2005 Italian Superturismo Championship

The 2005 Campionato Italiano Superturismo season was the fourth season of the Italian Superturismo Championship since its recreation in 2002. It was won by well-known former Formula One and CART driver Alessandro Zanardi.

Teams and drivers edit

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds Class
  BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320i 4   Alessandro Zanardi 1-4, 6
  Lehtonen Motorsport SEAT Toledo Cupra 19   Valle Mäkelä 1-2
  JAS Motorsport Honda Accord 27   Adriano de Micheli 1-3
  Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 30   Stefano D'Aste 1-3
31   Giuseppe Cirò 1-3
  DB Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 51   Salvatore Tavano All
52   Andrea Larini 1-4, 6-7
  GDL Racing BMW 320i 53   Gianluca De Lorenzi All
  ZeroCinque Motorsport BMW 320i 54   Stefano Valli All
  Scuderia del Girasole SEAT Toledo Cupra 55   Alessandro Balzan All
  DB Motorsport Alfa Romeo 156 GTA 56   Vitaliano Caldarelli 5
  Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 57   Davide Roda 7
58   Luca Rangoni 7
  GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra 59   Tom Coronel 7
  Engstler Motorsport BMW 320i 62   Franz Engstler 7
  ZeroCinque Motorsport BMW 320i 81   Giannantonio Pennino 4 SP
  Errepi Racing Alfa Romeo 147 82   Lorenzo Falessi 5,7 SP
  ZeroCinque Motorsport BMW 320i 83   Lorenzo Pasquinelli 5-7 SP
Icon Class
SP Super Production

Race calendar and results edit

Round Circuit Date Pole Position Fastest Lap Winning Driver Winning Team
1 R1   Monza 10 April   Alessandro Zanardi   Alessandro Zanardi   Alessandro Zanardi   BMW Team Italy-Spain
R2   Alessandro Zanardi   Alessandro Zanardi   BMW Team Italy-Spain
2 R1   Magny-Cours 1 May   Valle Mäkelä   Alessandro Zanardi   Alessandro Zanardi   BMW Team Italy-Spain
R2   Valle Mäkelä   Giuseppe Cirò   Proteam Motorsport
3 R1   Imola 29 May   Adriano de Micheli   Alessandro Balzan   Alessandro Zanardi   BMW Team Italy-Spain
R2   Alessandro Zanardi   Alessandro Zanardi   BMW Team Italy-Spain
4 R1   Mugello 3 July   Alessandro Zanardi   Gianluca De Lorenzi   Gianluca De Lorenzi   GDL Racing
R2   Salvatore Tavano   Alessandro Zanardi   BMW Team Italy-Spain
5 R1   Magione 24 July   Salvatore Tavano   Gianluca De Lorenzi   Gianluca De Lorenzi   GDL Racing
R2   Gianluca De Lorenzi   Alessandro Balzan   Scuderia del Girasole
6 R1   Varano 11 September   Alessandro Zanardi   Alessandro Zanardi   Alessandro Zanardi   BMW Team Italy-Spain
R2   Alessandro Zanardi   Alessandro Zanardi   BMW Team Italy-Spain
7 R1   Vallelunga 16 October   Salvatore Tavano   Tom Coronel   Alessandro Balzan   Scuderia del Girasole
R2   Gianluca De Lorenzi   Alessandro Balzan   Scuderia del Girasole
  • Rounds 1–2 were run together with the WTCC.

Championship standings edit

Points system
 1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th 
10 8 6 5 4 6 2 1
  • 12 results from 14 are valid for the championship

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos Driver Car MON
 
MGN
 
IMO
 
MUG
 
MAG
 
VAR
 
VAL
 
 Pts 
1   Alessandro Zanardi BMW 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 1 Ret Ret 1 1 91
2   Gianluca De Lorenzi BMW 7 Ret 4 3 4 3 1 2 1 2 4 Ret 3 2 79
3   Salvatore Tavano Alfa Romeo 3 4 3 2 3 4 3 3 5 3 2 4 2 3 76 (85)
4   Alessandro Balzan Seat 4 2 Ret DNS 2 Ret Ret 7 2 1 Ret 6 1 1 64
5   Stefano Valli BMW 8 6 7 5 7 Ret 4 5 4 5 5 3 5 6 46 (47)
6   Andrea Larini Alfa Romeo 5 7 Ret Ret 6 5 Ret 4 3 2 4 5 41
7   Stefano D'Aste BMW 2 8 Ret Ret 5 2 21
8   Giuseppe Cirò BMW Ret 5 5 1 Ret Ret 18
9   Adriano de Micheli Honda 6 3 6 4 Ret Ret 17
10   Lorenzo Pasquinelli BMW 7 7 Ret 5 6 8 12
11   Vitaliano Caldarelli Alfa Romeo 3 4 11
12   Valle Mäkelä Seat Ret Ret 2 Ret 8
13   Lorenzo Falessi Alfa Romeo 6 6 7 Ret 8
14   Giannantonio Pennino BMW 5 6 7
15   Franz Engstler BMW 8 4 6
16   Tom Coronel Seat Ret 7 2
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)