# 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. Ahead of the season BMW opened a new BMW Performance Center near the Bahrain International Circuit. It was used for the evaluation and license courses for the Formula BMW scholarship ahead of the season.

## 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 |
| Minardi Team Asia | 3 | Abdulla Ebrahim Mattar | G | 1 |
| Minardi Team Asia | 4 | Dejan de Zoysa | R | 1–4 |
| Minardi Team Asia | 5 | Mohammed Al Baharna | G | 1 |
| Minardi Team Asia | 22 | Jonathan Chan | | All |
| Team E-Rain | 7 | Salman Al Khalifa | | All |
| Team E-Rain | 17 | Armaan Ebrahim | R | All |
| Team E-Rain | 61 | An Sukwon | R | All |
| Ao's Racing Team | 9 | Wang Jian-Wei | R | All |
| Ao's Racing Team | 20 | Chia On | G | 1–2 |
| Ao's Racing Team | 23 | Ao Chi Hong | G | 4, 6–7 |
| Ao's Racing Team | 99 | Song Ge | G | 1–2, 7 |
| Team Meritus | 18 | Xu Jia | G | 4 |
| Team Meritus | 29 | Michael Patrizi | R | All |
| Team Meritus | 38 | Hamad Al Fardan | | All |
| Team Meritus | 58 | Robert Boughey | | All |
| Team Meritus | 69 | Mitsunobu Endo | | 1–3, 5–7 |
| Team Meritus | 88 | Ro Charlz | R | All |
| Team Meritus | 99 | Hamza Dirani | G | 6–7 |
| Icon | Class |
| R | Rookie Cup |
| G | Guest drivers ineligible to score points |

## Races

| Round | 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 |
| 1 | R2 | Bahrain International Circuit | 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 |
| 2 | R2 | Sepang International Circuit | 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 |
| 3 | R2 | Bira Circuit | 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 |
| 4 | R2 | Goldenport Park Circuit | 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 |
| 5 | R2 | Taebaek Racing Park | 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 |
| 6 | R2 | Autopolis | 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 | Team Meritus | Ro Charlz |
| 7 | R2 | Shanghai International Circuit | 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 | BHR | SEP | SEP | BIR | BIR | BEI | BEI | TAE | TAE | AUT | AUT | SIC | 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 | BHR | SEP | SEP | BIR | BIR | BEI | BEI | TAE | TAE | AUT | AUT | SIC | SIC | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |

### Rookie Cup

| Pos | Driver | BHR | BHR | SEP | SEP | BIR | BIR | BEI | BEI | TAE | TAE | AUT | AUT | SIC | 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 |