2005 FIA WTCC Race of UK

The Race of France was the third round of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship season. It was held at the Silverstone Circuit at Silverstone in Britain on May 15, 2005. Gabriele Tarquini won the first race from pole in an Alfa Romeo 1-2-3-4, and Rickard Rydell took a historic first win for SEAT after Andy Priaulx's tyre burst with three laps to go while leading.

Race 1

Pos	No		Driver	Team	Car	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	2		Gabriele Tarquini	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	14	20:35.654	1	10
2	3		James Thompson	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	14	+1.287	2	8
3	6		Fabrizio Giovanardi	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	14	+1.626	3	6
4	7		Augusto Farfus	Alfa Romeo Racing Team	Alfa Romeo 156	14	+1.924	6	5
5	1		Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320i	14	+4.386	4	4
6	10		Peter Terting	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	14	+5.595	5	3
7	8		Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	14	+6.095	8	2
8	11		Jason Plato	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	14	+10.187	7	1
9	42		Jörg Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	14	+11.611	11
10	43		Dirk Müller	BMW Team Deutschland	BMW 320i	14	+12.170	25
11	9		Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT Toledo Cupra	14	+13.542	10
12	26		Roberto Colciago	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	14	+17.103	12
4	5		Antonio García	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	12	+5.480	4	5
13	22		Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	12	+23.794	17
15	28	IT	Carl Rosenblad	Crawford Racing	BMW 320i	12	+26.152	14
16	21		Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	12	+27.392	19
17	32	IT	Marc Hennerici	Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320i	12	+28.849	13
18	31	IT	Giuseppe Cirò	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i	12	+29.162	21
19	51	IT	Salvatore Tavano	DB Motorsport	Alfa Romeo 156	12	+31.718	18
20	53	IT	Gianluca de Lorenzi	GDL Racing	BMW 320i	12	+32.314	20
21	27	IT	Adriano de Micheli	JAS Motorsport	Honda Accord Euro R	12	+32.902	22
22	15		Thomas Jäger	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	12	+38.381	24
23	14		Thomas Klenke	Ford Hotfiel Sport	Ford Focus	12	+39.227	30
24	54	IT	Stefano Valli	Zerocinque Motorsport	BMW 320i	12	+52.259	25
25	4		Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320i	12	+53.862	15
26	36	IT	Sascha Plöderl	RS-Line IPZ Racing	Ford Focus ST170	10	+2 Laps	27
Ret	19	IT	Valle Mäkelä	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	4	Collision	16
DNS	23		Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti			28
DNS	30	IT	Stefano D'Aste	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320i			29
DNS	33	IT	Adam Lacko	IEP Team	BMW 320i			31
DSQ	20	IT	Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT Toledo Cupra	12	Disqualified	23

• Pole Position: Gabriele Tarquini - 1:25.639
• Fastest Lap: Fabrizio Giovanardi - 1:26.969