June and finished at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza on 23 October, after seven rounds and fifteen races.^[1] Jan Heylen won the title, having battled Renaud Derlot for the entire campaign.^[2]

Teams and drivers edit

Team	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Team Elias	1	Luis Miguel Reyes		All
Team Elias	6	Angel Burgueño		1, 3-4
Thierry Boutsen Racing	2	Renaud Kuppens		All
Thierry Boutsen Racing	7	Jeffrey van Hooydonk		All
Team Lompech Sport	3	Frédéric Gabillon		All
Team Lompech Sport	4	Sébastien Dhouailly	J	All
Iris Racing	5	Marc Benz	J	All
Oregon Team	8	Pedro Petiz	J	All
	9	Nicola Gianniberti		All
	64	Mike Parisy	J	7
Racing for Belgium	10	César Campaniço		All
	11	Jan Heylen		All
	12	Wim Coekelbergs		1, 4
		Miguel Freitas	J	2, 6
		Fernando Navarrete		3
		Shigeki Ebihara		7
Equipe Verschuur	14	Bernhard ten Brinke		All
	15	Frans Verschuur		1-2
		Jeroen Reijntjens		4, 7
		Sandor van Es		5
		Paul van Splunteren		6
Auto Janák	16	Jiří Janák	J	2-5, 7
TP Compétition / Huger	17	Renaud Derlot		All
	36	Jean-Yves Mallat		All
	37	Philippe Macé		1-6
	38	Jean-Paul Coppens	J	1
Blue Jumeirah Team	18	Rafael Unzurrunzaga		3, 5-7
Hervas Racing	20	Juan Morales		1-4, 6
Porfesa Competicion	21	Santiago Porteiro		1-4
Energy Racing	22	Pascal Ballay		1-4, 6-7
Energy Racing	22	Lucas Lasserre		5
Pouchelon Racing	23	Ludovic Badey		All
Pouchelon Racing	66	Matthieu Cheruy		6-7
Tech 1 Racing	24	Simon Abadie		All
Tech 1 Racing	25	Matthieu Lahaye	J	All
Epsilon Euskadi	27	Antonio Aristi		All
	28	Jean-Christophe Ravier		1-4
	28	Angel Burgueño		5-7
Senn Motorsport	29	Andreas Mayerl		All
Saturn Motorsport	33	Victor Fernandez		All
Saturn Motorsport	34	Lluis Llobet		All
Gemo Sport	64	Mike Parisy	J	1-6
	65	Pierre Hirschi		2, 4-7
	65	Bruno Bazaud		3

Icon	Class
J	Junior Class

Race calendar and results edit

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	4 June	Renaud Derlot	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Racing for Belgium
1	R2	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	5 June	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Racing for Belgium
2	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	10 July	Nicola Gianniberti	Matthieu Lahaye	Renaud Derlot	TP Compétition / Huger
2	R2	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	10 July	Renaud Derlot	Renaud Derlot	Jan Heylen	Racing for Belgium
3	R1	Circuito Urbano Bilbao	16 July	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Racing for Belgium
3	R2	Circuito Urbano Bilbao	17 July	Cancelled^{[N 1]}	Nicola Gianniberti	Jan Heylen	Racing for Belgium
4	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	6 August	César Campaniço	Nicola Gianniberti	César Campaniço	Racing for Belgium
4	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	7 August	Renaud Derlot	César Campaniço	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Thierry Boutsen Racing
5	R1	Donington Park	10 September	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Racing for Belgium
5	R2	Donington Park	11 September	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Jan Heylen	Ludovic Badey	Pouchelon Racing
6	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	1 October	Renaud Derlot	Nicola Gianniberti	Ludovic Badey	Pouchelon Racing
	R2		2 October	Ludovic Badey	Marc Benz	Ludovic Badey	Pouchelon Racing
	R3		2 October	Marc Benz	Ludovic Badey	Ludovic Badey	Pouchelon Racing
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	22 October	Marc Benz	Marc Benz	Simon Abadie	Tech 1 Racing
7	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	23 October	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Matthieu Lahaye	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Thierry Boutsen Racing

Notes

^ The second qualifying at Bilbao was cancelled due to repeated driving over the kerbs; it was weakening elements of the cars' suspension. The drivers started in the finishing order of the first race.^[3]

Drivers' Championship edit

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	Pole
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Pos	Driver	VAL		BUG		BIL		OSC		DON		EST			MNZ		Points
1	Jan Heylen	1	1	4	1	1	1	10	6	1	2	3	2	14	21	Ret	147
2	Renaud Derlot	2	3	1	2	8	Ret	2	2	2	Ret	6	3	2	7	3	134
3	Ludovic Badey	3	Ret	3	Ret	3	5	11	11	3	1	1	1	1	20	Ret	108
4	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	5	2	2	16	22	13	Ret	1	8	3	12	7	Ret	3	1	89
5	César Campaniço	Ret	12	5	3	7	6	1	3	Ret	13	17	6	3	5	2	85
6	Nicola Gianniberti	24	5	DSQ	6	29	2	3	8	4	4	4	Ret	7	Ret	5	74
7	Angel Burgueño	4	11			4	3	Ret	Ret	7	7	23	5	6	Ret	6	50
8	Marc Benz	15	17	14	7	11	7	8	7	5	6	2	20	Ret	4	Ret	50
9	Matthieu Lahaye	8	Ret	11	Ret	10	8	12	4	Ret	9	Ret	Ret	4	2	4	47
10	Simon Abadie	7	9	9	Ret	Ret	DNS	6	Ret	6	14	Ret	4	Ret	1	20	41
11	Frédéric Gabillon	10	6	7	11	9	9	5	5	17	8	5	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	41
12	Renaud Kuppens	9	4	Ret	21	24	4	7	Ret	10	5	8	11	9	Ret	10	36
13	Pedro Petiz	13	Ret	15	5	2	25	13	Ret	16	11	14	8	8	15	9	26
14	Jean-Christophe Ravier	Ret	Ret	6	4	6	11	4	13								26
15	Mike Parisy	11	8	13	14	5	12	Ret	9	14	25	Ret	15	12	Ret	8	26
16	Bernhard ten Brinke	18	10	8	12	12	14	Ret	17	13	16	11	14	15	6	7	11
17	Santiago Porteiro	6	13	Ret	8	26	15	9	12								10
18	Sébastien Dhouailly	12	7	10	Ret	19	10	14	Ret	15	20	Ret	12	Ret	8	Ret	9
19	Luis Miguel Reyes	16	Ret	8	Ret	15	21	17	15	Ret	Ret	7	17	10	Ret	Ret	8
20	Miguel Freitas			24	10							9	9	Ret			5
21	Andreas Mayerl	21	18	18	15	16	18	16	14	19	15	13	Ret	13	10	12	2
22	Lucas Lasserre									9	12						2
23	Frans Verschuur	17	15	Ret	9												2
24	Jiří Janák			17	13	23	20	18	10	12	22				11	13	2
25	Sandor van Es									11	10						1
26	Antonio Aristi	14	14	16	18	13	Ret	15	16	18	18	16	13	18	12	14	0
27	Jean-Yves Mallat	19	24	20	17	14	17	26	19	21	17	15	16	16	14	15	0
28	Pascal Ballay	27	19	21	Ret	21	19	19	21			Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	16	0
29	Jeroen Reijntjens							20	Ret						16	Ret	0
30	Fernando Navarrete					20	16										0
31	Jean-Paul Coppens	22	16														0
32	Pierre Hirschi			25	24			22	22	20	19	19	19	20	17	17	0
33	Bruno Bazaud					17	23										0
34	Philippe Macé	20	20	19	19	18	Ret	24	23	22	Ret	18	18	19			0
35	Lluis Llobet	23	21	Ret	20	27	25	23	20	Ret	21	20	21	Ret	18	18	0
36	Wim Coekelbergs	25	23					21	18								0
37	Victor Fernandez	26	22	22	23	28	Ret	25	24	Ret	23	25	22	Ret	19	19	0
38	Rafael Unzurrunzaga					DNS	26			23	24	24	23	21	22	21	0
39	Juan Morales	DNS	25	23	22	25	22	27	25			22	Ret	DSQ			0
guest drivers ineligible for points
	Matthieu Cheruy											21	24	17	9	11
	Paul van Splunteren											31	10	11
	Shigeki Ebihara														13	Ret
Pos	Driver	VAL		BUG		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

References edit

^ "Mégane Trophy Eurocup 2006 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ "A Tech 1 one-two as Heylen takes the title!". World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
^ "Lone pole for Heylen". World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

External links edit

[4] The second qualifying at Bilbao was cancelled due to repeated driving over the kerbs; it was weakening elements of the cars' suspension. The drivers started in the finishing order of the first race.^[3]

[1] "Mégane Trophy Eurocup 2006 standings". driverdb.com. Driver Database. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

[2] "A Tech 1 one-two as Heylen takes the title!". World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

[3] "Lone pole for Heylen". World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 12 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.

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