The 2005 Formula BMW Asia season was the third season of the Asian Formula BMW championship for young drivers making the transition to car racing. Salman Al Khalifa was crowned a new champion while Michael Patrizi won the rookies' classification. Ahead of the season BMW opened a new BMW Performance Center near the Bahrain International Circuit. It was used for the evaluation and license courses for the Formula BMW scholarship ahead of the season.
Teams and drivers All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines. Team No Driver Class Rounds Minardi Team Asia 2 Aaron Lim 2–7 3 Abdulla Ebrahim Mattar 1 4 Dejan de Zoysa 1–4 5 Mohammed Al Baharna 1 22 Jonathan Chan All Team E-Rain 7 Salman Al Khalifa All 17 Armaan Ebrahim All 61 An Sukwon All Ao's Racing Team 9 Wang Jian-Wei All 20 Chia On 1–2 23 Ao Chi Hong 4, 6–7 99 Song Ge 1–2, 7 Team Meritus 18 Xu Jia 4 29 Michael Patrizi All 38 Hamad Al Fardan All 58 Robert Boughey All 69 Mitsunobu Endo 1–3, 5–7 88 Ro Charlz All 99 Hamza Dirani 6–7 Icon Class Rookie Cup Guest drivers ineligible to score points
Races Round Circuit Date Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning rookie 1 R1 Bahrain International Circuit 2 April Salman Al Khalifa Hamad Al Fardan Salman Al Khalifa Team E-Rain Ro Charlz R2 3 April Salman Al Khalifa Salman Al Khalifa Robert Boughey Team Meritus Armaan Ebrahim 2 R1 Sepang International Circuit 14 May Salman Al Khalifa Ro Charlz Salman Al Khalifa Team E-Rain Ro Charlz R2 15 May Salman Al Khalifa Salman Al Khalifa Armaan Ebrahim Team E-Rain Armaan Ebrahim 3 R1 Bira Circuit 11 June Michael Patrizi Michael Patrizi Hamad Al Fardan Team Meritus Michael Patrizi R2 12 June Salman Al Khalifa Hamad Al Fardan Salman Al Khalifa Team E-Rain Michael Patrizi 4 R1 Goldenport Park Circuit 16 July Salman Al Khalifa Salman Al Khalifa Salman Al Khalifa Team E-Rain Ro Charlz R2 17 July Salman Al Khalifa Armaan Ebrahim Hamad Al Fardan Team Meritus Michael Patrizi 5 R1 Taebaek Racing Park 6 August Ro Charlz Hamad Al Fardan Hamad Al Fardan Team Meritus Ro Charlz R2 7 August Ro Charlz Michael Patrizi Michael Patrizi Team Meritus Michael Patrizi 6 R1 Autopolis 3 September Michael Patrizi Michael Patrizi Salman Al Khalifa Team E-Rain Michael Patrizi R2 4 September Hamad Al Fardan Hamad Al Fardan Salman Al Khalifa Team E-Rain Michael Patrizi 7 R1 Shanghai International Circuit 15 October Hamad Al Fardan Armaan Ebrahim Hamad Al Fardan Team Meritus Ro Charlz R2 16 October Michael Patrizi Michael Patrizi Michael Patrizi Team Meritus Michael Patrizi
Standings Points were awarded as follows: Position 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th Points 20 15 12 10 8 6 4 3 2 1
Drivers' Championship Pos Driver BHR SEP BIR BEI TAE AUT SIC Pts 1 Salman Al Khalifa 1 2 1 3 10 1 1 9 6 Ret 1 1 5 5 172 2 Michael Patrizi 3 7 Ret 7 2 3 8 2 4 1 2 2 4 1 157 3 Hamad Al Fardan 4 14 2 13 1 2 2 1 1 Ret Ret 4 1 9 148 4 Ro Charlz 2 5 3 5 3 5 3 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 2 6 140 5 Armaan Ebrahim 5 4 4 1 Ret 4 4 4 Ret 4 Ret 3 3 2 129 6 Robert Boughey 6 1 11 2 4 Ret 6 6 7 6 4 Ret 6 7 94 7 An Sukwon 7 6 7 6 6 7 5 3 3 Ret 5 6 9 4 90 8 Aaron Lim 5 4 5 6 7 5 5 3 Ret Ret 7 3 80 9 Jonathan Chan 11 Ret 9 9 8 9 12 8 9 5 9 5 8 8 41 10 Mitsunobu Endo 9 9 10 10 7 10 8 Ret 6 8 14 11 27 11 Wang Jian-Wei 8 11 6 11 9 11 10 Ret 10 Ret Ret 9 10 12 19 12 Dejan de Zoysa 10 8 Ret 8 Ret 8 9 7 17 Guest drivers ineligible to score points – Mohammed Al Baharna Ret 3 – – Hamza Dirani 7 7 11 10 – – Song Ge 12 10 8 12 13 13 – – Ao Chi Hong 13 11 8 Ret 12 DNS – – Xu Jia 11 10 – – Chia On 14 12 DNS DNS – – Abdulla Ebrahim Mattar 13 13 – Pos Driver BHR SEP BIR BEI TAE AUT SIC PtsBold – PoleItalics – Fastest Lap
Rookie Cup Pos Driver BHR SEP BIR BEI TAE AUT SIC Pts 1 Michael Patrizi 2 4 Ret 5 1 1 5 1 3 1 1 1 3 1 205 2 Ro Charlz 1 2 1 3 2 3 1 Ret 1 2 2 Ret 1 5 192 3 Armaan Ebrahim 3 1 2 1 Ret 2 2 3 Ret 4 Ret 2 2 2 164 4 An Sukwon 4 3 5 4 4 5 3 2 2 Ret 3 3 5 4 142 5 Aaron Lim 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 Ret Ret 4 3 113 6 Wang Jian-Wei 5 6 4 7 5 7 7 Ret 5 Ret Ret 4 6 6 74 7 Dejan de Zoysa 6 5 Ret 6 Ret 6 6 5 40
References
External links BMW Group's press releases for Formula BMW Asia BMW-Motorsport.com