2005 3000 Pro Series

The 2005 3000 Pro Series was the inaugural season of what later would become the International Formula Master racing series. The season consisted of eight rounds, beginning on 10 April at the ACI Vallelunga Circuit and finishing on 9 October at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza. 10 different teams and 26 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize Lola B99/50 chassis and Zytek engines. It was won jointly by Austrian Norbert Siedler and Italian Massimiliano Busnelli.

Teams and drivers edit

Team	No.	Driver	Rounds
Draco Junior Team	2	Timo Lienemann	All
Draco Junior Team	3	Alessandro Bonetti	All
CEK Team	4	Marco Mocci	1–5, 7
	4	Daniil Move	8
	5	Sergey Zlobin	8
ADM Motorsport	6	Fausto Ippoliti	All
	7	Norbert Siedler	All
	8	Stefano Attianese	1-2
		Franz Wöss	6
		Davide Valsecchi	8
Scuderia Famà	9	Olivier Tielemans	1–6, 8
	10	Jean de Pourtales	1-4
		Matteo Pellegrino	5
		Nino Famà	6
		Marco Mocci	8
Team JVA	11	Tor Graves	All
	12	Dominik Jackson	1, 3
		Scott Mansell	2
		Robbie Kerr	6
Pro Motorsport	14	Massimiliano Busnelli	All
	15	Ignazio Belluardo	All
	24	João Barion	8
System Team	16	Sergio Ghiotto	1-7
Carlin Motorsport	18	Khalil Beschir	2-6
Carlin Motorsport	19	Basil Shaaban	2-6
I Motori di Carlotta	20	Glauco Solieri	2-4
Euronova Racing	22	Luca di Cienzo	8

Race calendar edit

Round	Location	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	Campagnano di Roma, Italy	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	10 April	Norbert Siedler	Timo Lienemann	Timo Lienemann	Draco Junior Team
2	Imola, Italy	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	15 May	Norbert Siedler	Norbert Siedler	Norbert Siedler	ADM Motorsport
3	Stavelot, Belgium	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	12 June	Norbert Siedler	Norbert Siedler	Norbert Siedler	ADM Motorsport
4	Scarperia e San Piero, Italy	Mugello Circuit	10 July	Massimiliano Busnelli	Massimiliano Busnelli	Massimiliano Busnelli	Pro Motorsport
5	Misano Adriatico, Italy	Misano World Circuit	24 July	Massimiliano Busnelli	Norbert Siedler	Alessandro Bonetti	Draco Junior Team
6	Klettwitz, Germany	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	28 August	Robbie Kerr	Robbie Kerr	Robbie Kerr	Team JVA
7	Adria, Italy	Adria International Raceway	25 September	Norbert Siedler	Timo Lienemann	Timo Lienemann	Draco Junior Team
8	Monza, Italy	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	9 October	Norbert Siedler	Timo Lienemann	Massimiliano Busnelli	Pro Motorsport

Championship Standings edit

Drivers edit

Points were awarded to the top eight classified finishers using the following structure:

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
Points	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	VAL	IMO	SPA	MUG	MIS	LAU	ADR	MNZ	Pts
1=	Norbert Siedler	Ret	1	1	2	2	Ret	4	2	49
1=	Massimiliano Busnelli	Ret	2	2	1	Ret	4	2	1	49
3	Timo Lienemann	1	3	Ret	4	9	2	1	3	41
4	Alessandro Bonetti	Ret	5	7	3	1	3	3	4	39
5	Tor Graves	4	14	3	6	7	Ret	6	5	23
6	Marco Mocci	6	4	6	4	6		5	Ret	23
7	Fausto Ippoliti	2	8	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	7	17
8	Olivier Tielemans	5	15	5	5	5	Ret		9	16
9	Ignazio Belluardo	8	7	Ret	7	4	7	Ret	11	12
10	Dominik Jackson	3		4						11
11	Robbie Kerr						1			10
12	Sergio Ghiotto	10	Ret	10	9	Ret	6	7		5
13	Khalil Beschir		12	9	12	Ret	5			4
14	Scott Mansell		6							3
15	Davide Valsecchi								6	3
16	Jean de Pourtales	7	13	8	Ret					3
17	Matteo Pellegrino					8				1
18	Luca di Cienzo								8	1
19	Basil Shaaban		9	Ret	10	Ret	Ret			0
20	Stefano Attianese	9	11							0
21	Glauco Solieri		10	11	11					0
22	Sergey Zlobin								10	0
	Nino Famà						Ret			0
	Franz Wöss						Ret			0
	João Barion								Ret	0
	Daniil Move								Ret	0
Pos	Driver	VAL	IMO	SPA	MUG	MIS	LAU	ADR	MNZ	Pts

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)

NOTE - Siedler and Busnelli could not be separated by race finishing positions. Siedler had the better qualifying record but it was decided that the title would be shared.

Teams edit

Pos	Driver	VAL	IMO	SPA	MUG	MIS	LAU	ADR	MNZ	Pts
1	Draco Junior Team	1	3	Ret	4	9	2	1	3	80
1	Draco Junior Team	Ret	5	7	3	1	3	3	4	80
2	ADM Motorsport	2	8	Ret	Ret	3	Ret	Ret	7	69
2	ADM Motorsport	Ret	1	1	2	2	Ret	4	2	69
3	Pro Motorsport	Ret	2	2	1	Ret	4	2	1	61
3	Pro Motorsport	8	7	Ret	7	4	7	Ret	11	61
4	Team JVA	4	14	3	6	7	Ret	6	5	47
4	Team JVA	3	6	4			1			47
5	CEK Team	6	4	6	4	6		5	Ret	23
5	CEK Team								10	23
6	Scuderia Famà	5	15	5	5	5	Ret		9	20
6	Scuderia Famà	7	13	8	Ret	8	Ret		Ret	20
7	System Team	10	Ret	10	9	Ret	6	7		5
8	Carlin Motorsport		12	9	12	Ret	5			4
8	Carlin Motorsport		9	Ret	10	Ret	Ret			4
9	Euronova Racing								8	1
10	I Motori di Carlotta		10	11	11					0
Pos	Driver	VAL	IMO	SPA	MUG	MIS	LAU	ADR	MNZ	Pts

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)

References edit

External links edit

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