2005 World Touring Car Championship

2005 World Touring Car Championship
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Andy Priaulx won the Drivers' Championship at the wheel of a BMW 320i

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]

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.^[3]

Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds BMW Team UK BMW 320i 1 Andy Priaulx All Alfa Romeo Racing Team [3] Alfa Romeo 156 2 Gabriele Tarquini All 3 James Thompson All 6 Fabrizio Giovanardi All 7 Augusto Farfus All 56 André Couto 10 BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 4 Alessandro Zanardi All 5 Antonio García All SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra[N 1] 8 Rickard Rydell All 9 Jordi Gené All 10 Peter Terting All 11 Jason Plato 3–6 12 Marc Carol 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 GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 18 Carlos Mastretta Aguilera M 4–5 19 Valle Mäkelä M 1–3, 6–7 20 Tom Coronel M All 38 Erkut Kizilirmak M 8 40 Polo Villaamil M 9 99 Lo Ka Fai M 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 27 Adriano De Micheli M 1–5, 7–10 34 Tomas Engström M 9 39 Simon Harrison M 10 Crawford Racing BMW 320i 28 Carl Rosenblad M All Team Oreca PlayStation SEAT Toledo Cupra 29 Stéphane Ortelli 7–9 Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 30 Stefano D'Aste M All 31 Giuseppe Cirò M All Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i 32 Marc Hennerici M All IEP Team Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 33 Adam Lacko M 1 BMW 320i 2, 6 Honda Dealer Team Sweden Honda Accord Euro R 34 Tomas Engström M 1 Honda Civic Type-R 35 Jens Hellström M 1 RS-Line IPZ Racing Ford Focus ST170 36 Sascha Plöderl M 2, 4, 7 37 Frank Diefenbacher M 2 BMW Team Holland BMW 320i 41 Duncan Huisman 10 BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 42 Jörg Müller All 43 Dirk Müller All DB Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 51 Salvatore Tavano M 1–2, 4 52 Andrea Larini M 1–2, 4 GDL Racing BMW 320i 53 Gianluca De Lorenzi M 1–2, 4 Zerocinque Motorsport BMW 320i 54 Stefano Valli M 1–2, 4 Scuderia del Girasole SEAT Toledo Cupra 55 Alessandro Balzan M 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

Icon Class M Michelin Independents' Trophy

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 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

Pos[2] Driver ITA FRA UK SMR MEX BEL GER TUR ESP MAC  Pts [2] 1 Andy Priaulx 4 5 2 3 5 20† 3 2 NC 8 2 Ret 1 2 3 9 4 3 2 2 101 2 Dirk Müller 1 2 6 2 10 6 4 1 18† 16 1 5 4 6 9 5 2 4 10 Ret 86 3 Fabrizio Giovanardi 6 8 10 7 3 8 1 3 1 3 7 1 26† Ret 1 6 6 2 19† DNS 81 4 Augusto Farfus 3 9 8 5 4 4 5 5 9 10 DSQ 4 9 5 8 2 NC 7 1 3 65 5 Jörg Müller 29 4 1 1 9 7 27 12 DNS DNS 3 16 3 3 Ret 12 5 1 Ret DNS 59 6 Rickard Rydell 8 Ret 3 11 7 1 9 4 3 6 11 Ret 2 7 5 7 Ret 11 3 7 57 7 Gabriele Tarquini 2 Ret 4 8 1 3 15 10 2 Ret 4 17† 13 14 7 1 16 23† DNS DNS 55 8 James Thompson 7 1 11 9 2 Ret 7 21† 4 4 5 7 19 Ret 2 4 Ret 15 7 Ret 53 9 Antonio García 5 3 5 4 15 Ret 2 9 5 2 6 8 14 9 4 Ret 14 6 9 DNS 51 10 Alessandro Zanardi 10 7 15 24 23† DNS 8 6 13 Ret WD WD 8 1 6 3 8 5 13 4 36 11 Jordi Gené 9 6 7 6 11 5 Ret 13 Ret 19† 12 Ret 7 4 17 Ret 1 14 18 5 33 12 Peter Terting 11 17 9 10 6 16 10 7 7 1 10 10 5 Ret NC 10 3 12 8 6 31 13 Duncan Huisman 6 1 13 14 Tom Coronel 15 Ret 23 DSQ 14 14 18 Ret 8 5 13 3 21 13 Ret DNS NC 13 Ret DNS 11 15 Jason Plato 8 2 11 8 11 12 9 14 10 16 Nicola Larini 24 15 17 13 Ret DNS 13 11 10 7 17 18† 17 11 NC Ret 7 Ret 4 10† 9 17 Alain Menu 22 24† Ret DNS Ret 13 14 14 NC 13 14 6 11 8 10 8 Ret DNS 5 DSQ 9 18 Stefano D'Aste 16 22† Ret DNS Ret Ret 22 15 12 11 16 2 20 19 14 15 17 17 11 Ret 8 19 Roberto Colciago 12 Ret 12 12 12 19 6 Ret Ret 18 8 Ret 4 20 Stéphane Ortelli 6 15 Ret Ret 9 22† 3 = Robert Huff 20 Ret 19 15 13 Ret 20 Ret 6 Ret NC 11 23 12 16 13 Ret DNS Ret Ret 3 22 Giuseppe Cirò Ret 18 21 17 22 11 Ret DNS 14 9 15 15 24 16 12 14 12 10 Ret 8 1 = Marc Carol 10 8 1 – Marc Hennerici 13 10 13 16 17 9 Ret Ret 17 14 18 9 16 21 13 11 Ret 20 14 Ret 0 – Tomas Engström 14 23 13 9 0 – Patrick Bernhardt 21 9 0 – Michael Funke Ret DNS 12 10 Ret DNS Ret 18 17† DNS 0 – Valle Mäkelä Ret 13 16 Ret 16 10 19 Ret 18 Ret 0 – Thomas Klenke Ret DNS Ret 22 19 18 17 16 21 Ret 10 20 Ret 17 Ret DNS 0 – Carl Rosenblad DNS DNS 14 14 21 12 16 Ret 16 15 22 12 22 17 11 18 Ret 16 12 Ret 0 – Alessandro Balzan 18 11 Ret DNS 12 DSQ 0 – Adriano de Micheli 21 14 22 20 20 15 Ret DNS DNS DNS 15 18 15 16 11 19 15 Ret 0 – Adam Lacko 25 12 Ret DNS 20 13 0 – Carlos Mastretta Aguilera 25 18 15 17 0 – Polo Villaamil 15 21 0 – Salvatore Tavano 17 16 18 18 19 20 0 – Peter Scharmach 16 Ret 0 – Thomas Jäger 28 Ret 24 21 18 17 26 19 0 – Gianluca de Lorenzi 23 Ret 20 19 21 17 0 – Andrea Larini 19 20 Ret DNS 23 22† 0 – Stefano Valli 27 19 25 23 24 Ret 0 – Simon Harrison 20† DNS 0 – Jens Hellström 26 21 0 – Sascha Plöderl NC 25† Ret DNS 25 22† 0 – Soheil Ayari 23 Ret 0 – Éric Hélary Ret DNS 0 – Erkut Kizilirmak Ret DNS 0 – André Couto Ret DNS 0 – Frank Diefenbacher DNS DNS – – Ao Chi Hong DNS DNS – – Lo Ka Fai DNQ DNQ – – Paul Poon DNQ DNQ – – Hironori Takeuchi DNQ DNQ – Pos Driver ITA FRA UK SMR MEX BEL GER TUR ESP MAC  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Retired (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Race cancelled (C) Blank Did not participate (DNP) Excluded (EX) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

† — 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.^[4] 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.^[4] 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.^[4]

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	203
		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	114
4	Crawford Racing	DNS	DNS	14	14	21	12	16	Ret	16	15	22	12	22	17	11	18	Ret	16	12	Ret	94
5	JAS Motorsport	21	14	22	20	20	15	Ret	DNS	DNS	DNS			15	18	15	16	11	9	15	Ret	89
																		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.^[4] 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.^[4] Any other cars of that same team were invisible as far as point scoring was concerned.^[4] Points towards the Michelin Teams' Trophy were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis at all races.^[4]

Notes

1. The team used SEAT León for Jordi Gené since round at Oschersleben, while Rickard Rydell and Peter Terting switched to SEAT León for two final rounds of the season.

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. 2005 Entry List, www.fiawtcc.com, as archived at web.archive.org on 13 February 2012 Retrieved on 18 July 2013
4. Michelin Independents' Trophies Regulations Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 February 2012

External links

• FIA World Touring Car Championship official website
• Specific Regulations for Modified Production Cars on Circuits (Super-2000), www.fia.com via web.archive.org