2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Explained

2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia was the sixth season of the Italian Formula Renault Championship and the first under the name "Formula Renault 2.0 Italy." Most races were in Italy with one race at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium). Kamui Kobayashi, who went on to drive in Formula One, won the competition. Jenzer Motorsport won the team competition.

Atte Mustonen won the Winter Series, an off-season championship.

Drivers and Teams

2005 Entry List[1]
Team		Driver name	Rounds
BVM Racing	2	nowrap	Federico Muggia	All
6	nowrap	Gary Cester	1-3, 5-8
7	nowrap	Davide Rigon	1-6
Cram Competition	3	nowrap	Simona de Silvestro	All
4	nowrap	Luca Persiani	1-5
25	nowrap	Ben Hanley	All
29	nowrap	Alexander Russell	All
89	nowrap	Alex Frassineti	6-8
Euronova Racing	5	nowrap	Marco Frezza	All
8	nowrap	Alberto Costa	All
17	nowrap	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	All
nowrap	LP Motorsport Competition	9	nowrap	Laura Polidori	2, 4
Jenzer Motorsport	10	nowrap	Federico Montoya	1-4, 6-8
11	nowrap	Michael Ammermüller	1-4, 6-8
12	nowrap	Adrian Zaugg	1-4, 6-8
18	nowrap	Walter Grubmüller	1-4, 6-8
19	nowrap	David Oberle	1-4, 6-8
nowrap	Durango Formula	14	nowrap	Niccolò Valentini	6-8
Prema Powerteam	15	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	1-4, 6-8
69	nowrap	Matteo Chinosi	All
nowrap	W&D Racing	16	nowrap	Paolo Meloni	1-6, 8
IT Loox Racing Car	21	nowrap	Giandomenico Sposito	1-2, 4
36	nowrap	Nicola Gianniberti	7
37	nowrap	Reinhard Kofler	2-8
38	nowrap	Niki Sebastiani	All
39	nowrap	Valentino Sebastiani	All
nowrap	Junior Racing Team	22	nowrap	Michael Herck	1
CO2 Motorsport	23	nowrap	Cristian Corsini	1-5, 8
32	nowrap	Nicolò Pastore	8
77	nowrap	Enea Casoni	2
Alan Racing Team	24	nowrap	Mauro Massironi	Al
35	nowrap	Marco Mapelli	8
47	nowrap	Moreno Bruzzone	2-4
JD Motorsport	26	nowrap	Carlos Iaconelli	1-2
28	nowrap	Marcello Puglisi	1-4
RP Motorsport	27	nowrap	Davide Valsecchi	All
31	nowrap	Davide Giampapa	1
41	nowrap	Mika Leirilaakso	1-5
nowrap	Viola Formula Racing	33	nowrap	Manuele Gatto	1-4
M&C Motorsport	42	nowrap	Ercole Mores	4
48	nowrap	Stefano Turchetto	All
nowrap	Hirschi Racing Team	43	nowrap	Jonathan Hirschi	4
Facondini Racing	44	nowrap	Oliver Campos-Hull	All
45	nowrap	Filippo Ponti	1-4
46	nowrap	Dani Clos	1-4, 6, 8
nowrap	AP Motorsport	49	nowrap	Daniele Rosano	4
CEK Team	51	nowrap	Marco Mocci	6
88	nowrap	Nicholas Risitano	1-2, 4
89	nowrap	Alex Frassineti	1-5

Calendar

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	nowrap rowspan=2	April 10	nowrap	David Oberle	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Michael Ammermüller	nowrap	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2	nowrap		nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Prema Powerteam
2	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	nowrap rowspan=2	May 15	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap
	R2	nowrap		nowrap	Michael Ammermüller	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap
3	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	nowrap	June 11	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Michael Ammermüller	nowrap	Michael Ammermüller	nowrap	Jenzer Motorsport
	R2	nowrap	June 12	nowrap		nowrap	Michael Ammermüller	nowrap	Michael Ammermüller	nowrap	Jenzer Motorsport
4	R1	nowrap rowspan=3	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	nowrap	June 25	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap
	R2	nowrap rowspan=2	June 26	nowrap rowspan=2		nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Ben Hanley	nowrap	Cram Competition
	R3	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap
5	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Mugello Circuit	nowrap rowspan=2	July 10	nowrap	Luca Persiani	nowrap	Ben Hanley	nowrap	Ben Hanley	nowrap	Cram Competition
	R2	nowrap		nowrap	Ben Hanley	nowrap	Ben Hanley	nowrap	Cram Competition
6	R1	nowrap rowspan=3	Misano World Circuit	nowrap	September 3	nowrap	Michael Ammermüller	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Davide Rigon	nowrap	BVM Racing
	R2	nowrap rowspan=2	September 4	nowrap rowspan=2		nowrap	Davide Valsecchi	nowrap	Ben Hanley	nowrap	Cram Competition
	R3	nowrap	Ben Hanley	nowrap	Ben Hanley	nowrap	Cram Competition
7	R1	nowrap	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	nowrap	September 25	nowrap	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	nowrap	Federico Muggia	nowrap	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	nowrap	Euronova Racing
8	R1	nowrap rowspan=2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	nowrap	October 22	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Ben Hanley	nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap
	R2	nowrap	October 23	nowrap		nowrap	Kamui Kobayashi	nowrap	Ben Hanley	nowrap	Cram Competition

Championship standings

Each championship round included 2 or 3 races by rounds length of 30 minutes each. Points were awarded as follows:

!Position!1st!2nd!3rd!4th!5th!6th!7th!8th!9th!10th

Points

30

24

20

16

12

10

8

6

4

2

In each race, 2 additional points were awarded for pole position, and 2 for fastest lap.

Drivers

Pos[2] [3]	Driver	VLL		IMO		SPA		MNZ1			MUG		MIS			VAR	MNZ2		Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
1	Kamui Kobayashi	Ret	1	1	1	3	2	1	3*	1			6	2	5	4	1	2	254
2	Michael Ammermuller	1	2	2	2	1*	1	2	2	Ret			2	20	2	11	4	3	230
3	Ben Hanley	8	19	11	5	4	Ret	11	1	2	1	1	22	1	1	2	2	1	208
4	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	3	5	27	7	2	4	12	6	5	3	7	5	4	7	1	9	4	179
5	Adrian Zaugg	4	3	5	3	28	3	Ret	20	4			4	3	3	12	3	19	142
6	Davide Rigon	6	17	3	8	9	5	7	35	30	4	2	1	16	10				113
7	Davide Valsecchi	Ret	Ret	9	10	10	11	9	32	3	2	6	Ret	Ret	4	9	8	5	86
8	Luca Persiani	5	Ret	4	6	11	12	3	26	32	7	4							74
9	Federico Muggia	22	16	14	4	7	6	Ret	33	Ret	8	11	3	23	Ret	Ret	21	7	52
10	Gary Cester	25	9	29	30	6	9				6	3	7	Ret	Ret	Ret	28	10	52
11	Reinhard Kofler			8	14	5	13	6	22	7	21	8	8	5	8	Ret	10	9	52
12	David Oberle	26	4	25	21	Ret	Ret	24	4	29			11	24	6	5	6	17	48
13	Mauro Massironi	Ret	28	6	11	12	10	10	27	6	5	5	24	19	Ret	16	14	14	47
14	Marco Frezza	11	6	12	24	Ret	8	8	7	10	9	Ret	21	6	18	Ret	12	8	34
15	Carlos Iaconelli	2	10	Ret	9														30
16	Dani Clos	16	14	7	16	8	7	Ret	21	31			9	17	9		15	Ret	28
17	Oliver Campos-Hull	Ret	Ret	15	Ret	27	15	19	23	20	11	10	10	7	Ret	3	5	6	27
18	Federico Montoya	Ret	12	18	12	Ret	Ret	4	12	13			12	Ret	13	7	11	Ret	16
19	Marcello Puglisi	7	7	Ret	32	13	Ret	16	24	26									16
20	Simona de Silvestro	9	20	Ret	Ret	19	17	14	5	9	14	Ret	17	9	Ret	Ret	16	11	16
21	Mika Leirilaakso	24	8	10	20	18	Ret	Ret	29	16	12	9							12
22	Nicola Gianniberti															6			10
23	Alex Frassineti	23	13	24	13	21	20	13	37	Ret	17	16	23	8	11	8	7		9
24	Manuele Gatto	13	Ret	16	Ret	29	14	15	8	8									9
25	Matteo Chinosi	27	15	26	18	30	26	5	17	11	20	14	Ret	22	22	Ret	25	Ret	6
26	Valentino Sebastiani	20	25	30	33	22	22	Ret	36	Ret	10	13	20	10	12	10	Ret	12	4
27	Walter Grubmüller	10	21	19	23	15	16	Ret	10	Ret			25	21	23	15	13	15	3
28	Stefano Turchetto	19	24	13	34	20	Ret	Ret	9	27	22	19	16	Ret	19	14	20	24	2
29	Filippo Ponti	12	11	28	17	16	18	Ret	Ret	Ret							24	21	0
30	Cristian Corsini	17	Ret	Ret	19	14	21	Ret	11	15	16	Ret					26	16	0
31	Alexander Russell	21	27	20	27	23	25	Ret	15	28	19	15	15	11	21	17	18	18	0
32	Niki Sebastiani	14	23	22	22	24	Ret	Ret	13	12	13	18	18	15	15	Ret	27	Ret	0
33	Alberto Costa	15	18	21	15	17	19	20	25	22	15	12	19	13	16	13	17	22	0
34	Marco Mocci												14	12	14				0
35	Paolo Meloni	18	22	23	28	25	24	18	28	19	18	17	13	14	17		19	25	0
36	Marco Mapelli																23	13	0
37		Ret	Ret	17	26			21	30	14									0
38	Jonathan Hirschi							23	14	17									0
39	Ercole Mores							25	16	24									0
40	Moreno Bruzzone			31	29	26	23	17	31	18									0
41	Niccolò Valentini												21	18	20	Ret	29	20	0
42	Daniele Rosano							22	18	23									0
43	Laura Polidori			DNS	31			Ret	19	25									0
44	Nicholas Risitano	28	26	Ret	25			Ret	34	21									0
45	Nicolo Pastore																22	23	0
	Davide Giampapa	Ret	Ret
	Michael Herck	DNQ	DNQ
	Enea Casoni			DNQ	DNQ

2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia Winter Series

Twos meetings, each with two races were held at Adria International Raceway.

Winter Series points were awarded as follows:

Pos[4]	Driver	Team	ADR Nov 20		ADR Nov 26		Points
			1	2	3	4
1	align=left nowrap	Atte Mustonen	align=left nowrap	Korainen bros. Motorsport	1	3	3	Ret	44
2	align=left nowrap	Jonathan Thonon	align=left nowrap	CO2 Motorsport	2	1	7	7	43
3	align=left nowrap	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	align=left nowrap	Euronova Racing	Ret	Ret	1*	1	40
4	align=left nowrap	Oliver Campos-Hull	align=left nowrap	Twin Cam Motorsport	3	2	6	6	39
5	align=left nowrap	Marco Frezza	align=left nowrap	Jenzer Motorsport	6	8	2	8	27
6	align=left nowrap	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	align=left nowrap	Kiwi	8	12	Ret	2	26
7	align=left nowrap	Valentino Sebastiani	align=left nowrap	IT Loox Racing	5	5	4	Ret	18
8	align=left nowrap	Niki Sebastiani	align=left nowrap	IT Loox Racing	4	7	18	Ret	14
9	align=left nowrap	Mihai Marinescu	align=left nowrap	AP Motorsport	7	6	8	Ret	13
10	align=left nowrap	Pasquale Di Sabatino	align=left nowrap	Tomcat Racing	11	24	19	3	12
11	align=left nowrap	Walter Grubmüller	align=left nowrap	Jenzer Motorsport	Ret	4	12	9	12
12	align=left nowrap	Pablo Sánchez López	align=left nowrap	Alan Racing	10	10	Ret	4	12
13	align=left nowrap	Stefano Turchetto	align=left nowrap	Toby Racing	16	14	5	Ret	8
14	align=left nowrap	Mirko Bortolotti	align=left nowrap	Auinger	14	15	13	5	8
15	align=left nowrap	Federico Muggia	align=left nowrap	BVM Minardi	9	9	9	Ret	6
16	align=left nowrap	Joonas Mannerjärvi	align=left nowrap	MDR Motorsport	15	11	10	13	1
17	align=left nowrap	Edoardo Mortara	align=left nowrap	Prema Powerteam			Ret	10	0
18	align=left nowrap	Andrea Caldarelli	align=left nowrap	RP Motorsport	13	16	11	11	0
19	align=left nowrap	Nicolò Pastore	align=left nowrap	CO2 Motorsport	12	19	16	Ret	0
20	align=left nowrap	Oliver Oakes	align=left nowrap	Euronova Racing	20	20	20	12	0
21	align=left nowrap	Alberto Costa	align=left nowrap	Euronova Racing	18	13			0
22	align=left nowrap	Marco Visconti	align=left nowrap	Toby Racing	22	21	14	14	0
23	align=left nowrap	Mikael Forsten	align=left nowrap	RP Motorsport	19	22	15	16	0
24	align=left nowrap	Danny Bleek	align=left nowrap	RP Motorsport			Ret	15	0
25	align=left nowrap	Niccolò Valentini	align=left nowrap	Team Durango	17	18	17	Ret	0
26	align=left nowrap	German	align=left nowrap	Twin Cam Motorsport	Ret	17			0
27	align=left nowrap	Pietro Gandolfi	align=left nowrap	AP Motorsport	21	23	21	Ret	0

External links

• http://forix.autosport.com/cp.php?l=0&d=44&r=442006&c=0&x=0&s=0&b=0

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2005 season. Autosport. 23 March 2024.
2. http://www.nuvolari3000.com/ren2000/classifica.php?year=2005 Classifica piloti 2005
3. http://www.nuvolari3000.com/ren2000/news.php?year=2005 News Formula Renault 2.0 ITA
4. http://www.adriaraceway.com/menu2/news.asp Adria Raceway news