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The 2005 World Touring Car Championship was the second season of
Retrieved from web.archive.org on 16 July 2009
Retrieved on 18 July 2013 Organised by KSO, a subsidiary of
The championship was contested over ten events, of which seven were held together with the 2005 FIA GT Championship. Each event featured two races with a distance of 50 kilometres. The starting grid order for the first race at each event was determined by the results of qualifying, and that of the second race by the results of the first race, but with the top eight cars in reverse order.
''Italics'' – Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. Drivers' Championship points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis to first eight finishers at each race. Note: Drivers who did not score points during the season were not classified into Drivers' Championship positions.
The Manufacturers' title was awarded to the manufacturer which had scored the highest number of points, taking into account all the results obtained by the best two cars classified per manufacturer in each race. All the other cars of that same manufacturer were considered invisible as far as scoring points was concerned. Points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for each race.
Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 February 2012 A driver's eligibility to compete for the Trophy was determined exclusively by KSO, taking into consideration various criteria relating to the team, driver and car. Points were awarded to eligible drivers on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for races 1 to 18 and on a 20–16–12–10–8–6–4–2 basis for races 19 & 20.
FIA World Touring Car Championship official website
Specific Regulations for Modified Production Cars on Circuits (Super-2000), www.fia.com via web.archive.org
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The 2005 World Touring Car Championship was the second season of World Touring Car Championship
The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a sing ...
motor racing, and the first since 1987. It featured the 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship which was contested over a ten event, twenty race series which commenced on 10 April and ended on 20 November. The championship was open to Super 2000
Super 2000 is an Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, FIA powertrain specification used in the World Rally Championship, the British Touring Car Championship, the World Touring Car Championship, and other touring car racing, touring car ...
cars, Diesel 2000 cars and Super Production cars as defined by the FIA.2005 FIA WTCC Sporting RegulationsRetrieved from web.archive.org on 16 July 2009
Andy Priaulx
Andrew Graham Priaulx, Order of the British Empire, MBE ( born 7 August 1974) is a British people, British racing driver from Guernsey. In 2019 he raced for Chip Ganassi Racing, Ford Chip Ganassi Team UK in the FIA World Endurance Championship, ...
won the Drivers' Championship and BMW
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, trading as BMW Group (commonly abbreviated to BMW (), sometimes anglicised as Bavarian Motor Works), is a German multinational manufacturer of vehicles and motorcycles headquartered in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. Th ...
won the Manufacturers' title.2005 Championship point standings, fiawtcc.com, as archived at web.archive.org on 14 December 2010Retrieved on 18 July 2013 Organised by KSO, a subsidiary of
Eurosport
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, the championship was an evolution of the former European Touring Car Championship
The European Touring Car Championship was an international touring car racing series organised by the FIA. It had two incarnations, the first one between 1963 and 1988, and the second between 2000 and 2004. In 2005 it was superseded by the World ...
, elevated to World Championship status by the FIA for 2005 with the introduction of races outside Europe. The European title was given to the new European Touring Car Cup, a one-off event.
Teams and drivers
According to 2005 Entry List.Calendar
The championship was contested over ten events, of which seven were held together with the 2005 FIA GT Championship. Each event featured two races with a distance of 50 kilometres. The starting grid order for the first race at each event was determined by the results of qualifying, and that of the second race by the results of the first race, but with the top eight cars in reverse order.
Results and standings
Races
Championship standings
Drivers' Championship
Bold – Pole''Italics'' – Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. Drivers' Championship points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis to first eight finishers at each race. Note: Drivers who did not score points during the season were not classified into Drivers' Championship positions.
Manufacturers' Championship
The Manufacturers' title was awarded to the manufacturer which had scored the highest number of points, taking into account all the results obtained by the best two cars classified per manufacturer in each race. All the other cars of that same manufacturer were considered invisible as far as scoring points was concerned. Points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for each race.
Michelin Independents' Trophy
Championship promoter KSO organised the Michelin Independent Drivers' Trophy within the 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship.Michelin Independents' Trophies RegulationsRetrieved from www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 February 2012 A driver's eligibility to compete for the Trophy was determined exclusively by KSO, taking into consideration various criteria relating to the team, driver and car. Points were awarded to eligible drivers on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for races 1 to 18 and on a 20–16–12–10–8–6–4–2 basis for races 19 & 20.
Michelin Teams' Trophy
Championship promoter KSO organised the Michelin Teams' Trophy within the 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship. All teams participating in the Championship were eligible to score points towards the Trophy, however points were only awarded for the two best classified cars of each team, providing they are driven by drivers classified by KSO as Independent Drivers. Any other cars of that same team were invisible as far as point scoring was concerned. Points towards the Michelin Teams' Trophy were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis at all races.Notes
References
External links
FIA World Touring Car Championship official website
Specific Regulations for Modified Production Cars on Circuits (Super-2000), www.fia.com via web.archive.org
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