2005 FIA WTCC Race of Spain
# 2005 FIA WTCC Race of Spain

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

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| - | - | - |
| 1 | Dirk Müller | 86 |
| 2 | Andy Priaulx | 85 |
| 3 | Fabrizio Giovanardi | 81 |
| 4 | Jörg Müller | 59 |
| 5 | Gabriele Tarquini | 55 |
| Pos | Constructor | Points |
| 1 | BMW | 244 |
| 2 | Alfa Romeo | 219 |
| 3 | SEAT | 170 |
| 4 | Chevrolet | 57 |
| 5 | Ford | 10 |
