[WTCC] Race 9 & 10 - Brno (CZE), 16/17 June 2007

[FIRE]

FIA World Touring Car Championship - Race of the Czech Republic 2007



News

• Massimiliano Pedalà will replace the injured Robert Colciago at the SEAT Italy team.
• Like last year ADAC Procar driver Philip Geipel will join the WTCC field at Brno. The 21-year old driver will drive with the Toyota Corolla of the TFS-Yaco team.

Standings after race 8
Drivers Championship

Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Points
1	A. Priaulx	8	8	1	4	4	6	3	8	42
2	A. Farfus Jr	6	10	4	8	0	0	2	10	40
3	J. Müller	10	6	0	6	1	8	0	0	31
4	Y. Muller	1	5	0	0	6	5	8	3	28
5	N. Larini	0	0	8	5	8	4	0	0	25
6	J. Thompson	0	0	0	0	10	10	0	2	22
7	A. Menu	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	1	21
8	G. Tarquini	5	4	2	10	0	0	0	0	21
9	T. Monteiro	0	0	5	0	0	0	6	6	17
10	L. Rangoni	0	2	6	3	2	2	0	0	15
11	R. Huff	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	14
12	J. Gené	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	4	13
13	A. Zanardi	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
-	R. Colciago	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	5
15	F. Porteiro	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	5
16	T. Coronel	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
17	M. Jourdain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
18	S. Hernandez	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1

Manufacturer Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Points
1	BMW	18	18	10	14	7	14	7	18	106
2	SEAT	10	11	8	14	11	8	14	10	86
3	Chevrolet	5	4	18	8	10	5	15	7	72
4	Alfa Romeo	0	5	3	3	11	12	3	4	41

Yokohama Independent Trophy

Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Points
1	L. Rangoni	0	10	10	10	10	10	0	5	55
2	P. Corthals	10	8	6	6	4	5	3	10	52
3	S. D'Aste	8	6	5	5	5	3	10	0	42
4	S. Hernández	5	0	0	0	8	8	8	0	29
5	E. O'Brien	6	0	4	4	1	4	4	0	23
6	R. Colciago	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	16
7	A. Beltoise	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	8	14
8	M. Pedalà	0	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	12
9	M. Freitas	0	0	1	3	2	0	5	0	10
10	M. Ceresoli	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	6	9
11	V. Shapovalov	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	5
12	L. Fridman	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	4
13	M. de Villota	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2
14	E. Zelenov	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

Yokohama Team Trophy

Pos	Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	Points
1	Proteam Motorsport	5	10	10	10	18	18	8	5	84
2	Exagon Engineering	10	8	6	6	4	5	9	18	66
3	Wiechers-Sport	8	6	5	5	5	3	10	0	42
4	GR Asia	6	0	4	4	4	4	4	6	32
5	SEAT Sport Italia	0	0	8	8	6	6	0	0	28
6	Russian Bears Motorsport	0	0	6	3	0	1	0	0	10
7	Racing for Belgium	0	0	0	3	2	0	5	0	10
8	Maurer Motorsport	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2

Entrylist (provisional)

#	Cl	Driver	Team	Car
1		Andy Priaulx (GBR)	BMW Team UK (Racing Bart Mampaey)	BMW 320si
2		Jörg Müller (GER)	BMW Team Germany (Schnitzer Motorsport)	BMW 320si
3		Augusto Farfus (BRA)	BMW Team Germany (Schnitzer Motorsport)	BMW 320si
4		Alessandro Zanardi (ITA)	BMW Team Italy-Spain (ROAL Motorsport)	BMW 320si
5		Félix Porteiro (ESP)	BMW Team Italy-Spain (ROAL Motorsport)	BMW 320si
6		Robert Huff (GBR)	Chevrolet Racing (Ray Mallock Ltd)	Chevrolet Lacetti
7		Nicola Larini (ITA)	Chevrolet Racing (Ray Mallock Ltd)	Chevrolet Lacetti
8		Alain Menu (SUI)	Chevrolet Racing (Ray Mallock Ltd)	Chevrolet Lacetti
9		Jordi Gené (ESP)	SEAT Sport	SEAT León
10		Michel Jourdain (MEX)	SEAT Sport	SEAT León
11		Gabriele Tarquini (ITA)	SEAT Sport	SEAT León
12		Yvan Muller (FRA)	SEAT Sport	SEAT León
15		James Thompson (GBR)	N.Technology	Alfa Romeo 156
16		Olivier Tielemans (NED)	N.Technology	Alfa Romeo 156
18		Tiago Monteiro (POR)	SEAT Sport	SEAT León
20		Tom Coronel (NED)	SEAT Team Holland (GR Asia)	SEAT León
21	I	Emmet O'Brien (IRL)	GR Asia	SEAT León
22	I	Maurizio Ceresoli (ITA)	GR Asia	SEAT León
23	I	Pierre-Yves Corthals (BEL)	Exagon Engineering	SEAT León
26	I	Stefano D'Aste (ITA)	Wiechers Sport	BMW 320si
30	I	Luca Rangoni (ITA)	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si
31	I	Sergio Hernandez (SPA)	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si
33	I	Miguel Freitas (POR)	Racing for Belgium	Alfa Romeo 156
34	I	Massimiliano Pedalà (ITA)	SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT León
??	I	Philip Geipel (GER)	TFS-Yaco Racing	Toyota T-Sport

Car graphics by Andy Blackmore - www.andyblackmoredesign.com

Schedule

Date	Time
16/06	09:00 CET	Free Practice 1
16/06	11:30 CET	Free Practice 2
16/06	15:00 CET	Qualifying
17/06	09:00 CET	Warm Up
17/06	12:05 CET	Race 1
17/06	15:35 CET	Race 2

[FIRE]

Davide Roda will replace Sergio Hernández at Proteam Motorsport for the rest of the season.

Handicap weights

Driver	Kg
Andy Priaulx	60
Augusto Farfus	60
Jörg Müller	45
Yvan Muller	40
Nicola Larini	35
Tiago Monteiro	30
Gabriele Tarquini	25
James Thompson	25
Alain Menu	20
Luca Rangoni	15
Jordi Gené	15
Robert Huff	10
Philip Geipel	10
Davide Roda	10
Félix Porteiro	5

[werner]

Hernandez was just getting in to shape, with 3 runner-up scores in the last 4 races. The reason is probably money...

[Robbe]

Maybe because of the big crash in Pau with D'Aste and Hernandez involved?

Roda is much much slower than Hernandez... So at least money is the reason why they picked him.

[Fechna]

I´m expecting Huff as a race winner here.Very light car, and he won here last year, proving that the circuit suits the car and the driver.

And I´m really curious about the performance of the Seats after their new and completely unexpected (...) "bonus" from the FIA. If I were them, I would wisely decide between the weight reduction and the motor "upgrade". If they choose the weight reduction, I guess they will perform very well in Brno.

[roachy101]

chevy's could do well here as brno has lots of straights on between the s curves so it's gonna suit the faster cars

[cmk]

I guess Hernandez was putting his focus on his ride in a GPC Ferrari 430 in the LMS too (since he missed a WTCC round for it), which may factor into the decision as well. He is a pretty quick hand though, so somehow the $$ must come into the equation.

[OJB]

Shame Beltoise hasn't had a longer deal to race - he was quite useful in the Exagon car at Pau.

[FIRE]

Practice 1

POS	NO	CL	DRIVER	NAT	CAR	TIME	LAPS	GAP	KPH
1	5		Felix PORTEIRO	ESP	BMW 320si	2:13.457	11		145.74
2	1		Andy PRIAULX	GBR	BMW 320si	2:13.550	12	0.093	145.64
3	11		Gabriele TARQUINI	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:13.755	10	0.298	145.42
4	30	I	Luca RANGONI ITA	BMW	320si	2:13.798	10	0.341	145.37
5	15		James THOMPSON	GBR	Alfa Romeo 156	2:13.903	9	0.446	145.26
6	10		Michel JOURDAIN	MEX	SEAT Leon	2:13.968	10	0.511	145.19
7	9		Jordi GENE	ESP	SEAT Leon	2:14.027	9	0.570	145.12
8	4		Alessandro ZANARDI	ITA	BMW 320si	2:14.046	12	0.589	145.10
9	2		Jorg MULLER	GER	BMW 320si	2:14.180	11	0.723	144.96
10	20		Tom CORONEL	NED	SEAT Leon	2:14.470	12	1.013	144.64
11	12		Yvan MULLER	FRA	SEAT Leon	2:14.526	11	1.069	144.58
12	34	I	Massimiliano PEDALA	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:14.557	12	1.100	144.55
13	18		Tiago MONTEIRO	POR	SEAT Leon	2:14.581	9	1.124	144.52
14	7		Nicola LARINI	ITA	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:14.680	9	1.223	144.42
15	23	I	Pierre-Yves CORTHALS	BEL	SEAT Leon	2:14.815	12	1.358	144.27
16	8		Alain MENU	SUI	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:14.846	9	1.389	144.24
17	3		Augusto FARFUS	BRA	BMW 320si	2:14.904	11	1.447	144.18
18	26	I	Stefano D'ASTE	ITA	BMW 320si	2:14.953	9	1.496	144.13
19	22	I	Maurizio CERESOLI	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:15.431	10	1.974	143.62
20	6		Robert HUFF	GBR	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:15.771	10	2.314	143.26
21	16		Olivier TIELEMANS	NED	Alfa Romeo 156	2:16.798	5	3.341	142.18
22	33	I	Miguel FREITAS	POR	Alfa Romeo 156	2:17.280	12	3.823	141.68
23	21	I	Emmet O'BRIEN	IRL	SEAT Leon	2:17.418	12	3.961	141.54
24	37	I	Philip GEIPEL	GER	Toyota Corolla T-Sport	2:17.546	9	4.089	141.41
25	32	I	Davide RODA	ITA	BMW 320si	2:21.038	10	7.581	137.91

[FIRE]

SEAT GIVE NEW ENGINE TO JORDI GENE
In Brno Jordi Gené will be the first SEAT Sport driver to use the new engine with the 13:1 compression ratio during a race weekend.

"We have tested it before, but we are still not sure about the reliability. However we think that is worthy to take the risk and try it in the races," SEAT Sport director Jaime Puig said.

Using the new engine means that Gené loses the benefit of the 25-kilo reduction granted to SEAT by the Touring Car Bureau.

"The engine delivers 5 or 6 bhp more, and although we feel that this and the weight reduction are equal benefits, we hope the engine helps Gené to solve the problems we have with top speed," explained Puig.

Source: WTCC

[Robbe]

Nice performance of Portiero and Rangoni!
Jourdain also seems to get used to the Seat.

Roda seems to be a disaster...

[FIRE]

Practice 2

POS	NO	CL	DRIVER	NAT	CAR	TIME	LAPS	GAP	KPH
1	15		James THOMPSON	GBR	Alfa Romeo 156	2:13.857	9		145.31
2	2		Jorg MULLER GER	BMW	320si	2:13.934	12	0.077	145.22
3	11		Gabriele TARQUINI	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:13.954	11	0.097	145.20
4	34	I	Massimiliano PEDALA	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:14.016	11	0.159	145.13
5	5		Felix PORTEIRO	ESP	BMW 320si	2:14.063	12	0.206	145.08
6	9		Jordi GENE	ESP	SEAT Leon	2:14.308	11	0.451	144.82
7	23	I	Pierre-Yves CORTHALS	BEL	SEAT Leon	2:14.352	11	0.495	144.77
8	20		Tom CORONEL	NED	SEAT Leon	2:14.533	11	0.676	144.58
9	18		Tiago MONTEIRO	POR	SEAT Leon	2:14.600	11	0.743	144.50
10	1		Andy PRIAULX	GBR	BMW 320si	2:14.604	12	0.747	144.50
11	26	I	Stefano D'ASTE	ITA	BMW 320si	2:14.622	13	0.765	144.48
12	30	I	Luca RANGONI	ITA	BMW 320si	2:14.741	11	0.884	144.35
13	8		Alain MENU	SUI	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:14.814	10	0.957	144.27
14	22	I	Maurizio CERESOLI	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:14.891	9	1.034	144.19
15	7		Nicola LARINI	ITA	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:14.955	11	1.098	144.12
16	3		Augusto FARFUS	BRA	BMW 320si	2:15.206	11	1.349	143.86
17	4		Alessandro ZANARDI	ITA	BMW 320si	2:15.515	11	1.658	143.53
18	12		Yvan MULLER	FRA	SEAT Leon	2:15.743	10	1.886	143.29
19	10		Michel JOURDAIN	MEX	SEAT Leon	2:15.757	9	1.900	143.27
20	6		Robert HUFF	GBR	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:15.766	10	1.909	143.26
21	21	I	Emmet O'BRIEN	IRL	SEAT Leon	2:16.087	12	2.230	142.92
22	16		Olivier TIELEMANS	NED	Alfa Romeo 156	2:16.264	13	2.407	142.74
23	37	I	Philip GEIPEL	GER	Toyota Corolla T-Sport	2:17.267	8	3.410	141.70
24	33	I	Miguel FREITAS	POR	Alfa Romeo 156	2:17.598	10	3.741	141.36
25	32	I	Davide RODA	ITA	BMW320si	2:22.383	6	8.526	136.60

[Dani Filth]

thooooomoooooo

the Corolla seems like a decent package ..

[Hazard]

Qualifying changes it a bit. BMW's 1-4...ouch. ROAL really on the pace

[Hazard]

Jorg Muller and Farfus penalised for setting fastest laps under yellow. Huff too, but only fastest lap taken away so Huff stays where he was regardless.

Limited interest today...is some other race going on

Race 1 Grid

1 - Félix Porteiro [5] - BMW Team Italy-Spain - BMW 320si E90 - 2:11.584

2 - Andy Priaulx [1] - BMW Team UK - BMW 320si E90 - 2:11.949


3 - Alex Zanardi [4] - BMW Team Italy-Spain - BMW 320si E90 - 2:12.145

4 - Jordi Gené [9] - SEAT Sport Spain - SEAT León - 2:12.376


5 - Pierre-Yves Corthals [23] - Exagon Engineering - SEAT León - 2:12.607

6 - Alain Menu [8] - Chevrolet Racing - Chevrolet Lacetti - 2:12.669


7 - Jörg Müller [2] - BMW Team Germany - BMW 320si E90 - 2:12.699

8 - Luca Rangoni [30] - Proteam Motorsport - BMW 320si E90 - 2:12.752


9 - Augusto Farfus [3] - BMW Team Germany - BMW 320si E90 - 2:12.775

10 - Gabriele Tarquini [11] - SEAT Sport Spain - SEAT León - 2:12.837


11 - Nicola Larini [7] - Chevrolet Racing - Chevrolet Lacetti - 2:12.896

12 - Massimiliano Pedalà [34] - SEAT Sport Italia - SEAT León - 2:12.935


13 - Stefano d'Aste [26] - Wiechers Sport - BMW 320si E90 - 2:12.947

14 - James Thompson [15] - N-Technology - Alfa Romeo 156 - 2:13.101


15 - Yvan Muller [12] - SEAT Sport Spain - SEAT León - 2:13.132

16 - Tom Coronel [20] - GR Asia - SEAT León - 2:13.231


17 - Tiago Monteiro [18] - SEAT Sport Spain - SEAT León - 2:13.297

18 - Michel Jourdain Jr [10] - SEAT Sport Spain - SEAT León - 2:13.482


19 - Rob Huff [6] - Chevrolet Racing - Chevrolet Lacetti - 2:13.666

20 - Maurizio Ceresoli [22] - GR Asia - SEAT León - 2:14.488


21 - Olivier Tielemans [16] - N-Technology - Alfa Romeo 156 - 2:14.960

22 - Emmet O'Brien [21] - GR Asia - SEAT León - 2:15.599


23 - Philip Geipel [37] - TFS - Toyota Corolla - 2:16.802

24 - Davide Roda [32] - Proteam Motorsport - BMW 320si E90 - 2:19.461



Car graphics by Andy Blackmore - www.andyblackmoredesign.com