The 2005 Formula BMW UK season was the second of four Formula BMW seasons based in United Kingdom for young drivers making the transition to car racing. The series supported every BTCC round apart from round three at Rockingham where it was part of a Kumho BMW and Miltek BMW event. Dean Smith won the championship at his second attempt with new team Nexa Racing after scoring in every round, his championship rival Sam Bird won six races but lost a lot of points with five DNFs during the season.
Teams and drivers All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines. Guest drivers in italics. Team No Driver Class Rounds Carlin Motorsport 1 Simon Walker-Hansell All 2 Duarte Félix da Costa All Fortec Motorsport 4 Stian Sørlie All 5 Sam Bird All 6 Chris Holmes 1–2, 4–10 Master Motorsport 7 Michael Meadows All Promatecme/Soper Sport 8 Ross Curnow All Nexa Racing 9 Joe Osborne All 10 Dean Smith All 77 Jordan Wise All Motaworld Racing 13 James Wingfield 6–8, 10 27 Dominique Cauvin 2–5, 8–10 28 Nathan Antunes All Filcell Motorsport 14 Matt Howson All 15 Callum MacLeod 1–7 Pegasus Motorsport Intl Ltd 11 Jack Goldstraw 4–5, 8 16 Jonathan Legris 1–5 Formula Racing Ltd 6–7 Mark Burdett Motorsport 8–10 Pegasus Motorsport Intl Ltd 18 Ry Leon 1 Mark Burdett Motorsport 12 Edward Hoy 1–5 19 Aaron Steele All 20 Phil Glew 6–8 Barwell Motorsport 17 Niall Breen All 18 Euan Hankey All Team SWR Pioneer/Loctite 41 Matt Harris All 42 Lars Viljoen All 43 Paul Rees 1–7 44 Richard Keen 1–2 Oliver Turvey 3–10 Icon Class Rookie Cup
Results and standings Calendar Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team 1 Donington Park (National) 10 April Nathan Antunes Stian Sørlie Matt Howson Filcell Motorsport 2 Nathan Antunes Dean Smith Nathan Antunes Motaworld Racing 3 Thruxton 1 May Sam Bird Euan Hankey Stian Sørlie Fortec Motorsport 4 Sam Bird Sam Bird Stian Sørlie Fortec Motorsport 5 Rockingham(International Super Sports Car Long) 22 May Simon Walker-Hansell Matt Howson Simon Walker-Hansell Carlin Motorsport 6 Matt Howson Matt Howson Matt Howson Filcell Motorsport 7 Brands Hatch (Indy) 5 June Matt Howson Oliver Turvey Matt Howson Filcell Motorsport 8 Sam Bird Jordan Wise Sam Bird Fortec Motorsport 9 Oulton Park (Island) 18 June Sam Bird Jonathan Legris Sam Bird Fortec Motorsport 10 19 June Sam Bird Jordan Wise Sam Bird Fortec Motorsport 11 Croft 16 July Sam Bird Sam Bird Sam Bird Fortec Motorsport 12 17 July Sam Bird Sam Bird Sam Bird Fortec Motorsport 13 Mondello Park 24 July Dean Smith Dean Smith Dean Smith Nexa Racing 14 Sam Bird Matt Harris Matt Harris Carlin Motorsport 15 Knockhill 28 August Dean Smith Dean Smith Dean Smith Nexa Racing 16 Oliver Turvey Matt Howson Ross Curnow Fortec Motorsport 17 Silverstone (National) 17 September Stian Sørlie Stian Sørlie Sam Bird Fortec Motorsport 18 18 September Stian Sørlie Jordan Wise Stian Sørlie Fortec Motorsport 19 Brands Hatch (Grand Prix) 2 October Matt Howson Dean Smith Matt Howson Filcell Motorsport 20 Nathan Antunes Oliver Turvey Dean Smith Nexa Racing
Drivers Championship
Pos Driver DON THR ROC BRH OUL CRO MON KNO SIL BRH Pts 1 Dean Smith 6 6 3 7 6 8 5 4 2 5 3 5 1 4 1 7 2 3 2 1 221 2 Sam Bird 4 3 2 2 Ret Ret 2 1 1 1 1 1 7 6 10 Ret 1 Ret Ret 2 218 3 Matt Howson 1 4 11 Ret 2 1 1 6 12 22 14 7 3 9 3 2 3 2 1 15 189 4 Stian Sørlie 3 Ret 1 1 4 Ret 8 5 4 2 4 8 18 11 13 5 4 1 Ret Ret 153 5 Ross Curnow 2 5 7 6 7 11 4 3 NC 12 9 9 Ret 5 4 1 13 14 4 4 127 6 Ret 9 9 9 1 2 6 8 3 8 6 6 5 14 7 4 10 7 Ret 5 118 7 Nathan Antunes Ret 1 6 3 3 5 9 11 7 7 Ret Ret 17 20 5 3 5 8 Ret 7 105 8 Oliver Turvey 5 Ret 3 7 9 3 Ret 3 2 2 19 9 6 19 3 16 103 9 Jordan Wise 12 11 8 5 9 Ret 7 2 6 20 8 Ret Ret 7 6 12 8 4 7 6 79 10 Duarte Félix da Costa Ret Ret 5 8 Ret 4 14 10 15 4 7 4 8 10 Ret 11 9 6 Ret 17 64 11 Niall Breen 17 12 19 19 10 3 20 13 8 Ret Ret Ret 13 17 16 6 7 5 8 3 49 12 Euan Hankey 10 8 4 Ret 8 9 10 14 Ret 6 15 Ret 4 13 17 10 14 18 11 10 38 13 Richard Keen 5 2 Ret 4 33 14 Michael Meadows 7 15 10 11 14 15 Ret 16 5 13 5 Ret Ret 21 8 Ret 18 11 9 8 32 15 Matt Harris Ret 7 12 12 12 10 12 18 Ret 15 13 11 9 1 14 15 16 16 13 Ret 29 16 Jonathan Legris Ret Ret 20 18 11 6 11 15 19 9 10 10 Ret 18 12 Ret 11 9 5 12 22 17 Chris Holmes Ret 14 DNS DNS Ret Ret 11 11 Ret DNS 11 19 18 13 Ret 13 6 9 9 18 Lars Viljoen 9 13 14 13 19 7 13 19 13 19 17 16 Ret 15 15 18 15 17 Ret 14 6 = Dominique Cauvin 18 15 16 13 Ret 9 14 18 9 14 12 10 12 Ret 6 20 Joe Osborne 15 Ret 13 Ret 17 14 18 21 17 17 11 12 16 Ret 11 8 17 12 Ret 11 5 21 Aaron Steele 13 16 15 17 18 Ret 16 Ret 18 14 Ret DNS 12 8 Ret 16 Ret 15 DNS DNS 4 22 Ry Leon 8 Ret 3 23 Paul Rees 16 Ret 16 14 Ret Ret 19 20 16 16 Ret 13 10 16 2 = Callum MacLeod 11 10 Ret 10 13 12 15 12 Ret 21 12 14 15 Ret 2 = Jack Goldstraw 17 17 10 10 Ret 17 2 26 James Wingfield 16 15 14 12 Ret Ret 10 13 1 Edward Hoy 14 Ret 17 16 15 Ret Ret Ret Ret Ret 0 Guest drivers ineligible for championship points Phil Glew 2 2 6 3 2 Ret 0 Pos Driver DON THR ROC BRH OUL CRO MON KNO SIL BRH Pts
Sources tsl-timing.com https://www.driverdb.com/championships/standings/formula-bmw-uk/2005/ driverdb.com