2005 FIA WTCC Race of Germany explained

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				Alfa Romeo 156	14	+11.911	2
10	14				Ford Focus	14	+12.265	10
11	23				Chevrolet Lacetti	14	+12.813	13
12	16				Ford Focus	14	+13.709	16
13	2				Alfa Romeo 156	14	+15.434	4
14	5				BMW 320i	14	+17.343	14
15	27	IT			Honda Accord Euro R	14	+18.140	23
16	32	IT			BMW 320i	14	+20.625	19
17	22				Chevrolet Lacetti	14	+22.955	20
18	18	IT			SEAT Toledo Cupra	14	+23.354	23
19	3				Alfa Romeo 156	14	+24.434	1
20	30	IT			BMW 320i	14	+25.346	22
21	20	IT			SEAT Toledo Cupra	14	+27.842	21
22	28	IT			BMW 320i	14	+29.236	24
23	21				Chevrolet Lacetti	14	+29.878	21
24	31	IT			BMW 320i	14	+42.998	16
25	36	IT		RS-Line IPZ Racing	Ford Focus ST170	14	+58.353	27
26	6				Alfa Romeo 156	11	+3 Laps	12
Ret	25	IT			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				BMW 320i	14	+11.397	14
10	16				Ford Focus	14	+11.788	12
11	22				Chevrolet Lacetti	14	+12.978	17
12	21				Chevrolet Lacetti	14	+17.015	23
13	20	IT			SEAT Toledo Cupra	14	+18.034	21
14	2				Alfa Romeo 156	14	+18.676	13
15	29				SEAT Toledo Cupra	14	+21.590	3
16	31	IT			BMW 320i	14	+23.322	27
17	28	IT			BMW 320i	14	+28.077	22
18	27	IT			Honda Accord Euro R	14	+52.495	15
19	30	IT			BMW 320i	14	+53.681	20
20	14				Ford Focus	13	+1 Lap	10
21	32	IT			BMW 320i	13	+1 Lap	16
22	36	IT		RS-Line IPZ Racing	Ford Focus ST170	12	+2 Laps	24
Ret	3				Alfa Romeo 156	3	Retirement	19
Ret	18	IT			SEAT Toledo Cupra	2	Accident	18
Ret	6				Alfa Romeo 156	1	Collision	25
Ret	10				SEAT Toledo Cupra	1	Damage	4
DNS	25	IT			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

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Pos	Constructor	Points
1	BMW	193
2		164
3		136
4	Chevrolet	45
5	Ford	8