2005 FIA WTCC Race of Italy

Race of Italy Italy April 10 2005 Monza track map.svg 1 10 Monza, Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 5.793 9 9 DEU Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland 1:59.009 DEU Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland ITA Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team BRA Augusto Farfus Alfa Romeo Racing Team DEU Dirk Müller 1:59.552 BMW Team Deutschland GBR James Thompson Alfa Romeo Racing Team DEU Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland ESP Antonio García BMW Team Italy-Spain DEU Jörg Müller 1:59.058 BMW Team Deutschland The 2005 FIA WTCC Race of Italy was the opening round of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship season, the first season of the revived World Touring Car Championship, after a previous season in 1987. It was held at the Autodromo Nazionale di Monza at Monza in Italy on April 10, 2005. BMW and Alfa Romeo took one victory each, Dirk Müller winning Race 1 for the former, and James Thompson winning Race 2. Report Qualifying Dirk Müller took pole position for the first World Touring Car Championship race by topping the timesheets in the qualifying session with a time of 1:59.009. Two other BMWs had finished behind him, fellow BMW Team Deutschland driver Jörg Müller, and the BMW Team Italy-Spain car of Antonio García. However, Jörg had his best time disallowed by the stewards after he failed to stop at the weighing scales, dropping him to 18th. Alfa Romeo Racing Team drivers Gabriele Tarquini and Augusto Farfus qualified in third and fourth place, with reigning European Touring Car Champion Andy Priaulx fifth for BMW Team UK. The session was brought to a premature end after Alain Menu crashed his Chevrolet Lacetti, bringing out the red flags.http://www.fiawtcc.com/archives/2005/reports/R01_02_Qualifying.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20101122195357/http://fiawtcc.com/archives/2005/reports/R01_02_Qualifying.pdf 2010-11-22 Qualifying report Race 1 Dirk Müller led the first race of the new FIA World Touring Car Championship from pole position to take the victory. Behind him, Gabriele Tarquini finished second, with his Alfa Romeo teammate Augusto Farfus finishing third after managing to keep Andy Priaulx at bay. Antonio García slipped back from his front row starting position to finish fifth after he had been nudged off the track by Farfus during an overtaking manoeuvre. The remaining Alfa Romeo drivers, Fabrizio Giovanardi and James Thompson, finished in sixth and seventh position, with SEAT Sport's Rickard Rydell taking the last point in eighth as well as pole position for Race 2, for which the top eight finishers from the first race are reversed on the race two grid. Marc Hennerici finished 13th overall to take the victory in the Independent's Trophy.http://www.fiawtcc.com/archives/2005/reports/R01_02_Races.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20101122194938/http://fiawtcc.com/archives/2005/reports/R01_02_Races.pdf 2010-11-22 Race report Race 2 Polesitter Rydell was passed by Thompson for the lead at the start of the second race. Meanwhile, Giovanardi stalled on the second row of the grid. García and Dirk Müller were able to pass Rydell for second and third and began chasing Thompson for the lead, but García made a mistake and lost three positions to Müller, Farfus and Tarquini. On the sixth lap, Farfus ran wide at the first chicane, while Müller and Tarquini clashed, putting the Italian out of the race. This allowed García to regain third behind Dirk Müller. Thompson crossed the line to win the race ahead of Dirk Müller and García. Jörg Müller recovered from 29th on the grid to finish in fourth, with Jordi Gené, Alessandro Zanardi and Giovanardi rounding out the points. Hennerici won the Independent's Trophy after finishing tenth. Classification Race 1 Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 43 DEU Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 9 18:03.203 1 10 2 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 9 +2.465 3 8 3 7 BRA Augusto Farfus Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 9 +3.854 4 6 4 1 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320i 9 +3.977 5 5 5 5 ESP Antonio García BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 9 +8.088 2 4 6 6 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 9 +8.248 8 3 7 3 GBR James Thompson Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 9 +8.910 9 2 8 8 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 9 +9.192 7 1 9 9 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 9 +9.414 6 10 4 ITA Alex Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 9 +14.843 11 11 10 DEU Peter Terting SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 9 +16.042 10 12 26 ITA Roberto Colciago JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 9 +20.441 13 13 32 IT DEU Marc Hennerici Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i 9 +21.819 12 14 34 IT SWE Tomas Engström Honda Dealer Team Sweden Honda Accord Euro R 9 +26.396 17 15 20 IT NLD Tom Coronel GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 9 +26.571 20 16 30 IT ITA Stefano D'Aste Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 9 +26.837 16 17 51 IT ITA Salvatore Tavano DB Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 9 +31.827 19 18 55 IT ITA Alessandro Balzan Scuderia del Girasole SEAT Toledo Cupra 9 +33.477 25 19 52 IT ITA Andrea Larini DB Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 9 +37.711 15 20 21 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 9 +37.720 21 21 27 IT ITA Adriano de Micheli JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 9 +43.914 30 22 23 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 9 +44.271 23 23 53 IT ITA Gianluca de Lorenzi GDL Racing BMW 320i 9 +44.827 31 24 22 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 9 +45.767 24 25 33 IT CZE Adam Lacko IEP Team Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 9 +49.641 22 26 35 IT SWE Jens Hellström Honda Dealer Team Sweden Honda Civic Type-R 9 +57.996 33 27 54 IT SMR Stefano Valli Zerocinque Motorsport BMW 320i 9 +58.363 32 28 15 DEU Thomas Jäger Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 9 +1:05.240 25 29 42 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 8 +1 Lap 18 Ret 14 DEU Thomas Klenke Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 4 Accident 28 Ret 19 IT FIN Valle Mäkelä GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 4 Accident 26 Ret 31 IT ITA Giuseppe Cirò Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 0 Mechanical 29 DNS 28 IT SWE Carl Rosenblad Crawford Racing BMW 320i 0 14 Race 2 Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 3 GBR James Thompson Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 9 18:13.906 2 10 2 43 DEU Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 9 +0.530 8 8 3 5 ESP Antonio García BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 9 +0.765 4 6 4 42 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 9 +1.248 29 5 5 1 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320i 9 +1.467 5 4 6 9 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 9 +2.470 9 3 7 4 ITA Alex Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 9 +5.976 10 2 8 6 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 9 +6.767 3 1 9 7 BRA Augusto Farfus Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 9 +8.904 6 10 32 IT DEU Marc Hennerici Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i 9 +18.231 13 11 55 IT ITA Alessandro Balzan Scuderia del Girasole SEAT Toledo Cupra 9 +24.527 18 12 33 IT CZE Adam Lacko IEP Team Alfa Romeo 156 Gta 9 +31.611 25 13 19 IT FIN Valle Mäkelä GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 9 +31.991 32 14 27 IT ITA Adriano de Micheli JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 9 +32.555 21 15 22 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 9 +33.545 22 16 51 IT ITA Salvatore Tavano DB Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 9 +34.121 17 17 10 DEU Peter Terting SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 9 +37.443 11 18 31 IT ITA Giuseppe Cirò Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 9 +37.480 31 19 54 IT SMR Stefano Valli Zerocinque Motorsport BMW 320i 9 +42.228 27 20 52 IT ITA Andrea Larini DB Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 9 +44.679 19 21 35 IT SWE Jens Hellström Honda Dealer Team Sweden Honda Civic Type-R 9 +1:12.036 26 22 30 IT ITA Stefano D'Aste Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 8 +1 Lap 16 23 34 IT SWE Tomas Engström Honda Dealer Team Sweden Honda Accord Euro R 8 +1 Lap 14 RET 23 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 6 Engine 22 Ret 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 5 Spun off 7 Ret 21 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 5 Collision 20 Ret 53 IT ITA Gianluca de Lorenzi GDL Racing BMW 320i 5 Collision 23 Ret 20 IT NLD Tom Coronel GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 4 Mechanical 15 Ret 26 ITA Roberto Colciago JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 4 Accident 12 Ret 8 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 1 Accident 1 Ret 15 DEU Thomas Jäger Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 0 Mechanical 28 DNS 14 DEU Thomas Klenke Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 0 30 DNS 28 IT SWE Carl Rosenblad Crawford Racing BMW 320i 0 33 Standings after the races Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 DEU Dirk Müller 18 2 GBR James Thompson 12 3 ESP Antonio García 10 4 GBR Andy Priaulx 9 5 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 8 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 DEU BMW 29 2 ITA Alfa Romeo 28 3 ESP SEAT 15 4 USA Chevrolet 6 5 USA Ford 0 Note: Only the top five positions are included for the drivers standings. References External links Results booklet from fiawtcc.com archives FIA WTCC Race of Italy 2005 first race 2005 FIA WTCC Race of France none 2006 FIA WTCC Race of Italy Italy WTCC