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.^[1]

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[2]
Team	No.	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	Allan 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 Motorsport	37	Allan Hellmeister	1–5
	5?	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	Autódromo 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	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	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 Points 1 Kamui Kobayashi Ret 14 2 4 1 5 5 Ret 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 3 157 2 Michael Ammermüller 1 1 1 1 3 6 1 2 21 1 Ret 3 2 Ret Ret Ret 149 3 Yann Clairay 17 4 4 28 2 1 2 Ret 2 2 Ret 19 3 1 11 1 125 4 Carlo van Dam Ret 7 24 5 4 4 6 3 6 3 4 6 5 3 27 2 100 5 Filipe Albuquerque Ret 12 11 16 4 8 3 5 Ret 4 4 2 4 Ret 63 6 Adrian Zaugg 7 9 23 9 11 3 3 1 Ret 15 2 Ret 11 Ret DSQ Ret 57 7 Junior Strous 4 32 20 11 12 2 10 7 Ret 11 12 2 12 8 9 Ret 43 8 Bertrand Baguette 6 18 5 10 7 21 DSQ 4 7 12 Ret 5 15 9 23 5 43 9 Hiroyuki Matsumura 20 Ret 9 Ret 15 8 14 9 Ret 16 19 12 28 14 2 9 33 10 Xavier Maassen 18 10 8 NC 14 10 12 15 15 10 5 Ret 9 5 3 16 32 11 Allan Hellmeister 9 6 6 13 Ret 14 9 5 Ret 6 Ret 18 7 27 Ret 11 31 12 Romain Grosjean Ret 5 3 2 32 DNS Ret 24 28 13 Patrick Rocha 8 13 31 20 Ret Ret 8 10 Ret 9 7 8 8 6 Ret 17 26 14 Reinhard Kofler 5 3 7 6 25 15 Jérôme d'Ambrosio 3 2 20 28 Ret 15 22 16 Julien Canal Ret 6 22 Ret 10 11 13 16 20 18 22 14 22 Ret 6 4 17 17 Daniel Serra 26 15 12 8 5 16 18 Ret 13 8 Ret Ret 10 Ret 7 20 17 18 Westley Barber 2 Ret 14 Ret Ret 7 11 11 16 19 Kasper Andersen Ret 24 Ret 17 Ret 20 17 14 5 Ret 23 Ret 21 23 5 10 16 20 Atte Mustonen 22 30 19 21 7 Ret 8 13 6 Ret 13 21 Julien Jousse 8 Ret 19 7 Ret 7 12 22 Dima Raikhlin Ret 21 Ret Ret Ret Ret 22 19 Ret 7 10 Ret 6 Ret 11 23 Teemu Nyman 11 19 15 25 15 6 18 Ret 16 7 16 11 10 25 10 24 Sergey Afanasyev Ret 25 Ret 29 Ret DNS 4 Ret 21 11 25 15 18 Ret 9 25 David Oberle 19 20 9 12 Ret 21 9 19 8 17 14 10 Ret Ret 9 26 Franck Mailleux 13 22 13 Ret 6 Ret 5 27 Ulric Amado de Carvalho Ret 7 4 28 Miguel Molina 21 26 28 Ret 17 Ret 20 18 12 23 14 Ret 18 Ret 8 19 3 29 Juan Antonio del Pino 10 17 16 12 Ret 15 24 12 Ret 27 13 9 17 16 Ret Ret 3 30 Mikhail Aleshin 12 11 18 19 DNS DNS Ret 14 9 Ret Ret 26 3 31 Pierre Ragues Ret 22 Ret 9 11 24 33 17 2 32 Dani Clos Ret 31 30 Ret 18 17 Ret 23 14 Ret 11 15 26 22 15 13 2 33 Federico Montoya 16 27 21 14 19 Ret Ret 17 10 22 Ret 13 13 12 12 27 1 34 Bruce Lorgère-Roux 10 Ret 1 35 John Michael Edwards 29 27 19 13 19 20 15 Ret 24 DNS 13 14 0 36 Walter Grubmüller 24 Ret Ret 16 26 Ret 21 24 16 17 Ret Ret 23 13 Ret Ret 0 37 Tom Dillmann Ret 28 26 23 13 19 16 Ret Ret 21 0 38 Johan Charpilienne 20 13 0 39 Pippa Mann 14 Ret DNS Ret Ret 18 23 22 Ret 26 18 Ret 30 20 17 Ret 0 40 Carlos Iaconelli Ret Ret 17 15 0 41 Matías Milla 15 23 0 42 Nicolas Prost 25 16 25 24 0 43 Cyndie Allemann 23 Ret 27 18 25 20 17 25 20 Ret Ret 18 22 18 0 44 Marco Frezza 27 19 Ret 23 0 45 Giancarlo Serenelli Ret 24 20 Ret 0 46 Alberto Costa 29 25 21 26 0 47 Mihai Marinescu 31 21 Ret Ret 0 48 Marcello Puglisi Ret 29 0 The following drivers are guest ineligible to final standing Ben Hanley 3 10  – Luca Persiani Ret 6  – Davide Valsecchi 14 8  – Jaime Alguersuari 24 12  – Gustavo Sondermann 17 16  – Oliver Campos-Hull 16 Ret  – Mauro Massironi 19 22  – Frederico Muggia Ret 21  – Gary Cester Ret Ret  – Pos Driver ZOL VAL LMS BIL OSC DON EST MNZ Points

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

Teams

Pos	Team	Points
1	SG Formula	270
2	Jenzer Motorsport	216
3	Prema Powerteam	182
4	Motopark Academy	73
5	Graff Racing	55
6	Epsilon Euskadi	46
7	Mr Glow Motorsport	43
8	Cram Competition	42
9	JD Motorsport	38
10	AR Motorsport	25
11	Euronova Racing	22
12	Comtec Racing	16
13	Team Formula Sport	16
14	Koiranen Bros Motorsport	13
15	Lukoil Racing Team	12
16	SL Formula Racing	11
17	Pons Racing	5
18	Epsilon Sport	2

References

External links

• Official website of the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 championship