2005 FIA WTCC Race of San Marino

August 2010 Race of San Marino Italy May 29 2005 Imola.svg 4 10 Imola, Italy Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari 4.933 11 11 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team 1:58.573 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team ESP Antonio García BMW Team Italy-Spain GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team 2:00.208 DEU Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team 2:00.625 The 2005 FIA WTCC Race Of San Marino was the fourth round of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship season. It was held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari. The two races were won by Fabrizio Giovanardi and Dirk Müller. Report Qualifying After a disappointing start to the season with only 13 points from the first three weekends, Fabrizio Giovanardi bounced back in Imola with a dominant pole position for Alfa Romeo after dominating qualifying with a time of 1:58.573. Antonio García was second for BMW nearly six-tenths of a second behind, and SEAT also did a good job with Jordi Gené qualifying third. Two more Alfas driven by Augusto Farfus and Gabriele Tarquini followed ahead of Roberto Colciago who was driving for Honda.http://www.fiawtcc.com/archives/2005/reports/R07_08_Qualifying.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20101214185230/http://fiawtcc.com/archives/2005/reports/R07_08_Qualifying.pdf 2010-12-14 Qualifying report Race 1 Gabriele Tarquini and Peter Terting, who qualified fifth and seventh were both given ten-lace grid penalties for an incident in the previous race and an engine change respectively. García started well and overtook polesitter Fabrizio Giovanardi at the line, with reigning champion Andy Priaulx jumping up to second in his BMW. Championship leader Dirk Müller got the better of second row starters Jordi Gené and Augusto Farfus, with Roberto Colciago and James Thompson, in another Alfa following. Tarquini and Jörg Müller, second and third in the championship, collided which sent the former to the back of the field, and the BMW man had to pit for repairs. At the front, Giovanardi dealt with Priaulx on the first lap, and García on the second, and was never caught again. Colciago overtook Farfus on the same lap, and then tried to do the same on Gené, however there was contact and the Spaniard crashed. Colciago continued, but was passed by Farfus on the next lap. The rest of the race was quiet, with Giovanardi easily winning from García in a lonely second. Priaulx was third ahead of Dirk Müller, Farfus, Colciago, Thompson and Alex Zanardi's BMW. A 12th-place finish was enough for Alessandro Balzan to win the Independent's Trophy.http://www.fiawtcc.com/archives/2005/reports/R07_08_Races.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20101214190307/http://fiawtcc.com/archives/2005/reports/R07_08_Races.pdf 2010-12-14 Race report Race 2 Alex Zanardi started on pole on the reversed grid, and he had no problem converting it into a lead early on. The other BMWs were all very strong off the line, with Dirk Müller, Priaulx and García jumping into 2nd, 3rd and 5th from 5th, 6th and 7th respectively. James Thompson's Alfa, who started 2nd was 4th splitting the BMWs, and his teammates Farfus and Giovanardi were 6th and 8th, with Rickard Rydell's SEAT splitting them. Giovanardi started to move up the order, passing both Rydell and Farfus on the second lap. Zanardi was unable to hold his lead for long, with his teammates Dirk Müller and Priaulx passing him and then pulling away. Behind, there was contact between García and Giovanardi while fighting for fifth, which pushed the Spaniard down the order, whereas Farfus took advantage and passed a rattled Giovanardi two laps later. Dirk Müller and Priaulx ran comfortably at the front, with the Englishman despite staying with a second, not able to make an impression on his teammate. Thompson in fourth had just started to put pressure on Zanardi when he made a mistake and was passed by his two teammates, Rydell and Jason Plato in another SEAT. There was contact with the latter, which sent Thompson packing down the order. Dirk Müller took his second win of the season, with Priaulx in second. The battle for third between Zanardi and Farfus reached a head on the final lap, when an overtaking attempt from Farfus resulted in a collision, sending both off the track. Giovanardi thus took third, with Rydell fourth, whereas Farfus rejoined fifth and Zanardi had to settle for sixth, with the SEATS of Peter Terting and Plato completing the points. Neither Gabriele Tarquini nor Jörg Müller was able to get into the points, despite fighting drives. Balzan won the Independent's Trophy after finishing 13th, however he was disqualified for an underweight car, handing it to countryman Stefano D'Aste. Classification Race 1 Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 6 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 11 22:12.202 1 10 2 5 ESP Antonio García BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 11 +3.146 2 8 3 1 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320i 11 +8.131 5 6 4 43 DEU Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 11 +9.126 7 5 5 7 BRA Augusto Farfus Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 11 +12.299 4 4 6 26 ITA Roberto Colciago JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 11 +15.175 6 3 7 3 GBR James Thompson Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 11 +16.995 8 2 8 4 ITA Alex Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 11 +17.476 13 1 9 8 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 11 +17.974 9 10 10 DEU Peter Terting SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 11 +18.341 17 11 11 GBR Jason Plato SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 11 +23.788 11 12 55 IT ITA Alessandro Balzan Scuderia del Girasole SEAT Toledo Cupra 11 +25.680 15 13 22 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 11 +34.619 20 14 23 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 11 +35.495 18 15 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 11 +41.034 14 16 28 IT SWE Carl Rosenblad Crawford Racing BMW 320i 11 +41.816 16 17 14 DEU Thomas Klenke Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 11 +43.746 25 18 20 IT NLD Tom Coronel GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 11 +47.156 21 19 51 IT ITA Salvatore Tavano DB Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 11 +51.960 24 20 21 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 11 +52.569 22 21 53 IT ITA Gianluca de Lorenzi GDL Racing BMW 320i 11 +55.599 28 22 30 IT ITA Stefano D'Aste Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 11 +57.302 19 23 52 IT ITA Andrea Larini DB Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 11 +1:07.319 27 24 54 IT SMR Stefano Valli Zerocinque Motorsport BMW 320i 11 +1:07.922 29 25 18 IT MEX Carlos Mastretta GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 11 +1:08.253 30 26 15 DEU Thomas Jäger Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 11 +2:13.774 31 27 42 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 10 +1 Lap 12 Ret 36 IT AUT Sascha Plöderl RS-Line IPZ Racing Ford Focus ST170 5 Accident 32 Ret 31 IT ITA Giuseppe Cirò Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 5 Retirement 23 Ret 27 IT ITA Adriano de Micheli JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 2 Accident 10 Ret 32 IT DEU Marc Hennerici Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i 2 Accident 26 Ret 9 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 1 Collision 3 Race 2 Pos No Driver Team Car Laps Time/Retired Grid Points 1 43 DEU Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 11 22:17.549 5 10 2 1 GBR Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320i 11 +2.027 6 8 3 6 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 11 +5.822 8 6 4 8 SWE Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 11 +6.786 9 5 5 7 BRA Augusto Farfus Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 11 +8.795 4 4 6 4 ITA Alex Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 11 +10.447 1 3 7 10 DEU Peter Terting SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 11 +10.713 10 2 8 11 GBR Jason Plato SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 11 +11.135 11 1 9 5 ESP Antonio García BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 11 +12.115 7 10 2 ITA Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 11 +12.446 15 11 22 ITA Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 11 +15.644 13 12 42 DEU Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland BMW 320i 11 +15.805 27 13 9 ESP Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT Toledo Cupra 11 +20.370 32 14 23 CHE Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 11 +23.138 14 15 30 IT ITA Stefano D'Aste Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 11 +34.187 22 16 14 DEU Thomas Klenke Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 11 +35.640 17 17 53 IT ITA Gianluca de Lorenzi GDL Racing BMW 320i 11 +39.018 21 18 18 IT MEX Carlos Mastretta GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 11 +40.000 25 19 15 DEU Thomas Jäger Ford Hotfiel Sport Ford Focus 11 +44.651 26 20 51 IT ITA Salvatore Tavano DB Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 11 +2:13.246 19 21 3 GBR James Thompson Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 10 +1 Lap 2 22 52 IT ITA Andrea Larini DB Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 8 +3 Laps 23 Ret 26 ITA Roberto Colciago JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 4 Accident 3 Ret 28 IT SWE Carl Rosenblad Crawford Racing BMW 320i 4 Retirement 16 Ret 20 IT NLD Tom Coronel GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 4 Accident 18 Ret 21 GBR Robert Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 0 Retirement 20 DNS 54 IT SMR Stefano Valli Zerocinque Motorsport BMW 320i 0 24 DNS 36 IT AUT Sascha Plöderl RS-Line IPZ Racing Ford Focus ST170 0 28 DNS 31 IT ITA Giuseppe Cirò Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 0 29 DNS 27 IT ITA Adriano de Micheli JAS Motorsport Honda Accord Euro R 0 30 DNS 32 IT DEU Marc Hennerici Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i 0 31 DSQ 55 IT ITA Alessandro Balzan Scuderia del Girasole SEAT Toledo Cupra 11 Disqualified 12 Standings after the races Drivers' Championship standings PosDriverPoints 1 DEU Dirk Müller 47 2 GBR Andy Priaulx 41 3 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 30 4 ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi 29 5 BRA Augusto Farfus 29 Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 DEU BMW 113 2 ITA Alfa Romeo 100 3 ESP SEAT 75 4 USA Chevrolet 22 5 USA Ford 2 References External links Results booklet from fiawtcc.com archives 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