2005 Eurocup Mégane Trophy Explained

The 2005 Eurocup Mégane Trophy season was the inaugural season of the Renault–supported touring car category, a one-make racing series that is part of the World Series by Renault. The season began at Circuit Ricardo Tormo on 4 June and finished at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza on 23 October, after seven rounds and fifteen races.^[1] Jan Heylen won the title, having battled Renaud Derlot for the entire campaign.^[2]

Teams and drivers

Team Drivers Class Rounds Team Elias 1 Luis Miguel Reyes All 6 Angel Burgueño 1, 3-4 Thierry Boutsen Racing 2 Renaud Kuppens All 7 Jeffrey van Hooydonk All Team Lompech Sport 3 Frédéric Gabillon All 4 Sébastien Dhouailly All Iris Racing 5 Marc Benz All Oregon Team 8 Pedro Petiz All 9 Nicola Gianniberti All 64 Mike Parisy 7 Racing for Belgium 10 César Campaniço All 11 Jan Heylen All 12 Wim Coekelbergs 1, 4 Miguel Freitas 2, 6 Fernando Navarrete 3 Shigeki Ebihara 7 Equipe Verschuur 14 Bernhard ten Brinke All 15 Frans Verschuur 1-2 Jeroen Reijntjens 4, 7 Sandor van Es 5 Paul van Splunteren 6 Auto Janák 16 Jiří Janák 2-5, 7 TP Compétition / Huger 17 Renaud Derlot All 36 Jean-Yves Mallat All 37 Philippe Macé 1-6 38 Jean-Paul Coppens 1 Blue Jumeirah Team 18 Rafael Unzurrunzaga 3, 5-7 Hervas Racing 20 Juan Morales 1-4, 6 Porfesa Competicion 21 Santiago Porteiro 1-4 Energy Racing 22 Pascal Ballay 1-4, 6-7 Lucas Lasserre 5 Pouchelon Racing 23 Ludovic Badey All 66 Matthieu Cheruy 6-7 Tech 1 Racing 24 Simon Abadie All 25 Matthieu Lahaye All Epsilon Euskadi 27 Antonio Aristi All 28 Jean-Christophe Ravier 1-4 Angel Burgueño 5-7 Senn Motorsport 29 Andreas Mayerl All Saturn Motorsport 33 Victor Fernandez All 34 Lluis Llobet All Gemo Sport 64 Mike Parisy 1-6 65 Pierre Hirschi 2, 4-7 Bruno Bazaud 3

Race calendar and results

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning Driver	Winning Team
1	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	4 June	Renaud Derlot	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Racing for Belgium
	R2		5 June	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Racing for Belgium
2	R1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	10 July	Nicola Gianniberti	Matthieu Lahaye	Renaud Derlot	TP Compétition / Huger
	R2			Renaud Derlot	Renaud Derlot	Jan Heylen	Racing for Belgium
3	R1	Circuito Urbano Bilbao	16 July	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Racing for Belgium
	R2		17 July	Cancelled	Nicola Gianniberti	Jan Heylen	Racing for Belgium
4	R1	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	6 August	César Campaniço	Nicola Gianniberti	César Campaniço	Racing for Belgium
	R2		7 August	Renaud Derlot	César Campaniço	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Thierry Boutsen Racing
5	R1	Donington Park	10 September	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Jan Heylen	Racing for Belgium
	R2		11 September	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Jan Heylen	Ludovic Badey	Pouchelon Racing
6	R1	Autódromo do Estoril	1 October	Renaud Derlot	Nicola Gianniberti	Ludovic Badey	Pouchelon Racing
	R2		2 October	Ludovic Badey	Marc Benz	Ludovic Badey	Pouchelon Racing
	R3			Marc Benz	Ludovic Badey	Ludovic Badey	Pouchelon Racing
7	R1	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	22 October	Marc Benz	Marc Benz	Simon Abadie	Tech 1 Racing
	R2		23 October	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Matthieu Lahaye	Jeffrey van Hooydonk	Thierry Boutsen Racing

Notes

Drivers' Championship

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	15	12	10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1	1

Pos Driver VAL BUG BIL OSC DON EST MNZ Points 1 Jan Heylen 1 1 4 1 1 1 10 6 1 2 3 2 14 21 Ret 147 2 Renaud Derlot 2 3 1 2 8 Ret 2 2 2 Ret 6 3 2 7 3 134 3 Ludovic Badey 3 Ret 3 Ret 3 5 11 11 3 1 1 1 1 20 Ret 108 4 Jeffrey van Hooydonk 5 2 2 16 22 13 Ret 1 8 3 12 7 Ret 3 1 89 5 César Campaniço Ret 12 5 3 7 6 1 3 Ret 13 17 6 3 5 2 85 6 Nicola Gianniberti 24 5 DSQ 6 29 2 3 8 4 4 4 Ret 7 Ret 5 74 7 Angel Burgueño 4 11 4 3 Ret Ret 7 7 23 5 6 Ret 6 50 8 Marc Benz 15 17 14 7 11 7 8 7 5 6 2 20 Ret 4 Ret 50 9 Matthieu Lahaye 8 Ret 11 Ret 10 8 12 4 Ret 9 Ret Ret 4 2 4 47 10 Simon Abadie 7 9 9 Ret Ret DNS 6 Ret 6 14 Ret 4 Ret 1 20 41 11 Frédéric Gabillon 10 6 7 11 9 9 5 5 17 8 5 Ret 5 Ret Ret 41 12 Renaud Kuppens 9 4 Ret 21 24 4 7 Ret 10 5 8 11 9 Ret 10 36 13 Pedro Petiz 13 Ret 15 5 2 25 13 Ret 16 11 14 8 8 15 9 26 14 Jean-Christophe Ravier Ret Ret 6 4 6 11 4 13 26 15 Mike Parisy 11 8 13 14 5 12 Ret 9 14 25 Ret 15 12 Ret 8 26 16 Bernhard ten Brinke 18 10 8 12 12 14 Ret 17 13 16 11 14 15 6 7 11 17 Santiago Porteiro 6 13 Ret 8 26 15 9 12 10 18 Sébastien Dhouailly 12 7 10 Ret 19 10 14 Ret 15 20 Ret 12 Ret 8 Ret 9 19 Luis Miguel Reyes 16 Ret 8 Ret 15 21 17 15 Ret Ret 7 17 10 Ret Ret 8 20 Miguel Freitas 24 10 9 9 Ret 5 21 Andreas Mayerl 21 18 18 15 16 18 16 14 19 15 13 Ret 13 10 12 2 22 Lucas Lasserre 9 12 2 23 Frans Verschuur 17 15 Ret 9 2 24 Jiří Janák 17 13 23 20 18 10 12 22 11 13 2 25 Sandor van Es 11 10 1 26 Antonio Aristi 14 14 16 18 13 Ret 15 16 18 18 16 13 18 12 14 0 27 Jean-Yves Mallat 19 24 20 17 14 17 26 19 21 17 15 16 16 14 15 0 28 Pascal Ballay 27 19 21 Ret 21 19 19 21 Ret Ret Ret Ret 16 0 29 Jeroen Reijntjens 20 Ret 16 Ret 0 30 Fernando Navarrete 20 16 0 31 Jean-Paul Coppens 22 16 0 32 Pierre Hirschi 25 24 22 22 20 19 19 19 20 17 17 0 33 Bruno Bazaud 17 23 0 34 Philippe Macé 20 20 19 19 18 Ret 24 23 22 Ret 18 18 19 0 35 Lluis Llobet 23 21 Ret 20 27 25 23 20 Ret 21 20 21 Ret 18 18 0 36 Wim Coekelbergs 25 23 21 18 0 37 Victor Fernandez 26 22 22 23 28 Ret 25 24 Ret 23 25 22 Ret 19 19 0 38 Rafael Unzurrunzaga DNS 26 23 24 24 23 21 22 21 0 39 Juan Morales DNS 25 23 22 25 22 27 25 22 Ret DSQ 0 guest drivers ineligible for points Matthieu Cheruy 21 24 17 9 11 Paul van Splunteren 31 10 11 Shigeki Ebihara 13 Ret Pos Driver VAL BUG BIL OSC DON EST MNZ Points

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External links

• The Eurocup Mégane Trophy website
• World Series by Renault results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mégane Trophy Eurocup 2006 standings. driverdb.com. Driver Database. 12 April 2015.
2. News: A Tech 1 one-two as Heylen takes the title!. World Series by Renault. Renault Sport. 12 April 2015.