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. Jan Heylen won the title, having battled Renaud Derlot for the entire campaign.
Teams and drivers TeamDriversClassRounds Team Elias 1 Luis Miguel Reyes All 6 Angel Burgueño 1, 3-4 Thierry Boutsen Racing 2 Renaud Kuppens All 7 Jeffrey van Hooydonk All Team Lompech Sport 3 Frédéric Gabillon All 4 Sébastien Dhouailly All Iris Racing 5 Marc Benz All Oregon Team 8 Pedro Petiz All 9 Nicola Gianniberti All 64 Mike Parisy 7 Racing for Belgium 10 César Campaniço All 11 Jan Heylen All 12 Wim Coekelbergs 1, 4 Miguel Freitas 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 2-5, 7 TP Compétition / Huger 17 Renaud Derlot All 36 Jean-Yves Mallat All 37 Philippe Macé 1-6 38 Jean-Paul Coppens 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 Lucas Lasserre 5 Pouchelon Racing 23 Ludovic Badey All 66 Matthieu Cheruy 6-7 Tech 1 Racing 24 Simon Abadie All 25 Matthieu Lahaye All Epsilon Euskadi 27 Antonio Aristi All 28 Jean-Christophe Ravier 1-4 Angel Burgueño 5-7 Senn Motorsport 29 Andreas Mayerl All Saturn Motorsport 33 Victor Fernandez All 34 Lluis Llobet All Gemo Sport 64 Mike Parisy 1-6 65 Pierre Hirschi 2, 4-7 Bruno Bazaud 3 Icon Class Junior Class
Race calendar and results 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 R2 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 R2 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 R2 17 July Cancelled Nicola Gianniberti Jan Heylen Racing for Belgium 4 R1 Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 6 August César Campaniço Nicola Gianniberti César Campaniço Racing for Belgium R2 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 R2 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 Marc Benz Ludovic Badey Ludovic Badey Pouchelon Racing 7 R1 Autodromo Nazionale Monza 22 October Marc Benz Marc Benz Simon Abadie Tech 1 Racing R2 23 October Jeffrey van Hooydonk Matthieu Lahaye Jeffrey van Hooydonk Thierry Boutsen Racing Notes
Drivers' Championship Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 15 12 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 Pos Driver VAL BUG BIL OSC DON EST MNZ Points1 Jan Heylen11411110612321421Ret1472 Renaud Derlot23128Ret222Ret632731343 Ludovic Badey3Ret3Ret3511113111120Ret1084 Jeffrey van Hooydonk522162213Ret183127Ret31895 César CampaniçoRet12537613Ret13176352856 Nicola Gianniberti245 DSQ629238444Ret7Ret5747 Angel Burgueño41143RetRet772356Ret6508 Marc Benz15171471178756220Ret4Ret509 Matthieu Lahaye8Ret11Ret108124Ret9RetRet4244710 Simon Abadie799RetRetDNS6Ret614Ret4Ret1204111 Frédéric Gabillon10671199551785Ret5RetRet4112 Renaud Kuppens94Ret212447Ret1058119Ret103613 Pedro Petiz13Ret15522513Ret161114881592614 Jean-Christophe RavierRetRet646114132615 Mike Parisy1181314512Ret91425Ret1512Ret82616 Bernhard ten Brinke18108121214Ret171316111415671117 Santiago Porteiro613Ret826159121018 Sébastien Dhouailly12710Ret191014Ret1520Ret12Ret8Ret919 Luis Miguel Reyes16Ret8Ret15211715RetRet71710RetRet820 Miguel Freitas241099Ret521 Andreas Mayerl2118181516181614191513Ret131012222 Lucas Lasserre912223 Frans Verschuur1715Ret9224 Jiří Janák17132320181012221113225 Sandor van Es1110126 Antonio Aristi1414161813Ret151618181613181214027 Jean-Yves Mallat192420171417261921171516161415028 Pascal Ballay271921Ret21191921RetRetRetRet16029 Jeroen Reijntjens20Ret16Ret030 Fernando Navarrete2016031 Jean-Paul Coppens2216032 Pierre Hirschi2524222220191919201717033 Bruno Bazaud1723034 Philippe Macé2020191918Ret242322Ret181819035 Lluis Llobet2321Ret2027252320Ret212021Ret1818036 Wim Coekelbergs25232118037 Victor Fernandez2622222328Ret2524Ret232522Ret1919038 Rafael UnzurrunzagaDNS2623242423212221039 Juan MoralesDNS2523222522272522Ret DSQ0 guest drivers ineligible for points Matthieu Cheruy212417911 Paul van Splunteren311011 Shigeki Ebihara13Ret Pos Driver VAL BUG BIL OSC DON EST MNZ PointsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap
References
External links The Eurocup Mégane Trophy website World Series by Renault results