2005 Formula BMW Asia season

The 2005 Formula BMW Asia season was the third season of the Asian Formula BMW championship for young drivers making the transition to car racing. Salman Al Khalifa was crowned a new champion while Michael Patrizi won the rookies' classification.[1][2][3] Ahead of the season BMW opened a new BMW Performance Center near the Bahrain International Circuit.[4] It was used for the evaluation and license courses for the Formula BMW scholarship ahead of the season.[5][6]

Teams and drivers

All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.

Team No Driver Class Rounds
Minardi Team Asia 2 Aaron Lim R 2–7
3 Abdulla Ebrahim Mattar G 1
4 Dejan de Zoysa[6] R 1–4
5 Mohammed Al Baharna G 1
22 Jonathan Chan[6] All
Team E-Rain 7 Salman Al Khalifa All
17 Armaan Ebrahim[6] R All
61 An Sukwon[6] R All
Ao's Racing Team 9 Wang Jian-Wei[6] R All
20 Chia On G 1–2
23 Ao Chi Hong[6] G 4, 6–7
99 Song Ge G 1–2, 7
Team Meritus 18 Xu Jia G 4
29 Michael Patrizi[6] R All
38 Hamad Al Fardan[6] All
58 Robert Boughey[6] All
69 Mitsunobu Endo[6] 1–3, 5–7
88 Ro Charlz R All
99 Hamza Dirani G 6–7
Icon Class
R Rookie Cup
G Guest drivers ineligible to score points

Races

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team Winning Rookie
1 R1 Bahrain International Circuit 2 April Salman Al Khalifa Hamad Al Fardan Salman Al Khalifa Team E-Rain Ro Charlz
R2 3 April Salman Al Khalifa Salman Al Khalifa Robert Boughey Team Meritus Armaan Ebrahim
2 R1 Sepang International Circuit 14 May Salman Al Khalifa Ro Charlz Salman Al Khalifa Team E-Rain Ro Charlz
R2 15 May Salman Al Khalifa Salman Al Khalifa Armaan Ebrahim Team E-Rain Armaan Ebrahim
3 R1 Bira Circuit 11 June Michael Patrizi Michael Patrizi Hamad Al Fardan Team Meritus Michael Patrizi
R2 12 June Salman Al Khalifa Hamad Al Fardan Salman Al Khalifa Team E-Rain Michael Patrizi
4 R1 Goldenport Park Circuit 16 July Salman Al Khalifa Salman Al Khalifa Salman Al Khalifa Team E-Rain Ro Charlz
R2 17 July Salman Al Khalifa Armaan Ebrahim Hamad Al Fardan Team Meritus Michael Patrizi
5 R1 Taebaek Racing Park 6 August Ro Charlz Hamad Al Fardan Hamad Al Fardan Team Meritus Ro Charlz
R2 7 August Ro Charlz Michael Patrizi Michael Patrizi Team Meritus Michael Patrizi
6 R1 Autopolis 3 September Michael Patrizi Michael Patrizi Salman Al Khalifa Team E-Rain Michael Patrizi
R2 4 September Hamad Al Fardan Hamad Al Fardan Salman Al Khalifa Team E-Rain Michael Patrizi
7 R1 Shanghai International Circuit 15 October Hamad Al Fardan Armaan Ebrahim Hamad Al Fardan[7] Team Meritus Ro Charlz
R2 16 October Michael Patrizi Michael Patrizi Michael Patrizi Team Meritus Michael Patrizi

Standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1

Drivers' Championship

Pos Driver BHR
 SEP
 BIR
 BEI
 TAE
 AUT
 SIC
 Pts
1 Salman Al Khalifa 1 2 1 3 10 1 1 9 6 Ret 1 1 5 5 172
2 Michael Patrizi 3 7 Ret 7 2 3 8 2 4 1 2 2 4 1 157
3 Hamad Al Fardan 4 14 2 13 1 2 2 1 1 Ret Ret 4 1 9 148
4 Ro Charlz 2 5 3 5 3 5 3 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 2 6 140
5 Armaan Ebrahim 5 4 4 1 Ret 4 4 4 Ret 4 Ret 3 3 2 129
6 Robert Boughey 6 1 11 2 4 Ret 6 6 7 6 4 Ret 6 7 94
7 An Sukwon 7 6 7 6 6 7 5 3 3 Ret 5 6 9 4 90
8 Aaron Lim 5 4 5 6 7 5 5 3 Ret Ret 7 3 80
9 Jonathan Chan 11 Ret 9 9 8 9 12 8 9 5 9 5 8 8 41
10 Mitsunobu Endo 9 9 10 10 7 10 8 Ret 6 8 14 11 27
11 Wang Jian-Wei 8 11 6 11 9 11 10 Ret 10 Ret Ret 9 10 12 19
12 Dejan de Zoysa 10 8 Ret 8 Ret 8 9 7 17
Guest drivers ineligible to score points
– Mohammed Al Baharna Ret 3 –
– Hamza Dirani 7 7 11 10 –
– Song Ge 12 10 8 12 13 13 –
– Ao Chi Hong 13 11 8 Ret 12 DNS –
– Xu Jia 11 10 –
– Chia On 14 12 DNS DNS –
– Abdulla Ebrahim Mattar 13 13 –
Pos Driver BHR
 SEP
 BIR
 BEI
 TAE
 AUT
 SIC
 Pts
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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

Rookie Cup

Pos Driver BHR
 SEP
 BIR
 BEI
 TAE
 AUT
 SIC
 Pts
1 Michael Patrizi 2 4 Ret 5 1 1 5 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 205
2 Ro Charlz 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 Ret 1 2 2 Ret 1 5 192
3 Armaan Ebrahim 3 1 2 1 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 4 Ret 2 2 2 164
4 An Sukwon 4 3 5 4 4 5 3 2 2 Ret 3 3 5 4 142
5 Aaron Lim 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 Ret Ret 4 3 113
6 Wang Jian-Wei 5 6 4 7 5 7 7 Ret 5 Ret Ret 4 6 6 74
7 Dejan de Zoysa 6 5 Ret 6 Ret 6 6 5 40

References

  1. ^ "Formula BMW - Round 14 - Shanghai - Race". www.press.bmwgroup.com. 16 October 2005.
  2. ^ "AP: Michael Patrizi Shanghai summary". www.au.motorsport.com. 16 October 2005.
  3. ^ "Bahraini crowned Formula BMW Asia 2005 Champion!". www.mahmood.tv. 16 October 2005.
  4. ^ "Formula BMW: BMW opens Performance Center in Bahrain". www.press.bmwgroup.com. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  5. ^ "Formula BMW Asia: Huge Response für Scholarship Qualifying 2005". www.press.bmwgroup.com. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Formula BMW Asia - Rounds 1 and 2 - Bahrain - Preview". www.press.bmwgroup.com. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  7. ^ "Formula BMW - Round 13 - Shanghai - Race". www.press.bmwgroup.com. 16 October 2005.
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