2005 FIA WTCC Race of Spain explained

The 2005 FIA WTCC Race Of Spain was the ninth and penultimate round of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship season. It was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo. Jordi Gené won the first race for SEAT, this being SEAT's third win and the first for the new SEAT León in WTCC. The second race was dominated by Jörg Müller, whose win for BMW helped them to close in on the Manufacturers Championship.

Race 1

Pos	No		Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	9		Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	13	22:48.757	1	10
2	43		Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	13	+3.288	3	8
3	10		Peter Terting	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	13	+7.099	2	6
4	1		Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320i	13	+8.417	14	5
5	42		Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	13	+10.908	7	4
6	6		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	13	+15.506	12	3
7	22		Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	13	+19.414	10	2
8	4		Alex Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	13	+19.937	20	1
9	29				SEAT Toledo Cupra	13	+25.285	13
10	12				SEAT Toledo Cupra	13	+26.214	18
11	27	IT			Honda Accord Euro R	13	+28.953	15
12	31	IT			BMW 320i	13	+31.876	26
13	34	IT			Honda Accord Euro R	13	+32.654	22
14	5				BMW 320i	13	+42.753	9
15	40	IT			SEAT Toledo Cupra	13	+45.121	27
16	2				Alfa Romeo 156	13	+53.181	8
17	30	IT			BMW 320i	12	+1 Lap	24
NC	7				Alfa Romeo 156	8	+5 Laps	6
NC	20	IT			SEAT Toledo Cupra	8	+5 Laps	21
Ret	8				SEAT León	5	Retirement	5
Ret	28	IT			BMW 320i	3	Accident	16
Ret	23				Chevrolet Lacetti	3	Retirement	11
Ret	3				Alfa Romeo 156	1	Collision	23
Ret	14				Ford Focus	1	Collision	17
Ret	16				Ford Focus	1	Collision	19
Ret	32	IT			BMW 320i	1	Collision	25
Ret	21				Chevrolet Lacetti	0	Collision	4

Pos	No		Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	42		Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	13	23:00.510	4	10
2	6		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	13	+7.760	3	8
3	1		Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320i	13	+8.245	5	6
4	43		Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	13	+8.480	7	5
5	4		Alex Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	13	+9.166	1	4
6	5		Antonio García	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	13	+9.304	14	3
7	7		Augusto Farfus	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	13	+9.806	18	2
8	12		Marc Carol	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	13	+11.123	10	1
9	34	IT			Honda Accord Euro R	13	+14.798	13
10	31	IT			BMW 320i	13	+15.023	12
11	8				SEAT León	13	+15.653	24
12	10				SEAT León	13	+17.125	6
13	20	IT			SEAT Toledo Cupra	13	+17.227	19
14	9				SEAT León	13	+18.059	8
15	3				Alfa Romeo 156	13	+21.765	20
16	28	IT			BMW 320i	13	+24.145	26
17	30	IT			BMW 320i	13	+26.045	17
18	16				Ford Focus	13	+30.084	22
19	27	IT			Honda Accord Euro R	13	+43.253	11
20	32	IT			BMW 320i	13	+44.657	27
21	40	IT			SEAT Toledo Cupra	13	+1:07.495	15
22	29				SEAT Toledo Cupra	12	+1 Lap	9
23	2				Alfa Romeo 156	9	+4 Laps	16
Ret	22				Chevrolet Lacetti	2	Retirement	2
DNS	14				Ford Focus	0		21
DNS	21				Chevrolet Lacetti	0		23
DNS	23				Chevrolet Lacetti	0		25

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