Race details Date 16 December 2005 Official name 1st Formula BMW World Final Location Sakhir, Bahrain Course Permanent racing facility Distance Pre-Final Race22 laps, Main Race25 laps, Pre-Final Race Pole Driver Marco Holzer AM-Holzer Rennsport Podium First Marco Holzer AM-Holzer Rennsport Second Nico Hülkenberg Josef Kaufmann Racing Third João Urbano ASL Team Mücke Motorsport Main Race Pole Driver Marco Holzer AM-Holzer Rennsport Podium First Marco Holzer AM-Holzer Rennsport Second Sébastien Buemi ASL Team Mücke Motorsport Third Nico Hülkenberg Josef Kaufmann Racing
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 3 Harald Schlegelmilch AM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH 4 Marco Holzer Formula BMW ADAC 5 Dominik Wasem ASL Team Mücke Motorsport 6 Sébastien Buemi Formula BMW ADAC 7 Stefano Coletti 8 Tobias Hegewald 9 Fabio Onidi 10 Jonathan Summerton 11 João Urbano Team Autotecnica 14 Matt Lee Formula BMW USA 15 Robert Wickens 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 19 Armaan Ebrahim Eurointernational SRL 20 Edoardo Piscopo Formula BMW USA Filsell Motorsport 21 Matt Howson Formula BMW UK Fortec Motorsport 22 Sam Bird Formula BMW UK 23 Stian Sørlie Josef Kaufmann Racing 24 Nico Hülkenberg Formula BMW ADAC 25 Christian Vietoris Meritus 26 Hamad Al Fardan Formula BMW Asia 27 Robert Boughey 28 James Davison Formula BMW USA 29 Race Johnson 30 Reed Stevens Motaworld Racing 31 Nathan Antunes Formula BMW UK 32 Jordan Wise Nexa Racing 33 Ross Curnow Formula BMW UK 34 Euan Hankey Promactecme/Soper Sport 35 Philip Glew Formula BMW UK Team SWR 36 Jack Goldstraw Formula BMW UK 37 Matt Harris 38 Oliver Turvey
Results Qualifying
Group 1 PosNoNameTeamTime124 Nico HülkenbergJosef Kaufmann Racing1:27.17122 Marco HolzerAM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH1:27.282311 João UrbanoASL Team Mücke Motorsport1:27.373422 Sam BirdFortec Motorsport1:27.712510 Jonathan SummertonASL Team Mücke Motorsport1:27.825623 Stian SørlieFortec Motorsport1:27.961731 Nathan AntunesMotaworld Racing1:28.00685 Dominik WasemAM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH1:28.087938 Oliver TurveyTeam SWR1:28.122107 Stefano ColettiASL Team Mücke Motorsport1:28.2021129 Race JohnsonMeritus1:28.2121230 Reed StevensMeritus1:28.3821332 Jordan WiseMotaworld Racing1:28.4651436 Jack GoldstrawTeam SWR1:28.8731528 James DavisonMeritus1:28.8881625 Christian VietorisJosef Kaufmann Racing1:28.9501737 Matt HarrisTeam SWR1:29.058
Group 2 PosNoNameTeamTime120 Edoardo PiscopoEurointernational SRL1:27.40226 Sébastien BuemiASL Team Mücke Motorsport1:27.452321 Matt HowsonFilsell Motorsport1:27.638433 Ross CurnowNexa Racing1:27.810514 Matt LeeTeam Autotecnica1:27.834626 Hamad Al FardanMeritus1:27.986719 Armaan EbrahimTeam E-Rain1:28.005834 Euan HankeyNexa Racing1:28.06098 Tobias HegewaldASL Team Mücke Motorsport1:29.123103 Harald Schlegelmilch4speedmedia GmbH1:28.2091117 Dean SmithColes Racing1:28.3911235 Philip GlewPromactecme/Soper Sport1:28.434139 Fabio OnidiASL Team Mücke Motorsport1:28.4551418 Salman Al KhalifaTeam E-Rain1:28.4951527 Robert BougheyMeritus1:28.7561616 Jonathan LegrisMark Burdett Motorsport1:28.901172 Andzej Dzikevic4speedmedia GmbH1:29.2701815 Robert WickensTeam AutotecnicaDisallowed
Pre-Final Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 12 Marco HolzerAM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH 22 1 224 Nico HülkenbergJosef Kaufmann Racing 22 +0.519 2 311 João UrbanoASL Team Mücke Motorsport 22 +6.891 5 46 Sébastien BuemiASL Team Mücke Motorsport 22 +7.691 3 522 Sam BirdFortec Motorsport 22 +10.438 4 620 Edoardo PiscopoEurointernational SRL 22 +16.245 10 719 Armaan EbrahimTeam E-Rain 22 +22.069 12 821 Matt HowsonFilsell Motorsport 22 +22.796 9 95 Dominik WasemAM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH 22 +26.489 15 1010 Jonathan SummertonASL Team Mücke Motorsport 22 +26.805 11 1114 Matt LeeTeam Autotecnica 22 +31.676 14 1232 Jordan WiseMotaworld Racing 22 +35.664 18 139 Fabio OnidiASL Team Mücke Motorsport 22 +40.135 22 147 Stefano ColettiASL Team Mücke Motorsport 22 +40.352 26 158 Tobias HegewaldASL Team Mücke Motorsport 22 +41.534 21 1628 James DavisonMeritus 22 +42.394 20 173 Harald Schlegelmilch4speedmedia GmbH 22 +44.702 23 1831 Nathan AntunesMotaworld Racing 22 +46.978 28 1935 Philip GlewPromactecme/Soper Sport 22 +47.488 25 2037 Matt HarrisTeam SWR 22 +47.983 32 2117 Dean SmithColes Racing 22 +49.383 27 222 Andzej Dzikevic4speedmedia GmbH 22 +53.115 33 2327 Robert BougheyMeritus 22 +54.468 30 2416 Jonathan LegrisMark Burdett Motorsport 22 + 57.843 29 2530 Reed StevensMeritus 22 + 1:08.150 17 2634 Euan HankeyNexa Racing 22 + 1:13.307 16 2715 Robert WickensTeam Autotecnica 22 + 1:20.055 7 2823 Stian SørlieFortec Motorsport 21 +1 lap 8 2933 Ross CurnowNexa Racing 20 +2 laps 6 NC 38 Oliver TurveyTeam SWR 14 +8 laps 24 Ret18 Salman Al KhalifaTeam E-Rain 12 Accident 19 Ret26 Hamad Al FardanMeritus 0 Accident 13 DNS25 Christian VietorisJosef Kaufmann Racing 0 Did not start 35 DNS29 Race JohnsonMeritus 0 Did not start 34 DNS36 Jack GoldstrawTeam SWR 0 Did not start 31
Final Race Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid 12 Marco HolzerAM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH 25 1 26 Sébastien BuemiASL Team Mücke Motorsport 25 +1.579 4 324 Nico HülkenbergJosef Kaufmann Racing 25 +6.969 2 422 Sam BirdFortec Motorsport 25 +8.880 5 531 Nathan AntunesMotaworld Racing 25 +12.845 18 615 Robert WickensTeam Autotecnica 25 +12.981 27 733 Ross CurnowNexa Racing 25 +13.100 29 85 Dominik WasemAM-Holzer Rennsport GmbH 25 +13.511 9 921 Matt HowsonFilsell Motorsport 25 +13.959 8 1028 James DavisonMeritus 25 +13.982 16 112 Andzej Dzikevic4speedmedia GmbH 25 +18.730 22 1217 Dean SmithColes Racing 25 +22.746 21 1337 Matt HarrisTeam SWR 25 +23.256 20 1414 Matt LeeTeam Autotecnica 25 +25.519 11 1527 Robert BougheyMeritus 25 +25.981 23 1635 Philip GlewPromactecme/Soper Sport 25 +26.944 19 173 Harald Schlegelmilch4speedmedia GmbH 25 +28.122 17 1826 Hamad Al FardanMeritus 25 +29.212 32 1930 Reed StevensMeritus 22 +29.997 25 2023 Stian SørlieFortec Motorsport 25 +1 lap 28 2116 Jonathan LegrisMark Burdett Motorsport 25 +1 lap 24 22 38 Oliver Turvey Team SWR 25 +1 lap 30 Ret19 Armaan EbrahimTeam E-Rain 19 Retirement 7 Ret8 Tobias HegewaldASL Team Mücke Motorsport 19 Retirement 15 Ret7 Stefano ColettiASL Team Mücke Motorsport 10 Accident 14 Ret10 Jonathan SummertonASL Team Mücke Motorsport 10 Accident 10 Ret34 Euan HankeyNexa Racing 10 Retirement 26 Ret36 Jack GoldstrawTeam SWR 2 Accident 35 Ret18 Salman Al KhalifaTeam E-Rain 2 Accident 31 Ret11 João UrbanoASL Team Mücke Motorsport 0 Retirement 3 Ret32 Jordan WiseMotaworld Racing 0 Retirement 12 Ret9 Fabio OnidiASL Team Mücke Motorsport 0 Retirement 13 EX20 Edoardo PiscopoEurointernational SRL 22 Excluded 6 DNS25 Christian VietorisJosef Kaufmann Racing 0 Did not start 33 DNS29 Race JohnsonMeritus 0 Did not start 34
Nico Hülkenberg given 10-second penalty. Edoardo Piscopo was excluded from race protocol.
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