# 2005 Formula BMW World Final

The 2005 Formula BMW World Final was the first Formula BMW World Final race held at Bahrain International Circuit on 16 December 2005. The race was won by AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH's driver Marco Holzer, who finished ahead Sébastien Buemi and Nico Hülkenberg.

## Drivers and teams

2005 Entry List :
| Team | No | Driver | Main series |
| 4speedmedia GmbH | 2 | Andzej Dzikevic | Formula BMW ADAC |
| 4speedmedia GmbH | 3 | Harald Schlegelmilch | Formula BMW ADAC |
| AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH | 4 | Marco Holzer | Formula BMW ADAC |
| AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH | 5 | Dominik Wasem | Formula BMW ADAC |
| ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 6 | Sébastien Buemi | Formula BMW ADAC |
| ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 7 | Stefano Coletti | Formula BMW ADAC |
| ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 8 | Tobias Hegewald | Formula BMW ADAC |
| ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 9 | Fabio Onidi | Formula BMW ADAC |
| ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 10 | Jonathan Summerton | Formula BMW ADAC |
| ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 11 | João Urbano | Formula BMW ADAC |
| Team Autotecnica | 14 | Matt Lee | Formula BMW USA |
| Team Autotecnica | 15 | Robert Wickens | Formula BMW USA |
| Mark Burdett Motorsport | 16 | Jonathan Legris | Formula BMW UK |
| Coles Racing | 17 | Dean Smith | Formula BMW UK |
| Team E-Rain | 18 | Salman Al Khalifa | Formula BMW Asia |
| Team E-Rain | 19 | Armaan Ebrahim | Formula BMW Asia |
| Eurointernational SRL | 20 | Edoardo Piscopo | Formula BMW USA |
| Filsell Motorsport | 21 | Matt Howson | Formula BMW UK |
| Fortec Motorsport | 22 | Sam Bird | Formula BMW UK |
| Fortec Motorsport | 23 | Stian Sørlie | Formula BMW UK |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 24 | Nico Hülkenberg | Formula BMW ADAC |
| Josef Kaufmann Racing | 25 | Christian Vietoris | Formula BMW ADAC |
| Meritus | 26 | Hamad Al Fardan | Formula BMW Asia |
| Meritus | 27 | Robert Boughey | Formula BMW Asia |
| Meritus | 28 | James Davison | Formula BMW USA |
| Meritus | 29 | Race Johnson | Formula BMW USA |
| Meritus | 30 | Reed Stevens | Formula BMW USA |
| Motaworld Racing | 31 | Nathan Antunes | Formula BMW UK |
| Motaworld Racing | 32 | Jordan Wise | Formula BMW UK |
| Nexa Racing | 33 | Ross Curnow | Formula BMW UK |
| Nexa Racing | 34 | Euan Hankey | Formula BMW UK |
| Promactecme/Soper Sport | 35 | Philip Glew | Formula BMW UK |
| Team SWR | 36 | Jack Goldstraw | Formula BMW UK |
| Team SWR | 37 | Matt Harris | Formula BMW UK |
| Team SWR | 38 | Oliver Turvey | Formula BMW UK |

## Results
### Pre-Final Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
| 1 | 2 | Marco Holzer | AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH | 22 | | 1 |
| 2 | 24 | Nico Hülkenberg | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 22 | +0.519 | 2 |
| 3 | 11 | João Urbano | ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 22 | +6.891 | 5 |
| 4 | 6 | Sébastien Buemi | ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 22 | +7.691 | 3 |
| 5 | 22 | Sam Bird | Fortec Motorsport | 22 | +10.438 | 4 |
| 6 | 20 | Edoardo Piscopo | Eurointernational SRL | 22 | +16.245 | 10 |
| 7 | 19 | Armaan Ebrahim | Team E-Rain | 22 | +22.069 | 12 |
| 8 | 21 | Matt Howson | Filsell Motorsport | 22 | +22.796 | 9 |
| 9 | 5 | Dominik Wasem | AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH | 22 | +26.489 | 15 |
| 10 | 10 | Jonathan Summerton | ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 22 | +26.805 | 11 |
| 11 | 14 | Matt Lee | Team Autotecnica | 22 | +31.676 | 14 |
| 12 | 32 | Jordan Wise | Motaworld Racing | 22 | +35.664 | 18 |
| 13 | 9 | Fabio Onidi | ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 22 | +40.135 | 22 |
| 14 | 7 | Stefano Coletti | ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 22 | +40.352 | 26 |
| 15 | 8 | Tobias Hegewald | ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 22 | +41.534 | 21 |
| 16 | 28 | James Davison | Meritus | 22 | +42.394 | 20 |
| 17 | 3 | Harald Schlegelmilch | 4speedmedia GmbH | 22 | +44.702 | 23 |
| 18 | 31 | Nathan Antunes | Motaworld Racing | 22 | +46.978 | 28 |
| 19 | 35 | Philip Glew | Promactecme/Soper Sport | 22 | +47.488 | 25 |
| 20 | 37 | Matt Harris | Team SWR | 22 | +47.983 | 32 |
| 21 | 17 | Dean Smith | Coles Racing | 22 | +49.383 | 27 |
| 22 | 2 | Andzej Dzikevic | 4speedmedia GmbH | 22 | +53.115 | 33 |
| 23 | 27 | Robert Boughey | Meritus | 22 | +54.468 | 30 |
| 24 | 16 | Jonathan Legris | Mark Burdett Motorsport | 22 | + 57.843 | 29 |
| 25 | 30 | Reed Stevens | Meritus | 22 | + 1:08.150 | 17 |
| 26 | 34 | Euan Hankey | Nexa Racing | 22 | + 1:13.307 | 16 |
| 27 | 15 | Robert Wickens | Team Autotecnica | 22 | + 1:20.055 | 7 |
| 28 | 23 | Stian Sørlie | Fortec Motorsport | 21 | +1 lap | 8 |
| 29 | 33 | Ross Curnow | Nexa Racing | 20 | +2 laps | 6 |
| NC | 38 | Oliver Turvey | Team SWR | 14 | +8 laps | 24 |
| Ret | 18 | Salman Al Khalifa | Team E-Rain | 12 | Accident | 19 |
| Ret | 26 | Hamad Al Fardan | Meritus | 0 | Accident | 13 |
| DNS | 25 | Christian Vietoris | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 0 | Did not start | 35 |
| DNS | 29 | Race Johnson | Meritus | 0 | Did not start | 34 |
| DNS | 36 | Jack Goldstraw | Team SWR | 0 | Did not start | 31 |

### Final Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid |
| 1 | 2 | Marco Holzer | AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH | 25 | | 1 |
| 2 | 6 | Sébastien Buemi | ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 25 | +1.579 | 4 |
| 3 | 24 | Nico Hülkenberg | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 25 | +6.969 | 2 |
| 4 | 22 | Sam Bird | Fortec Motorsport | 25 | +8.880 | 5 |
| 5 | 31 | Nathan Antunes | Motaworld Racing | 25 | +12.845 | 18 |
| 6 | 15 | Robert Wickens | Team Autotecnica | 25 | +12.981 | 27 |
| 7 | 33 | Ross Curnow | Nexa Racing | 25 | +13.100 | 29 |
| 8 | 5 | Dominik Wasem | AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH | 25 | +13.511 | 9 |
| 9 | 21 | Matt Howson | Filsell Motorsport | 25 | +13.959 | 8 |
| 10 | 28 | James Davison | Meritus | 25 | +13.982 | 16 |
| 11 | 2 | Andzej Dzikevic | 4speedmedia GmbH | 25 | +18.730 | 22 |
| 12 | 17 | Dean Smith | Coles Racing | 25 | +22.746 | 21 |
| 13 | 37 | Matt Harris | Team SWR | 25 | +23.256 | 20 |
| 14 | 14 | Matt Lee | Team Autotecnica | 25 | +25.519 | 11 |
| 15 | 27 | Robert Boughey | Meritus | 25 | +25.981 | 23 |
| 16 | 35 | Philip Glew | Promactecme/Soper Sport | 25 | +26.944 | 19 |
| 17 | 3 | Harald Schlegelmilch | 4speedmedia GmbH | 25 | +28.122 | 17 |
| 18 | 26 | Hamad Al Fardan | Meritus | 25 | +29.212 | 32 |
| 19 | 30 | Reed Stevens | Meritus | 22 | +29.997 | 25 |
| 20 | 23 | Stian Sørlie | Fortec Motorsport | 25 | +1 lap | 28 |
| 21 | 16 | Jonathan Legris | Mark Burdett Motorsport | 25 | +1 lap | 24 |
| 22 | 38 | Oliver Turvey | Team SWR | 25 | +1 lap | 30 |
| Ret | 19 | Armaan Ebrahim | Team E-Rain | 19 | Retirement | 7 |
| Ret | 8 | Tobias Hegewald | ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 19 | Retirement | 15 |
| Ret | 7 | Stefano Coletti | ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 10 | Accident | 14 |
| Ret | 10 | Jonathan Summerton | ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 10 | Accident | 10 |
| Ret | 34 | Euan Hankey | Nexa Racing | 10 | Retirement | 26 |
| Ret | 36 | Jack Goldstraw | Team SWR | 2 | Accident | 35 |
| Ret | 18 | Salman Al Khalifa | Team E-Rain | 2 | Accident | 31 |
| Ret | 11 | João Urbano | ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 0 | Retirement | 3 |
| Ret | 32 | Jordan Wise | Motaworld Racing | 0 | Retirement | 12 |
| Ret | 9 | Fabio Onidi | ASL Team Mücke Motorsport | 0 | Retirement | 13 |
| EX | 20 | Edoardo Piscopo | Eurointernational SRL | 22 | Excluded | 6 |
| DNS | 25 | Christian Vietoris | Josef Kaufmann Racing | 0 | Did not start | 33 |
| DNS | 29 | Race Johnson | Meritus | 0 | Did not start | 34 |
* ^1 Nico Hülkenberg given 10-second penalty.
* ^2 Edoardo Piscopo was excluded from race protocol.