2005 Formula Renault 2.0 Italia

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	No.	Driver name	Rounds
BVM Racing	2	Federico Muggia	All
	6	Gary Cester	1-3, 5-8
	7	Davide Rigon	1-6
Cram Competition	3	Simona de Silvestro	All
	4	Luca Persiani	1-5
	25	Ben Hanley	All
	29	Alexander Russell	All
	89	Alex Frassineti	6-8
Euronova Racing	5	Marco Frezza	All
	8	Alberto Costa	All
	17	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	All
LP Motorsport Competition	9	Laura Polidori	2, 4
Jenzer Motorsport	10	Federico Montoya	1-4, 6-8
	11	Michael Ammermüller	1-4, 6-8
	12	Adrian Zaugg	1-4, 6-8
	18	Walter Grubmüller	1-4, 6-8
	19	David Oberle	1-4, 6-8
Durango Formula	14	Niccolò Valentini	6-8
Prema Powerteam	15	Kamui Kobayashi	1-4, 6-8
Prema Powerteam	69	Matteo Chinosi	All
W&D Racing	16	Paolo Meloni	1-6, 8
IT Loox Racing Car	21	Giandomenico Sposito	1-2, 4
	36	Nicola Gianniberti	7
	37	Reinhard Kofler	2-8
	38	Niki Sebastiani	All
	39	Valentino Sebastiani	All
Junior Racing Team	22	Michael Herck	1
CO2 Motorsport	23	Cristian Corsini	1-5, 8
	32	Nicolò Pastore	8
	77	Enea Casoni	2
Alan Racing Team	24	Mauro Massironi	Al
	35	Marco Mapelli	8
	47	Moreno Bruzzone	2-4
JD Motorsport	26	Carlos Iaconelli	1-2
JD Motorsport	28	Marcello Puglisi	1-4
RP Motorsport	27	Davide Valsecchi	All
	31	Davide Giampapa	1
	41	Mika Leirilaakso	1-5
Viola Formula Racing	33	Manuele Gatto	1-4
M&C Motorsport	42	Ercole Mores	4
M&C Motorsport	48	Stefano Turchetto	All
Hirschi Racing Team	43	Jonathan Hirschi	4
Facondini Racing	44	Oliver Campos-Hull	All
	45	Filippo Ponti	1-4
	46	Dani Clos	1-4, 6, 8
AP Motorsport	49	Daniele Rosano	4
CEK Team	51	Marco Mocci	6
	88	Nicholas Risitano	1-2, 4
	89	Alex Frassineti	1-5

Calendar

Round	Race	Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	April 10	David Oberle	Kamui Kobayashi	Michael Ammermüller	Jenzer Motorsport
1	R2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	April 10		Kamui Kobayashi	Kamui Kobayashi	Prema Powerteam
2	R1	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	May 15	Kamui Kobayashi	Kamui Kobayashi	Kamui Kobayashi	Prema Powerteam
2	R2	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	May 15		Michael Ammermüller	Kamui Kobayashi	Prema Powerteam
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	June 11	Kamui Kobayashi	Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller	Jenzer Motorsport
3	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	June 12		Michael Ammermüller	Michael Ammermüller	Jenzer Motorsport
4	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	June 25	Kamui Kobayashi	Kamui Kobayashi	Kamui Kobayashi	Prema Powerteam
	R2		June 26		Kamui Kobayashi	Ben Hanley	Cram Competition
	R3		June 26		Kamui Kobayashi	Kamui Kobayashi	Prema Powerteam
5	R1	Mugello Circuit	July 10	Luca Persiani	Ben Hanley	Ben Hanley	Cram Competition
5	R2	Mugello Circuit	July 10		Ben Hanley	Ben Hanley	Cram Competition
6	R1	Misano World Circuit	September 3	Michael Ammermüller	Kamui Kobayashi	Davide Rigon	BVM Racing
	R2		September 4		Davide Valsecchi	Ben Hanley	Cram Competition
	R3		September 4		Ben Hanley	Ben Hanley	Cram Competition
7	R1	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	September 25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Federico Muggia	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Euronova Racing
8	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	October 22	Kamui Kobayashi	Ben Hanley	Kamui Kobayashi	Prema Powerteam
8	R2	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	October 23		Kamui Kobayashi	Ben Hanley	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
Pos^[2]^[3]	Driver	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Points
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	Niky 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	Giandomenico Sposito	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