2005 FIA WTCC Race of Turkey

  2005 Race of Turkey

Round details
Round 8 of 10 in the 2005 World Touring Car Championship season at Istanbul Park in Istanbul, Turkey.
Date	September 18, 2005
Location	Istanbul, Turkey
Course	Istanbul Park 5.338 km
Race One
Laps	10
Pole position
Driver	Gabriele Tarquini		Alfa Romeo Racing Team
Time	2:04.525
Podium
First	Fabrizio Giovanardi		Alfa Romeo Racing Team
Second	James Thompson		Alfa Romeo Racing Team
Third	Andy Priaulx		BMW Team UK
Fastest Lap
Driver	James Thompson		Alfa Romeo Racing Team
Time	2:05.942
Race Two
Laps	10
Podium
First	Gabriele Tarquini		Alfa Romeo Racing Team
Second	Augusto Farfus		Alfa Romeo Racing Team
Third	Alex Zanardi		BMW Team Italy-Spain
Fastest Lap
Driver	Gabriele Tarquini		Alfa Romeo Racing Team
Time	2:05.771

The 2005 FIA WTCC Race Of Turkey was the eighth round of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship season. It was held at Istanbul Park. The first race was won by Fabrizio Giovanardi in an Alfa Romeo 1-2. Alfa Romeo finished 1-2 in the second race also, with Gabriele Tarquini emerging the victor.

Race 1

Pos	No		Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	6		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	10	21:12.294	4	10
2	3		James Thompson	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	10	+2.794	2	8
3	1		Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320i	10	+6.134	7	6
4	5		Antonio García	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	10	+6.893	13	5
5	8		Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	10	+8.018	9	4
6	4		Alex Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	10	+9.593	15	3
7	2		Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	10	+14.495	1	2
8	7		Augusto Farfus	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	10	+19.711	3	1
9	43		Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	10	+20.198	10
10	23		Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	10	+22.805	14
11	28	IT	Carl Rosenblad	Crawford Racing	BMW 320i	10	+24.626	16
12	31	IT	Giuseppe Cirò	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	10	+28.694	21
13	32	IT	Marc Hennerici	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320i	10	+32.866	16
14	30	IT	Stefano D'Aste	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	10	+33.848	20
15	27	IT	Adriano de Micheli	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	10	+34.112	11
16	21		Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	10	+34.470	24
17	9		Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	10	+34.584	8
Ret	38	IT	Erkut Kizilirmak	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	6	Engine	22
NC	22		Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	6	+4 Laps	12
Ret	20	IT	Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	5	Engine	25
Ret	29		Stéphane Ortelli	Team Oreca PlayStation	SEAT Toledo Cupra	5	Damage	5
NC	10		Peter Terting	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	5	+5 Laps	6
Ret	42		Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	4	Collision	23
Ret	16		Michael Funke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	2	Retirement	18
Ret	14		Thomas Klenke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	1	Accident	19

Race 2

Pos	No		Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2		Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	10	21:07.765	2	10
2	7		Augusto Farfus	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	10	+0.263	1	8
3	4		Alex Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	10	+1.103	3	3
4	3		James Thompson	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	10	+4.538	7	5
5	43		Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	10	+5.423	9	4
6	6		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	10	+9.364	8	3
7	8		Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	10	+11.408	4	2
8	23		Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	10	+11.537	10	1
9	1		Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320i	10	+13.907	6
10	10		Peter Terting	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	10	+15.089	21
11	32	IT	Marc Hennerici	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320i	10	+15.480	13
12	42		Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	10	+15.846	25
13	21		Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	10	+17.852	16
14	31	IT	Giuseppe Cirò	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	10	+21.852	12
15	30	IT	Stefano D'Aste	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	10	+24.183	14
16	27	IT	Adriano de Micheli	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	10	+25.278	15
17	14		Thomas Klenke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	10	+31.152	23
18	28	IT	Carl Rosenblad	Crawford Racing	BMW 320i	10	+38.780	11
Ret	9		Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	4	Retirement	17
Ret	22		Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	4	Accident	19
Ret	29		Stéphane Ortelli	Team Oreca PlayStation	SEAT Toledo Cupra	3	Retirement	24
Ret	5		Antonio García	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	2	Collision	5
DNS	38	IT	Erkut Kizilirmak	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	0		18
DNS	20	IT	Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	0		20
DNS	16		Michael Funke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	0		22

Standings after the races

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Andy Priaulx 74 2 Dirk Müller 73 3 Fabrizio Giovanardi 70 4 Gabriele Tarquini 55 5 James Thompson 51

Manufacturers' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 BMW 215 2 Alfa Romeo 200 3 SEAT 147 4 Chevrolet 54 5 Ford 8

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