2005 FIA WTCC Race of Spain

2005 Race of Spain

Race details
Round 9 of 10 in the 2005 World Touring Car Championship at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, Spain.
Date	October 2, 2005
Location	Valencia, Spain
Course	Circuit Ricardo Tormo 4.005 kilometres (2.489 mi)
Race One
Laps 13 Pole position Driver Jordi Gené SEAT Sport Time 1:42.778 Podium First Jordi Gené SEAT Sport Second Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland Third Peter Terting SEAT Sport Fastest Lap Driver Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland Time 1:43.795
Race Two
Laps 13 Podium First Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland Second Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team Third Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Fastest Lap Driver 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

Pos	No		Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9		Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	13	22:48.757	1	10
2	43		Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	13	+3.288	3	8
3	10		Peter Terting	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	13	+7.099	2	6
4	1		Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320i	13	+8.417	14	5
5	42		Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	13	+10.908	7	4
6	6		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	13	+15.506	12	3
7	22		Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	13	+19.414	10	2
8	4		Alex Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	13	+19.937	20	1
9	29		Stéphane Ortelli	Team Oreca PlayStation	SEAT Toledo Cupra	13	+25.285	13
10	12		Marc Carol	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	13	+26.214	18
11	27	IT	Adriano de Micheli	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	13	+28.953	15
12	31	IT	Giuseppe Cirò	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	13	+31.876	26
13	34	IT	Tomas Engström	Honda Dealer Team Sweden	Honda Accord Euro R	13	+32.654	22
14	5		Antonio García	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	13	+42.753	9
15	40	IT	Polo Villaamil	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	13	+45.121	27
16	2		Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	13	+53.181	8
17	30	IT	Stefano D'Aste	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	12	+1 Lap	24
NC	7		Augusto Farfus	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	8	+5 Laps	6
NC	20	IT	Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	8	+5 Laps	21
Ret	8		Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	5	Retirement	5
Ret	28	IT	Carl Rosenblad	Crawford Racing	BMW 320i	3	Accident	16
Ret	23		Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	3	Retirement	11
Ret	3		James Thompson	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	1	Collision	23
Ret	14		Thomas Klenke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	1	Collision	17
Ret	16		Michael Funke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	1	Collision	19
Ret	32	IT	Marc Hennerici	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320i	1	Collision	25
Ret	21		Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	0	Collision	4

Race 2

Pos	No		Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	42		Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	13	23:00.510	4	10
2	6		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	13	+7.760	3	8
3	1		Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320i	13	+8.245	5	6
4	43		Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	13	+8.480	7	5
5	4		Alex Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	13	+9.166	1	4
6	5		Antonio García	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	13	+9.304	14	3
7	7		Augusto Farfus	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	13	+9.806	18	2
8	12		Marc Carol	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	13	+11.123	10	1
9	34	IT	Tomas Engström	Honda Dealer Team Sweden	Honda Accord Euro R	13	+14.798	13
10	31	IT	Giuseppe Cirò	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	13	+15.023	12
11	8		Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	13	+15.653	24
12	10		Peter Terting	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	13	+17.125	6
13	20	IT	Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	13	+17.227	19
14	9		Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	13	+18.059	8
15	3		James Thompson	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	13	+21.765	20
16	28	IT	Carl Rosenblad	Crawford Racing	BMW 320i	13	+24.145	26
17	30	IT	Stefano D'Aste	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	13	+26.045	17
18	16		Michael Funke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	13	+30.084	22
19	27	IT	Adriano de Micheli	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	13	+43.253	11
20	32	IT	Marc Hennerici	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320i	13	+44.657	27
21	40	IT	Polo Villaamil	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	13	+1:07.495	15
22	29		Stéphane Ortelli	Team Oreca PlayStation	SEAT Toledo Cupra	12	+1 Lap	9
23	2		Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	9	+4 Laps	16
Ret	22		Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	2	Retirement	2
DNS	14		Thomas Klenke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	0		21
DNS	21		Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	0		23
DNS	23		Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	0		25

Standings after the races

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Dirk Müller	86
2	Andy Priaulx	85
3	Fabrizio Giovanardi	81
4	Jörg Müller	59
5	Gabriele Tarquini	55

Manufacturers' Championship standings

Pos	Constructor	Points
1	BMW	244
2	Alfa Romeo	219
3	SEAT	170
4	Chevrolet	57
5	Ford	10