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2005 Formula BMW Asia season

The 2005 Formula BMW Asia season was the third season of the Asian Formula BMW championship for young drivers making the transition to car racing. Salman Al Khalifa was crowned a new champion while Michael Patrizi won the rookies' classification.[1][2][3] Ahead of the season BMW opened a new BMW Performance Center near the Bahrain International Circuit.[4] It was used for the evaluation and license courses for thr Formula BMW scholarship ahead of the season.[5][6]

Teams and drivers edit

All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

Team No Driver Class Rounds
  Minardi Team Asia 2   Aaron Lim R 2–7
3   Abdulla Ebrahim Mattar G 1
4   Dejan de Zoysa[6] R 1–4
5   Mohammed Al Baharna G 1
22   Jonathan Chan[6] All
  Team E-Rain 7   Salman Al Khalifa All
17   Armaan Ebrahim[6] R All
61   An Sukwon[6] R All
  Ao's Racing Team 9   Wang Jian-Wei[6] R All
20   Chia On G 1–2
23   Ao Chi Hong[6] G 4, 6–7
99   Song Ge G 1–2, 7
  Team Meritus 18   Xu Jia G 4
29   Michael Patrizi[6] R All
38   Hamad Al Fardan[6] All
58   Robert Boughey[6] All
69   Mitsunobu Endo[6] 1–3, 5–7
88   Ro Charlz R All
99   Hamza Dirani G 6–7
Icon Class
R Rookie Cup
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Races edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Winning Rookie
1 R1   Bahrain International Circuit 2 April   Salman Al Khalifa   Hamad Al Fardan   Salman Al Khalifa   Team E-Rain   Ro Charlz
R2 3 April   Salman Al Khalifa   Salman Al Khalifa   Robert Boughey   Team Meritus   Armaan Ebrahim
2 R1   Sepang International Circuit 14 May   Salman Al Khalifa   Ro Charlz   Salman Al Khalifa   Team E-Rain   Ro Charlz
R2 15 May   Salman Al Khalifa   Salman Al Khalifa   Armaan Ebrahim   Team E-Rain   Armaan Ebrahim
3 R1   Bira Circuit 11 June   Michael Patrizi   Michael Patrizi   Hamad Al Fardan   Team Meritus   Michael Patrizi
R2 12 June   Salman Al Khalifa   Hamad Al Fardan   Salman Al Khalifa   Team E-Rain   Michael Patrizi
4 R1   Goldenport Park Circuit 16 July   Salman Al Khalifa   Salman Al Khalifa   Salman Al Khalifa   Team E-Rain   Ro Charlz
R2 17 July   Salman Al Khalifa   Armaan Ebrahim   Hamad Al Fardan   Team Meritus   Michael Patrizi
5 R1   Taebaek Racing Park 6 August   Ro Charlz   Hamad Al Fardan   Hamad Al Fardan   Team Meritus   Ro Charlz
R2 7 August   Ro Charlz   Michael Patrizi   Michael Patrizi   Team Meritus   Michael Patrizi
6 R1   Autopolis 3 September   Michael Patrizi   Michael Patrizi   Salman Al Khalifa   Team E-Rain   Michael Patrizi
R2 4 September   Hamad Al Fardan   Hamad Al Fardan   Salman Al Khalifa   Team E-Rain   Michael Patrizi
7 R1   Shanghai International Circuit 15 October   Hamad Al Fardan   Armaan Ebrahim   Hamad Al Fardan[7]   Team Meritus   Ro Charlz
R2 16 October   Michael Patrizi   Michael Patrizi   Michael Patrizi   Team Meritus   Michael Patrizi

Standings edit

Points were awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos Driver BHR
  		SEP
  		BIR
  		BEI
  		TAE
  		AUT
  		SIC
  		Pts
1   Salman Al Khalifa 1 2 1 3 10 1 1 9 6 Ret 1 1 5 5 172
2   Michael Patrizi 3 7 Ret 7 2 3 8 2 4 1 2 2 4 1 157
3   Hamad Al Fardan 4 14 2 13 1 2 2 1 1 Ret Ret 4 1 9 148
4   Ro Charlz 2 5 3 5 3 5 3 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 2 6 140
5   Armaan Ebrahim 5 4 4 1 Ret 4 4 4 Ret 4 Ret 3 3 2 129
6   Robert Boughey 6 1 11 2 4 Ret 6 6 7 6 4 Ret 6 7 94
7   An Sukwon 7 6 7 6 6 7 5 3 3 Ret 5 6 9 4 90
8   Aaron Lim 5 4 5 6 7 5 5 3 Ret Ret 7 3 80
9   Jonathan Chan 11 Ret 9 9 8 9 12 8 9 5 9 5 8 8 41
10   Mitsunobu Endo 9 9 10 10 7 10 8 Ret 6 8 14 11 27
11   Wang Jian-Wei 8 11 6 11 9 11 10 Ret 10 Ret Ret 9 10 12 19
12   Dejan de Zoysa 10 8 Ret 8 Ret 8 9 7 17
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
–   Mohammed Al Baharna Ret 3 –
–   Hamza Dirani 7 7 11 10 –
–   Song Ge 12 10 8 12 13 13 –
–   Ao Chi Hong 13 11 8 Ret 12 DNS –
–   Xu Jia 11 10 –
–   Chia On 14 12 DNS DNS –
–   Abdulla Ebrahim Mattar 13 13 –
Pos Driver BHR
  		SEP
  		BIR
  		BEI
  		TAE
  		AUT
  		SIC
  		Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
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

Rookie Cup edit

Pos Driver BHR
  		SEP
  		BIR
  		BEI
  		TAE
  		AUT
  		SIC
  		Pts
1   Michael Patrizi 2 4 Ret 5 1 1 5 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 205
2   Ro Charlz 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 Ret 1 2 2 Ret 1 5 192
3   Armaan Ebrahim 3 1 2 1 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 4 Ret 2 2 2 164
4   An Sukwon 4 3 5 4 4 5 3 2 2 Ret 3 3 5 4 142
5   Aaron Lim 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 Ret Ret 4 3 113
6   Wang Jian-Wei 5 6 4 7 5 7 7 Ret 5 Ret Ret 4 6 6 74
7   Dejan de Zoysa 6 5 Ret 6 Ret 6 6 5 40

References edit

  1. ^ "Formula BMW - Round 14 - Shanghai - Race". www.press.bmwgroup.com. 16 October 2005.
  2. ^ "AP: Michael Patrizi Shanghai summary". www.au.motorsport.com. 16 October 2005.
  3. ^ "Bahraini crowned Formula BMW Asia 2005 Champion!". www.mahmood.tv. 16 October 2005.
  4. ^ "Formula BMW: BMW opens Performance Center in Bahrain". www.press.bmwgroup.com. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  5. ^ "Formula BMW Asia: Huge Response für Scholarship Qualifying 2005". www.press.bmwgroup.com. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Formula BMW Asia - Rounds 1 and 2 - Bahrain - Preview". www.press.bmwgroup.com. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  7. ^ "Formula BMW - Round 13 - Shanghai - Race". www.press.bmwgroup.com. 16 October 2005.

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