2005 FIA WTCC Race of Spain

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.

2005 Race of Spain
Race details
DateOctober 2, 2005
LocationValencia, Spain
CourseCircuit Ricardo Tormo
4.005 kilometres (2.489 mi)
Race One
Laps 13
Pole position
Driver Jordi Gené SEAT Sport
Time 1:42.778
Podium
First Jordi Gené SEAT Sport
Second Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland
Third Peter Terting SEAT Sport
Fastest Lap
Driver Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland
Time 1:43.795
Race Two
Laps 13
Podium
First Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland
Second Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team
Third Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK
Fastest Lap
Driver Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland
Time 1:43.948

Race 1

PosNoDriverTeamCarLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 9 Jordi GenéSEAT SportSEAT León 13 22:48.757 1 10
2 43 Dirk MüllerBMW Team DeutschlandBMW 320i 13 +3.288 3 8
3 10 Peter TertingSEAT SportSEAT León 13 +7.099 2 6
4 1 Andy PriaulxBMW Team UKBMW 320i 13 +8.417 14 5
5 42 Jörg MüllerBMW Team DeutschlandBMW 320i 13 +10.908 7 4
6 6 Fabrizio GiovanardiAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 156 13 +15.506 12 3
7 22 Nicola LariniChevroletChevrolet Lacetti 13 +19.414 10 2
8 4 Alex ZanardiBMW Team Italy-SpainBMW 320i 13 +19.937 20 1
9 29 Stéphane OrtelliTeam Oreca PlayStationSEAT Toledo Cupra 13 +25.285 13
10 12 Marc CarolSEAT SportSEAT Toledo Cupra 13 +26.214 18
11 27IT Adriano de MicheliJAS MotorsportHonda Accord Euro R 13 +28.953 15
12 31IT Giuseppe CiròProteam MotorsportBMW 320i 13 +31.876 26
13 34IT Tomas EngströmHonda Dealer Team SwedenHonda Accord Euro R 13 +32.654 22
14 5 Antonio GarcíaBMW Team Italy-SpainBMW 320i 13 +42.753 9
15 40IT Polo VillaamilGR AsiaSEAT Toledo Cupra 13 +45.121 27
16 2 Gabriele TarquiniAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 156 13 +53.181 8
17 30IT Stefano D'AsteProteam MotorsportBMW 320i 12 +1 Lap 24
NC 7 Augusto FarfusAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 156 8 +5 Laps 6
NC 20IT Tom CoronelGR AsiaSEAT Toledo Cupra 8 +5 Laps 21
Ret 8 Rickard RydellSEAT SportSEAT León 5 Retirement 5
Ret 28IT Carl RosenbladCrawford RacingBMW 320i 3 Accident 16
Ret 23 Alain MenuChevroletChevrolet Lacetti 3 Retirement 11
Ret 3 James ThompsonAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 156 1 Collision 23
Ret 14 Thomas KlenkeFord Hotfiel SportFord Focus 1 Collision 17
Ret 16 Michael FunkeFord Hotfiel SportFord Focus 1 Collision 19
Ret 32IT Marc HennericiWiechers-SportBMW 320i 1 Collision 25
Ret 21 Robert HuffChevroletChevrolet Lacetti 0 Collision 4

Race 2

PosNoDriverTeamCarLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 42 Jörg MüllerBMW Team DeutschlandBMW 320i 13 23:00.510 4 10
2 6 Fabrizio GiovanardiAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 156 13 +7.760 3 8
3 1 Andy PriaulxBMW Team UKBMW 320i 13 +8.245 5 6
4 43 Dirk MüllerBMW Team DeutschlandBMW 320i 13 +8.480 7 5
5 4 Alex ZanardiBMW Team Italy-SpainBMW 320i 13 +9.166 1 4
6 5 Antonio GarcíaBMW Team Italy-SpainBMW 320i 13 +9.304 14 3
7 7 Augusto FarfusAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 156 13 +9.806 18 2
8 12 Marc CarolSEAT SportSEAT Toledo Cupra 13 +11.123 10 1
9 34IT Tomas EngströmHonda Dealer Team SwedenHonda Accord Euro R 13 +14.798 13
10 31IT Giuseppe CiròProteam MotorsportBMW 320i 13 +15.023 12
11 8 Rickard RydellSEAT SportSEAT León 13 +15.653 24
12 10 Peter TertingSEAT SportSEAT León 13 +17.125 6
13 20IT Tom CoronelGR AsiaSEAT Toledo Cupra 13 +17.227 19
14 9 Jordi GenéSEAT SportSEAT León 13 +18.059 8
15 3 James ThompsonAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 156 13 +21.765 20
16 28IT Carl RosenbladCrawford RacingBMW 320i 13 +24.145 26
17 30IT Stefano D'AsteProteam MotorsportBMW 320i 13 +26.045 17
18 16 Michael FunkeFord Hotfiel SportFord Focus 13 +30.084 22
19 27IT Adriano de MicheliJAS MotorsportHonda Accord Euro R 13 +43.253 11
20 32IT Marc HennericiWiechers-SportBMW 320i 13 +44.657 27
21 40IT Polo VillaamilGR AsiaSEAT Toledo Cupra 13 +1:07.495 15
22 29 Stéphane OrtelliTeam Oreca PlayStationSEAT Toledo Cupra 12 +1 Lap 9
23 2 Gabriele TarquiniAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 156 9 +4 Laps 16
Ret 22 Nicola LariniChevroletChevrolet Lacetti 2 Retirement 2
DNS 14 Thomas KlenkeFord Hotfiel SportFord Focus 0 21
DNS 21 Robert HuffChevroletChevrolet Lacetti 0 23
DNS 23 Alain MenuChevroletChevrolet Lacetti 0 25

Standings after the races

References

    World Touring Car Championship
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    2005 FIA WTCC Race of Turkey
    2005 World Touring Car Championship season Next race:
    2005 Guia Race of Macau
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