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

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

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

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

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 classification
Blue Non-points classification
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Retired, not classified (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)