Cika wannan jumla: A ranar 19 ga Yuli, an nada Doornbos a matsayin direban tseren Minardi don
2005 Grand Prix na Jamus daga baya, ya maye gurbin Austrian Patrick Friesacher, wanda ya fuskanci matsalolin tallafawa. A tserensa na farko na Formula One, ya yi karo da Jacques Villeneuve, mutumin da ya ba Doornbos shawara don fara aikinsa a matsayin direba. Doornbos ya yi tsere da jimillar Grand Prix takwas ga ƙungiyar, sakamakon sa mafi kyau shine matsayi na 13 a cikin Turkiyya da Belgian Grands Prix.