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2005 FIA WTCC Race of Italy

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.

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.

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
43		DEU Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	9	18:03.203	1	10
2		ITA Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	9	+2.465	3	8
7		BRA Augusto Farfus	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	9	+3.854	4	6
1		GBR Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320i	9	+3.977	5	5
5		ESP Antonio García	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	9	+8.088	2	4
6		ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	9	+8.248	8	3
3		GBR James Thompson	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	9	+8.910	9	2
8		SWE Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	9	+9.192	7	1
9		ESP Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	9	+9.414	6
4		ITA Alex Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	9	+14.843	11
10		DEU Peter Terting	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	9	+16.042	10
26		ITA Roberto Colciago	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	9	+20.441	13
32	IT	DEU Marc Hennerici	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320i	9	+21.819	12
34	IT	SWE Tomas Engström	Honda Dealer Team Sweden	Honda Accord Euro R	9	+26.396	17
20	IT	NLD Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	9	+26.571	20
30	IT	ITA Stefano D'Aste	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	9	+26.837	16
51	IT	ITA Salvatore Tavano	DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	9	+31.827	19
55	IT	ITA Alessandro Balzan	Scuderia del Girasole	SEAT Toledo Cupra	9	+33.477	25
52	IT	ITA Andrea Larini	DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	9	+37.711	15
21		GBR Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	9	+37.720	21
27	IT	ITA Adriano de Micheli	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	9	+43.914	30
23		CHE Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	9	+44.271	23
53	IT	ITA Gianluca de Lorenzi	GDL Racing	BMW 320i	9	+44.827	31
22		ITA Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	9	+45.767	24
33	IT	CZE Adam Lacko	IEP Team	Alfa Romeo 156 Gta	9	+49.641	22
35	IT	SWE Jens Hellström	Honda Dealer Team Sweden	Honda Civic Type-R	9	+57.996	33
54	IT	SMR Stefano Valli	Zerocinque Motorsport	BMW 320i	9	+58.363	32
15		DEU Thomas Jäger	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	9	+1:05.240	25
42		DEU Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	8	+1 Lap	18
14		DEU Thomas Klenke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	4	Accident	28
19	IT	FIN Valle Mäkelä	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	4	Accident	26
31	IT	ITA Giuseppe Cirò	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	0	Mechanical	29
28	IT	SWE Carl Rosenblad	Crawford Racing	BMW 320i	0		14

Race 2

Pos	No	Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
3		GBR James Thompson	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	9	18:13.906	2	10
43		DEU Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	9	+0.530	8	8
5		ESP Antonio García	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	9	+0.765	4	6
42		DEU Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	9	+1.248	29	5
1		GBR Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320i	9	+1.467	5	4
9		ESP Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	9	+2.470	9	3
4		ITA Alex Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	9	+5.976	10	2
6		ITA Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	9	+6.767	3	1
7		BRA Augusto Farfus	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	9	+8.904	6
32	IT	DEU Marc Hennerici	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320i	9	+18.231	13
55	IT	ITA Alessandro Balzan	Scuderia del Girasole	SEAT Toledo Cupra	9	+24.527	18
33	IT	CZE Adam Lacko	IEP Team	Alfa Romeo 156 Gta	9	+31.611	25
19	IT	FIN Valle Mäkelä	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	9	+31.991	32
27	IT	ITA Adriano de Micheli	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	9	+32.555	21
22		ITA Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	9	+33.545	22
51	IT	ITA Salvatore Tavano	DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	9	+34.121	17
10		DEU Peter Terting	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	9	+37.443	11
31	IT	ITA Giuseppe Cirò	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	9	+37.480	31
54	IT	SMR Stefano Valli	Zerocinque Motorsport	BMW 320i	9	+42.228	27
52	IT	ITA Andrea Larini	DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	9	+44.679	19
35	IT	SWE Jens Hellström	Honda Dealer Team Sweden	Honda Civic Type-R	9	+1:12.036	26
30	IT	ITA Stefano D'Aste	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	8	+1 Lap	16
34	IT	SWE Tomas Engström	Honda Dealer Team Sweden	Honda Accord Euro R	8	+1 Lap	14
23		CHE Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	6	Engine	22
2		ITA Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	5	Spun off	7
21		GBR Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	5	Collision	20
53	IT	ITA Gianluca de Lorenzi	GDL Racing	BMW 320i	5	Collision	23
20	IT	NLD Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	4	Mechanical	15
26		ITA Roberto Colciago	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	4	Accident	12
8		SWE Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	1	Accident	1
15		DEU Thomas Jäger	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	0	Mechanical	28
14		DEU Thomas Klenke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	0		30
28	IT	SWE Carl Rosenblad	Crawford Racing	BMW 320i	0		33

Standings after the races

;Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
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

http://www.fiawtcc.com/archives/2005/reports/R01_02_Qualifying.pdf {{Webarchive. link. (2010-11-22 Qualifying report)
http://www.fiawtcc.com/archives/2005/reports/R01_02_Races.pdf {{Webarchive. link. (2010-11-22 Race report)

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