2005 Italian Formula 3000 Championship
# 2005 Italian Formula 3000 Championship

The 2005 Trofeo Nazionale C.S.A.I. Formula 3000 Italia was contested over 8 rounds. 9 different teams and 26 different drivers competed. In this one-make formula all drivers had to utilize Lola chassis (Lola B02/50) and Zytek engines. This season also saw a Light Class running older Lola chassis (Lola B99/50) and Zytek engines. In the Light Class 11 different drivers competed, but only one of them for the whole season.

## Driver and Team Lineup

### Main Class

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - |
| Fisichella Motorsport | 1 | Luca Filippi | All |
| Fisichella Motorsport | 2 | Alex Ciompi | All |
| BCN Competicion | 3 | Matías Russo | 1-3 |
| BCN Competicion | 3 | Raffaele Gianmaria | 4, 6 |
| BCN Competicion | 4 | Matteo Grassotto | 1 |
| BCN Competicion | 4 | Matteo Cressoni | 3-5 |
| Team Astromega | 5 | Toni Vilander | 1-5 |
| Team Astromega | 5 | Qinghua Ma | 8 |
| Team Astromega | 6 | Giacomo Ricci | All |
| GP Racing | 7 | Fabrizio Del Monte | 1-3 |
| GP Racing | 7 | Alex Lloyd | 4-5 |
| GP Racing | 7 | Toni Vilander | 6-8 |
| GP Racing | 8 | Juan Cáceres | All |
| Durango | 9 | Maro Engel | 3-7 |
| Durango | 9 | Christian Danner | 8 |
| Durango | 10 | Christiano Rocha | 7 |
| Durango | 10 | Giuliano de Magryres | 8 |
| Euronova Racing | 11 | Giacomo Piccini | 4-6 |
| Euronova Racing | 12 | Riccardo Mari | 5 |
| Sighinolfi | 14 | Matteo Pellegrino | 1 |
| Sighinolfi | 14 | Michael Vorba | 2 |
| Sighinolfi | 14 | Pastor Maldonado | 3-6 |
| Sighinolfi | 14 | Giacomo Piccini | 7 |
| Sighinolfi | 14 | Gabriele Lancieri | 8 |
| Sighinolfi | 15 | Bernhard Auinger | 1-5, 7 |
| Sighinolfi | 15 | Emilio de Villota Jr. | 8 |
| Ma-Con Engineering | 16 | Michael Vorba | 1 |
| Ma-Con Engineering | 16 | Jarek Janis | 2-8 |
| Ma-Con Engineering | 17 | Jan Charouz | 1-6 |

### Light Class

| Team | No. | Driver | Rounds |
| - | - | - | - |
| Discovery Racing | 21 | Andrea Belicchi | 1 |
| Discovery Racing | 21 | Riccardo Mardo | 3-4 |
| Vanni Racing/Traini Corse | 23 | Stefano Gattuso | All |
| Il Motori di Carlotta | 25 | Giuseppe Strano | 1-2, 4-6 |
| Il Motori di Carlotta | 26 | Glauco Soleri | 6-8 |
| Azeta Racing | 27 | Alessandro Vitacolonna | 1 |
| Azeta Racing | 27 | Giovanni Berton | 2-3 |
| Azeta Racing | 28 | Nassim Sidi Said | 5 |
| Euronova Racing | 29 | Giuseppe Chiminelli | 5, 7-8 |
| Euronova Racing | 31 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 6 |
| Euronova Racing | 32 | Luca DiCienzo | 6-7 |

## Calendar

All races were held in Italy, excluding round at Brno in Czech Republic.

| Round | Circuit | Date | Laps | Distance | Time | Speed |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Adria | 17 April | 34 | 2.702=91.868 km | 0'40:07.777 | 137.357 km/h |
| 2 | Vallelunga | 8 May | 32 | 3.734=119.488 km | 0'39:50.381 | 179.953 km/h |
| 3 | Brno | 6 June | 22 | 5.403=118.866 km | 0'40:54.994 | 174.305 km/h |
| 4 | Imola | 19 June | 24 | 4.933=118.392 km | 0'42:22.661 | 167.624 km/h |
| 5 | Mugello | 3 July | 24 | 5.245=125.88 km | 0'43:41.038 | 172.896 km/h |
| 6 | Magione | 24 July | 30 | 2.507=75.21 km | 0'33:26.305 | 134.953 km/h |
| 7 | Monza | 25 September | 20 | 5.793=115.86 km | 0'34:01.412 | 204.317 km/h |
| 8 | Misano | 23 October | 29 | 4.06=117.74 km | 0'40:27.829 | 174.586 km/h |

## Results

| Round | Circuit | Pole Position | Fastest Lap | Winning Driver | Winning Team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Adria | Toni Vilander | M: Alex Ciompi L: Andrea Belicchi | Alex Ciompi | Fisichella Motorsport |
| 2 | Vallelunga | Luca Filippi | M: Toni Vilander L: Stefano Gattuso | Toni Vilander | Team Astromega |
| 3 | Brno | Luca Filippi | M: Luca Filippi L: Stefano Gattuso | Luca Filippi | Fisichella Motorsport |
| 4 | Imola | Luca Filippi | M: Luca Filippi L: Stefano Gattuso | Luca Filippi | Fisichella Motorsport |
| 5 | Mugello | Luca Filippi | M: Luca Filippi L: Stefano Gattuso | Luca Filippi | Fisichella Motorsport |
| 6 | Magione | Pastor Maldonado | M: Pastor Maldonado L: Stefano Gattuso | Pastor Maldonado | Sighinolfi |
| 7 | Monza | Jaroslav Janiš | M: Maro Engel L: Stefano Gattuso | Luca Filippi | Fisichella Motorsport |
| 8 | Misano | Jaroslav Janiš | M: Giacomo Ricci L: Stefano Gattuso | Jaroslav Janiš | Ma-Con Engineering |

## Final points standings

### Driver

**Main championship**

For every race points were awarded: 10 points to the winner, 8 for runner-up, 6 for third place, 5 for fourth place, winding down to 1 point for 8th place. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point). Light Class drivers were also able to score points in the main class.

| Pos | Driver | ADR | VLL | BRN | IMO | MUG | MAG | MNZ | MIS | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Luca Filippi | 3 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 65 |
| 2 | Jarek Janis | | 2 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 43 |
| 3 | Giacomo Ricci | Ret | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 33 |
| 4 | Toni Vilander | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | 6 | Ret | 23 |
| 5 | Juan Cáceres | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 4 | 20 |
| 6 | Alex Ciompi | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 19 |
| 7 | Maro Engel | | | 6 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 4 | | 17 |
| 8 | Fabrizio Del Monte | 2 | 4 | 7 | | | | | | 15 |
| 9 | Pastor Maldonado | | | Ret | Ret | 7 | 1 | | | 14 |
| 10 | Raffaele Gianmaria | | | | 2 | | 4 | | | 13 |
| 11 | Jan Charouz | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 11 | | | 10 |
| 12 | Matteo Cressoni | | | 4 | Ret | 5 | | | | 9 |
| 13 | Bernhard Auinger | Ret | Ret | 5 | 6 | Ret | | | | 8 |
| 14 | Christiano Rocha | | | | | | | 3 | | 6 |
| 15 | Giacomo Piccini | | | | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | | 6 |
| 16 | Alex Lloyd | | | | Ret | 4 | | | | 5 |
| 17 | Andrea Belicchi | 4 | | | | | | | | 5 |
| 18 | Stefano Gattuso | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 |
| 19 | Gabriele Lancieri | | | | | | | | 5 | 4 |
| 20 | Emilio de Villota Jr. | | | | | | | | 6 | 3 |
| 21 | Matías Russo | 7 | 10 | 8 | | | | | | 3 |
| 22 | Michael Vorba | Ret | 8 | | | | | | | 1 |
| 23 | Christian Danner | | | | | | | | 8 | 1 |
| 24 | Glauco Soleri | | | | | | 10 | 12 | 9 | 0 |
| 25 | Giuseppe Strano | 9 | 9 | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | 0 |
| 26 | Giovanni Berton | | Ret | 11 | | | | | | 0 |
| 27 | Qinghua Ma | | | | | | | | 11 | 0 |
| 28 | Nassim Sidi Said | | | | | 11 | | | | 0 |
| 29 | Giuseppe Chiminelli | | | | | 12 | | 13 | Ret | 0 |
| 30 | Riccardo Mari | | | 12 | Ret | Ret | | | | 0 |
| 31 | Giuliano de Magryres | | | | | | | | 12 | 0 |
| 32 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | | | | | | 12 | | | 0 |
| 33 | Luca DiCienzo | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | 0 |
| 34 | Matteo Grassotto | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 35 | Matteo Pellegrino | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| 36 | Alessandro Vitacolonna | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | ADR | VLL | BRN | IMO | MUG | MAG | MNZ | MIS | Pts |

**Light Class championship**

| Pos | Driver | ADR | VLL | BRN | IMO | MUG | MAG | MNZ | MIS | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Stefano Gattuso | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 87 |
| 2 | Glauco Soleri | | | | | | 10 | 12 | 9 | 26 |
| 3 | Giuseppe Strano | 9 | 9 | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | 14 |
| 4 | Andrea Belicchi | 4 | | | | | | | | 12 |
| 5 | Giuseppe Chiminelli | | | | | 12 | | 13 | Ret | 12 |
| 6 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | | | | | | 12 | | | 9 |
| 7 | Giovanni Berton | | Ret | 11 | | | | | | 8 |
| 8 | Nassim Sidi Said | | | | | 11 | | | | 8 |
| 9 | Ricardo Mari | | | 12 | Ret | | | | | 6 |
| 10 | Luca DiCienzo | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | 0 |
| 11 | Alessandro Vitacolonna | Ret | | | | | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Driver | ADR | VLL | BRN | IMO | MUG | MAG | MNZ | MIS | Pts |

Points system see above.

### Teams

**Main**

| Pos | Team | ADR | VLL | BRN | IMO | MUG | MAG | MNZ | MIS | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Fisichella Motor Sport | 3 | Ret | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 84 |
| 1 | Fisichella Motor Sport | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | 2 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 84 |
| 2 | Ma-Con Engineering | Ret | 2 | Ret | 3 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 53 |
| 2 | Ma-Con Engineering | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 11 | | | 53 |
| 3 | GP Racing | 2 | 4 | 7 | Ret | 4 | 2 | 6 | Ret | 51 |
| 3 | GP Racing | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | Ret | 9 | 10 | 4 | 51 |
| 4 | Team Astromega | Ret | 1 | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | 11 | 45 |
| 4 | Team Astromega | Ret | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 45 |
| 5 | Sighinolfi | Ret | 8 | Ret | Ret | 7 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 31 |
| 5 | Sighinolfi | Ret | Ret | 5 | 6 | Ret | | 8 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | BCN Competición | 7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | | 4 | | | 25 |
| 6 | BCN Competición | Ret | | 4 | Ret | 5 | | | | 25 |
| 7 | Durango | | | 6 | 4 | Ret | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 |
| 7 | Durango | | | | | | | 3 | 12 | 24 |
| 8 | Discovery Racing | 4 | | 12 | Ret | | | | | 5 |
| 9 | Vanni Racing/Traini Corse | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 5 |
| 10 | Euronova Racing | | | | 7 | 8 | 8 | 13 | Ret | 4 |
| 10 | Euronova Racing | | | | | 12 | 12 | Ret | | 4 |
| 11 | Il Motori Di Carlotta | 9 | 9 | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | 0 |
| 11 | Il Motori Di Carlotta | | | | | | 10 | 12 | 9 | 0 |
| 12 | Azerta | Ret | Ret | 11 | | 11 | | | | 0 |
| Pos | Team | ADR | VLL | BRN | IMO | MUG | MAG | MNZ | MIS | Pts |

**Light**

| Pos | Team | ADR | VLL | BRN | IMO | MUG | MAG | MNZ | MIS | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vanni Racing/Traini Corse | 8 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 87 |
| 2 | Il Motori Di Carlotta | 9 | 9 | | Ret | Ret | Ret | | | 40 |
| 2 | Il Motori Di Carlotta | | | | | | 10 | 12 | 9 | 40 |
| 3 | Euronova Racing | | | | | 12 | 12 | 13 | Ret | 21 |
| 3 | Euronova Racing | | | | | | Ret | Ret | | 21 |
| 4 | Discovery Racing | 4 | | 12 | Ret | | | | | 18 |
| 5 | Azerta | Ret | Ret | 11 | | 11 | | | | 16 |
| Pos | Team | ADR | VLL | BRN | IMO | MUG | MAG | MNZ | MIS | Pts |
