2005 FIA WTCC Race of Mexico

The 2005 FIA WTCC Race Of Mexico was the fifth round of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship season. It was held at the Autódromo Miguel E. Abed. Fabrizio Giovanardi won the first race from pole position for Alfa Romeo, and Peter Terting took his first and only WTCC win in the second race, which also turned out to be SEAT's second win.

2005 Race of Mexico
Race details
DateJune 26, 2005
LocationPuebla, Mexico
CourseAutódromo Miguel E. Abed
3.363 kilometres (2.090 mi)
Race One
Laps 17
Pole position
Driver Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team
Time 1:29.993
Podium
First Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team
Second Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team
Third Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport
Fastest Lap
Driver Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team
Time 1:30.587
Race Two
Laps 17
Podium
First Peter Terting SEAT Sport
Second Antonio García BMW Team Italy-Spain
Third Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team
Fastest Lap
Driver Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team
Time 1:30.867

Report

Qualifying

Roberto Colciago took a shock pole position driving for Honda with a time of 1:29.830, with Peter Terting's SEAT very close behind. Fabrizio Giovanardi qualified third for Alfa Romeo, leading an Alfa quartet of Augusto Farfus, James Thompson and Gabriele Tarquini. However, Colciago, Terting and Farfus all had ten-place grid penalties for incidents in Imola and an engine change. The biggest shock in qualifying was that none of the factory BMWs qualified in the top ten. The first BMW was Antonio García in 11th, with reigning champion Andy Priaulx only 15th but still a spot ahead of championship leader Dirk Müller. Jörg Müller crashed heavily in practice and did not take part after that in the weekend due to a heavily damaged car.[1]

Race 1

Roberto Colciago, Peter Terting and Augusto Farfus, who qualified on pole, 2nd and 4th respectively all suffered ten-place grid penalties, Terting for an engine change and the other two for dangerous driving in the previous race at Imola. Alfa Romeo, despite Farfus's penalty gratefully accepted that as their drivers Fabrizio Giovanardi, James Thompson and Gabriele Tarquini to start at the front. They maintained their positions early on, with Giovanardi leading Thompson and Tarquini, with Jordi Gené and Rickard Rydell following them in two SEATS, and Antonio García keeping BMW in the points. Gené crashed out on the second lap, leaving the three Alfas with a large 4.5 second gap after just 2 laps. Thopmson stayed with Giovanardi in the early stages, however he lost pace as the race progressed, and was passed by Tarquini on lap 5. Thompson then had the rest of the pack close up on him, whereas Giovanardi and Tarquini continued to drive away at a rate of knots. Meanwhile, Roberto Colciago was on a charge after his penalty, jumping up from 11th to 5th after 3 laps. He then passed Rydell for fourth and was attacking third-placed Thompson when his gearbox broke and he had to retire. Robert Huff was in the points for Chevrolet, and a late race pass on Peter Terting put him up to a sensational 6th, and on the last lap Rydell passed Thompson to take third. Giovanardi took his second win in two weekends, with teammate Tarquini close behind. Rydell completed the podium, a massive 11 seconds behind, with Thompson, García, Huff, Terting and Tom Coronel, the latter of whom won the Independent's Trophy. Dirk Müller and Andy Priaulx, first and second in the championship finished well out of the points in their BMWs.[2]

Race 2

Independent driver Tom Coronel started on pole after finishing eighth in Race 1, however it was Peter Terting who took the lead at the start followed by García. Coronel, Thompson, Huff, Rydell, Giovanardi and Jason Plato in a factory SEAT completed the top 8, whereas Tarquini and Alex Zanardi's BMW collided, taking both out of the race. The front two started to pull away but Thompson soon got up to third and joined in, and his teammate Giovanardi passed Rydell and Huff on lap 2 before passing Coronel a lap later to get 4th; however he was 4 seconds behind the top three. Terting led with García and Thompson close behind, until an overtaking attempt by Thompson on García saw them bang wheels and go off the track, with García still rejoining second, but having lost time to Terting, while Thompson lost a place to Giovanardi. [2]

Classification

Race 1

PosNoDriverTeamCarLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 6 Fabrizio GiovanardiAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 156 17 26:06.219 1 10
2 2 Gabriele TarquiniAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 156 17 +2.172 3 8
3 8 Rickard RydellSEAT SportSEAT Toledo Cupra 17 +11.525 5 6
4 3 James ThompsonAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 156 17 +13.298 2 5
5 5 Antonio GarcíaBMW Team Italy-SpainBMW 320i 17 +13.772 7 4
6 21 Robert HuffChevroletChevrolet Lacetti 17 +15.658 6 3
7 10 Peter TertingSEAT SportSEAT Toledo Cupra 17 +18.554 12 2
8 20IT Tom CoronelGR AsiaSEAT Toledo Cupra 17 +21.880 9 1
9 7 Augusto FarfusAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 156 17 +24.487 14
10 22 Nicola LariniChevroletChevrolet Lacetti 17 +25.072 10
11 11 Jason PlatoSEAT SportSEAT Toledo Cupra 17 +25.390 20
12 30IT Stefano D'AsteProteam MotorsportBMW 320i 17 +26.260 16
13 4 Alex ZanardiBMW Team Italy-SpainBMW 320i 17 +27.351 19
14 31IT Giuseppe CiròProteam MotorsportBMW 320i 17 +27.891 17
15 18IT Carlos MastrettaGR AsiaSEAT Toledo Cupra 17 +32.664 18
16 28IT Carl RosenbladCrawford RacingBMW 320i 17 +35.650 22
17 32IT Marc HennericiWiechers-SportBMW 320i 17 +39.301 21
18 43 Dirk MüllerBMW Team DeutschlandBMW 320i 12 +5 Laps 15
NC 1 Andy PriaulxBMW Team UKBMW 320i 11 +6 Laps 13
Ret 26 Roberto ColciagoJAS MotorsportHonda Accord Euro R 10 Gearbox 11
NC 23 Alain MenuChevroletChevrolet Lacetti 7 +10 Laps 8
Ret 9 Jordi GenéSEAT SportSEAT Toledo Cupra 1 Accident 4
DNS 27IT Adriano de MicheliJAS MotorsportHonda Accord Euro R 0 23
DNS 42 Jörg MüllerBMW Team DeutschlandBMW 320i 0 24

Race 2

PosNoDriverTeamCarLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
1 10 Peter TertingSEAT SportSEAT Toledo Cupra 17 26:10.825 2 10
2 5 Antonio GarcíaBMW Team Italy-SpainBMW 320i 17 +0.693 4 8
3 6 Fabrizio GiovanardiAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 156 17 +7.578 8 6
4 3 James ThompsonAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 156 17 +11.621 5 5
5 20IT Tom CoronelGR AsiaSEAT Toledo Cupra 17 +13.038 1 4
6 8 Rickard RydellSEAT SportSEAT Toledo Cupra 17 +13.630 6 3
7 22 Nicola LariniChevroletChevrolet Lacetti 17 +17.091 10 2
8 1 Andy PriaulxBMW Team UKBMW 320i 17 +17.543 18 1
9 31IT Giuseppe CiròProteam MotorsportBMW 320i 17 +21.098 14
10 7 Augusto FarfusAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 156 17 +21.704 9
11 30IT Stefano D'AsteProteam MotorsportBMW 320i 17 +23.079 12
12 11 Jason PlatoSEAT SportSEAT Toledo Cupra 17 +23.822 11
13 23 Alain MenuChevroletChevrolet Lacetti 17 +25.176 19
14 32IT Marc HennericiWiechers-SportBMW 320i 17 +28.942 17
15 28IT Carl RosenbladCrawford RacingBMW 320i 17 +29.373 16
16 43 Dirk MüllerBMW Team DeutschlandBMW 320i 17 +30.788 22
17 18IT Carlos MastrettaGR AsiaSEAT Toledo Cupra 17 +34.149 15
18 26 Roberto ColciagoJAS MotorsportHonda Accord Euro R 17 +37.461 21
19 9 Jordi GenéSEAT SportSEAT Toledo Cupra 12 +5 Laps 20
Ret 21 Robert HuffChevroletChevrolet Lacetti 7 Accident 3
Ret 4 Alex ZanardiBMW Team Italy-SpainBMW 320i 1 Damage 13
Ret 2 Gabriele TarquiniAlfa Romeo Racing TeamAlfa Romeo 156 0 Collision 7
DNS 27IT Adriano de MicheliJAS MotorsportHonda Accord Euro R 0 23
DNS 42 Jörg MüllerBMW Team DeutschlandBMW 320i 0 24

Standings after the races

References

World Touring Car Championship
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2005 FIA WTCC Race of San Marino
2005 World Touring Car Championship season Next race:
2005 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium
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