2005 FIA GT Championship season

A GLPK-Carsport Corvette C5-R leads a Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC12 at the Oschersleben round of the 2005 FIA GT Championship

The 2005 FIA GT Championship season was the 9th season of FIA GT Championship motor racing. It featured a series of races for GT1 Grand Touring and GT2 Series Grand Touring cars, the former more powerful and highly developed and the latter remaining closer to the production models on which they were based.^[1] Additionally cars from National Championships (Group 2) and from Single-make Cups (Group 3) were permitted to participate in championship races but could not score points towards the various awards.^[2] The championship itself consisted of a GT1 Championship for Drivers, a GT1 Championship for Teams, a GT2 Cup for Drivers and a GT2 Cup for Teams.^[2] A Manufacturers Cup was also awarded in both classes.^[1] The championship season began on April 10, 2005 and ended on November 25, 2005 after 11 races.

Schedule

A JMB Racing Maserati MC12 and an Amprez Motorsports Lotus Exige at the Zhuhai round of the 2005 FIA GT Championship

Rnd	Race	Circuit	Date
1	Monza Supercar 500	Autodromo Nazionale Monza	April 10
2	Magny-Cours Supercar 500	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	May 1
3	RAC Tourist Trophy	Silverstone Circuit	May 15
4	Imola Supercar 500	Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari	May 29
5	Brno Supercar 500	Autodrom Brno Masaryk	June 26
6	Proximus Spa 24 Hours	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	July 30 July 31
7	Oschersleben Supercar 500	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	August 28
8	Istanbul Supercar 500	Istanbul Racing Circuit	September 18
9	Zhuhai Supercar 500	Zhuhai International Circuit	October 23
10	Motorcity GT 500	Dubai Autodrome	November 18
11	Bahrain Supercar 500	Bahrain International Circuit	November 25

Season results

Russian Age Racing's Aston Martin DBR9 during practice at the Zhuhai round of the 2005 FIA GT Championship

Rnd	Circuit	GT1 Winning Team	GT2 Winning Team	Results
		GT1 Winning Drivers	GT2 Winning Drivers
1	Monza	#11 Larbre Compétition	#66 Gruppe M Racing	Results
		Pedro Lamy Gabriele Gardel	Marc Lieb Mike Rockenfeller
2	Magny-Cours	#15 JMB Racing	#88 Gruppe M Racing	Results
		Andrea Bertolini Karl Wendlinger	Tim Sugden Emmanuel Collard
3	Silverstone	#29 Aston Martin Racing	#66 Gruppe M Racing	Results
		Pedro Lamy Peter Kox	Marc Lieb Mike Rockenfeller
4	Imola	#6 GLPK-Carsport	#88 Gruppe M Racing	Results
		Bert Longin Anthony Kumpen Mike Hezemans	Marc Lieb Mike Rockenfeller
5	Brno	#11 Larbre Compétition	#66 Gruppe M Racing	Results
		Pedro Lamy Gabriele Gardel	Marc Lieb Mike Rockenfeller
6	Spa	#9 Vitaphone Racing Team	#66 Gruppe M Racing	Results
		Timo Scheider Michael Bartels Eric van de Poele	Marc Lieb Mike Rockenfeller Lucas Luhr
7	Oschersleben	#10 Vitaphone Racing Team	#88 Gruppe M Racing	Results
		Thomas Biagi Fabio Babini	Tim Sugden Emmanuel Collard
8	Istanbul	#9 Vitaphone Racing Team	#88 Gruppe M Racing	Results
		Timo Scheider Michael Bartels	Tim Sugden Emmanuel Collard
9	Zhuhai	#6 GLPK-Carsport	#66 Gruppe M Racing	Results
		Bert Longin Anthony Kumpen Mike Hezemans	Marc Lieb Mike Rockenfeller
10	Dubai	#11 Larbre Compétition	#88 Gruppe M Racing	Results
		Pedro Lamy Gabriele Gardel	Tim Sugden Emmanuel Collard
11	Bahrain	#17 Russian Age Racing	#66 Gruppe M Racing	Results
		Christophe Bouchut Antonio García	Marc Lieb Mike Rockenfeller

Drivers Championship

Points were awarded at each round to the top eight finishers in both the GT1 & GT2 classes on a 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 basis except for the Spa 24 Hour event were “double points” were awarded in three parts as follows:

• 5 4 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 according to the classification after six hours
• 5 4 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 according to the classification after twelve hours
• 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 according to the classification at the end of the race

GT1 Standings

The GT1 Championship for Drivers was awarded to Gabiele Gardel of Switzerland, who drove a Ferrari 550 Maranello for the Larbre Competition team.

GT2 Standings

The GT2 Cup for Drivers was awarded jointly to German drivers Mike Rockenfeller and Marc Lieb who shared a Porsche 996 GT3 RSR entered by GruppeM Racing.

Teams Championship

Points were awarded at each round to the top eight finishers in both the GT1 & GT2 classes on a 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 basis except for the Spa 24 Hour event were “double points” were awarded in three parts as follows:

• 5 4 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 according to the classification after six hours
• 5 4 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 according to the classification after twelve hours
• 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 according to the classification at the end of the race

GT1 Standings

Pos	Team	Car	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Total
1	Vitaphone Racing Team	Maserati MC12 GT1	Maserati 6.0L V12	14	14	16	6	4	28	10	18	11	12	4	137
2	JMB Racing	Maserati MC12 GT1	Maserati 6.0L V12	9	12	11	9	11	15	12	8	3	5	8	103
3	Larbre Compétition	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello	Ferrari 6.0L V12	13	7	5	8	10	19	2	3	8	10	6	91
4	GLPK-Carsport	Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8		5		10	5		6	4	10	6	6	52
5	G.P.C. Sport	Ferrari 575-GTC Maranello	Ferrari 6.0L V12			4	3	6	2.5	3	5	4	3	3	33.5
6	Russian Age Racing	Ferrari 550-GTS Maranello Aston Martin DBR9	Ferrari 6.0L V12 Aston Martin 6.0L V12		1	1		1			1		1	10	15
7	Graham Nash Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8	1		2	2		4.5						9.5
8	Rennstal Excelsior	Corvette C5-R	Chevrolet 7.0L V8						8						8
9	Konrad Motorsport	Saleen S7-R	Ford 7.0L V8							5				2	7
10	Lister Racing	Lister Storm	Jaguar 7.0L V12	2				2					2		6
11	Reiter Engineering	Lamborghini Murciélago R-GT	Lamborghini 6.0L V12							1					1

GT2 Standings

A Noble Group/Gruppe M Porsche 911 GT3-RSR contesting the GT2 division of the 2005 FIA GT Championship

Pos	Team	Car	Engine	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Total
1	Gruppe M Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	18	18	13	18	10	25	18	18	18	10	14	180
2	Proton Competition	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	3		4	5	5	11	6	5		5	1	45
3	Ebimotors	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	6			4	3		4	6	6	4	6	39
4	Czech National Team	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6				3	6	7.5	5	4	2			27.5
5	G.P.C. Sport	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Ferrari 3.6L V8			5				3	2			8	18
6	Embassy Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6			8			9.5						17.5
7	Autorlando Sport	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6						16						16
8=	Renauer Motorsport Team	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	4				8							12
8=	Autoracing Club Bratislava	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6					4			3	3		2	12
8=	Spyker Squadron b.v.	Spyker C8 Spyder GT2-R	Audi 3.8L V8									4	8		12
11=	Scuderia Ecosse	Ferrari 360 Modena GTC	Ferrari 3.6L V8		11										11
11=	Team LNT	TVR Tuscan T400R	TVR 4.0L I6		5	6									11
11=	JMB Racing	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Ferrari 3.6L V8					2					6	3	11
11=	Lammertink Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6				6							5	11
15=	Machanek Racing	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6	5											5
15=	Team Eurotech	Porsche 911 GT3-RS	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6		5										5
15=	Noble Group/Gruppe M	Porsche 911 GT3-RSR	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6									5			5
18	Sebah Automotive, Ltd.	Porsche 911 GT3-R	Porsche 3.6L Flat-6			2									2
19	Cirtek Motorsport	Ferrari 360 Modena GT	Ferrari 3.6L V8			1									1

Manufacturers Cup

Points were awarded at each round to the top eight finishers in both the GT1 & GT2 classes on a 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 basis except for the Spa 24 Hour event were “double points” were awarded in three parts as follows:

• 5 4 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 according to the classification after six hours
• 5 4 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 according to the classification after twelve hours
• 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 according to the classification at the end of the race

GT1 Standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Total
1	Maserati	23	26	27	15	15	42	22	26	14	17	12	239
2	Ferrari	13	8	10	11	17	17	5	9	12	14	9	125
3	Corvette		5		10	5	8	6	4	10	6	6	60
4	Saleen	1		2	2		3	5				2	15
5	Aston Martin											10	10
6	Lister	2				2					2		6
7	Lamborghini							1					1

GT2 Standings

Pos	Manufacturer	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Rd 6	Rd 7	Rd 8	Rd 9	Rd 10	Rd 11	Total
1	Porsche	29	23	25	29	29	58	29	29	29	19	25	324
2	Ferrari		11	6		2		3	2		6	11	41
3	Spyker									4	8		12
4	TVR		5	6									11

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: 2005 in FIA GT Championship

• Official FIA GT homepage
• Images from the 2005 FIA GT Championship Retrieved from www.motorsport.com on 21 May 2009
• Round results from the 2005 FIA GT Championship Retrieved from www.teamdan.com on 21 May 2009
• 2005 FIA GT Championship Classifications Retrieved from www.fia.com on 22 May 2009