2005 SEAT Cupra Championship explained

The 2005 Smartnav SEAT Cupra Championship season was the third season of the SEAT Cupra Championship. It began on 10 April at Donington Park, and ended on 2 October at Brands Hatch, after eighteen rounds held in England and Scotland. Cars were now entered by independent teams rather than SEAT themselves, meaning less performance parity but involving more people in the series.

After finishing third in 2004, Tom Boardman won the title, by 15 points from Mat Jackson. Tom Ferrier was third on 219 points, fourth was Carl Breeze on 191 points and fifth was Alan Blencowe who finished on 116.

Teams and drivers

All entries ran the Mk1 SEAT León.

Team		Drivers	Rounds
Triple R	1	Sam Edwards	2
Triple R	3	Tom Boardman	All
Barwell Motorsport	2	Carl Breeze	All
Barwell Motorsport	5	Alan Blencowe	All
Motorbase Performance	6	David Pinkney	1–4, 6
Team Parker Racing	7	Tom Ferrier	All
Team Parker Racing	34	Mark Cole	1–3, 5
Jacksons M/Sport	8	Mat Jackson	All
CMS Motorsport	9	Nick Leason	3–6, 8-9
Doble M/Sport	11	Mike Doble	All
Churchill Motorsport	14	Adrian Churchill	All
Churchill Motorsport	32	Ian Churchill	All
SRE	36	Jonathan Young	All
Team GVR	41	Chris Egginton	1–2, 4, 6-8
J.S. Motorsport	42	Harry Vaulkhard	All
Total Control Racing	88	Henry Taylor	All

Calendar

Round	Track	Date	Pole Position	Fastest Lap	Winner	Winning Team
1	Donington Park	10 April	Tom Boardman	Tom Boardman	Tom Boardman	Triple R
2	Donington Park	10 April	Tom Boardman	Tom Ferrier	Tom Boardman	Triple R
3	Thruxton	1 May	Tom Boardman	Carl Breeze	Carl Breeze	Barwell Motorsport
4	Thruxton	1 May	Carl Breeze	Tom Boardman	Mat Jackson	Jacksons M/Sport
5	Brands Hatch	5 June	Carl Breeze	Tom Ferrier	Tom Ferrier	Team Parker Racing
6	Brands Hatch	5 June	Tom Ferrier	Carl Breeze	Tom Boardman	Triple R
7	Oulton Park	19 June	Mat Jackson	Tom Boardman	Tom Boardman	Triple R
8	Oulton Park	19 June	Mat Jackson	Mat Jackson	Mat Jackson	Jacksons M/Sport
9	Croft	17 July	Tom Boardman	Tom Boardman	Tom Boardman	Triple R
10	Croft	17 July	Mat Jackson	Mat Jackson	Mat Jackson	Jacksons M/Sport
11	Snetterton	7 August	Mat Jackson	Tom Ferrier	Tom Boardman	Triple R
12	Snetterton	7 August	Carl Breeze	Mat Jackson	Mat Jackson	Jacksons M/Sport
13	Knockhill	28 August	Mat Jackson	Mat Jackson	Mat Jackson	Jacksons M/Sport
14	Knockhill	28 August	Adrian Churchill	Mat Jackson	Mat Jackson	Jacksons M/Sport
15	Silverstone	18 September	Mat Jackson	Mat Jackson	Mat Jackson	Jacksons M/Sport
16	Silverstone	18 September	Mat Jackson	Tom Boardman	Tom Boardman	Triple R
17	Brands Hatch	2 October	Tom Ferrier	Mat Jackson	Mat Jackson	Jacksons M/Sport
18	Brands Hatch	2 October	Mat Jackson	Mat Jackson	Tom Ferrier	Team Parker Racing

Championship standings

Points were awarded as follows:

Pos	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Race 1	17	15	13	11	9	7	5	4	3	2	1	0
Race 2	20	17	15	13	11	9	7	5	4	3	2	1

Pos	Driver	DON		THR		BRH		OUL		CRO		SNE		KNO		SIL		BRH		Pts
1	Tom Boardman	1	1	2	3	3	1	1	5	1	2	1	3	2	2	3	1	Ret	Ret	239
2	Mat Jackson	Ret	4	4	1	6	4	12	1	3	1	9	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	228
3	Tom Ferrier	2	2	9	Ret	1	2	6	8	4	4	2	4	8	4	2	3	2	1	194
4	Carl Breeze	5	6	1	2	2	3	2	6	2	3	Ret	2	4	3	4	Ret	5	2	193
5	Alan Blencowe	3	13	3	5	7	Ret	8	9	10	5	3	11	3	6	7	6	3	7	118
6	Henry Taylor			6	Ret	4	5			6	8	5	5	5	11	5	4	4	5	97
7	Ian Churchill	6	8	10	9	8	7	3	10	Ret	7	4	8	Ret	5	Ret	8	8	8	85
8	Jonathan Young	Ret	5	14	Ret	12	Ret	7	2	7	9	6	6	Ret	7	9	7	7	6	83
9	Adrian Churchill	7	7	11	9	10	9	4	9	Ret	6	Ret	10	Ret	Ret	6	5	6	4	78
10	Mark Cole	4	3	5	4	5	6			5	DNS									63
11	Mike Doble	11	10	12	8	11	10	10	4	9	11	10	12	Ret	10	11	10	9	10	42
12	Harry Vaulkhard	10	11	15	6	13	11	Ret	12	8	10	8	9	6	9	8	11	Ret	DNS	42
13	David Pinkney	9	9	7	Ret	9	8	5	3			Ret	Ret							38
14	Chris Egginton	8	12	8	10			9	11			7	7	7	8	Ret	9			38
15	Nick Leason					14	12	11	13	11	12	11	13			10	12	10	9	9
16	Sam Edwards			13	Ret															0
Pos	Driver	DON		THR		BRH		OUL		CRO		SNE		KNO		SIL		BRH		Pts

External links

2005 season results on the SEAT Sport UK website