2005 Formula BMW ADAC season

Last updated August 04, 2025

The 2005 Formula BMW ADAC season was a multi-event motor racing championship for open wheel, formula racing cars held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in 1.2 litre Formula BMW single seat race cars. The 2005 season was the eighth Formula BMW ADAC season organized by BMW Motorsport and ADAC. The championship was contested over twenty races at ten meetings, one of them supporting the European Grand Prix.

Teams and drivers

All cars are powered by BMW engines, and Mygale FB02 chassis.

Team	No	Driver	Class	Rounds
Mücke Motorsport	2	Martin Ragginger	R	All
	3	Tobias Hegewald	R	All
	5	Andzej Dzikevic		All
	16	Sébastien Buemi		All
	31	João Urbano		All
AM-Holzer Rennsport	4	Harald Schlegelmilch		1–8
	11	Marco Holzer		All
	17	Tim Sandtler		3–10
Eifelland Racing	6	Stefano Coletti	R	All
	8	Christian Vietoris	R	All
	14	Fabio Onidi		1–9
	33	Marcel Jeleniowski		10
Team Rosberg	7	Chris van der Drift		All
	19	Jonathan Summerton		All
	20	Henri Karjalainen		All
	21	Jens Höing	R	All
	22	Markus Niemelä		All
Josef Kaufmann Racing	9	Nick de Bruijn	R	All
	10	Natacha Gachnang		All
	12	Nico Hülkenberg	R	All
HBR Motorsport	13	Dominik Wasem		All
HBR Motorsport	30	Marco Idili	R	All
Team Lauderbach Motorsport	15	Benjamin Leuchter		1–4
	29	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	R	1–6
	33	Robert Boughey		6
Mamerow Racing	17	Tim Sandtler		1–2
Mamerow Racing	18	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	R	7–10
Czech National Team	23	Jiri Micanek, Jr.		1, 5–10
4speed Media	26	Sergio Pérez	R	All
KDF Motorsport	28	Mika Mäki	R	All

Icon	Class
R	Rookie Cup

Calendar

The series supported the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters at all rounds except the first Nürburgring round, which supported the European Grand Prix.

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Rookie Winner
1	R1	Hockenheim	16 April	Nico Hülkenberg	Sébastien Buemi	Nico Hülkenberg	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Nico Hülkenberg
1	R2	Hockenheim	17 April	Markus Niemelä	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Nico Hülkenberg
2	R1	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	30 April	Nico Hülkenberg	Sébastien Buemi	Sébastien Buemi	Mücke Motorsport	Nico Hülkenberg
2	R2	EuroSpeedway Lausitz	1 May	Nick de Bruijn	Nick de Bruijn	Nico Hülkenberg	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Nico Hülkenberg
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	14 May	Nico Hülkenberg	Fabio Onidi	Sébastien Buemi	Mücke Motorsport	Nico Hülkenberg
3	R2	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	15 May	Sébastien Buemi	Chris van der Drift	Chris van der Drift	Team Rosberg	Nico Hülkenberg
4	R1	Nürburgring	28 May	Nico Hülkenberg	Sébastien Buemi	Nico Hülkenberg	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Nico Hülkenberg
4	R2	Nürburgring	29 May	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	João Urbano	Mücke Motorsport	Nico Hülkenberg
5	R1	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	4 June	Sébastien Buemi	Sébastien Buemi	João Urbano	Mücke Motorsport	Nico Hülkenberg
5	R2	Masaryk Circuit, Brno	5 June	Sébastien Buemi	Sébastien Buemi	Sébastien Buemi	Mücke Motorsport	Nico Hülkenberg
6	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	25 June	Nico Hülkenberg	Sébastien Buemi	Nico Hülkenberg	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Nico Hülkenberg
6	R2	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	26 June	Sébastien Buemi	Sébastien Buemi	Sébastien Buemi	Mücke Motorsport	Nick de Bruijn
7	R1	Norisring, Nuremberg	16 July	Sébastien Buemi	Sébastien Buemi	Mika Mäki	KDF Motorsport	Mika Mäki
7	R2	Norisring, Nuremberg	17 July	Nick de Bruijn	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Nico Hülkenberg
8	R1	Nürburgring	6 August	Tim Sandtler	Sébastien Buemi	Sébastien Buemi	Mücke Motorsport	Nico Hülkenberg
8	R2	Nürburgring	7 August	Sébastien Buemi	Sébastien Buemi	Sébastien Buemi	Mücke Motorsport	Nick de Bruijn
9	R1	Circuit Park Zandvoort	27 August	Sébastien Buemi	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Nico Hülkenberg
9	R2	Circuit Park Zandvoort	28 August	Nico Hülkenberg	Sébastien Buemi	Sébastien Buemi	Mücke Motorsport	Nico Hülkenberg
10	R1	Hockenheimring	22 October	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Markus Niemelä	Team Rosberg	Christian Vietoris
10	R2	Hockenheimring	23 October	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Nico Hülkenberg	Josef Kaufmann Racing	Nico Hülkenberg

Standings

Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	HOC1		LAU		SPA		NÜR1		BRN		OSC		NOR		NÜR2		ZAN		HOC2		Pts
1	Nico Hülkenberg	1	1	2	1	4	2	1	2	3	4	1	4	19†	1	3	4	1	3	6	1	287
2	Sébastien Buemi	2	5	1	3	1	Ret	2	3	2	1	2	1	5	2	1	1	2	1	16	3	282
3	João Urbano	5	7	20†	4	16	5	10	1	1	3	3	2	3	Ret	6	17	3	2	15	Ret	155
4	Chris van der Drift	3	3	9	17	3	1	6	6	5	2	4	5	7	Ret	4	12	19†	6	5	4	149
5	Nick de Bruijn	6	Ret	4	2	8	Ret	DNS	16	9	6	5	3	Ret	4	8	3	4	5	18	7	109
6	Natacha Gachnang	15	8	3	6	22	8	Ret	7	6	7	8	11	2	5	Ret	2	8	19	Ret	5	90
7	Markus Niemelä	10	Ret	5	22†	6	Ret	8	9	8	5	6	6	17†	7	5	20	13	7	1	6	85
8	Martin Ragginger	16	16	7	5	10	4	5	12	7	10	10	12	Ret	Ret	9	6	5	4	Ret	2	78
9	Tim Sandtler	12	13	14	12	23	7	3	5	4	16	15	8	8	15	2	8	9	9	3	15	74
10	Jonathan Summerton	Ret	11	8	8	14	3	19	20	22	Ret	14	7	4	16†	7	5	7	10	9	Ret	51
11	Fabio Onidi	8	9	11	7	7	Ret	4	4	19	13	21†	22	Ret	6	DNS	19	6	8			48
12	Mika Mäki	Ret	19	10	9	15	Ret	12	11	13	9	7	13	1	3	Ret	11	10	12	Ret	9	44
13	Marco Holzer	9	4	12	10	2	13	13	15	10	11	9	17	6	8	11	18	12	11	10	17†	41
14	Sergio Pérez	13	2	6	Ret	5	DNS	15	8	12	8	Ret	14	13	13	Ret	9	14	15	12	Ret	37
15	Benjamin Leuchter	4	6	Ret	19	12	18	11	21													16
16	Dominik Wasem	Ret	18	13	14	13	16	18	19	16	19	16	19	12	Ret	20	14	17	14	2	12	15
17	Christian Vietoris	Ret	17	22	18	11	17	7	13	20	17	18	18	Ret	DNS	10	16	Ret	22	4	Ret	15
18	Stefano Coletti	7	14	21	11	9	6	14	Ret	11	12	22†	Ret	18†	Ret	15	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	10	13
19	Marco Idili	18†	22	17	15	25	19†	9	14	18	14	13	9	20†	10	14	7	18	17	Ret	16†	9
20	Tobias Hegewald	14	12	16	Ret	19	9	17	17	14	22	17	16	16	12	13	15	Ret	Ret	7	14	6
21	Henri Karjalainen	Ret	10	19	16	17	12	Ret	10	15	15	12	15	14	14	19	Ret	15	18	8	11	5
22	Marcel Jeleniowski																			11	8	3
23	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	17	23	Ret	21	18	15	21	22	17	18	Ret	23	9	17†	16	10	Ret	20	DNS	DNS	3
24	Jens Höing	DNS	21	Ret	20	24	11	20	Ret	Ret	24	Ret	20	11	9	18	Ret	Ret	16	17	DNS	2
25	Andzej Dzikevic	11	20	15	Ret	21	10	Ret	18	21	21	11	10	15	11	17	13	20†	13	13	13	2
26	Harald Schlegelmilch	Ret	15	18	13	20	14	16	Ret	24	20	Ret	21	10	Ret	12	Ret					1
27	Jiri Micanek, Jr.	DNS	24†							23	23	19	24†	DNS	DNS	21	Ret	16	21	14	Ret	0
28	Robert Boughey											20	Ret									0
Pos	Driver	HOC1		LAU		SPA		NÜR1		BRN		OSC		NOR		NÜR2		ZAN		HOC2		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Rookie Cup

Points are awarded as follows:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
20	15	12	10	8	6	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	HOC1		LAU		SPA		NÜR1		BRN		OSC		NOR		NÜR2		ZAN		HOC2		Pts
1	Nico Hülkenberg	1	1	2	1	4	2	1	2	3	4	1	4	19†	1	3	4	1	3	6	1	369
2	Nick de Bruijn	6	Ret	4	2	8	Ret	DNS	16	9	6	5	3	Ret	4	8	3	4	5	18	7	215
3	Martin Ragginger	16	16	7	5	10	4	5	12	7	10	10	12	Ret	Ret	9	6	5	4	Ret	2	193
4	Mika Mäki	Ret	19	10	9	15	Ret	12	11	13	9	7	13	1	3	Ret	11	10	12	Ret	9	151
5	Sergio Pérez	13	2	6	Ret	5	DNS	15	8	12	8	Ret	14	13	13	Ret	9	14	15	12	Ret	143
6	Stefano Coletti	7	14	21	11	9	6	14	Ret	11	12	22†	Ret	18†	Ret	15	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	10	106
7	Tobias Hegewald	14	12	16	Ret	19	9	17	17	14	22	17	16	16	12	13	15	Ret	Ret	7	14	102
8	Marco Idili	18†	22	17	15	25	19†	9	14	18	14	13	9	20†	10	14	7	18	17	Ret	16†	99
9	Christian Vietoris	Ret	17	22	18	11	17	7	13	20	17	18	18	Ret	DNS	10	16	Ret	22	4	Ret	87
10	Jens Höing	DNS	21	Ret	20	24	11	20	Ret	Ret	24	Ret	20	11	9	18	Ret	Ret	16	17	DNS	57
11	Johnny Cecotto Jr.	17	23	Ret	21	18	15	21	22	17	18	Ret	23	9	17†	16	10	Ret	20	DNS	DNS	55
Pos	Driver	HOC1		LAU		SPA		NÜR1		BRN		OSC		NOR		NÜR2		ZAN		HOC2		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points classification
Blue	Non-points classification
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired, not classified (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	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)