2005 FIA WTCC Race of Germany

2005 Race of Germany

Race details
Round 7 of 10 in the 2005 World Touring Car Championship at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben in Oschersleben, Germany.
Date	August 28, 2005
Location	Oschersleben, Germany
Course	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 3.667 kilometres (2.279 mi)
Race One
Laps 14 Pole position Driver James Thompson Alfa Romeo Racing Team Time 1:31.926 Podium First Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Second Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport Third Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland Fastest Lap Driver Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland Time 1:34.063
Race Two
Laps 14 Podium First Alex Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain Second Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Third Jörg Müller BMW Team Deutschland Fastest Lap Driver Gabriele Tarquini Alfa Romeo Racing Team Time 1:33.250

The 2005 FIA WTCC Race Of Germany was the seventh round of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship season. It was held at the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben. Andy Priaulx took his first win of the season in the first race for BMW, and the second race was won by Alex Zanardi, also for BMW, at a track close to the one where he lost his legs in a crash in 2001.

Race 1

Pos	No		Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	1		Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320i	14	22:05.714	3	10
2	8		Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	14	+3.238	5	8
3	42		Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	14	+3.355	11	6
4	43		Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	14	+3.640	8	5
5	10		Peter Terting	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	14	+4.808	7	4
6	29		Stéphane Ortelli	Team Oreca PlayStation	SEAT Toledo Cupra	14	+7.484	6	3
7	9		Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	14	+9.779	9	2
8	4		Alex Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	14	+11.367	15	1
9	7		Augusto Farfus	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	14	+11.911	2
10	14		Thomas Klenke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	14	+12.265	10
11	23		Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	14	+12.813	13
12	16		Michael Funke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	14	+13.709	16
13	2		Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	14	+15.434	4
14	5		Antonio García	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	14	+17.343	14
15	27	IT	Adriano de Micheli	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	14	+18.140	23
16	32	IT	Marc Hennerici	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320i	14	+20.625	19
17	22		Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	14	+22.955	20
18	18	IT	Valle Mäkelä	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	14	+23.354	23
19	3		James Thompson	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	14	+24.434	1
20	30	IT	Stefano D'Aste	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	14	+25.346	22
21	20	IT	Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	14	+27.842	21
22	28	IT	Carl Rosenblad	Crawford Racing	BMW 320i	14	+29.236	24
23	21		Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	14	+29.878	21
24	31	IT	Giuseppe Cirò	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	14	+42.998	16
25	36	IT	Sascha Plöderl	RS-Line IPZ Racing	Ford Focus ST170	14	+58.353	27
26	6		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	11	+3 Laps	12
Ret	25	IT	Éric Hélary	Peugeot Sport Denmark	Peugeot 407	9	Retirement	26

Race 2

Pos	No		Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4		Alex Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	14	21:59.901	1	10
2	1		Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320i	14	+0.232	8	8
3	42		Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	14	+0.524	6	6
4	9		Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	14	+1.527	2	5
5	7		Augusto Farfus	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	14	+2.290	9	4
6	43		Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	14	+8.472	5	3
7	8		Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	14	+10.898	7	2
8	23		Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	14	+11.022	11	1
9	5		Antonio García	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	14	+11.397	14
10	16		Michael Funke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	14	+11.788	12
11	22		Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	14	+12.978	17
12	21		Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	14	+17.015	23
13	20	IT	Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	14	+18.034	21
14	2		Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	14	+18.676	13
15	29		Stéphane Ortelli	Team Oreca PlayStation	SEAT Toledo Cupra	14	+21.590	3
16	31	IT	Giuseppe Cirò	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	14	+23.322	27
17	28	IT	Carl Rosenblad	Crawford Racing	BMW 320i	14	+28.077	22
18	27	IT	Adriano de Micheli	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	14	+52.495	15
19	30	IT	Stefano D'Aste	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	14	+53.681	20
20	14		Thomas Klenke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	13	+1 Lap	10
21	32	IT	Marc Hennerici	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320i	13	+1 Lap	16
22	36	IT	Sascha Plöderl	RS-Line IPZ Racing	Ford Focus ST170	12	+2 Laps	24
Ret	3		James Thompson	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	3	Retirement	19
Ret	18	IT	Valle Mäkelä	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	2	Accident	18
Ret	6		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	1	Collision	25
Ret	10		Peter Terting	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	1	Damage	4
DNS	25	IT	Éric Hélary	Peugeot Sport Denmark	Peugeot 407	0		26

Standings after the races

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Dirk Müller 69 2 Andy Priaulx 68 3 Fabrizio Giovanardi 57 4 Jörg Müller 45 5 Gabriele Tarquini 43

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 BMW 193 2 Alfa Romeo 164 3 SEAT 136 4 Chevrolet 45 5 Ford 8

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