# 2005 European Touring Car Cup

The 2005 FIA European Touring Car Cup was the first running of the FIA European Touring Car Cup. It was held on 16 October 2005 at the ACI Vallelunga Circuit near Rome in Italy.

## Teams and drivers

Super 2000 class :
| Team | Car | No | Drivers |
| Honda Dealer Team Sweden | Honda Accord Euro R | 1 | Tomas Engström |
| BMW Team Italy-Spain | BMW 320i | 2 | Alessandro Zanardi |
| BMW Team Engstler | BMW 320i | 3 | Franz Engstler |
| SEAT Racing Team | SEAT Toledo Cupra | 4 | Michel Nykjær |
| DB Motorsport | Alfa Romeo 156 | 5 | Salvatore Tavano |
| DB Motorsport | Alfa Romeo 156 | 6 | Andrea Larini |
| Avtodom Racing - BMW Russia | BMW 320i | 7 | Mikhail Ukhov |
| Zerocinque Motorsport | BMW 320i | 8 | Stefano Valli |
| Peugeot Sport Denmark | Peugeot 407 | 9 | Jens Edman |
| IPS Motorsport | Peugeot 407 | 10 | Johan Stureson |
| Maarakennus M. Laivola Oy | SEAT Toledo Cupra | 11 | Ari Laivola |
| Schubert Motors | BMW 320i | 12 | Rustem Teregulov |
| Schubert Motors | BMW 320i | 13 | Claudia Hürtgen |
| SEAT Sport Italia | SEAT Toledo Cupra | 14 | Alessandro Balzan |
| WestCoast Racing | BMW 320i | 15 | Richard Göransson |
| WestCoast Racing | BMW 320i | 16 | Thed Björk |
| TW Racing | Ford Focus ST170 | 19 | Wolfgang Treml |
| SEAT Sport UK | SEAT Toledo Cupra | 20 | Jason Plato |
| GR Asia | SEAT Toledo Cupra | 21 | Tom Coronel |
| GR Asia | SEAT Toledo Cupra | 22 | Rob Collard |
| Proteam Motorsport | BMW 320i | 23 | Davide Roda |
| Proteam Motorsport | BMW 320i | 24 | Luca Rangoni |
| Super Production class ||||
| ZeroCinque Motorsport | BMW 320i | 51 | Lorenzo Pasquinelli |
| Sport-Garage | Volkswagen Golf IV GTi | 52 | Sergey Krylov |
| Sport-Garage | Volkswagen Golf III GTi | 53 | Andrey Nikolaev |
| Errepi Racing | Alfa Romeo 147 SP | 54 | Lorenzo Falessi |

## Final standings

| Pos | Driver | Race 1 | Race 2 | Pts |
| Super 2000 |||||
| 1 | Richard Göransson | 2 | 2 | 16 |
| 2 | Jason Plato | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| 3 | Alessandro Zanardi | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| 4 | Salvatore Tavano | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Tom Coronel | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 6 | Thed Björk | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| 7 | Franz Engstler | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 8 | Jens Edman | 8 | 16 | 1 |
| 9 | Alessandro Balzan | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 10 | Claudia Hürtgen | Ret | 9 | 0 |
| 11 | Rob Collard | 10 | 15 | 0 |
| 12 | Luca Rangoni | Ret | 10 | 0 |
| 13 | Andrea Larini | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 14 | Stefano Valli | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 15 | Rustem Teregulov | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 16 | Ari Laivola | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| 17 | Michel Nykjær | 19 | Ret | 0 |
| 18 | Mikhail Ukhov | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 19 | Davide Roda | Ret | Ret | 0 |
| 20 | Tomas Engström | Ret | DNS | 0 |
| 21 | Johan Stureson | Ret | DNS | 0 |
| 22 | Wolfgang Treml | Ret | DNS | 0 |
| Super Production |||||
| 1 | Lorenzo Falessi | 15 | 17 | 20 |
| 2 | Sergey Krylov | 17 | 18 | 14 |
| 3 | Andrey Nikolaev | 18 | 19 | 11 |
| 4 | Lorenzo Pasquinelli | 16 | Ret | 8 |
| Pos | Driver | Race 1 | Race 2 | Pts |
| Colour | Result |
| Gold | Winner |
| Silver | Second place |
| Bronze | Third place |
| Green | Points finish |
| Blue | Non-points finish |
| Blue | Non-classified finish (NC) |
| Purple | Retired (Ret) |
| Red | Did not qualify (DNQ) |
| Red | Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) |
| Black | Disqualified (DSQ) |
| White | Did not start (DNS) |
| White | Withdrew (WD) |
| White | Race cancelled (C) |
| Blank | Did not practice (DNP) |
| Blank | Did not arrive (DNA) |
| Blank | Excluded (EX) |