2005 Formula 3 Euro Series

Motorsport season March 2026 Formula 3 Euro Series 2005 Drivers' Champion: Lewis Hamilton Teams' Champion: ASM Formule 3 Nations Cup Champion: GBR Great Britain Rookie Cup Champion: Sebastian Vettel The 2005 Formula 3 Euro Series season was the third championship year of Europe's premier Formula Three series. The championship consisted of ten rounds – each with two races – held at a variety of European circuits. Each weekend consisted of one 60-minute practice session and two 30-minute qualifying sessions (one at Monaco), followed by one c.110 km race and one c.80 km race. Each qualifying session awarded one bonus point for pole position and each race awarded points for the top eight finishers, with ten points per win. Lewis Hamilton dominated the season, winning 15 of the 20 races and scoring nearly twice as many points as his nearest rival, team-mate Adrian Sutil. As of now, six drivers (Hamilton, Sutil, Sebastian Vettel, Paul di Resta, Lucas di Grassi, and Giedo van der Garde) have competed in Formula One. Summary The 2005 calendar included events at the historic circuits of Pau (France), Spa-Fracorchamps (Belgium), Zandvoort (Netherlands) and Monaco. Monaco has a long tradition of Formula 3 events, but this was the first since 1997.F3 returns to Monaco From autosport.com. Retrieved September 7, 2007. The debut of a new street circuit in the French town of Avignon was to take place in September, but the plans fell through and its date was given to the Lausitzring.Tremayne, Tim. "Di Resta on Pole at Lausitz". Autosport.com, September 16, 2005. Thirteen countries were represented in the drivers' entry list, which included drivers from Argentina, the USA and the Czech Republic for the first time. There were teams from France, Germany, Britain, Austria, Italy, Netherlands, Luxembourg and the Czech Republic. After a promising debut season with Manor Motorsport that ended with a win in the non-championship Bahrain F3 Superprix, and a contract with ASM for 2005, Lewis Hamilton was regarded as the championship favourite. He exceeded expectations by winning 15 races from 20 starts, securing 13 pole positions, posting ten fastest race laps, and scoring nearly twice as many points as his nearest rival, team-mate Adrian Sutil. Lucas di Grassi made a full-time return to the series (he entered two rounds in 2003) and finished in 3rd place overall, with one win. The highest-placed rookie was the then-reigning Formula BMW Germany champion Sebastian Vettel, who was classified 5th overall with six podium finishes. He was beaten to 4th place by Franck Perera's more consistent points finishes. In the Teams’ Championship, ASM Formule 3 retained the title that it had secured in 2004, with Signature in a distant second place. Third place was taken by Prema Powerteam, which had won the Euro Series' first teams' title in 2003. Manor Motorsport was classified 4th overall, as it continued to improve its form against rivals with more experience in Europe. At this time, the Spiess-Opel engine was still numerically dominant, but won on only two occasions. HWA-Mercedes had begun to gain the upper hand in 2004 (with 13 wins from 20 races), and increased its development effort to win 18 races in 2005. Teams and drivers 2005 Entry Listhttp://www.formel3guide.com/images/starter/2005-starter-es.pdf 2005 Entry List formel3guide.com 2009-10-13 Team # Driver Rookie ChassisAll drivers competed in Dallara chassis (except Fabio Carbone, who used SLC chassis); model listed. "N" Engine Rounds FRA ASM Formule 3 1 GBR Lewis Hamilton F305/021 Mercedes All 2 DEU Adrian Sutil F305/059 1–9 DEU Maximilian Götz 10 FRA Signature-Plus 3 FRA Loïc Duval F305/036 Opel All 4 GBR James Rossiter F305/029 All DEU Team Rosberg 5 JPN Kohei Hirate F305/003 Opel All 6 NLD Giedo van der Garde F305/039 All GBR Manor Motorsport 7 BRA Lucas di Grassi F305/025F305/062 Mercedes All 8 GBR Paul di Resta Rookie F305/020 All DEU ASL Mücke Motorsport 9 DEU Sebastian Vettel Rookie F305/011 Mercedes All 10 BRA Átila Abreu Rookie F305/028 All ITA Prema Powerteam 11 BEL Greg Franchi F305/004 Opel All 12 ITA Marco Bonanomi F305/026 All 23 FRA Franck Perera F305/023 All FRA Signature 14 BRA Fabio Carbone R1/001 Opel All 15 FRA Guillaume Moreau Rookie F305/035 All AUT HBR Motorsport 16 ESP Alejandro Núñez F305/027 Opel All 17 DEU Maximilian Götz F305/040 1–4 GBR Danny Watts 7 22 AUT Hannes Neuhauser F305/045 All LUX Team Midland Euroseries 18 ARG Esteban Guerrieri Rookie F305/034 TOM's Toyota All 19 USA Richard Antinucci F305/001 1–4 BEL Nico Verdonck 5–6 GBR Stephen Jelley 7 GBR Rob Austin 8–9 GBR Ben Clucas 10 DEU AM-Holzer Rennsport 20 DEU Thomas Holzer F305/060 Opel All NLD Ross Zwolsman 24 NLD Ross Zwolsman F305/024 Opel 1–4 CZE Team I.S.R. 25 CZE Filip Salaquarda F305/046 Opel All ITA Ombra Racing 26 ITA Paolo Montin F305/064 Honda 9 DEU Julia Kuhn 27 DEU Julia Kuhn F305/063 Opel 7, 10 Icon Legend Rookie Rookie Driver changes Changed Teams Marco Bonanomi: Team Ghinzani → Prema Powerteam Loïc Duval: Signature → Signature Plus Gregory Franchi: Signature → Prema Powerteam Giedo van der Garde: Signature → Team Rosberg Maximilian Götz: TME → HBR Motorsport Lewis Hamilton: Manor Motorsport → ASM Formule 3 Kohei Hirate: Prema Powerteam → Team Rosberg Alejandro Núñez: Swiss Racing Team → HBR Motorsport Ross Zwolsman: TME – RZ Racing Entering/Re-Entering Formula 3 Euro Series Átila Abreu: Formula BMW ADAC (ADAC Mittelrhein e.V.) → Mücke Motorsport Richard Antinucci: All-Japan Formula Three Championship (TOM's) → Team Midland Euroseries Rob Austin: British Formula 3 Championship (Menu F3 Motorsport) → Team Midland Euroseries Fabio Carbone: All-Japan Formula Three Championship (Three Bond Racing) → Signature Ben Clucas: Formula Renault 2.0 Italy (Prema Powerteam) → Team Midland Euroseries Lucas di Grassi: British Formula 3 Championship (Hitech Racing) → Manor Motorsport Esteban Guerrieri: International Formula 3000 (BCN F3000) → Team Midland Euroseries Thomas Holzer: German Formula Three Championship (AM-Holzer Rennsport) → AM-Holzer Rennsport Stephen Jelley: British Formula 3 Championship (Performance Racing Europe) → Team Midland Euroseries Julia Kuhn: Formula Volkswagen Germany → Kuhn Motorsport Paolo Montin: All-Japan Formula Three Championship (Three Bond Racing) → Ombra Racing Guillaume Moreau: Championnat de France Formula Renault 2.0 & Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 (SG Formula) Paul di Resta: Formula Renault 2.0 UK (Manor Motorsport) → Manor Motorsport James Rossiter: British Formula 3 Championship (Fortec Motorsport) → Signature Plus Filip Salaquarda: German Formula Three Championship (Team I.S.R.) → Team I.S.R. Nico Verdonck: International Formula 3000 (Team Astromega) → Team Midland Euroseries Sebastian Vettel: Formula BMW ADAC (ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg) → Mücke Motorsport Danny Watts: British Formula 3 Championship (Promatecme F3) → HBR Motorsport Leaving Formula 3 Euro Series Philipp Baron: Team Ghinzani → Ferrari Challenge Europe – Trofeo Pirelli (Baron Service) Ruben Carrapatoso: Opel Team KMS → StockCar Brasil (Katalogo Racing) Peter Elkmann: Swiss Racing Team → Recaro Formel 3 Cup (Jo Zeller Racing) Dennis Furchheim: Swiss Racing Team → Retirement Jamie Green: ASM Formule 3 → Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (Persson Motorsport) Derek Hayes: Team Ghinzani → Retirement Katsuyuki Hiranaka: Prema Powerteam → Formula Nippon (Takagi/Cerumo) Robert Kath: Opel Team KMS → Recaro Formel 3 Cup (SMS Seyffarth Motorsport) Tom Kimber-Smith: Team Kolles → Formula Renault 2.0 Netherlands & Formula Renault 2.0 UK (Team JLR) Robert Kubica: Mücke Motorsport → World Series by Renault (Epsilon Euskadi) Nicolas Lapierre: Signature → GP2 Series (Arden International) Alexandros Margaritis: AB Racing Performance → Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (Mücke Motorsport) Christian Montanari: Coloni F3 → World Series by Renault (Draco Multiracing USA) Alexandre Prémat: ASM Formule 3 → GP2 Series (ART Grand Prix) Fernando Rees: Swiss Racing Team → World Series by Renault (Interwetten Racing) Daniel la Rosa: HBR Motorsport → World Series by Renault (Interwetten Racing) Nico Rosberg: Team Rosberg → GP2 Series (ART Grand Prix) Eric Salignon: ASM Formule 3 → World Series by Renault (Cram Competition) Bruno Spengler: Mücke Motorsport → Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (Persson Motorsport) Roberto Streit: Prema Powerteam → All-Japan Formula Three Championship (Inging) Toni Vilander: Coloni F3 → Italian Formula 3000 (Team Astromega & GP Racing) & GP2 Series (Coloni Motorsport) Andreas Zuber: Team Rosberg → World Series by Renault (Carlin Motorsport) Charles Zwolsman Jr.: Manor Motorsport → Toyota Atlantic Championship Presented by Yokohama (Condor Motorsports) Midseason changes Maximilian Götz left HBR Motorsport after four rounds, to be replaced by Danny Watts, making his Euro Series debut. Watts was able to stay for only one round, and the HBR line-up was subsequently reduced to two cars. Götz returned at the final round as a substitute for Adrian Sutil at ASM. Sutil's absence was due to commitments in the A1 Grand Prix series. Five drivers shared Team Midland's #19 car. Richard Antinucci competed in the first four rounds, before Nico Verdonck of Belgium replaced him at Oschersleben and the Norisring. He in turn was replaced by three British drivers, all Euro Series rookies: Stephen Jelley at the Nürburgring, Rob Austin at the Lausitzring and Zandvoort, and Ben Clucas in the final round of the season at Hockenheim. A number of registered drivers failed to complete the season, including Paulo Montin, who made only two starts with Ombra Racing; and Julia Kuhn, who made two starts in round 1 and attempted (but failed) to qualify for the first race of round 10. RZ Racing left the series after round 9 at Oschersleben. Calendar Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning rookie 1 R1 DEU Hockenheimring 16 April GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA ASM Formule 3 BRA Átila Abreu R2 17 April GBR Paul di Resta USA Richard Antinucci GBR James Rossiter FRA Signature Plus DEU Sebastian Vettel 2 R1 FRA Pau Circuit 7 May GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA ASM Formule 3 FRA Guillaume Moreau R2 8 May GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA ASM Formule 3 FRA Guillaume Moreau 3 R1 BEL Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 14 May GBR Lewis Hamilton DEU Adrian Sutil DEU Adrian Sutil FRA ASM Formule 3 FRA Guillaume Moreau R2 15 May DEU Adrian Sutil GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA ASM Formule 3 BRA Átila Abreu 4 R1 MCO Circuit de Monaco 20 May GBR Lewis Hamilton DEU Adrian Sutil GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA ASM Formule 3 ARG Esteban Guerrieri R2 21 May GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA ASM Formule 3 ARG Esteban Guerrieri 5 R1 DEU Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 25 June BRA Lucas di Grassi NLD Giedo van der Garde BRA Lucas di Grassi GBR Manor Motorsport DEU Sebastian Vettel R2 26 June GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA ASM Formule 3 DEU Sebastian Vettel 6 R1 DEU Norisring, Nuremberg 16 July GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA ASM Formule 3 DEU Sebastian Vettel R2 17 July GBR Lewis Hamilton DEU Adrian Sutil GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA ASM Formule 3 DEU Sebastian Vettel 7 R1 DEU Nürburgring 6 August GBR Paul di Resta GBR Paul di Resta DEU Adrian Sutil FRA ASM Formule 3 BRA Átila Abreu R2 7 August BRA Lucas di Grassi GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA ASM Formule 3 DEU Sebastian Vettel 8 R1 NLD Circuit Park Zandvoort 27 August GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Paul di Resta FRA Guillaume Moreau FRA Signature FRA Guillaume Moreau R2 28 August GBR Lewis Hamilton BRA Lucas di Grassi GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA ASM Formule 3 DEU Sebastian Vettel 9 R1 DEU EuroSpeedway Lausitz 17 September NLD Giedo van der Garde ARG Esteban Guerrieri GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA ASM Formule 3 DEU Sebastian Vettel R2 18 September GBR Paul di Resta GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA ASM Formule 3 FRA Guillaume Moreau 10 R1 DEU Hockenheimring 22 October GBR Lewis Hamilton DEU Sebastian Vettel GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA ASM Formule 3 ARG Esteban Guerrieri R2 23 October GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton GBR Lewis Hamilton FRA ASM Formule 3 FRA Guillaume Moreau Season standings Drivers Standings Points are awarded as follows: 12345678PPRace 1 & 21086543211 Pos Driver HOC1DEU PAUFRA SPAFollowing race one scrutineering, eight cars were disqualified from the first race Spa results due to technical regulation infringments, the dimensions of their cars' diffusers didn't meet the regulations. 15 May 2005 https://www.crash.net/f3/news/30127/1/eight-euroseries-drivers-excluded-from-race-one www.crash.net 26 July 2021BEL MONMCO OSCDEU NORDEU NÜRDEU ZANNLD LAUDEU HOC2DEU Pts 1 GBR Lewis Hamilton 1 3 1 1 DSQ 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 12 1 Ret 1 1 1 1 1 172 2 DEU Adrian Sutil 2 20† Ret 2 1 2 2 Ret 2 3 Ret 2 1 3 Ret 11 4 2 94 3 BRA Lucas di Grassi Ret DNS 5 7 DSQ 3 7 5 1 2 5 6 2 Ret Ret Ret 8 3 2 Ret 68 4 FRA Franck Perera Ret 8 Ret 6 6 6 5 3 6 15 4 3 5 6 3 6 5 5 4 5 67 5 DEU Sebastian Vettel 15 5 7 11 DSQ 13 18 17† 5 5 2 4 11 2 2 2 3 15 13 3 63 6 FRA Loïc Duval 6 2 2 3 12† DNS 3 2 Ret 8 Ret 5 6 10 10 16† 12 9 DSQ 4 52 7 GBR James Rossiter 4 1 3 4 2 8 4 4 15 13 Ret 7 10 Ret Ret 10 18 14 5 9 51 8 FRA Guillaume Moreau 9 10 4 8 3 Ret Ret Ret 7 11 8 11 16 8 1 4 6 4 Ret 2 47 9 NLD Giedo van der Garde Ret 4 6 15† Ret 17 11 Ret 17 6 Ret Ret 8 5 Ret 3 2 6 Ret 13 34 10 GBR Paul di Resta Ret 17 14 DNS DSQ 5 8 6 4 4 3 8 23 Ret 14† 5 Ret DSQ Ret DSQ 32 11 ITA Marco Bonanomi 3 14 Ret 10 DNS 19 13 16 12 17 6 Ret 9 4 8 9 10 13 6 6 21 12 JPN Kohei Hirate 12 11 10 16† 5 4 16 Ret Ret 9 Ret Ret 3 7 Ret DSQ 17 8 12 10 18 13 BRA Fabio Carbone 14 12 16 5 4 DSQ 6 12 9 12 7 18 17 13 Ret Ret 20 11 Ret 8 15 14 DEU Maximilian Götz 5 13 Ret DSQ 8 11 15 7 3 18† 13 15 BRA Átila Abreu 8 9 11 12 DSQ 12 Ret 11 8 10 9 10 7 17† 5 8 7 12 8 Ret 12 16 ARG Esteban Guerrieri Ret 6 19 9 7 15 17 10 11 7 11 9 14 12 6 12 16 10 7 17 12 17 BEL Greg Franchi 13 19 15 Ret DSQ 7 Ret Ret 18 18 Ret 12 18 9 4 7 13 7 10 12 11 18 AUT Hannes Neuhauser Ret 16 12 DSQ Ret 9 14 15 Ret 14 Ret 13 4 11 7 17† 9 Ret 9 7 9 19 USA Richard Antinucci 10 7 8 14 DSQ 14 9 14 3 20 NLD Ross Zwolsman 7 15 13 Ret 10 18 12 9 2 21 ESP Alejandro Núñez Ret 18 9 DSQ 9 10 10 8 10 Ret 12 16 13 14 9 15† 14 18 Ret 11 1 22 DEU Thomas Holzer 11 Ret 18 13 DSQ 16 Ret 14 16 20 13 17 19 15 11 13 11 16 Ret 15 0 23 CZE Filip Salaquarda Ret Ret 17 Ret 11 Ret 19† 13 14 19 14 15 22 19† 13 14 19 17 11 16 0 guest drivers ineligible for championship points BEL Nico Verdonck 13 16 10 14 0 GBR Danny Watts 15 Ret 0 GBR Stephen Jelley 20 16 0 DEU Julia Kuhn 21 18 DNQ DNQ 0 GBR Rob Austin 12 Ret 21 Ret 0 ITA Paolo Montin 15 Ret 0 GBR Ben Clucas Ret 14 0 Pos Driver HOC1DEU PAUFRA SPABEL MONMCO OSCDEU NORDEU NÜRDEU ZANNLD LAUDEU HOC2DEU PtsBold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. Rookie Cup Rookie drivers are only eligible for the Rookie Cup title if they have not previously competed in a national or international Formula 3 championship. Pos Driver HOC1DEU PAUFRA SPABEL MONMCO OSCDEU NORDEU NÜRDEU ZANNLD LAUDEU HOC2DEU Pts 1 DEU Sebastian Vettel 15 5 7 11 DSQ 13 18 17 5 5 2 4 11 2 2 2 3 15 13 3 157 2 ARG Esteban Guerrieri Ret 6 19 9 7 15 17 10 11 7 11 9 14 12 6 12 16 10 7 17 132 3 FRA Guillaume Moreau 9 10 4 8 3 Ret Ret Ret 7 11 8 11 16 8 1 4 6 4 Ret 2 128 4 BRA Átila Abreu 8 9 11 12 DSQ 12 Ret 11 8 10 9 10 7 17 5 8 7 12 8 Ret 116 Pos Driver HOC1DEU PAUFRA SPABEL MONMCO OSCDEU NORDEU NÜRDEU ZANNLD LAUDEU HOC2DEU Pts Team Standings Pos Team Points 1 FRA ASM Formule 3 261 2 FRA Signature-Plus 103 3 ITA Prema Powerteam 98 4 GBR Manor Motorsport 95 5 DEU ASL Mücke Motorsport 75 6 FRA Signature 62 7 DEU Team Rosberg 51 8 AUT HBR Motorsport 17 9 LUX Team Midland Euroseries 15 10 NLD Ross Zwolsman 2 Nations Cup Nation Points 1 GBR 237 2 170 3 161 4 94 5 36 6 22 7 18 8 14 9 11 10 11 11 4 12 2 Notes N References External links Forix.autosport.com Speedsport Magazine Formel3guide.com (German language) F1Prospects.com Category:Formula 3 Euro Series seasons Formula 3 Euro Series Euro Series Formula 3 Euro Series