 |
|
6 Jun 2009, 11:59
|
#1
|
 Race Official Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 12,925
|
Race 11 & 12 - Brno (CZE), 21st June 2009
Schedule
Free Practice 1: Saturday 08:30-09:00
Free Practice 2: Saturday 11:00-11:30
Qualifying Q1: Saturday 15:00-15:20
Qualifying Q2: Saturday 15:25-15:35
Warm Up: Sunday 08:30-08:45
Race 1: Sunday 12:50-13:20
Race 2: Sunday 15:05-15:35
Quote:
WTCC Debut for Tim Coronel at Brno
Tim Coronel is the first driver of the season to be awarded WTCC participation thanks to his results in the SEAT León Eurocup.
The 37-year old Dutchman was classified third and fourth in the two races of the series’ opening meeting that took place last week in Valencia and won participation in the next WTCC event, on June 21st at Brno.
At the Czech track, Tim Coronel will drive a petrol-powered SEAT León car run by the Spain-based SUNRED Engineering, joining the team’s regular drivers: Tom Boardman and his own twin brother Tom Coronel.
Although the Coronels have shared the same car in this year’s Dakar Rally, this is the first time they are team-mates in recent years.
|
Quote:
Same weight for BMW, Chevrolet and SEAT
The three leading model cars in the championship – BMW 320si, SEAT León Tdi and Chevrolet Cruze LT – will be given the same compensation weight for the next event of the season in Brno.
According to the calculation that took into account the lap times set in the three previous events (Marrakech, Pau and Valencia) the BMW remains the fastest model and will receive again the maximum 40kg ballast for the races in the Czech Republic. However the Chevrolet and the SEAT Tdi are within the 0.3 second threshold (with gaps of 0.1 and 0.2 seconds respectively) and therefore will carry the same compensation weight.
As for the other cars, Alessandro Zanardi’s BMW 320si (the only one equipped with a sequential gearbox) has no compensation weight, while the SEAT León TFSI and the LADA 110 have 10kg and 20kg deducted from the minimum weight respectively.
Compensation weights Brno
+ 40 kg BMW 320si, Chevrolet Cruze LT, SEAT León TDI
± 0 kg BMW 320si Zanardi
- 10 kg SEAT León TFSI
- 20 kg LADA 110
|
Souce: WTCC press release
|
|
|
|
20 Jun 2009, 09:51
|
#2
|
Race Official Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 12,925
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 Jun 2009, 12:45
|
#3
|
|
Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2000
Posts: 7,953
|
I guess the extra weight would hurt the front wheel drive cars more over a race distance, so the BMW race pace should be good.
|
|
|
|
|
20 Jun 2009, 16:13
|
#4
|
Race Official Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 5,624
|
BMW strong. Farfus on pole. Hmmm.
|
|
|
|
|
20 Jun 2009, 17:07
|
#5
|
Race Official Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 12,925
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 Jun 2009, 19:13
|
#6
|
|
Rookie
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 2
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 Jun 2009, 09:32
|
#7
|
Race Official Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 5,624
|
Not around to watch BMW thrash everyone this afternoon. Will have to watch it when I get back.
Diesel issues all gone for this weekend...at least not getting to the news with F1 FIA/FOTA out there. Nice.
|
|
|
|
|
21 Jun 2009, 10:55
|
#8
|
Race Official Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 12,925
|
It looks like BMW doesn't want to win races 
Still the red safety car...the other one still not repaired? 
|
|
|
|
|
21 Jun 2009, 11:06
|
#9
|
Race Official Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 12,925
|
What was Farfus doing? 
|
|
|
|
|
21 Jun 2009, 11:27
|
#10
|
|
Veteran
Join Date: May 2006
|
Voorburg, the Netherlands |
Posts: 1,571
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hazard
Not around to watch BMW thrash everyone this afternoon. Will have to watch it when I get back.
|
You have more foresight than you would have expected!
|
|
|
|
|
21 Jun 2009, 11:29
|
#11
|
|
Rookie
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 34
|
what the hell was Farfus doin..
hes ruining his race and Andy's !
Speechless ..
|
|
|
|
|
21 Jun 2009, 11:30
|
#12
|
|
Veteran
Join Date: May 2006
|
Voorburg, the Netherlands |
Posts: 1,571
|
Big mistake from Farfus! If a BMW-driver won't be champion at the end of the year, they can not say that it is not their own fault.
It was a quite entertaining race. Jorg Muller very good. In the end Tarquini definitely suffered from his tyrewear.
Fantasic performance of the RBM-team, to get Priaulx back in the race in 15 minutes or so! And setting fastest lap. Amazing!
|
|
|
|
|
21 Jun 2009, 11:32
|
#13
|
|
Racer
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 167
|
During the formation lap I thought: "Hmm, Farfus is strong this year, he grew up from his stupid moves". How naive was I... It seems he forgot about Andy...
|
|
|
|
|
21 Jun 2009, 11:33
|
#14
|
|
Rookie
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 34
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by werner
Big mistake from Farfus! If a BMW-driver won't be champion at the end of the year, they can not say that it is not their own fault.
It was a quite entertaining race. Jorg Muller very good. In the end Tarquini definitely suffered from his tyrewear.
Fantasic performance of the RBM-team, to get Priaulx back in the race in 15 minutes or so! And setting fastest lap. Amazing!
|
its really disappointing to Andy.especailly when you got the pace ..
Sigh
|
|
|
|
|
21 Jun 2009, 11:57
|
#15
|
|
Veteran
Join Date: May 2006
|
Voorburg, the Netherlands |
Posts: 1,571
|
BTW, what do you think about the D'Aste - Coronel crash? I thought Coronel was already inside, and D'Aste just turned in, but -a- I'm a little bit biased, and -b- they had only 1 short shot of the incident, from a less than optimal angle.
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
|
|
| Display Modes |
 Linear Mode
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
|
|
