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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. [1] [2] [3] Ahead of the season BMW opened a new BMW Performance Center near the Bahrain International Circuit. [4] It was used for the evaluation and license courses for the Formula BMW scholarship ahead of the season. [5] [6]
All cars were Mygale FB02 chassis powered by BMW engines.
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Points were awarded as follows:
Position | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th |
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Points | 20 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
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Bold – Pole |
Pos | Driver | BHR | SEP | BIR | BEI | TAE | AUT | SIC | Pts | |||||||
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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 |
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