WTCC Driver of the Day - Silverstone

[Hazard]

Nominations...

Tarquini - A pole, a win & a podium
Terting - Top qualifying & running Seat in race one, shows pace.
Plato - Good form on WTCC debut
Dirk Muller - 26th to the front(ish)!
Priaulx - Rocket starter and strongest BMW despite weight penalty
Rydell - Leading a Seat one-two!
Farfus - For not knocking his team mates out...Giovanardi & Tarquini did it instead!

[FIRE]

Peter Terting

[Remus]

After careful consideration, I went for Priaulx but not by much from most of the others. From what I saw at Abbey, he was very good under braking despite the weight hadicap. I think Rydell would have won whatever, but Andy obviously gave his all.
I enjoyed the racing, but felt that to really warrant the tag of WTCC the races should have been longer, perhaps 20 laps at least. I understand the commercial thinking behind it, but felt the racing itself suffered somewhat in that it did not allow battles to develop fully. Great to see such a big crowd turn out though - for once I was actually quite pleased to be queing to enter the car parks!

[SALEEN S7R]

Andy Priaulx.

[theracegypsy]

There's no space for "other"

[Hazard]

Yup, Other wasn't on the entry list, nor did he do anything interesting.

Why, who do you think is missing? Mods can add it for you, if you're nice.

[John Winter]

Rydell

[E46]

Rickard Rydell too.

[Kicking-back]

Jason Plato - solid "team" job on debut

[John Turner]

I have to go with Priaulx for holding onto the Alfas in the first race, and his efforts to grab and retain the lead in the second race. I think Rydell would have beaten him anyway but a real shame that a puncture deprived him of a well deserved second place. Honourable mentions to Rydell (really on it, in the second race) and Tarquini who set his championship challenge up, so convincingly.

[Monkey Head]

Andy Priaulx should be,leading while in 50kg penalty weight

[Martin Haven]

Priaulx did a sterling job, no doubt... should have won race 2 but for that tyre letting go

Pluto threw himself on the grenade so Rydell could go mano-a-mano with Andy and try to win - taking one for the team on his first appearance AND then taking runner-up spot to help record SEAT's first-ever 1-2 has got to be GREAT tactics with an eye to the future - plus he was right on the pace, so Kudos there too...

Dirk Muller though... Qualifying Oops aside - and WHAT a goof at Abbey.... haven't seen so much tyre smoke this side of a Valentino Rossi victory celebration!! - 26th (or was it 25th?) to the sharp end in very short order and then getting in there with both sleeves rolled up in race 2, I think he might just have to take it...

[BillyT]

I went with Priaulx but can see what Martin is saying about Dirk Muller, Plato did well but I think Andy did the top job with the ammount of weight he had on.

[Dani Filth]

if Priaulx hould have finished race two . he would have been the driver of the day by far.. but at the end of the day .. Tarquini/Rydell for first .. then Priaulx..