2005 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium

2005 Race of Belgium

Race details
Round 6 of 10 in the 2005 World Touring Car Championship at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Spa, Belgium.
Date	July 30, 2005
Location	Spa, Belgium
Course	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps 7.004 kilometres (4.352 mi)
Race One
Laps 8 Pole position Driver Augusto Farfus Alfa Romeo Racing Team Time 2:33.158 Podium First Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland Second Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Third Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland Fastest Lap Driver Dirk Müller BMW Team Deutschland Time 2:33.955
Race Two
Laps 8 Podium First Fabrizio Giovanardi Alfa Romeo Racing Team Second Stefano D'Aste Proteam Motorsport Third Tom Coronel GR Asia Fastest Lap Driver Augusto Farfus Alfa Romeo Racing Team Time 2:42.690

The 2005 FIA WTCC Race Of Belgium was the sixth round of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship season. It was held at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Dirk Müller won the first race in a BMW 1-2-3 podium sweep, and also extended his points lead, whereas Fabrizio Giovanardi won a wet and crash-strewn second race from pole on the reversed grid for Alfa Romeo.

Race 1

Pos	No		Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	43		Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	8	22:58.706	4	10
2	1		Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320i	8	+0.270	2	8
3	42		Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	8	+5.448	3	6
4	2		Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	8	+5.712	6	5
5	3		James Thompson	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	8	+5.859	8	4
6	5		Antonio García	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	8	+10.694	13	3
7	6		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	8	+11.297	10	2
8	26		Roberto Colciago	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	8	+11.495	7	1
9	11		Jason Plato	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	8	+11.566	11
10	10		Peter Terting	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	8	+11.965	12
11	8		Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	8	+14.273	9
12	9		Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	8	+15.697	5
13	20	IT	Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	8	+16.329	14
14	23		Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	8	+18.058	17
15	31	IT	Giuseppe Cirò	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	8	+23.145	23
16	30	IT	Stefano D'Aste	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	8	+23.655	15
17	22		Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	8	+24.208	20
18	32	IT	Marc Hennerici	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320i	8	+26.567	22
19	18	IT	Valle Mäkelä	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	8	+27.660	18
20	33	IT	Adam Lacko	IEP Team	BMW 320i	8	+29.982	21
21	14		Thomas Klenke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	8	+30.119	25
22	28	IT	Carl Rosenblad	Crawford Racing	BMW 320i	8	+30.841	16
23	24	IT	Soheil Ayari	Peugeot Sport Denmark	Peugeot 407	8	+1:06.782	26
Ret	21		Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	4	Retirement	19
Ret	16		Michael Funke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	0	Collision	24
DSQ	7		Augusto Farfus	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	8	Disqualified	1
WD	4		Alex Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	0	Withdrew

Race 2

Pos	No		Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	8	27:49.757	1	10
2	30	IT	Stefano D'Aste	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	8	+0.003	17	8
3	20	IT	Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	8	+1.371	14	6
4	7		Augusto Farfus	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	8	+1.923	5	5
5	43		Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	8	+4.050	8	4
6	23		Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	8	+7.619	15	3
7	3		James Thompson	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	8	+9.807	3	2
8	5		Antonio García	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	8	+10.069	2	1
9	32	IT	Marc Hennerici	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320i	8	+10.578	19
10	10		Peter Terting	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	8	+14.206	13
11	21		Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	8	+14.609	24
12	28	IT	Carl Rosenblad	Crawford Racing	BMW 320i	8	+15.208	26
13	33	IT	Adam Lacko	IEP Team	BMW 320i	8	+15.634	21
14	11		Jason Plato	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	8	+17.597	10
15	31	IT	Giuseppe Cirò	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	8	+18.705	16
16	42		Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	8	+43.977	6
17	2		Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	7	+1 Lap	4
18	22		Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	7	+1 Lap	18
Ret	26		Roberto Colciago	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	4	Accident	9
Ret	9		Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	3	Collision	13
Ret	14		Thomas Klenke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	3	Collision	22
Ret	18	IT	Valle Mäkelä	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	1	Retirement	20
Ret	1		Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320i	0	Collision	7
Ret	8		Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	0	Collision	12
Ret	24	IT	Soheil Ayari	Peugeot Sport Denmark	Peugeot 407	0	Retirement	23
DNS	16		Michael Funke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	0		25
WD	4		Alex Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	0	Withdrew

Standings after the races

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Dirk Müller 61 2 Fabrizio Giovanardi 57 3 Andy Priaulx 50 4 Gabriele Tarquini 43 5 Antonio García 43

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 BMW 159 2 Alfa Romeo 155 3 SEAT 113 4 Chevrolet 39 5 Ford 2

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