2005 FIA WTCC Race of Spain

Spain 2005 Race of Spain
Race details
Date October 2, 2005
Location Valencia, Spain
Course Circuit Ricardo Tormo
4.005 kilometres (2.489 mi)
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

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

Race 2

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

Standings after the races

References

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