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.

2005 Formula 3 Euro Series
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Summary

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.

Teams and drivers
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
Icon Legend
R Rookie

Driver changes
Changed Teams
Entering/Re-Entering Formula 3 Euro Series
Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series

Midseason changes

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.

Calendar
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

Season standings

Drivers Standings
  • 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
 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
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
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 Cup

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

Team Standings
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

Nations Cup
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

Notes
  1. All drivers competed in Dallara chassis (except Fabio Carbone, who used SLC chassis); model listed.

References
  1. F3 returns to Monaco From autosport.com. Retrieved September 7, 2007.
  2. Tremayne, Tim. "Di Resta on Pole at Lausitz". Autosport.com, September 16, 2005.
  3. "2005 Entry List" (PDF). formel3guide.com. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
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