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.
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 2005 Entry List Team 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 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 Alan Hellmeister 6–8 Koiranen Bros Motorsport 25 Atte Mustonen 1–2, 4–6 SL Formula Racing 28 Dima Raikhlin 1–7 29 Cyndie Allemann 1–2, 4–8 Team Formula Sport 30 Kasper Andersen All Pons Racing 31 Dani Clos All 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 Motorsport37 Alan Hellmeister 1–55? 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 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 R2 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 R2 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 R2 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 R2 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 R2 7 August Michael Ammermüller Michael Ammermüller Michael Ammermüller Jenzer Motorsport 6 R1 Donington Park 10 September Kamui Kobayashi Kamui Kobayashi Kamui Kobayashi Prema Powerteam R2 11 September Kamui Kobayashi Kamui Kobayashi Kamui Kobayashi Prema Powerteam 7 R1 Circuito do Estoril 1 October Kamui Kobayashi Yann Clairay Kamui Kobayashi Prema Powerteam R2 2 October Yann Clairay Carlo van Dam Yann Clairay SG Formula 8 R1 Monza Circuit 22 October Kamui Kobayashi Kamui Kobayashi Kamui Kobayashi Prema Powerteam R2 23 October Yann Clairay Patrick Rocha Yann Clairay SG Formula
Championship standings
Drivers 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 Points123456789101112131415161 Kamui KobayashiRet1424155Ret141114131572 Michael Ammermüller11113612211Ret32RetRetRet1493 Yann Clairay174428212Ret22Ret19311111254 Carlo van DamRet724544636346532721005 Filipe AlbuquerqueRet1211164835Ret4424Ret636 Adrian Zaugg7923911331Ret152Ret11RetDSQRet577 Junior Strous4322011122107Ret111221289Ret438 Bertrand Baguette618510721DSQ4712Ret5159235439 Hiroyuki Matsumura20Ret9Ret158149Ret1619122814293310 Xavier Maassen18108NC1410121515105Ret953163211 Alan Hellmeister96613Ret1495Ret6Ret18727Ret113112 Romain GrosjeanRet53232DNSRet242813 Patrick Rocha8133120RetRet810Ret97886Ret172614 Reinhard Kofler53762515 Jérôme d'Ambrosio322028Ret152216 Julien CanalRet622Ret101113162018221422Ret641717 Daniel Serra261512851618Ret138RetRet10Ret7201718 Westley Barber2Ret14RetRet711111619 Kasper AndersenRet24Ret17Ret2017145Ret23Ret21235101620 Atte Mustonen223019217Ret8136Ret1321 Julien Jousse8Ret197Ret71222 Dima RaikhlinRet21RetRetRetRet2219Ret710Ret6Ret1123 Teemu Nyman1119152515618Ret167161110251024 Sergey AfanasyevRet25Ret29RetDNS4Ret2111251518Ret925 David Oberle1920912Ret219198171410RetRet926 Franck Mailleux132213Ret6Ret527 Ulric Amado de CarvalhoRet7428 Miguel Molina212628Ret17Ret2018122314Ret18Ret819329 Juan Antonio del Pino10171612Ret152412Ret271391716RetRet330 Mikhail Aleshin12111819DNSDNSRet149RetRet26331 Pierre RaguesRet22Ret911243317232 Dani ClosRet3130Ret1817Ret2314Ret111526221513233 Federico Montoya1627211419RetRet171022Ret1313121227134 Bruce Lorgère-Roux10Ret1 35 John Michael Edwards29271913192015Ret24DNS13140 36 Walter Grubmüller24RetRet1626Ret21241617RetRet2313RetRet0 37 Tom DillmannRet282623131916RetRet210 38 Johan Charpilienne20130 39 Pippa Mann14RetDNSRetRet182322Ret2618Ret302017Ret0 40 Carlos IaconelliRetRet17150 41 Matías Milla15230 42 Nicolas Prost251625240 43 Cyndie Allemann23Ret27182520172520RetRet1822180 44 Marco Frezza2719Ret230 45 Giancarlo SerenelliRet2420Ret0 46 Alberto Costa292521260 47 Mihai Marinescu3121RetRet0 48 Marcello PuglisiRet290The following drivers are guest ineligible to final standing Ben Hanley310 – Luca PersianiRet6 – Davide Valsecchi148 – Jaime Alguersuari2412 – Gustavo Sondermann1716 – Oliver Campos-Hull16Ret – Mauro Massironi1922 – Frederico MuggiaRet21 – Gary CesterRetRet –PosDriver ZOL VAL LMS BIL OSC DON EST MNZPointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
Teams PosTeamPoints1 SG Formula2702 Jenzer Motorsport2163 Prema Powerteam1824 Motopark Academy735 Graff Racing556 Epsilon Euskadi467 Mr Glow Motorsport438 Cram Competition429 JD Motorsport3810 AR Motorsport2511 Euronova Racing2212 Comtec Racing1613 Team Formula Sport1614 Koiranen Bros Motorsport1315 Lukoil Racing Team1216 SL Formula Racing1117 Pons Racing518 Epsilon Sport2
References
External links Official website of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship