2005 World Touring Car Championship

The 2005 World Touring Car Championship was the second season of World Touring Car Championship motor racing, and the first since 1987. It featured the 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship which was contested over a ten event, twenty race series which commenced on 10 April and ended on 20 November. The championship was open to Super 2000 cars, Diesel 2000 cars and Super Production cars as defined by the FIA.[1] Andy Priaulx won the Drivers' Championship and BMW won the Manufacturers' title.[2]

2005 World Touring Car Championship
World Drivers' Champion:
Andy Priaulx
World Manufacturers' Champion:
BMW
Previous: 1987 (WTCC)
2004 (ETCC)		 Next: 2006
Andy Priaulx won the Drivers' Championship at the wheel of a BMW 320i

Organised by KSO, a subsidiary of Eurosport, the championship was an evolution of the former European Touring Car Championship, elevated to World Championship status by the FIA for 2005 with the introduction of races outside Europe. The European title was given to the new European Touring Car Cup, a one-off event.

Teams and drivers

According to 2005 Entry List.

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Manufacturer Teams
BMW Team UK BMW 320i 1 Andy Priaulx All
BMW Team Holland 41 Duncan Huisman 10
BMW Team Italy-Spain 4 Alessandro Zanardi All
5 Antonio García All
BMW Team Deutschland 42 Jörg Müller All
43 Dirk Müller All
Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 2 Gabriele Tarquini All
3 James Thompson All
6 Fabrizio Giovanardi All
7 Augusto Farfus All
56 André Couto 10
SEAT Sport SEAT León 8 Rickard Rydell 9–10
9 Jordi Gené 7–10
10 Peter Terting 9–10
SEAT Toledo Cupra 8 Rickard Rydell 1–8
9 Jordi Gené 1–6
10 Peter Terting 1–8
11 Jason Plato 3–6
12 Marc Carol 9
Team Oreca PlayStation 29 Stéphane Ortelli 7–9
Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 14 Thomas Klenke 1–4, 6–9
15 Thomas Jäger 1–4
16 Michael Funke 6–10
17 Patrick Bernhardt 10
Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 21 Robert Huff All
22 Nicola Larini All
23 Alain Menu All
Peugeot Sport Denmark Peugeot 407 24 Soheil Ayari 6
25 Éric Hélary 7
JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 26 Roberto Colciago 1–6
Michelin Independents Trophy
GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 18 Carlos Mastretta Aguilera 4–5
19 Valle Mäkelä 1–3, 6–7
20 Tom Coronel All
38 Erkut Kizilirmak 8
40 Polo Villaamil 9
99 Lo Ka Fai 10
JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 27 Adriano De Micheli 1–5, 7–10
34 Tomas Engström 9
39 Simon Harrison 10
Crawford Racing BMW 320i 28 Carl Rosenblad All
Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 30 Stefano D'Aste All
31 Giuseppe Cirò All
Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i 32 Marc Hennerici All
IEP Team Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 33 Adam Lacko 1
BMW 320i 2, 6
Honda Dealer Team Sweden Honda Accord Euro R 34 Tomas Engström 1
Honda Civic Type-R 35 Jens Hellström 1
RS-Line IPZ Racing Ford Focus ST170 36 Sascha Plöderl 2, 4, 7
37 Frank Diefenbacher 2
DB Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 51 Salvatore Tavano 1–2, 4
52 Andrea Larini 1–2, 4
GDL Racing BMW 320i 53 Gianluca De Lorenzi 1–2, 4
Zerocinque Motorsport BMW 320i 54 Stefano Valli 1–2, 4
Scuderia del Girasole SEAT Toledo Cupra 55 Alessandro Balzan 1–2, 4
Ao's Racing Team BMW 320i 62 Ao Chi Hong 10
Toyota Altezza 65 Hironori Takeuchi 10
Engstler Motorsport BMW 320i 63 Paul Poon 10
64 Peter Scharmach 10

Calendar
Alain Menu (Chevrolet Lacetti) leads a spinning Fabrizio Giovanardi (Alfa Romeo 156) at Oschersleben on 28.08.2005

The championship was contested over ten events, each featuring two 50 kilometre races. The starting grid order for the first race at each event was determined by the results of qualifying and that of the second race by the results of the first race, but with the top eight cars in reverse order.[1]

Event Race Name Track Date
1 R1 Race of Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 10 April
R2
2 R3 Race of France Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours 1 May
R4
3 R5 Race of UK Silverstone Circuit 15 May
R6
4 R7 Race of San Marino Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 29 May
R8
5 R9 Race of Mexico Autódromo Miguel E. Abed 26 June
R10
6 R11 Race of Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 30 July
R12
7 R13 Race of Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 28 August
R14
8 R15 Race of Turkey Istanbul Park 18 September
R16
9 R17 Race of Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo 2 October
R18
10 R19 Guia Race of Macau Guia Circuit 20 November
R20

Results and standings

Races
Race Race Name Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning independent Report
1 Race of Italy Dirk Müller Dirk Müller Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland Marc Hennerici Report
2 Jörg Müller James Thompson Alfa Romeo Racing Team Marc Hennerici
3 Race of France Jörg Müller Jörg Müller Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland Marc Hennerici Report
4 Jörg Müller Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland Carl Rosenblad
5 Race of UK Gabriele Tarquini Fabrizio Giovanardi Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team Tom Coronel Report
6 Andy Priaulx Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport Marc Hennerici
7 Race of San Marino Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alessandro Balzan Report
8 Fabrizio Giovanardi Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland Stefano D'Aste
9 Race of Mexico Fabrizio Giovanardi Gabriele Tarquini Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team Tom Coronel Report
10 Fabrizio Giovanardi Peter Terting SEAT Sport Tom Coronel
11 Race of Belgium Augusto Farfus Dirk Müller Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland Tom Coronel Report
12 Augusto Farfus Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team Stefano D'Aste
13 Race of Germany James Thompson Jörg Müller Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Adriano de Micheli Report
14 Gabriele Tarquini Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain Tom Coronel
15 Race of Turkey Gabriele Tarquini James Thompson Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team Carl Rosenblad Report
16 Gabriele Tarquini Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team Marc Hennerici
17 Race of Spain Jordi Gené Dirk Müller Jordi Gené SEAT Sport Adriano de Micheli Report
18 Jörg Müller Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland Tomas Engström
19 Guia Race of Macau Andy Priaulx Andy Priaulx Augusto Farfus Alfa Romeo Racing Team Stefano D'Aste Report
20 Andy Priaulx Duncan Huisman BMW Team Holland Giuseppe Cirò

Standings

Drivers' Championship

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Drivers' Championship points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis to first eight finishers at each race.[1]

Note: Drivers who did not score points during the season were not classified into Drivers' Championship positions.[2]

Manufacturers' Championship
BMW won the Manufacturers' Championship with the 320i
Pos Manufacturer ITA
 FRA
 UK
 SMR
 MEX
 BEL
 GER
 TUR
 ESP
 MAC
  Pts [2]
1 BMW 1 2 1 1 5 6 2 1 5 2 1 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 2 1 273
4 3 2 2 9 7 3 2 12 8 2 5 3 2 4 5 4 3 6 2
2 Alfa Romeo 2 1 4 5 1 3 1 3 1 3 4 1 9 5 1 1 6 2 1 3 237
3 8 8 7 2 4 5 5 2 4 5 4 13 14 2 2 16 7 7 Ret
3 SEAT 8 6 3 6 6 1 9 4 3 1 9 3 2 4 5 7 1 8 3 5 186
9 17 7 10 7 2 10 7 7 5 10 10 5 7 17 10 3 11 8 6
4 Chevrolet 20 15 17 13 13 13 13 11 6 7 14 6 11 8 10 8 7 Ret 4 10† 68
22 24† 19 16 Ret Ret 14 14 10 13 17 11 17 11 16 13 Ret DNS 5 Ret
5 Ford 28 Ret 24 22 18 17 17 16 21 Ret 10 10 Ret 17 Ret 18 17† 9 13
Ret DNS Ret 23 19 18 26 19 Ret DNS 12 20 Ret DNS Ret DNS 21 DNS
Pos Manufacturer ITA
 FRA
 UK
 SMR
 MEX
 BEL
 GER
 TUR
 ESP
 MAC
  Pts 

The Manufacturers' title was awarded to the manufacturer which had scored the highest number of points, taking into account all the results obtained by the best two cars classified per manufacturer in each race.[1] All the other cars of that same manufacturer were considered invisible as far as scoring points was concerned.[1] Points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for each race.[1]

Michelin Independents' Trophy
Pos Driver ITA
 FRA
 UK
 SMR
 MEX
 BEL
 GER
 TUR
 ESP
 MAC
  Pts 
1 Marc Hennerici 13 10 13 16 17 9 Ret Ret 17 14 18 9 16 21 13 11 Ret 20 14 Ret 114
2 Giuseppe Cirò Ret 18 21 17 22 11 Ret DNS 14 9 15 15 24 16 12 14 12 10 Ret 8 107
3 Stefano D'Aste 16 22† Ret DNS Ret Ret 22 15 12 11 16 2 20 19 14 15 17 17 11 Ret 96
4 Carl Rosenblad DNS DNS 14 14 21 12 16 Ret 16 15 22 12 22 17 11 18 Ret 16 12 Ret 94
5 Tom Coronel 15 Ret 23 DSQ 14 14 18 Ret 8 5 13 3 21 13 Ret DNS NC 13 Ret DNS 85
6 Adriano de Micheli 21 14 22 20 20 15 Ret DNS DNS DNS 15 18 15 16 11 19 15 Ret 65
7 Valle Mäkelä Ret 13 16 Ret 16 10 19 Ret 18 Ret 37
8 Salvatore Tavano 17 16 18 18 19 20 27
9 Tomas Engström 14 23 13 9 24
10 Alessandro Balzan 18 11 Ret DNS 12 DSQ 21
11 Gianluca de Lorenzi 23 Ret 20 19 21 17 20
12 Carlos Mastretta Aguilera 25 18 15 17 14
13 Adam Lacko 25 12 Ret DNS 20 13 13
14 Simon Harrison 20† DNS 8
15 Andrea Larini 19 20 Ret DNS 23 22† 8
16 Polo Villaamil 15 21 6
17 Stefano Valli 27 19 25 23 24 Ret 4
18 Sascha Plöderl NC 25† Ret DNS 25 22† 4
- Jens Hellström 26 21 0
– Erkut Kizilirmak Ret DNS 0
– Frank Diefenbacher DNS DNS –
– Lo Ka Fai DNQ DNQ –
Pos Driver ITA
 FRA
 UK
 SMR
 MEX
 BEL
 GER
 TUR
 ESP
 MAC
  Pts 

Championship promoter KSO organised the Michelin Independent Drivers' Trophy within the 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship.[3] A driver's eligibility to compete for the Trophy was determined exclusively by KSO, taking into consideration various criteria relating to the team, driver and car.[3] Points were awarded to eligible drivers on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for races 1 to 18 and on a 20–16–12–10–8–6–4–2 basis for races 19 & 20.[3]

Michelin Teams' Trophy
Pos Team ITA
 FRA
 UK
 SMR
 MEX
 BEL
 GER
 TUR
 ESP
 MAC
  Pts 
1 Proteam Motorsport 16 18 21 18 22 11 22 15 12 9 15 2 20 16 12 14 12 10 11 8 183
Ret 22† Ret DNS Ret Ret Ret DNS 14 11 16 15 24 19 14 15 17 17 Ret Ret
2 GR Asia 15 13 16 Ret 14 10 18 18 8 5 13 3 18 13 Ret DNS 15 13 Ret DNS 142
Ret Ret 23 DSQ 16 14 25 Ret 15 17 19 Ret 21 Ret Ret DNS NC 21 DNQ DNQ
3 Wiechers-Sport 13 10 13 16 17 9 Ret Ret 17 14 18 9 16 21 13 11 Ret 20 14 Ret 108
4 Crawford Racing DNS DNS 14 14 21 12 16 Ret 16 15 22 12 22 17 11 18 Ret 16 12 Ret 86
5 JAS Motorsport 21 14 22 20 20 15 Ret DNS DNS DNS 15 18 15 16 11 9 15 Ret 80
13 19 20† DNS
6 DB Motorsport 17 16 18 18 19 20 35
19 20 Ret DNS 23 22†
7 Scuderia del Girasole 18 11 Ret DNS 12 DSQ 21
8 GDL Racing 23 Ret 20 19 21 17 20
9 IEP Team 25 12 Ret DNS 20 13 13
10 Honda Dealer Team Sweden 14 21 8
26 23
11 Zerocinque Motorsport 27 19 25 23 24 Ret 4
12 RS-Line IPZ Racing NC 25† Ret DNS 25 22† 4
DNS DNS
Pos Team ITA
 FRA
 UK
 SMR
 MEX
 BEL
 GER
 TUR
 ESP
 MAC
  Pts 

Championship promoter KSO organised the Michelin Teams' Trophy within the 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship.[3] All teams participating in the Championship were eligible to score points towards the Trophy, however points were only awarded for the two best classified cars of each team, providing they are driven by drivers classified by KSO as Independent Drivers.[3] Any other cars of that same team were invisible as far as point scoring was concerned.[3] Points towards the Michelin Teams' Trophy were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis at all races.[3]

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    References
    1. 2005 FIA WTCC Sporting Regulations Retrieved from web.archive.org on 16 July 2009
    2. 2005 Championship point standings, fiawtcc.com, as archived at web.archive.org on 14 December 2010 Retrieved on 18 July 2013
    3. Michelin Independents' Trophies Regulations Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 February 2012
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