2005 Formula 3 Euro Series

The 2005 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the third championship year of Europe's premier Formula Three series. The championship consisted of ten rounds – each with two races – held at a variety of European circuits. Each weekend consisted of one 60-minute practice session and two 30-minute qualifying sessions (one at Monaco), followed by one c.110 km race and one c.80 km race. Each qualifying session awarded one bonus point for pole position and each race awarded points for the top eight finishers, with ten points per win. Lewis Hamilton dominated the season, winning 15 of the 20 races and scoring nearly twice as many points as his nearest rival, team-mate Adrian Sutil. As of now, six drivers (Hamilton, Sutil, Sebastian Vettel, Paul di Resta, Lucas di Grassi, and Giedo van der Garde) have competed in Formula One.

The 2005 calendar included events at the historic circuits of Pau (France), Spa-Fracorchamps (Belgium), Zandvoort (Netherlands) and Monaco. Monaco has a long tradition of Formula 3 events, but this was the first since 1997.^[1] The debut of a new street circuit in the French town of Avignon was to take place in September, but the plans fell through and its date was given to the Lausitzring.^[2]

Thirteen countries were represented in the drivers' entry list, which included drivers from Argentina, the USA and the Czech Republic for the first time. There were teams from France, Germany, Britain, Austria, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg and the Czech Republic.

After a promising debut season with Manor Motorsport that ended with a win in the non-championship Bahrain F3 Superprix, and a contract with ASM for 2005, Lewis Hamilton was regarded as the championship favourite. He exceeded expectations by winning 15 races from 20 starts, securing 13 pole positions, posting ten fastest race laps, and scoring nearly twice as many points as his nearest rival, team-mate Adrian Sutil. Lucas di Grassi made a full-time return to the series (he entered two rounds in 2003) and finished in 3rd place overall, with one win. The highest-placed rookie was the then-reigning Formula BMW Germany champion Sebastian Vettel, who was classified 5th overall with six podium finishes. He was beaten to 4th place by Franck Perera's more consistent points finishes.

In the Teams’ Championship, ASM Formule 3 retained the title that it had secured in 2004, with Signature in a distant second place. Third place was taken by Prema Powerteam, which had won the Euro Series' first teams' title in 2003. Manor Motorsport was classified 4th overall, as it continued to improve its form against rivals with more experience in Europe. At this time, the Spiess-Opel engine was still numerically dominant, but won on only two occasions. HWA-Mercedes had begun to gain the upper hand in 2004 (with 13 wins from 20 races), and increased its development effort to win 18 races in 2005.

2005 Entry List[3] Team # Driver Rookie Chassis[N 1] Engine Rounds ASM Formule 3 1 Lewis Hamilton F305/021 Mercedes All 2 Adrian Sutil F305/059 1–9 Maximilian Götz 10 Signature-Plus 3 Loïc Duval F305/036 Opel All 4 James Rossiter F305/029 All Team Rosberg 5 Kohei Hirate F305/003 Opel All 6 Giedo van der Garde F305/039 All Manor Motorsport 7 Lucas di Grassi F305/025 F305/062 Mercedes All 8 Paul di Resta R F305/020 All ASL Mücke Motorsport 9 Sebastian Vettel R F305/011 Mercedes All 10 Átila Abreu R F305/028 All Prema Powerteam 11 Greg Franchi F305/004 Opel All 12 Marco Bonanomi F305/026 All 23 Franck Perera F305/023 All Signature 14 Fabio Carbone R1/001 Opel All 15 Guillaume Moreau R F305/035 All HBR Motorsport 16 Alejandro Núñez F305/027 Opel All 17 Maximilian Götz F305/040 1–4 Danny Watts 7 22 Hannes Neuhauser F305/045 All Team Midland Euroseries 18 Esteban Guerrieri R F305/034 TOM's Toyota All 19 Richard Antinucci F305/001 1–4 Nico Verdonck 5–6 Stephen Jelley 7 Rob Austin 8–9 Ben Clucas 10 AM-Holzer Rennsport 20 Thomas Holzer F305/060 Opel All Ross Zwolsman 24 Ross Zwolsman F305/024 Opel 1–4 Team I.S.R. 25 Filip Salaquarda F305/046 Opel All Ombra Racing 26 Paolo Montin F305/064 Honda 9 Julia Kuhn 27 Julia Kuhn F305/063 Opel 7, 10

Icon Legend R Rookie

Changed Teams

• Marco Bonanomi: Team Ghinzani → Prema Powerteam
• Loïc Duval: Signature → Signature Plus
• Gregory Franchi: Signature → Prema Powerteam
• Giedo van der Garde: Signature → Team Rosberg
• Maximilian Götz: TME → HBR Motorsport
• Lewis Hamilton: Manor Motorsport → ASM Formule 3
• Kohei Hirate: Prema Powerteam → Team Rosberg
• Alejandro Núñez: Swiss Racing Team → HBR Motorsport
• Ross Zwolsman: TME – RZ Racing

Entering/Re-Entering Formula 3 Euro Series

• Átila Abreu: Formula BMW ADAC (ADAC Mittelrhein e.V.) → Mücke Motorsport
• Richard Antinucci: All-Japan Formula Three Championship (TOM's) → Team Midland Euroseries
• Rob Austin: British Formula 3 Championship (Menu F3 Motorsport) → Team Midland Euroseries
• Fabio Carbone: All-Japan Formula Three Championship (Three Bond Racing) → Signature
• Ben Clucas: Formula Renault 2.0 Italy (Prema Powerteam) → Team Midland Euroseries
• Lucas di Grassi: British Formula 3 Championship (Hitech Racing) → Manor Motorsport
• Esteban Guerrieri: International Formula 3000 (BCN F3000) → Team Midland Euroseries
• Thomas Holzer: German Formula Three Championship (AM-Holzer Rennsport) → AM-Holzer Rennsport
• Stephen Jelley: British Formula 3 Championship (Performance Racing Europe) → Team Midland Euroseries
• Julia Kuhn: Formula Volkswagen Germany → Kuhn Motorsport
• Paolo Montin: All-Japan Formula Three Championship (Three Bond Racing) → Ombra Racing
• Guillaume Moreau: Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SG Formula)
• Paul di Resta: Formula Renault 2.0 UK (Manor Motorsport) → Manor Motorsport
• James Rossiter: British Formula 3 Championship (Fortec Motorsport) → Signature Plus
• Filip Salaquarda: German Formula Three Championship (Team I.S.R.) → Team I.S.R.
• Nico Verdonck: International Formula 3000 (Team Astromega) → Team Midland Euroseries
• Sebastian Vettel: Formula BMW ADAC (ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg) → Mücke Motorsport
• Danny Watts: British Formula 3 Championship (Promatecme F3) → HBR Motorsport

Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series

• Philipp Baron: Team Ghinzani → Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli (Baron Service)
• Ruben Carrapatoso: Opel Team KMS → StockCar Brasil (Katalogo Racing)
• Peter Elkmann: Swiss Racing Team → Recaro Formel 3 Cup (Jo Zeller Racing)
• Dennis Furchheim: Swiss Racing Team → Retirement
• Jamie Green: ASM Formule 3 → Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (Persson Motorsport)
• Derek Hayes: Team Ghinzani → Retirement
• Katsuyuki Hiranaka: Prema Powerteam → Formula Nippon (Takagi/Cerumo)
• Robert Kath: Opel Team KMS → Recaro Formel 3 Cup (SMS Seyffarth Motorsport)
• Tom Kimber-Smith: Team Kolles → Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands & Formula Renault 2.0 UK (Team JLR)
• Robert Kubica: Mücke Motorsport → World Series by Renault (Epsilon Euskadi)
• Nicolas Lapierre: Signature → GP2 Series (Arden International)
• Alexandros Margaritis: AB Racing Performance → Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (Mücke Motorsport)
• Christian Montanari: Coloni F3 → World Series by Renault (Draco Multiracing USA)
• Alexandre Prémat: ASM Formule 3 → GP2 Series (ART Grand Prix)
• Fernando Rees: Swiss Racing Team → World Series by Renault (Interwetten Racing)
• Daniel la Rosa: HBR Motorsport → World Series by Renault (Interwetten Racing)
• Nico Rosberg: Team Rosberg → GP2 Series (ART Grand Prix)
• Eric Salignon: ASM Formule 3 → World Series by Renault (Cram Competition)
• Bruno Spengler: Mücke Motorsport → Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (Persson Motorsport)
• Roberto Streit: Prema Powerteam → All-Japan Formula Three Championship (Inging)
• Toni Vilander: Coloni F3 → Italian Formula 3000 (Team Astromega & GP Racing) & GP2 Series (Coloni Motorsport)
• Andreas Zuber: Team Rosberg → World Series by Renault (Carlin Motorsport)
• Charles Zwolsman Jr.: Manor Motorsport → Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama (Condor Motorsports)

Maximilian Götz left HBR Motorsport after four rounds, to be replaced by Danny Watts, making his Euro Series debut. Watts was able to stay for only one round, and the HBR line-up was subsequently reduced to two cars. Götz returned at the final round as a substitute for Adrian Sutil at ASM. Sutil's absence was due to commitments in the A1 Grand Prix series. Five drivers shared Team Midland's #19 car. Richard Antinucci competed in the first four rounds, before Nico Verdonck of Belgium replaced him at Oschersleben and the Norisring. He in turn was replaced by three British drivers, all Euro Series rookies: Stephen Jelley at the Nürburgring, Rob Austin at the Lausitzring and Zandvoort, and Ben Clucas in the final round of the season at Hockenheim. A number of registered drivers failed to complete the season, including Paulo Montin, who made only two starts with Ombra Racing; and Julia Kuhn, who made two starts in round 1 and attempted (but failed) to qualify for the first race of round 10. RZ Racing left the series after round 9 at Oschersleben.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team	Winning Rookie
1	R1	Hockenheimring	16 April	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	ASM Formule 3	Átila Abreu
	R2		17 April	Paul di Resta	Richard Antinucci	James Rossiter	Signature Plus	Sebastian Vettel
2	R1	Pau Circuit	7 May	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	ASM Formule 3	Guillaume Moreau
	R2		8 May	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	ASM Formule 3	Guillaume Moreau
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	14 May	Lewis Hamilton	Adrian Sutil	Adrian Sutil	ASM Formule 3	Guillaume Moreau
	R2		15 May	Adrian Sutil	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	ASM Formule 3	Átila Abreu
4	R1	Circuit de Monaco	20 May	Lewis Hamilton	Adrian Sutil	Lewis Hamilton	ASM Formule 3	Esteban Guerrieri
	R2		21 May	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	ASM Formule 3	Esteban Guerrieri
5	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	25 June	Lucas di Grassi	Giedo van der Garde	Lucas di Grassi	Manor Motorsport	Sebastian Vettel
	R2		26 June	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	ASM Formule 3	Sebastian Vettel
6	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg	16 July	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	ASM Formule 3	Sebastian Vettel
	R2		17 July	Lewis Hamilton	Adrian Sutil	Lewis Hamilton	ASM Formule 3	Sebastian Vettel
7	R1	Nürburgring	6 August	Paul di Resta	Paul di Resta	Adrian Sutil	ASM Formule 3	Átila Abreu
	R2		7 August	Lucas di Grassi	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	ASM Formule 3	Sebastian Vettel
8	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	27 August	Lewis Hamilton	Paul di Resta	Guillaume Moreau	Signature	Guillaume Moreau
	R2		28 August	Lewis Hamilton	Lucas di Grassi	Lewis Hamilton	ASM Formule 3	Sebastian Vettel
9	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	17 September	Giedo van der Garde	Esteban Guerrieri	Lewis Hamilton	ASM Formule 3	Sebastian Vettel
	R2		18 September	Paul di Resta	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	ASM Formule 3	Guillaume Moreau
10	R1	Hockenheimring	22 October	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel	Lewis Hamilton	ASM Formule 3	Esteban Guerrieri
	R2		23 October	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	ASM Formule 3	Guillaume Moreau

• Points are awarded as follows:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	PP
Race 1 & 2	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Pos Driver HOC1 PAU SPA[4] MON OSC NOR NÜR ZAN LAU HOC2 Pts 1 Lewis Hamilton 1 3 1 1 DSQ 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 12 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 172 2 Adrian Sutil 2 20† Ret 2 1 2 2 Ret 2 3 Ret 2 1 3 Ret 11 4 2 94 3 Lucas di Grassi Ret DNS 5 7 DSQ 3 7 5 1 2 5 6 2 Ret Ret Ret 8 3 2 Ret 68 4 Franck Perera Ret 8 Ret 6 6 6 5 3 6 15 4 3 5 6 3 6 5 5 4 5 67 5 Sebastian Vettel 15 5 7 11 DSQ 13 18 17† 5 5 2 4 11 2 2 2 3 15 13 3 63 6 Loïc Duval 6 2 2 3 12† DNS 3 2 Ret 8 Ret 5 6 10 10 16† 12 9 DSQ 4 52 7 James Rossiter 4 1 3 4 2 8 4 4 15 13 Ret 7 10 Ret Ret 10 18 14 5 9 51 8 Guillaume Moreau 9 10 4 8 3 Ret Ret Ret 7 11 8 11 16 8 1 4 6 4 Ret 2 47 9 Giedo van der Garde Ret 4 6 15† Ret 17 11 Ret 17 6 Ret Ret 8 5 Ret 3 2 6 Ret 13 34 10 Paul di Resta Ret 17 14 DNS DSQ 5 8 6 4 4 3 8 23 Ret 14† 5 Ret DSQ Ret DSQ 32 11 Marco Bonanomi 3 14 Ret 10 DNS 19 13 16 12 17 6 Ret 9 4 8 9 10 13 6 6 21 12 Kohei Hirate 12 11 10 16† 5 4 16 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 3 7 Ret DSQ 17 8 12 10 18 13 Fabio Carbone 14 12 16 5 4 DSQ 6 12 9 12 7 18 17 13 Ret Ret 20 11 Ret 8 15 14 Maximilian Götz 5 13 Ret DSQ 8 11 15 7 3 18† 13 15 Átila Abreu 8 9 11 12 DSQ 12 Ret 11 8 10 9 10 7 17† 5 8 7 12 8 Ret 12 16 Esteban Guerrieri Ret 6 19 9 7 15 17 10 11 7 11 9 14 12 6 12 16 10 7 17 12 17 Greg Franchi 13 19 15 Ret DSQ 7 Ret Ret 18 18 Ret 12 18 9 4 7 13 7 10 12 11 18 Hannes Neuhauser Ret 16 12 DSQ Ret 9 14 15 Ret 14 Ret 13 4 11 7 17† 9 Ret 9 7 9 19 Richard Antinucci 10 7 8 14 DSQ 14 9 14 3 20 Ross Zwolsman 7 15 13 Ret 10 18 12 9 2 21 Alejandro Núñez Ret 18 9 DSQ 9 10 10 8 10 Ret 12 16 13 14 9 15† 14 18 Ret 11 1 22 Thomas Holzer 11 Ret 18 13 DSQ 16 Ret 14 16 20 13 17 19 15 11 13 11 16 Ret 15 0 23 Filip Salaquarda Ret Ret 17 Ret 11 Ret 19† 13 14 19 14 15 22 19† 13 14 19 17 11 16 0 guest drivers ineligible for championship points Nico Verdonck 13 16 10 14 0 Danny Watts 15 Ret 0 Stephen Jelley 20 16 0 Julia Kuhn 21 18 DNQ DNQ 0 Rob Austin 12 Ret 21 Ret 0 Paolo Montin 15 Ret 0 Ben Clucas Ret 14 0 Pos Driver HOC1 PAU SPA MON OSC NOR NÜR ZAN LAU HOC2 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

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Rookie drivers are only eligible for the Rookie Cup title if they have not previously competed in a national or international Formula 3 championship.

Pos	Driver	HOC1		PAU		SPA		MON		OSC		NOR		NÜR		ZAN		LAU		HOC2		Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel	15	5	7	11	DSQ	13	18	17	5	5	2	4	11	2	2	2	3	15	13	3	157
2	Esteban Guerrieri	Ret	6	19	9	7	15	17	10	11	7	11	9	14	12	6	12	16	10	7	17	132
3	Guillaume Moreau	9	10	4	8	3	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	11	8	11	16	8	1	4	6	4	Ret	2	128
4	Átila Abreu	8	9	11	12	DSQ	12	Ret	11	8	10	9	10	7	17	5	8	7	12	8	Ret	116
Pos	Driver	HOC1		PAU		SPA		MON		OSC		NOR		NÜR		ZAN		LAU		HOC2		Pts

Pos	Team	Points
1	ASM Formule 3	261
2	Signature-Plus	103
3	Prema Powerteam	98
4	Manor Motorsport	95
5	ASL Mücke Motorsport	75
6	Signature	62
7	Team Rosberg	51
8	HBR Motorsport	17
9	Team Midland Euroseries	15
10	Ross Zwolsman	2

	Nation	Points
1	Great Britain	237
2	Germany	170
3	France	161
4	Brazil	94
5	Netherlands	36
6	Italy	22
7	Japan	18
8	Argentina	14
9	Austria	11
10	Belgium	11
11	United States	4
12	Spain	2

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