2005 Italian Formula Three Championship

Last updated October 24, 2025

Luigi Ferrara of Corbetta Competizioni finished almost all races on podium position, including three wins at Imola, Monza and Misano to clinch the title. He finished nine points clear of Team Ghinzani driver Alexander Müller, who won race at Vallelunga, a race at Imola, both races at Mugello, race at Adria and the season-ending race at Misano. Third place went to Lucidi Motors driver Paolo Maria Nocera, who took three victories at Adria, Varano and Monza.

Teams and drivers

All teams were Italian-registered and all cars competed on Michelin tyres.

Entry List^[2]
Team	No	Driver	Chassis	Engine	Rounds
Carlin / Ombra Racing	1	Basil Shaaban	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	1
	1	Giuseppe Termine	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	3–4
	2	Khalil Beschir	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	1
Coloni Motorsport	3	Giacomo Piccini	Lola-Dome F106	Spiess-Opel	1–2
Coloni Motorsport	4	Riccardo Mari	Lola-Dome F106	Spiess-Opel	1
Lucidi Motors	5	Paolo Maria Nocera	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Lucidi Motors	6	Giuseppe Termine	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	1–2
Corbetta Competizioni	7	Luigi Ferrara	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
	8	Francesco Dracone	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	3–4
	15	Giovanni Faraonio	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	8–9
	15	Fabrizio Crestani	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	11–12
	16	Davide Valsecchi	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	5–7
Target Racing	9	Riccardo Azzoli	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
Target Racing	11	Elias Papailias	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	1, 3–12
Passoli Racing	12	Maurizio Ceresoli	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	All
Passoli Racing	36	Massimo Torre	Dallara F304	Spiess-Opel	1–6
Style Car Racing	14	Imeiro Brigliadori	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	All
Style Car Racing	63	Luca Di Cienzo	Dallara F399	Fiat	5–6
RP Motorsport	18	Marcello Puglisi	Lola-Dome F106	Spiess-Opel	7
Team Ghinzani	22	Alexander Müller	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	All
	23	Marco Cencetti	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	7
	24	Marco Barba	Dallara F302	Mugen-Honda	8–9
Imola Racing	61	Nicola Ortolani	Dallara F399	Spiess-Opel	3–4
System Team	62	Alberto Morelli	Dallara F302	Spiess-Opel	3–4

Calendar

All rounds were held in Italy.

Round	Circuit	Date	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	Adria International Raceway	17 April	Luigi Ferrara	Paolo Maria Nocera	Paolo Maria Nocera	Lucidi Motors
2	ACI Vallelunga Circuit	8 May	Paolo Maria Nocera	Alexander Müller	Alexander Müller	Team Ghinzani
3	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	18 June	Paolo Maria Nocera	Alexander Müller	Luigi Ferrara	Corbetta Competizioni
4	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	19 June	Alexander Müller	Alexander Müller	Alexander Müller	Team Ghinzani
5	Mugello Circuit	2 July	Alexander Müller	Riccardo Azzoli	Alexander Müller	Team Ghinzani
6	Mugello Circuit	3 July	Alexander Müller	Alexander Müller	Alexander Müller	Team Ghinzani
7	Autodromo Riccardo Paletti	11 September	Paolo Maria Nocera	Riccardo Azzoli	Paolo Maria Nocera	Lucidi Motors
8	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	24 September	Paolo Maria Nocera	Paolo Maria Nocera	Luigi Ferrara	Corbetta Competizioni
9	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	25 September	Luigi Ferrara	Paolo Maria Nocera	Paolo Maria Nocera	Lucidi Motors
10	Adria International Raceway	9 October	Luigi Ferrara	Paolo Maria Nocera	Alexander Müller	Team Ghinzani
11	Misano World Circuit	22 October	Luigi Ferrara	Riccardo Azzoli	Luigi Ferrara	Corbetta Competizioni
12	Misano World Circuit	23 October	Paolo Maria Nocera	Alexander Müller	Alexander Müller	Team Ghinzani

Standings

Points are awarded as follows:

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

Pos	Driver	ADR	VAL	IMO		MUG		VAR	MNZ		ADR	MIS		Pts
1	Luigi Ferrara	2	3	1	3	2	3	2	1	2	3	1	5	180
2	Alexander Müller	12	1	4	1	1	1	6	2	DSQ	1	3	1	171
3	Paolo Maria Nocera	1	2	2	2	8	8	1	5	1	2	4	2	168
4	Riccardo Azzoli	6	4	3	4	3	7	3	Ret	3	Ret	2	3	108
5	Maurizio Ceresoli	3	Ret	8	6	7	5	7	3	6	4	5	6	79
6	Elias Papailias	10		6	5	6	4	5	Ret	4	5	Ret	4	67
7	Davide Valsecchi					4	2	4						35
8	Massimo Torre	8	5	5	Ret	5	6							33
9	Imeiro Brigliadori			7	7	9	9	9	6	7				24
10	Marco Barba								4	5				18
11	Giuseppe Termine	5	6	9	Ret									16
12	Riccardo Mari	4												10
13	Fabrizio Crestani											6	7	10
14	Giacomo Piccini	7	Ret											4
15	Giovanni Faraonio								Ret	8				3
16	Marcello Puglisi							8						3
17	Basil Shaaban	9												2
18	Marco Cencetti							10						1
19	Khalil Beschir	11												0
	Francesco Dracone			Ret	Ret									0
guest drivers ineligible for championship points
	Nicola Ortolani			10	8									0
	Luca Di Cienzo					10	10							0
	Alberto Morelli			Ret	DNS									0
Pos	Driver	ADR	VAL	IMO		MUG		VAR	MNZ		ADR	MIS		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

References

↑ "Race Calendar: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2005". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
↑ "Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2005". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

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[1] "Race Calendar: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2005". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

[2] "Entrylist: Italian Formula 3 Championship – Season 2005". Speedsport Magazine. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

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