2005 FIA WTCC Race of UK

Motorsport event Race of UK United Kingdom May 15 2005 Silverstone international.jpg 3 10 Silverstone, United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 3.619 14 14 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team 1:25.639 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team GBR James Thompson Alfa Romeo Racing Team ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team 1:26.969 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport GBR Jason Plato SEAT Sport ITA Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team GBR Andy Priaulx 1:26.730 BMW Team UK The Race of UK was the third round of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship season. It was held at the Silverstone Circuit at Silverstone in Britain on May 15, 2005. Gabriele Tarquini won the first race from pole in an Alfa Romeo 1-2-3-4, and Rickard Rydell took a historic first win for SEAT after Andy Priaulx's tyre burst with three laps to go while leading. Report Qualifying After BMW's domination in Magny-Cours, Alfa Romeo fought back here by taking the first three places in qualifying. Gabriele Tarquini took pole for them, with teammates James Thompson and Fabrizio Giovanardi close behind him. Andy Priaulx was the first of the BMWs in fourth, and Peter Terting got his best qualifying for SEAT in fifth.http://www.fiawtcc.com/archives/2005/reports/R05_06_Qualifying.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20101214190224/http://fiawtcc.com/archives/2005/reports/R05_06_Qualifying.pdf 2010-12-14 Qualifying report Race 1 Pole position man Gabriele Tarquini took off at the start in his Alfa Romeo, with Andy Priaulx jumping up to second from fourth in his home race. Fabrizio Giovanardi, James Thompson and Augusto Farfus followed in three more Alfas. The Alfas set about their task, with Giovanardi getting second from Priaulx before the first lap was complete, with Thompson and Farfus following him soon after, but this allowed Tarquini to quickly get a 1.5 second lead. Behind the top 5, Antonio García was running sixth ahead of the SEATS of Peter Terting and Jason Plato. Giovanardi was unable to close in on Tarquini, despite not allowing his countryman to pull further away. The former was passed by Thompson on lap 4, and the Brit began to close in on Tarquini, with Giovanardi in tow. Priaulx stayed with the Alfas in the early stages, but then got dropped. García now suffered from problems, and was passed by the SEATS of Terting, Plato and Rickard Rydell. At the front, Thompson was unable to pass Tarquini despite putting him under pressure. Tarquini thus took the win with Thompson, Giovanardi and Farfus completing the Alfa 1-2-3-4 ahead of Priaulx's BMW and the three SEATS driven by Terting, Rydell and Plato. The Independent's Trophy was won by Tom Coronel who finished 14th.http://www.fiawtcc.com/archives/2005/reports/R05_06_Races.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20101214185718/http://fiawtcc.com/archives/2005/reports/R05_06_Races.pdf 2010-12-14 Race report Race 2 SEAT cars of Plato, Rydell and Terting started 1-2-3 on the reverse grid, but however it was Priaulx who overtook all three of them at the start to take the lead, with Dirk Müller sensationally jumping from 10th to 4th in his BMW as Fabrizio Giovanardi stalled and resumed in last. A collision between García and Robert Huff's Chevrolet brought out the safety car. The race restarted after 3 laps with Priaulx leading Rydell, Plato, Dirk Müller, Terting, Farfus, Tarquini and Thompson. Priaulx kept his lead but Rydell stayed right with him, whereas Plato was unable to and had to defend from Dirk Müller. Farfus quickly dealt with Terting, and as Tarquini tried to do these same, Thompson sneaked up on both of them. There was contact, and Thompson was sent spinning into the gravel and retired. Priaulx continued to lead with Rydell putting him under pressure; but with 3 laps left, Priaulx suffered a puncture and retired. Rydell gratefully took the lead, with Plato and Dirk Müller following, but soon Tarquini and Farfus passed Dirk. Jordi Gené also did the same in his SEAT, and behind him Jörg Müller took 7th from Terting, clipping the latter into a spin. Rydell took his first career win, with Plato completing a SEAT 1-2 by holding off Tarquini and Farfus. Gene, Dirk and Jörg Müller followed, with Giovanardi recovering to take the final point. Marc Hennerici took his fourth Independents Trophy by finishing 9th. Classification Race 1 Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 14 20:35.654 1 10 2 3 GBR James Thompson Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 14 +1.287 2 8 3 6 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 14 +1.626 3 6 4 7 BRA Augusto Farfus Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 14 +1.924 6 5 5 1 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320i 14 +4.386 4 4 6 10 DEU Peter Terting SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 14 +5.595 5 3 7 8 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 14 +6.095 8 2 8 11 GBR Jason Plato SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 14 +10.187 7 1 9 42 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 14 +11.611 11 10 43 DEU Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 14 +12.170 25 11 9 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 14 +13.542 10 12 26 ITA Roberto Colciago JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 14 +17.103 12 13 21 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 14 +21.842 18 14 20 IT NLD Tom Coronel GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 14 +22.195 13 15 5 ESP Antonio García BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 14 +26.590 9 16 19 IT FIN Valle Mäkelä GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 14 +27.621 20 17 32 IT DEU Marc Hennerici Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i 14 +34.754 23 18 15 DEU Thomas Jäger Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 14 +38.982 26 19 14 DEU Thomas Klenke Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 14 +39.293 24 20 27 IT ITA Adriano de Micheli JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 14 +39.547 21 21 28 IT SWE Carl Rosenblad Crawford Racing BMW 320i 14 +40.512 19 22 31 IT ITA Giuseppe Cirò Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 14 +40.708 22 23 4 ITA Alex Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 13 Collision 14 Ret 30 IT ITA Stefano D'Aste Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 4 Retirement 17 Ret 23 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 0 Collision 15 Ret 22 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 0 Collision 16 Race 2 Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 8 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 14 21:43.465 2 10 2 11 GBR Jason Plato SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 14 +4.709 1 8 3 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 14 +5.049 8 6 4 7 BRA Augusto Farfus Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 14 +5.557 5 5 5 9 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 14 +6.712 11 4 6 43 DEU Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 14 +7.239 10 3 7 42 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 14 +14.616 9 2 8 6 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 14 +19.599 6 1 9 32 IT DEU Marc Hennerici Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i 14 +23.685 17 10 19 IT FIN Valle Mäkelä GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 14 +23.973 16 11 31 IT ITA Giuseppe Cirò Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 14 +24.464 22 12 28 IT SWE Carl Rosenblad Crawford Racing BMW 320i 14 +25.124 21 13 23 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 14 +25.422 26 14 20 IT NLD Tom Coronel GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 14 +27.095 14 15 27 IT ITA Adriano de Micheli JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 14 +27.140 20 16 10 DEU Peter Terting SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 14 +27.627 3 17 15 DEU Thomas Jäger Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 14 +31.330 18 18 14 DEU Thomas Klenke Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 14 +32.167 19 19 26 ITA Roberto Colciago JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 14 +49.941 12 20 1 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320i 11 Puncture 4 Ret 30 IT ITA Stefano D'Aste Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 5 Retirement 24 Ret 3 GBR James Thompson Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 3 Collision 7 Ret 21 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 0 Collision 13 Ret 5 ESP Antonio García BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 0 Collision 15 DNS 4 ITA Alex Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 0 23 DNS 22 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 0 25 Standings after the races Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 DEU Dirk Müller 32 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 30 3 DEU Jörg Müller 27 4 GBR Andy Priaulx 27 5 BRA Augusto Farfus 21 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 DEU BMW 81 2 ITA Alfa Romeo 75 3 ESP SEAT 60 4 USA Chevrolet 16 5 USA Ford 2 References External links FIA WTCC Race of UK 2005 2005 FIA WTCC Race of France 2005 FIA WTCC Race of San Marino none 2006 FIA WTCC Race of UK UK Race