2005 Spanish Formula Three Championship Explained

The 2005 Spanish Formula Three Championship was the fifth Spanish Formula Three season. It began on 17 April at Circuito del Jarama in Madrid and ended on 13 November at Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló after fifteen races.^[1] Andy Soucek was crowned series champion.^[2]

Teams and drivers

• All teams were Spanish-registered. All cars were powered by Toyota engines and Dunlop tyres. Main class powered by Dallara F305, while Copa Class by Dallara F300 chassis.^[3]

Team		Driver	Rounds
Class A
Racing Engineering	1	Javier Villa	All
	2	Ricardo Risatti	All
	3	Filipe Albuquerque	1–2, 4–5, 7–8
		Sebastian Vettel	3
		Sébastien Buemi	6
GTA Motor Competición	4	Sebastián Moreno	1
		Carlos Iaconelli	4–6
		Manel Cerqueda Jr.	7–8
	5	nowrap	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	All
Campos Racing	6	Álvaro Barba	All
	7	Roldán Rodríguez	All
IGI Tec-Auto	8	Juan Manuel Polar	1–4
ECA Racing	10	Daniel Martín	1–2
		Juan Manuel Polar	7–8
Llusiá Racing	12	Andy Soucek	All
Elide Racing	13	Carlos Álvarez	4–8
Copa F300
IGI Tec-Auto	13	Carlos Álvarez	1–2
	19	Carlos Cosidó Jr.	5–8
Racing Engineering	14	Marcos Martínez	All
GTA Motor Competición	15	Manel Cerqueda Jr.	1–6
		Iñigo Martínez	7–8
	16	Nil Montserrat	All
	26	Aitor Medina	2
Campos Racing	17	Marco Barba	All
	18	Arturo Llobell	All
	27	Adrian Campos Jr.	6
ECA Racing	21	Manuel Sáez-Merino Jr.	All
	22	Roc Mas	1–3
	23	Piero Rodarte	2–8
Catolan Racing Sport	24	Carlos Martín	1–5
Llusiá Racing		Borja Mancera	7
Meycom Sport	25	Maria de Villota	1
		Edeniel Soto	2–8
Escuela Española de Pilotos	28	Ryan Lewis	7

Calendar

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winning driver	Winning team
1	R1	Circuito del Jarama, Madrid	17 April	Andy Soucek				Arturo Llobell
	R2				José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	Álvaro Barba	Campos Racing
2	R1		15 May	Javier Villa	Álvaro Barba	Álvaro Barba	Campos Racing	Arturo Llobell
	R2			Álvaro Barba	Javier Villa	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	Manuel Sáez-Merino Jr.
3		Circuito de Albacete, Albacete	5 June	Javier Villa	Javier Villa	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	Manuel Sáez-Merino Jr.
4	R1	Autódromo do Estoril, Estoril	26 June	Andy Soucek	Ricardo Risatti	Andy Soucek	Llusiá Racing	Manuel Sáez-Merino Jr.
	R2			Ricardo Risatti	Ricardo Risatti	Ricardo Risatti	Racing Engineering	Marco Barba
5	R1	Circuito de Albacete, Albacete		Filipe Albuquerque	Javier Villa	Ricardo Risatti	Racing Engineering	Marcos Martínez
	R2			Filipe Albuquerque	Ricardo Risatti	Ricardo Risatti	Racing Engineering	Marcos Martínez
6	R1	Circuit Ricardo Tormo, Valencia	2 October	Javier Villa	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	Javier Villa	Racing Engineering	Marcos Martínez
	R2			Javier Villa	Álvaro Barba	Álvaro Barba	Campos Racing	Piero Rodarte
7	R1		16 October	Ricardo Risatti	Javier Villa	Andy Soucek	Llusiá Racing	Marcos Martínez
	R2			Ricardo Risatti	Javier Villa	Ricardo Risatti	Racing Engineering	Marco Barba
8	R1	Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona	13 November	Ricardo Risatti	Ricardo Risatti	Filipe Albuquerque	Racing Engineering	Piero Rodarte
	R2			Ricardo Risatti	Andy Soucek	Andy Soucek	Llusiá Racing	Marcos Martínez

Standings

Drivers' standings

• Points were awarded as follows:

Pos Driver JAR VAL ALB EST ALB VAL JER CAT Pts 1 Andy Soucek 2 8 5 Ret 4 1 4 2 2 4 6 1 2 4 1 112 2 align=left nowrap José Manuel Pérez-Aicart 1 9 3 3 2 Ret 2 6 5 2 2 2 3 2 Ret 109 3 Ricardo Risatti 6 4 7 4 6 10 1 1 1 16† 3 3 1 5 NC 96 4 Javier Villa 5 7 2 1 1 2 3 16 Ret 1 4 5 15 3 Ret 96 5 Álvaro Barba 3 1 1 2 Ret Ret 6 4 3 Ret 1 7 Ret 6 Ret 81 6 Filipe Albuquerque 9 5 17† 13 3 5 3 4 4 9 1 Ret 41 7 Roldán Rodríguez Ret 2 4 6 8 Ret 17 Ret 10 3 5 Ret 4 8 Ret 35 8 Daniel Martín 4 3 6 5 5 4 Ret 8 6 31 9 Marcos Martínez Ret 11 NC 8 Ret 12 12 5 7 5 14† 6 8 10 2 29 10 Marco Barba 10 Ret Ret Ret 9 9 7 9 8 6 8 Ret 5 9 7 27 11 Arturo Llobell 7 13 9 9 11 7 13 12 Ret 8 10 8 7 11 4 16 12 Manuel Sáez-Merino Jr. 8 6 11 7 7 5 11 13 13 13 9 Ret Ret 12 8 13 13 Juan Manuel Polar 14 10 8 Ret 10 6 9 10 16† 15 3 12 14 Piero Rodarte 12 15 12 8 10 11 9 7 7 Ret 12 7 Ret 10 15 Sebastian Vettel 3 8 16 Edeniel Soto 16 17 15 13 15 15 Ret 12 DNS 14 Ret 13 5 4 17 Carlos Álvarez 13 15 18† 11 Ret Ret 10 Ret Ret Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 4 18 Carlos Cosidó Jr. Ret 14 11 12 11 13 14 6 4 19 Manel Cerqueda Jr. 16 16 14 12 NC Ret 18† 7 11 10 Ret 3 20 Carlos Iaconelli Ret 8 Ret 15 15† 15† 2 21 Nil Montserrat 12 17 10 Ret 14 11 14 14 12 9 11 9 11 16† Ret 2 Carlos Martín 11 18† 13 10 13 NC 16 0 Roc Mas Ret Ret DNS 16† Ret 0 Adrian Campos Jr. 14 DNS 0 Borja Mancera Ret 13 0 Aitor Medina 15 14 0 Iñigo Martínez 15 14 Ret Ret 0 María de Villota NC 12 0 Ryan Lewis 13 Ret 0 Sebastián Moreno 15 14 0 Sébastien Buemi Ret DNS 0 Pos Driver JAR VAL ALB EST ALB VAL JER CAT Pts

Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Copa de España de F3

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Arturo Llobell	86
2	Marcos Martínez Ucha	82
3	Marco Barba	79
4	Manuel Sáez-Merino, jr.	69
5	Piero Rodarte	61
6	Nil Montserrat	33
7	Carlos Martín	14
8	Manel Cerqueda, jr.	12
9	Carlos Cosidó Jr.	8
10	Edeniel Soto	6
11	María de Villota	6
12	Carlos Álvarez	6
13	Ryan Lewis	3

Teams' standings

Pos	Team	Pts
1	Racing Engineering	252
2	Campos Racing	124
3	GTA Motor Competición	119
4	Llusiá Racing	112
5	ECA Racing	40
6	IGI-Tec Auto	11
7	Catolan Racing Sport	0
8	Meycom Sport	0
9	Escuela Española de Pilotos	0

Trofeo Ibérico de Fórmula 3

Pos	Driver	Pts
1	Andy Soucek	77
2	José Manuel Pérez-Aicart	58
3	Javier Villa	45
4	Álvaro Barba	35
5	Arturo Llobell	27
6	Marcos Martínez	25
7	Roldán Rodríguez	23
8	Daniel Martín	20
9	Manuel Sáez-Merino Jr.	20
10	Marco Barba	16

External links

• Official Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Race Calendar: Spanish Formula 3 Championship – Season 2005. speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. 27 January 2013.
2. Web site: Campeonato de España de Fórmula 3 2005. driverdb.com. Driver Database. 27 January 2013.
3. Web site: Entrylist: Spanish Formula 3 Championship – Season 2005. speedsport-magazine.com. Speedsport Magazine. 27 January 2013.