# 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 :
| Team | No. | Driver name | Rounds |
| BVM Racing | 2 | Federico Muggia | All |
| BVM Racing | 6 | Gary Cester | 1-3, 5-8 |
| BVM Racing | 7 | Davide Rigon | 1-6 |
| Cram Competition | 3 | Simona de Silvestro | All |
| Cram Competition | 4 | Luca Persiani | 1-5 |
| Cram Competition | 25 | Ben Hanley | All |
| Cram Competition | 29 | Alexander Russell | All |
| Cram Competition | 89 | Alex Frassineti | 6-8 |
| Euronova Racing | 5 | Marco Frezza | All |
| Euronova Racing | 8 | Alberto Costa | All |
| Euronova Racing | 17 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | All |
| LP Motorsport Competition | 9 | Laura Polidori | 2, 4 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 10 | Federico Montoya | 1-4, 6-8 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 11 | Michael Ammermüller | 1-4, 6-8 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 12 | Adrian Zaugg | 1-4, 6-8 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 18 | Walter Grubmüller | 1-4, 6-8 |
| Jenzer Motorsport | 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 |
| IT Loox Racing Car | 36 | Nicola Gianniberti | 7 |
| IT Loox Racing Car | 37 | Reinhard Kofler | 2-8 |
| IT Loox Racing Car | 38 | Niki Sebastiani | All |
| IT Loox Racing Car | 39 | Valentino Sebastiani | All |
| Junior Racing Team | 22 | Michael Herck | 1 |
| CO2 Motorsport | 23 | Cristian Corsini | 1-5, 8 |
| CO2 Motorsport | 32 | Nicolò Pastore | 8 |
| CO2 Motorsport | 77 | Enea Casoni | 2 |
| Alan Racing Team | 24 | Mauro Massironi | Al |
| Alan Racing Team | 35 | Marco Mapelli | 8 |
| Alan Racing Team | 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 |
| RP Motorsport | 31 | Davide Giampapa | 1 |
| RP Motorsport | 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 |
| Facondini Racing | 45 | Filippo Ponti | 1-4 |
| Facondini Racing | 46 | Dani Clos | 1-4, 6, 8 |
| AP Motorsport | 49 | Daniele Rosano | 4 |
| CEK Team | 51 | Marco Mocci | 6 |
| CEK Team | 88 | Nicholas Risitano | 1-2, 4 |
| CEK Team | 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 |
| 4 | R2 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | June 26 | | Kamui Kobayashi | Ben Hanley | Cram Competition |
| 4 | R3 | Autodromo Nazionale Monza | 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 |
| 6 | R2 | Misano World Circuit | September 4 | | Davide Valsecchi | Ben Hanley | Cram Competition |
| 6 | R3 | Misano World Circuit | 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 | Driver | VLL | VLL | IMO | IMO | SPA | SPA | MNZ1 | MNZ1 | MNZ1 | MUG | MUG | MIS | MIS | MIS | VAR | MNZ2 | MNZ2 | Points |
| Pos | 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 | 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 | 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

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