The 2005 Formula Renault 3.5 Series was the first Formula Renault 3.5 Series season. The season began on 1 May at Zolder, Belgium and finished at Monza, Italy on 23 October after 17 races. Robert Kubica was crowned series champion.

Teams and drivers

TeamNo.DriverRounds
Italy EuroInternational1Switzerland Giorgio Mondini1-4, 6
Brazil Fábio Carbone7-8
United Kingdom Danny Watts9
2Italy Matteo Meneghello1-2, 4-9
United Kingdom Carlin Motorsport3Austria Andreas ZuberAll
4Australia Will Power1-8
Switzerland Giorgio Mondini9
Spain Pons Racing5Spain Adrián VallésAll
6Spain Celso MíguezAll
Spain Epsilon Euskadi7Spain Félix PorteiroAll
8Poland Robert KubicaAll
Italy Victory Engineering9Italy Enrico Toccacelo1-5
Brazil Danilo Dirani7
Italy Davide Rigon8-9
10Czech Republic Tomas Kostka1-7
United States Richard Antinucci9
Italy Avelon Formula11Morocco Mehdi Bennani2-9
Italy Ivan Bellarosa1
122-9
Belgium KTR14Netherlands Jaap van LagenAll
15France Tristan GommendyAll
France Saulnier Racing16France Simon PagenaudAll
17Japan Ryo FukudaAll
Italy Draco Multiracing USA18Germany Markus WinkelhockAll
19San Marino Christian MontanariAll
Italy Cram Competition20France Damien PasiniAll
21France Eric Salignon1-7, 9
United Kingdom Ben Hanley8
France DAMS22Sweden Alx Danielsson1, 3-7
United Kingdom Alex Lloyd2
France Nicolas Prost8
Italy Ferdinando Monfardini9
23Venezuela Pastor Maldonado1-2, 7-9
Italy Raffaele Giammaria3-5
Italy GD Racing24Serbia and Montenegro Miloš PavlovićAll
25Belgium Frédéric Vervisch1-4
France Patrick Pilet8-9
Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport27France Patrick Pilet1-4
United Kingdom Ryan Sharp5-9
28United States Colin FlemingAll
Austria Interwetten.com29Germany Daniel la Rosa1-7
Brazil Carlos Iaconelli9
30Italy Stefano Proetto1
Germany Sven Barth2
Brazil Fernando Rees4-9
Italy RC Motorsport31India Karun Chandhok1-4
Italy Matteo Pellegrino7-9
32Italy Giovanni TedeschiAll
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Calendar

Eight rounds formed meetings of the 2005 World Series by Renault season, with an additional round supporting the Monaco Grand Prix.

RoundCircuit/LocationCountryDate
1R1Circuit ZolderBelgium1 May
R2
2RCircuit de Monaco, Monte CarloMonaco22 May
3R1Circuit Ricardo Tormo, ValenciaSpain4 June
R2
4R1Bugatti Circuit, Le MansFrance10 July
R2
5R1Circuito Urbano BilbaoSpain17 July
R2
6R1Motopark OscherslebenGermany7 August
R2
7R1Donington Park, LeicestershireUnited KingdomSeptember 11
R2
8R1Autódromo do EstorilPortugal2 October
R2
9R1Autodromo Nazionale MonzaItaly23 October
R2
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Results

RoundCircuitPole positionFastest lapWinning driverWinning teamReport
1R1Belgium Circuit ZolderItaly Enrico ToccaceloGermany Markus WinkelhockItaly Enrico ToccaceloItaly Victory EngineeringReport
R2Australia Will PowerPoland Robert KubicaPoland Robert KubicaSpain Epsilon Euskadi
2RMonaco Circuit de MonacoSan Marino Christian MontanariItaly Enrico ToccaceloSan Marino Christian MontanariItaly Draco Multiracing USAReport
3R1Spain Circuit Ricardo TormoSpain Félix PorteiroFrance Eric SalignonSpain Félix PorteiroSpain Epsilon EuskadiReport
R2Austria Andreas ZuberFrance Eric SalignonFrance Tristan GommendyBelgium KTR
4R1France Bugatti CircuitGermany Markus WinkelhockSpain Félix PorteiroGermany Markus WinkelhockItaly Draco Multiracing USAReport
R2Poland Robert KubicaNetherlands Jaap van LagenAustralia Will PowerUnited Kingdom Carlin Motorsport
5R1Spain Circuito Urbano BilbaoPoland Robert KubicaAustria Andreas ZuberPoland Robert KubicaSpain Epsilon EuskadiReport
R2Australia Will PowerAustria Andreas ZuberAustralia Will PowerUnited Kingdom Carlin Motorsport
6R1Germany Motopark OscherslebenAustralia Will PowerFrance Tristan GommendyPoland Robert KubicaSpain Epsilon EuskadiReport
R2Poland Robert KubicaAustria Andreas ZuberPoland Robert KubicaSpain Epsilon Euskadi
7R1United Kingdom Donington ParkSpain Adrián VallésFrance Tristan GommendySpain Adrián VallésSpain Pons RacingReport
R2France Eric SalignonSpain Félix PorteiroGermany Markus WinkelhockItaly Draco Multiracing USA
8R1Portugal Autódromo do EstorilFrance Tristan GommendyAustria Andreas ZuberAustria Andreas ZuberUnited Kingdom Carlin MotorsportReport
R2Spain Félix PorteiroSpain Adrián VallésSpain Félix PorteiroSpain Epsilon Euskadi
9R1Italy Autodromo Nazionale MonzaSpain Félix PorteiroGermany Markus WinkelhockSpain Adrián VallésSpain Pons RacingReport
R2Spain Félix PorteiroFrance Tristan GommendyGermany Markus WinkelhockItaly Draco Multiracing USA
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Points System

Points were awarded at the end of each race according to the following system:

1st2nd3rd4th5th6th7th8th9th10th
1512108654321

In addition:

  • One point was awarded for Pole position for each race
  • One point was awarded for Fastest lap for each race

The maximum number of points a driver could earn each weekend (except Monaco) was 34 and the maximum number for a team was 58.

Standings

Driver standings

PosDriverZOL 1 BelgiumZOL 2 BelgiumMON 1 MonacoVAL 1 SpainVAL 2 SpainLMS 1 FranceLMS 2 FranceBIL 1 SpainBIL 2 SpainOSC 1 GermanyOSC 2 GermanyDON 1 United KingdomDON 2 United KingdomEST 1 PortugalEST 2 PortugalMNZ 1 ItalyMNZ 2 ItalyPoints
Pos Driver ZOL 1 Belgium ZOL 2 Belgium MON 1 Monaco VAL 1 Spain VAL 2 Spain LMS 1 France LMS 2 France BIL 1 Spain BIL 2 Spain OSC 1 Germany OSC 2 Germany DON 1 United Kingdom DON 2 United Kingdom EST 1 Portugal EST 2 Portugal MNZ 1 Italy MNZ 2 Italy Points 1 Poland Robert Kubica 3 1 5 2 16† 3 2 1 8 1 1 3 6 2 3 Ret Ret 154 2 Spain Adrián Vallés 6 6 3 4 2 13 7 10 6 5 7 1 2 Ret Ret 1 2 116 3 Germany Markus Winkelhock NC 3 DNS 11 12 1 5 Ret 7 Ret 3 5 1 4 2 3 1 114 4 France Tristan Gommendy 4 Ret 4 7 1 15 16 3 19† 2 2 NC 4 3 Ret 5 16 96 5 Spain Félix Porteiro 5 9 Ret 1 Ret 18 11 20 11 Ret 9 6 NC 5 1 2 4 77 6 Austria Andreas Zuber 2 2 DNS Ret 10 7 8 22 16 3 10 19 Ret 1 7 Ret 5 73 7 Australia Will Power DNS DNS 12 3 14† 4 1 2 1 Ret 14 13 Ret 10 12 64 8 San Marino Christian Montanari 7 DNS 1 12 15† 12 6 6 10 11 17† 2 15 8 5 12 9 54 9 Netherlands Jaap van Lagen 18 10 2 14 Ret DNS NC 13 Ret 7 4 4 Ret 19 4 9 6 49 10 France Eric Salignon 15 Ret 14 23† 3 5 4 4 5 Ret 8 Ret Ret 6 Ret 49 11 France Patrick Pilet 10 7 13 6 7 8 10 7 8 4 3 43 12 Italy Enrico Toccacelo 1 15† 6 10 Ret 6 9 5 20† 36 13 United States Colin Fleming DNS DNS DNS 9 8 3 Ret 4 Ret 6 11 10 6 Ret Ret 22 34 14 France Damien Pasini 11 5 7 20 4 Ret 13 17 Ret 6 11 20† 3 Ret 13 Ret Ret 33 15 Sweden Alx Danielsson DNS DNS 8 Ret DNS 14 8 2 4 Ret 7 9 32 16 France Simon Pagenaud 8 4 10 5 11 10 Ret 11 12 Ret DNS 8 5 9 11 11 12 30 17 Serbia and Montenegro Miloš Pavlović 17 Ret Ret 15 Ret 9 Ret 21 3 10 12 17 12 11 6 Ret 10 19 18 Germany Daniel la Rosa DNS DNS 8 13 13 2 Ret 12 Ret 8 Ret 24† Ret 18 19 Spain Celso Míguez 12 16† 11 18 Ret 16 12 7 Ret Ret 5 10 11 18 15 7 Ret 15 20 Japan Ryo Fukuda 9 8 9 17 9 14 17 9 13 14 Ret Ret 14 14 16 18 19 11 21 United Kingdom Ryan Sharp 14 9 9 18† 16 Ret 24 Ret Ret 7 8 22 Brazil Fabio Carbone 9 8 15 9 7 23 Czech Republic Tomas Kostka 14 Ret 18 Ret 5 11 DNS Ret DNS 12 Ret 22† 13 6 24 Switzerland Giorgio Mondini 16 Ret 15 Ret 6 DNS DNS Ret Ret 20† 11 5 25 Venezuela Pastor Maldonado 20† Ret DNS 25 7 12 Ret Ret Ret 4 26 Italy Davide Rigon 16 10 8 14 4 27 Italy Matteo Meneghello NC 13† DNS 16 17 Ret 13 12 16 20 14 Ret 8 3 28 Italy Ferdinando Monfardini 10 13 1 29 India Karun Chandhok 13 11 Ret 16 Ret DNS DNS 0 30 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch 19 12 Ret 19 17 Ret 20 0 31 Italy Matteo Pellegrino 14 19 13 Ret 15 18 0 32 United Kingdom Danny Watts 13 15 0 33 Morocco Mehdi Bennani Ret Ret 18 21 18 DNQ Ret 13 16 18 17 23 21 19 21 0 34 Italy Giovanni Tedeschi NC 14† Ret 21 Ret Ret 15 15 15 Ret 15 15 18 Ret 17 14 Ret 0 35 Brazil Fernando Rees 17 Ret 18 14 Ret Ret 23† Ret Ret 19 Ret 23† 0 36 United States Richard Antinucci 16 17 0 37 Germany Sven Barth 16 0 38 Italy Ivan Bellarosa Ret DNS 17 22 Ret 19 19 19 18 Ret Ret 21† Ret 21 18 17 Ret 0 39 United Kingdom Ben Hanley 17 Ret 0 40 United Kingdom Alex Lloyd 19† 0 41 France Nicolas Prost 22 20† 0 42 Brazil Carlos Iaconelli Ret 20 0 43 Italy Raffaele Giammaria Ret Ret 20 DNS Ret DNS 0 44 Brazil Danilo Dirani Ret 20† 0 - Italy Stefano Proetto DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver ZOL 1 Belgium ZOL 2 Belgium MON 1 Monaco VAL 1 Spain VAL 2 Spain LMS 1 France LMS 2 France BIL 1 Spain BIL 2 Spain OSC 1 Germany OSC 2 Germany DON 1 United Kingdom DON 2 United Kingdom EST 1 Portugal EST 2 Portugal MOZ 1 Italy MOZ 2 Italy Points Sources: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)
1Poland Robert Kubica315216†3218113623RetRet154
2Spain Adrián Vallés663421371065712RetRet12116
3Germany Markus WinkelhockNC3DNS111215Ret7Ret3514231114
4France Tristan Gommendy4Ret4711516319†22NC43Ret51696
5Spain Félix Porteiro59Ret1Ret18112011Ret96NC512477
6Austria Andreas Zuber22DNSRet1078221631019Ret17Ret573
7Australia Will PowerDNSDNS12314†4121Ret1413Ret101264
8San Marino Christian Montanari7DNS11215†1266101117†2158512954
9Netherlands Jaap van Lagen1810214RetDNSNC13Ret744Ret1949649
10France Eric Salignon15Ret1423†35445Ret8RetRet6Ret49
11France Patrick Pilet1071367810784343
12Italy Enrico Toccacelo115†610Ret69520†36
13United States Colin FlemingDNSDNSDNS983Ret4Ret611106RetRet2234
14France Damien Pasini1157204Ret1317Ret61120†3Ret13RetRet33
15Sweden Alx DanielssonDNSDNS8RetDNS14824Ret7932
16France Simon Pagenaud841051110Ret1112RetDNS85911111230
17Serbia and Montenegro Miloš Pavlović17RetRet15Ret9Ret21310121712116Ret1019
18Germany Daniel la RosaDNSDNS813132Ret12Ret8Ret24†Ret18
19Spain Celso Míguez1216†1118Ret16127RetRet5101118157Ret15
20Japan Ryo Fukuda989179141791314RetRet141416181911
21United Kingdom Ryan Sharp149918†16Ret24RetRet78
22Brazil Fabio Carbone981597
23Czech Republic Tomas Kostka14Ret18Ret511DNSRetDNS12Ret22†136
24Switzerland Giorgio Mondini16Ret15Ret6DNSDNSRetRet20†115
25Venezuela Pastor Maldonado20†RetDNS25712RetRetRet4
26Italy Davide Rigon16108144
27Italy Matteo MeneghelloNC13†DNS1617Ret1312162014Ret83
28Italy Ferdinando Monfardini10131
29India Karun Chandhok1311Ret16RetDNSDNS0
30Belgium Frédéric Vervisch1912Ret1917Ret200
31Italy Matteo Pellegrino141913Ret15180
32United Kingdom Danny Watts13150
33Morocco Mehdi BennaniRetRet182118DNQRet13161817232119210
34Italy Giovanni TedeschiNC14†Ret21RetRet151515Ret151518Ret1714Ret0
35Brazil Fernando Rees17Ret1814RetRet23†RetRet19Ret23†0
36United States Richard Antinucci16170
37Germany Sven Barth160
38Italy Ivan BellarosaRetDNS1722Ret19191918RetRet21†Ret211817Ret0
39United Kingdom Ben Hanley17Ret0
40United Kingdom Alex Lloyd19†0
41France Nicolas Prost2220†0
42Brazil Carlos IaconelliRet200
43Italy Raffaele GiammariaRetRet20DNSRetDNS0
44Brazil Danilo DiraniRet20†0
-Italy Stefano ProettoDNSDNS0
PosDriverZOL 1 BelgiumZOL 2 BelgiumMON 1 MonacoVAL 1 SpainVAL 2 SpainLMS 1 FranceLMS 2 FranceBIL 1 SpainBIL 2 SpainOSC 1 GermanyOSC 2 GermanyDON 1 United KingdomDON 2 United KingdomEST 1 PortugalEST 2 PortugalMOZ 1 ItalyMOZ 2 ItalyPoints
Sources:
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • † = Driver did not finish but was classified, having completed more than 90% of race distance.

Team standings

PosTeamCar No.ZOL 1 BelgiumZOL 2 BelgiumMON 1 MonacoVAL 1 SpainVAL 2 SpainLMS 1 FranceLMS 2 FranceBIL 1 SpainBIL 2 SpainOSC 1 GermanyOSC 2 GermanyDON 1 United KingdomDON 2 United KingdomEST FEA PortugalEST SPR PortugalMOZ FEA ItalyMOZ SPR ItalyPoints
Pos Team Car No. ZOL 1 Belgium ZOL 2 Belgium MON 1 Monaco VAL 1 Spain VAL 2 Spain LMS 1 France LMS 2 France BIL 1 Spain BIL 2 Spain OSC 1 Germany OSC 2 Germany DON 1 United Kingdom DON 2 United Kingdom EST FEA Portugal EST SPR Portugal MOZ FEA Italy MOZ SPR Italy Points 1 Spain Epsilon Euskadi 7 5 9 Ret 1 Ret 18* 11 20 11 Ret 9 6 NC* 5 1 2 4 230 8 3 1* 5 2 16† 3 2 1 8 1 1 3 6 2 3 Ret Ret 2 Italy Draco Multiracing USA 18 NC* 3 DNS 11 12 1 5 Ret 7 Ret 3 5 1 4 2 3* 1 167 19 7 DNS 1 12 15† 12 6 6 10 11 17† 2 15 8 5 12 9 3 Belgium KTR 14 18 10 2 14 Ret DNS NC* 13 Ret 7 4 4 Ret 19 4 9 6 144 15 4 Ret 4 7 1 15 16 3 19† 2* 2 NC* 4 3 Ret 5 16* 4 United Kingdom Carlin Motorsport 3 2 2 DNS Ret 10 7 8 22* 16* 3 10* 19 Ret 1* 7 Ret 5 135 4 DNS DNS 12 3 14† 4 1 2 1 Ret 14 13 Ret 10 12 20† 11 5 Spain Pons Racing 5 6 6 3 4 2 13 7 10 6 5 7 1 2 Ret Ret* 1 2 130 6 12 16† 11 18 Ret 16 12 7 Ret Ret 5 10 11 18 15 7 Ret 6 Italy Cram Competition 20 11 5 7 20 4 Ret 13 17 Ret 6 11 20† 3 Ret 13 Ret Ret 81 21 15 Ret 14 23†* 3* 5 4 4 5 Ret 8 Ret Ret 17 Ret 6 Ret 7 Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport 27 10 7 13 6 7 8 10 14 9 9 18† 16 Ret 24 Ret Ret 7 60 28 DNS DNS DNS 9 8 3 Ret 4 Ret 6 11 10 6 Ret Ret 22 8 Italy Victory Engineering 9 1 15† 6* 10 Ret 6 9 5 20† Ret 20† 16 10 8 14 46 10 14 Ret 18 Ret 5 11 DNS Ret DNS 12 Ret 22† 13 16 17 9 Italy GD Racing 24 17 Ret Ret 15 Ret 9 Ret 21 3 10 12 17 12 11 6 Ret 10 44 25 19 12 Ret 19 17 Ret 20 7 8 4 3 10 France Saulnier Racing 16 8 4 10 5 11 10 Ret 11 12 Ret DNS 8 5 9 11 11 12 41 17 9 8 9 17 9 14 17 9 13 14 Ret Ret 14 14 16 18 19 11 France DAMS 22 DNS DNS 19† 8 Ret DNS 14 8 2 4 Ret 7 9 22 20† 10 13 37 23 20† Ret DNS Ret Ret 20 DNS Ret DNS 25 7 12 Ret Ret Ret 12 Austria Interwetten.com 29 DNS DNS 8 13 13 2 Ret 12 Ret 8 Ret 24† Ret Ret 20 18 30 DNS DNS 16 17 Ret 18 14 Ret Ret 23† Ret Ret 19 Ret 23† 13 Italy EuroInternational 1 16 Ret 15 Ret 6 DNS DNS Ret Ret 9 8 15 9 13 15 15 2 NC 13† DNS 16 17 Ret 13 12 16 20 14 Ret 8 14 Italy Avelon Formula 11 Ret DNS Ret Ret 18 21 18 DNQ Ret 13 16 18 17 23 21 19 21 0 12 17 22 Ret 19 19 19 18 Ret Ret 21† Ret 21 18 17 Ret Pos Team Car No. ZOL 1 Belgium ZOL 2 Belgium MON 1 Monaco VAL 1 Spain VAL 2 Spain LMS 1 France LMS 2 France BIL 1 Spain BIL 2 Spain OSC 1 Germany OSC 2 Germany DON 1 United Kingdom DON 2 United Kingdom EST FEA Portugal EST SPR Portugal MOZ FEA Italy MOZ SPR Italy Points Sources: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)
1Spain Epsilon Euskadi759Ret1Ret18*112011Ret96NC*5124230
831*5216†3218113623RetRet
2Italy Draco Multiracing USA18NC*3DNS111215Ret7Ret351423*1167
197DNS11215†1266101117†21585129
3Belgium KTR141810214RetDNSNC*13Ret744Ret19496144
154Ret4711516319†2*2NC*43Ret516*
4United Kingdom Carlin Motorsport322DNSRet107822*16*310*19Ret1*7Ret5135
4DNSDNS12314†4121Ret1413Ret101220†11
5Spain Pons Racing5663421371065712RetRet*12130
61216†1118Ret16127RetRet5101118157Ret
6Italy Cram Competition201157204Ret1317Ret61120†3Ret13RetRet81
2115Ret1423†*3*5445Ret8RetRet17Ret6Ret
7Switzerland Jenzer Motorsport271071367810149918†16Ret24RetRet760
28DNSDNSDNS983Ret4Ret611106RetRet22
8Italy Victory Engineering9115†6*10Ret69520†Ret20†161081446
1014Ret18Ret511DNSRetDNS12Ret22†131617
9Italy GD Racing2417RetRet15Ret9Ret21310121712116Ret1044
251912Ret1917Ret207843
10France Saulnier Racing16841051110Ret1112RetDNS85911111241
17989179141791314RetRet1414161819
11France DAMS22DNSDNS19†8RetDNS14824Ret792220†101337
2320†RetDNSRetRet20DNSRetDNS25712RetRetRet
12Austria Interwetten.com29DNSDNS813132Ret12Ret8Ret24†RetRet2018
30DNSDNS1617Ret1814RetRet23†RetRet19Ret23†
13Italy EuroInternational116Ret15Ret6DNSDNSRetRet98159131515
2NC13†DNS1617Ret1312162014Ret8
14Italy Avelon Formula11RetDNSRetRet182118DNQRet13161817232119210
121722Ret19191918RetRet21†Ret211817Ret
PosTeamCar No.ZOL 1 BelgiumZOL 2 BelgiumMON 1 MonacoVAL 1 SpainVAL 2 SpainLMS 1 FranceLMS 2 FranceBIL 1 SpainBIL 2 SpainOSC 1 GermanyOSC 2 GermanyDON 1 United KingdomDON 2 United KingdomEST FEA PortugalEST SPR PortugalMOZ FEA ItalyMOZ SPR ItalyPoints
Sources:
ColourResult
GoldWinner
SilverSecond place
BronzeThird place
GreenPoints classification
BlueNon-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired, not classified (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
BlankDid not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)
  • † = Driver did not finish but was classified, having completed more than 90% of race distance.