2005 World Touring Car Championship season

The 2005 World Touring Car Championship season was the second World Touring Car Championship season, and the first since 1987. It featured a ten event, twenty race series which commenced on April 10, 2005 and ended on November 20. The series, which incorporated both a Drivers’ Championship and a Manufacturers’ Championship, was open to Super 2000 cars, Diesel 2000 cars and Super Production cars as defined by the FIA.

Organised by KSO, a subsidiary of Eurosport, the championship was a continuation of the previously existing European Touring Car Championship, elevated to World Championship status by the FIA with the introduction of races outside Europe. The European title was given to the new European Touring Car Cup, a one-off event.

Drivers and teams
According to 2005 Entry List

Calendar
The championship comprised ten events, each featuring two 50 kilometre races. 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.

Drivers
Point system: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for top eight finishers.

Drivers
Point system: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for top eight finishers in the independents.


 * Dead-heat
 * 8p: 14th Harrison (2nd x 1), 15th A. Larini (5th x 1)
 * 4p: 17th Plöderl (7th x 1, 8th x 2), 18th Valli (7th x 1, 8th x 2)