2005 World Touring Car Championship season

The 2005 World Touring Car Championship season was the 2nd World Touring Car Championship season. It commenced on April 10, 2005 and ended on November 20 after twenty races. The championship was open to Touring Cars complying with FIA Super 2000 regulations.

[edit] Drivers and teams

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

[edit] 2005 Calendar

Each race weekend contains two races of 50 kilometres. First race starting grid is determined by qualifying and the second race grid by first race result with top eight reversed.

Race	Date	Country	Track	Winning driver
1	April 10	Italy	Monza	Dirk Müller
2				James Thompson
3	May 1	France	Magny-Cours	Jörg Müller
4				Jörg Müller
5	May 15	Great Britain	Silverstone	Gabriele Tarquini
6				Rickard Rydell
7	May 29	Italy	Imola	Fabrizio Giovanardi
8				Dirk Müller
9	June 26	Mexico	Puebla	Fabrizio Giovanardi
10				Peter Terting
11	July 30	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Dirk Müller
12				Fabrizio Giovanardi
13	August 28	Germany	Oschersleben	Andy Priaulx
14				Alessandro Zanardi
15	September 18	Turkey	Istanbul	Fabrizio Giovanardi
16				Gabriele Tarquini
17	October 8	Spain	Valencia	Jordi Gené
18				Jörg Müller
19	November 20	Macau	Guia Circuit	Augusto Farfus Jr.
20				Duncan Huisman

[edit] Championship Results

[edit] Drivers

Pos Driver MON MGN SLV IMO PUE SPA OSC IST VAL MAC  Pts  1 Andy Priaulx 4 5 2 3 5 20 3 2 Ret 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 8 1 26 Ret 1 6 6 2 19 DNS 81 4 Augusto Farfus Jr. 3 9 8 4 4 4 5 5 9 10 4 4 9 5 8 2 Ret 7 1 3 65 5 Jörg Müller Ret 4 1 1 9 7 Ret 12 3 16 3 3 Ret 12 5 1 Ret 59 6 Rickard Rydell 8 Ret 3 11 7 1 9 4 3 6 12 Ret 2 7 5 7 Ret 11 3 7 57 7 Gabriele Tarquini 2 Ret 4 8 1 3 15 10 2 Ret 5 17 13 14 7 1 16 Ret 55 8 James Thompson 7 1 11 9 2 Ret 7 21 4 4 6 7 19 Ret 2 4 Ret 15 7 Ret 53 9 Antonio García 5 3 5 4 15 Ret 2 9 5 2 7 8 14 9 4 Ret 14 6 9 DNS 51 10 Alessandro Zanardi 10 7 15 25 23 DNS 8 6 13 Ret 8 1 6 3 8 5 13 4 51 11 Jordi Gené 9 6 7 6 11 5 Ret 13 Ret Ret 13 Ret 7 4 17 Ret 1 14 18 5 33 12 Peter Terting 11 17 9 10 6 16 10 7 7 1 11 10 5 Ret Ret 10 3 12 8 6 31 13 Duncan Huisman 6 1 13 14 Tom Coronel 15 Ret 23 14 14 14 18 Ret 8 5 14 3 21 13 Ret DNS Ret 13 Ret DNS 13 15 Jason Plato 8 2 11 8 11 12 10 14 10 16 Nicola Larini 24 15 17 13 Ret DNS 13 11 10 7 18 18 17 11 Ret Ret 7 Ret 4 11 9 17 Alain Menu 22 Ret Ret DNS Ret 13 14 14 Ret 13 15 6 11 8 10 8 Ret DNS 5 DSQ 9 18 Stefano D'Aste 16 22 Ret DNS Ret Ret 22 15 12 11 17 2 20 19 14 15 17 17 11 Ret 8 19 Roberto Colciago 12 Ret 12 12 12 19 6 Ret Ret 18 9 Ret 4 20 Robert Huff 20 Ret 19 16 13 Ret 20 Ret 6 Ret Ret 11 23 16 16 13 Ret DNS Ret Ret 3 20 Stéphane Ortelli 6 15 Ret Ret 9 22 3 22 Marc Carol 10 8 1 22 Giuseppe Cirò Ret 18 21 18 22 11 Ret DNS 14 9 16 15 24 16 12 14 12 10 Ret 8 1 - Marc Hennerici 13 10 13 17 17 9 Ret Ret 17 14 19 9 16 21 13 11 Ret 20 14 Ret 0 - Tomas Engström 14 23 13 9 0 - Michael Funke Ret DNS 12 10 Ret DNS Ret 18 17 DNS 0 - Valle Mäkelä Ret 13 16 Ret 16 10 20 Ret 18 Ret 0 - Thomas Klenke Ret DNS Ret 23 19 18 17 16 22 Ret 10 20 Ret 17 Ret DNS 0 - Patrick Bernhardt 21 10 0 - Carl Rosenblad 14 15 21 12 16 Ret 16 15 13 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 21 20 15 Ret DNS 15 18 15 16 11 19 15 Ret 0 - Adam Lacko 25 12 Ret DNS 21 13 0 - Carlos Mastretta Aguilera 25 18 15 17 0 - Polo Villaamil 15 21 0 - Salvatore Tavano 17 16 18 19 19 20 0 - Peter Scharmach 16 Ret 0 - Thomas Jäger 28 Ret 24 22 18 17 26 19 0 - Gianluca de Lorenzi 23 Ret 20 20 21 17 0 - Andrea Larini 19 20 Ret DNS 23 Ret 0 - Stefano Valli 27 19 25 24 24 Ret 0 - Simon Harrison 20 DNS 0 - Jens Hellström 26 21 0 - Sascha Plöderl Ret 26 Ret DNS 25 22 0 - Soheil Ayari 24 Ret 0 - Eric Hélary Ret DNS 0 - Erkut Kizilirmak Ret DNS 0 - André Couto Ret DNS 0 - Paul Poon DNQ - - Hironori Takeuchi DNQ - - Lo Ka Fai DNQ - - Frank Diefenbacher Inj - - James Kaye DNP - - Lei Chong Seng DNP - - Ao Chi Hong DNP - Pos Driver MON MGN SLV IMO PUE SPA OSC IST VAL MAC  Pts

Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Finished, in points Blue Finished, no points Purple Did not finish (Ret) Not classified (NC) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Withdrew (WD) Blank Did not participate Injured (INJ) Excluded (EX) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest Lap

Point system: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for top eight finishers.

[edit] Manufacturers

[edit] Michelin Trophies

[edit] Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Wins	Points
1	Marc Hennerici	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320i	5	114
2	Giuseppe Cirò	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	1	107
3	Stefano D'Aste	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	3	96
4	Carl Rosenblad	Crawford Racing	BMW 320i	2	94
5	Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	5	85
6	Adriano de Micheli	JAS Motorspot	Honda Accord Euro R	2	65
7	Valle Mäkelä	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	0	37
8	Salvatore Tavano	DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	0	27
9	Tomas Engström	Engström Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	1	24
10	Alessandro Balzan	Scuderia del Girasole	SEAT Toledo Cupra	1	21
11	Gianluca de Lorenzi	GDL Racing	BMW 320i	0	20
12	Carlos Mastretta Aguilera	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	0	14
13	Adam Lacko	IEP Team	Alfa Romeo 156GTA BMW 320i	0	13
14	Simon Harrison	JAS Motorspot	Honda Accord Euro R	0	8
15	Andrea Larini	DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	0	8
16	Polo Villaamil	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	0	6
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