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.

Spain 2005 Race of Spain
Race details
DateOctober 2, 2005
LocationValencia, Spain
CourseCircuit Ricardo Tormo
4.005 kilometres (2.489 mi)
Race One
Laps13
Pole position
DriverSpain Jordi GenéSEAT Sport
Time1:42.778
Podium
FirstSpain Jordi GenéSEAT Sport
SecondGermany Dirk MüllerBMW Team Deutschland
ThirdGermany Peter TertingSEAT Sport
Fastest Lap
DriverGermany Dirk MüllerBMW Team Deutschland
Time1:43.795
Race Two
Laps13
Podium
FirstGermany Jörg MüllerBMW Team Deutschland
SecondItaly Fabrizio GiovanardiAlfa Romeo Racing Team
ThirdUnited Kingdom Andy PriaulxBMW Team UK
Fastest Lap
DriverGermany Jörg MüllerBMW Team Deutschland
Time1:43.948

Race 1

PosNoDriverTeamCarLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
19 Jordi GenéSEAT SportSEAT León1322:48.757110
243 Dirk MüllerBMW Team DeutschlandBMW 320i13+3.28838
310 Peter TertingSEAT SportSEAT León13+7.09926
41 Andy PriaulxBMW Team UKBMW 320i13+8.417145
542 Jörg MüllerBMW Team DeutschlandBMW 320i13+10.90874
66 Fabrizio GiovanardiAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 15613+15.506123
722 Nicola LariniChevroletChevrolet Lacetti13+19.414102
84 Alex ZanardiBMW Team Italy-SpainBMW 320i13+19.937201
929 Stéphane OrtelliTeam Oreca PlayStationSEAT Toledo Cupra13+25.28513
1012 Marc CarolSEAT SportSEAT Toledo Cupra13+26.21418
1127IT Adriano de MicheliJAS MotorsportHonda Accord Euro R13+28.95315
1231IT Giuseppe CiròProteam MotorsportBMW 320i13+31.87626
1334IT Tomas EngströmHonda Dealer Team SwedenHonda Accord Euro R13+32.65422
145 Antonio GarcíaBMW Team Italy-SpainBMW 320i13+42.7539
1540IT Polo VillaamilGR AsiaSEAT Toledo Cupra13+45.12127
162 Gabriele TarquiniAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 15613+53.1818
1730IT Stefano D'AsteProteam MotorsportBMW 320i12+1 Lap24
NC7 Augusto FarfusAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 1568+5 Laps6
NC20IT Tom CoronelGR AsiaSEAT Toledo Cupra8+5 Laps21
Ret8 Rickard RydellSEAT SportSEAT León5Retirement5
Ret28IT Carl RosenbladCrawford RacingBMW 320i3Accident16
Ret23 Alain MenuChevroletChevrolet Lacetti3Retirement11
Ret3 James ThompsonAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 1561Collision23
Ret14 Thomas KlenkeFord Hotfiel SportFord Focus1Collision17
Ret16 Michael FunkeFord Hotfiel SportFord Focus1Collision19
Ret32IT Marc HennericiWiechers-SportBMW 320i1Collision25
Ret21 Robert HuffChevroletChevrolet Lacetti0Collision4

Race 2

PosNoDriverTeamCarLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
142 Jörg MüllerBMW Team DeutschlandBMW 320i1323:00.510410
26 Fabrizio GiovanardiAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 15613+7.76038
31 Andy PriaulxBMW Team UKBMW 320i13+8.24556
443 Dirk MüllerBMW Team DeutschlandBMW 320i13+8.48075
54 Alex ZanardiBMW Team Italy-SpainBMW 320i13+9.16614
65 Antonio GarcíaBMW Team Italy-SpainBMW 320i13+9.304143
77 Augusto FarfusAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 15613+9.806182
812 Marc CarolSEAT SportSEAT Toledo Cupra13+11.123101
934IT Tomas EngströmHonda Dealer Team SwedenHonda Accord Euro R13+14.79813
1031IT Giuseppe CiròProteam MotorsportBMW 320i13+15.02312
118 Rickard RydellSEAT SportSEAT León13+15.65324
1210 Peter TertingSEAT SportSEAT León13+17.1256
1320IT Tom CoronelGR AsiaSEAT Toledo Cupra13+17.22719
149 Jordi GenéSEAT SportSEAT León13+18.0598
153 James ThompsonAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 15613+21.76520
1628IT Carl RosenbladCrawford RacingBMW 320i13+24.14526
1730IT Stefano D'AsteProteam MotorsportBMW 320i13+26.04517
1816 Michael FunkeFord Hotfiel SportFord Focus13+30.08422
1927IT Adriano de MicheliJAS MotorsportHonda Accord Euro R13+43.25311
2032IT Marc HennericiWiechers-SportBMW 320i13+44.65727
2140IT Polo VillaamilGR AsiaSEAT Toledo Cupra13+1:07.49515
2229 Stéphane OrtelliTeam Oreca PlayStationSEAT Toledo Cupra12+1 Lap9
232 Gabriele TarquiniAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 1569+4 Laps16
Ret22 Nicola LariniChevroletChevrolet Lacetti2Retirement2
DNS14 Thomas KlenkeFord Hotfiel SportFord Focus021
DNS21 Robert HuffChevroletChevrolet Lacetti023
DNS23 Alain MenuChevroletChevrolet Lacetti025

Standings after the races

Manufacturers' Championship standings
PosConstructorPoints
1 BMW244
2 Alfa Romeo219
3 SEAT170
4 Chevrolet57
5 Ford10

References

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