2005 FIA WTCC Race of Spain

Spain  2005 Race of Spain
Round details
Round 9 of 10 in the 2005 World Touring Car Championship season at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain.
Date October 2, 2005
Location Valencia, Spain
Course Circuit Ricardo Tormo
4.005 km
Race One
Laps 13
Pole position
Driver Spain Jordi Gené SEAT Sport
Time 1:42.778
Podium
First Spain Jordi Gené SEAT Sport
Second Germany Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland
Third Germany Peter Terting SEAT Sport
Fastest Lap
Driver Germany Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland
Time 1:43.795
Race Two
Laps 13
Podium
First Germany Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland
Second Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team
Third United Kingdom Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK
Fastest Lap
Driver Germany Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland
Time 1:43.948

The 2005 FIA WTCC Race Of Spain was the ninth and penultimate round of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship season. It was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. Jordi Gené won the first race for SEAT, this being SEAT's third win and the first for the new SEAT León in WTCC. The second race was dominated by Jörg Müller, whose win for BMW helped them to close in on the Manufacturers Championship.

Race 1

Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 9 Spain Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 13 22:48.757 1 10
2 43 Germany Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 13 +3.288 3 8
3 10 Germany Peter Terting SEAT Sport SEAT León 13 +7.099 2 6
4 1 United Kingdom Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320i 13 +8.417 14 5
5 42 Germany Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 13 +10.908 7 4
6 6 Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 13 +15.506 12 3
7 22 Italy Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 13 +19.414 10 2
8 4 Italy Alex Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 13 +19.937 20 1
9 29 Monaco Stéphane Ortelli Team Oreca PlayStation SEAT Toledo Cupra 13 +25.285 13
10 12 Spain Marc Carol SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 13 +26.214 18
11 27 IT Italy Adriano de Micheli JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 13 +28.953 15
12 31 IT Italy Giuseppe Cirò Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 13 +31.876 26
13 34 IT Sweden Tomas Engström Honda Dealer Team Sweden Honda Accord Euro R 13 +32.654 22
14 5 Spain Antonio García BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 13 +42.753 9
15 40 IT Spain Polo Villaamil GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 13 +45.121 27
16 2 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 13 +53.181 8
17 30 IT Italy Stefano D'Aste Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 12 +1 Lap 24
NC 7 Brazil Augusto Farfus Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 8 +5 Laps 6
NC 20 IT Netherlands Tom Coronel GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 8 +5 Laps 21
Ret 8 Sweden Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 5 Retirement 5
Ret 28 IT Sweden Carl Rosenblad Crawford Racing BMW 320i 3 Accident 16
Ret 23 Switzerland Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 3 Retirement 11
Ret 3 United Kingdom James Thompson Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 1 Collision 23
Ret 14 Germany Thomas Klenke Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 1 Collision 17
Ret 16 Germany Michael Funke Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 1 Collision 19
Ret 32 IT Germany Marc Hennerici Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i 1 Collision 25
Ret 21 United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 0 Collision 4

Race 2

Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 42 Germany Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 13 23:00.510 4 10
2 6 Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 13 +7.760 3 8
3 1 United Kingdom Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320i 13 +8.245 5 6
4 43 Germany Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 13 +8.480 7 5
5 4 Italy Alex Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 13 +9.166 1 4
6 5 Spain Antonio García BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 13 +9.304 14 3
7 7 Brazil Augusto Farfus Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 13 +9.806 18 2
8 12 Spain Marc Carol SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 13 +11.123 10 1
9 34 IT Sweden Tomas Engström Honda Dealer Team Sweden Honda Accord Euro R 13 +14.798 13
10 31 IT Italy Giuseppe Cirò Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 13 +15.023 12
11 8 Sweden Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León 13 +15.653 24
12 10 Germany Peter Terting SEAT Sport SEAT León 13 +17.125 6
13 20 IT Netherlands Tom Coronel GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 13 +17.227 19
14 9 Spain Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León 13 +18.059 8
15 3 United Kingdom James Thompson Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 13 +21.765 20
16 28 IT Sweden Carl Rosenblad Crawford Racing BMW 320i 13 +24.145 26
17 30 IT Italy Stefano D'Aste Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 13 +26.045 17
18 16 Germany Michael Funke Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 13 +30.084 22
19 27 IT Italy Adriano de Micheli JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 13 +43.253 11
20 32 IT Germany Marc Hennerici Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i 13 +44.657 27
21 40 IT Spain Polo Villaamil GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 13 +1:07.495 15
22 29 Monaco Stéphane Ortelli Team Oreca PlayStation SEAT Toledo Cupra 12 +1 Lap 9
23 2 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 9 +4 Laps 16
Ret 22 Italy Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 2 Retirement 2
DNS 14 Germany Thomas Klenke Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 0 21
DNS 21 United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 0 23
DNS 23 Switzerland Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 0 25

Standings after the races

Drivers' Championship standings
Pos Driver Points
1 Germany Dirk Müller 86
2 United Kingdom Andy Priaulx 85
3 Italy Fabrizio Giovanardi 81
4 Germany Jörg Müller 59
5 Italy Gabriele Tarquini 55

Manufacturers' Championship standings
Pos Constructor Points
1 Germany BMW 244
2 Italy Alfa Romeo 219
3 Spain SEAT 170
4 United States Chevrolet 57
5 United States Ford 10

References

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