2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship
Weather/Track: Cloud 22°/ Wet 27°
Estoril Circuit Length = 4.1820 km.
Start: 15:00 End: 15:30
1 3 Augusto FARFUS BRA BMW 320si 1:47.997 14 139.40
2 2 Jorg MULLER GER BMW 320si 1:48.362 14 0.365 138.93
3 1 Andy PRIAULX GBR BMW 320si 1:48.397 14 0.400 138.88
4 8 Alain MENU SUI Chevrolet Lacetti 1:48.405 13 0.408 138.87
5 7 Robert HUFF GBR Chevrolet Lacetti 1:48.423 11 0.426 138.85
6 18 Tiago MONTEIRO POR SEAT Leon TDI 1:48.523 11 0.526 138.72
7 5 Felix PORTEIRO ESP BMW 320si 1:48.785 14 0.788 138.39
8 15 James THOMPSON GBR Honda Accord Euro R 1:48.913 11 0.916 138.23
9 10 Rickard RYDELL SWE SEAT Leon TDI 1:48.980 12 0.983 138.14
10 6 Nicola LARINI ITA Chevrolet Lacetti 1:48.985 12 0.988 138.14
11 4 Alessandro ZANARDI ITA BMW 320si 1:48.986 14 0.989 138.13
12 12 Yvan MULLER FRA SEAT Leon TDI 1:49.031 14 1.034 138.08
13 11 Gabriele TARQUINI ITA SEAT Leon TDI 1:49.090 13 1.093 138.00
14 31 I Sergio HERNANDEZ ESP BMW 320si 1:49.118 13 1.121 137.97
15 9 Jordi GENE ESP SEAT Leon TDI 1:49.148 13 1.151 137.93
16 20 Tom CORONEL NED SEAT Leon 1:49.152 13 1.155 137.92
17 23 I Pierre-Yves CORTHALS BEL SEAT Leon 1:49.551 11 1.554 137.42
18 26 I Stefano D'ASTE ITA BMW 320si 1:49.689 14 1.692 137.25
19 77 I Tom BOARDMAN GBR SEAT Leon 2.0 TFSI 1:50.689 12 2.692 136.01
20 42 I Franz ENGSTLER GER BMW 320si 1:51.032 14 3.035 135.59
21 29 I Jaap van LAGEN NED Lada 110 1:51.153 13 3.156 135.44
22 16 I Olivier TIELEMANS NED BMW 320si 1:51.433 14 3.436 135.10
23 60 I Kristian POULSEN DEN BMW 320si 1:51.840 14 3.843 134.61
24 28 I Viktor SHAPOVALOV RUS Lada 110 1:52.236 12 4.239 134.13
25 13 I Ibrahim OKYAY TUR BMW 320si 1:53.153 12 5.156 133.05
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Lada cars can score points - Eurosport coverage from Estoril and more
11.07.2008
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COUNTDOWN: - 3 DAYS to the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal - 12th / 13th July, in Estoril
LADA CARS CAN SCORE POINTS
The two LADA 110 cars of Jaap van Lagen and Viktor Shapovalov have been declared eligible to score championship points.
The decision was issued by the FIA Touring Car Bureau on the basis of the Option Variant filed by the ... mehr |
Alex Zanardi : Really ready for Estoril!
09.07.2008
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Dear Friends,
Estoril round is getting closer and my BMW, as you would have probably seen in the photograph, is now ready for the Portuguese event.
Joking apart, the load (I mean the ballast) will be a ... mehr |
Thompson claims Danish victory
04.07.2008
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COUNTDOWN: - 9 DAYS to the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal - 12th / 13th July, in Estoril
A few days after emerging as the fastest in the WTCC official test at Monza, James Thompson claimed his first victory for Honda. The Briton won the first race during the fifth meeting of the Danish Touring Car Championship that took place last Sunday at Padborg Park. ... mehr |
Tom Boardman wins WTCC participation
04.07.2008
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COUNTDOWN: - 9 DAYS to the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal - 12th / 13th July, in Estoril
24-year old Briton Tom Boardman is the second SEAT Eurocup driver to win participation in the FIA WTCC.
Boardman, who scored the most points in the cup's second race meeting at Pau, will drive the SEAT León TFSI run by SUNRED Engineering Development at Esto ... mehr |
Route to Estoril, Portugal
04.07.2008
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COUNTDOWN: - 9 DAYS to the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal - 12th / 13th July, in Estoril
The 11th and 12th rounds of the FIA WTCC will take place next week in Portugal, at Estoril's Autódromo Fernanda Pires da Silva.
This is the first time that the championship visits the 4.1km circuit, which is home to the Portuguese Moto GP, bringing ... mehr |
FIA Tourenwagen WM ab 2009 auch in Afrika
04.07.2008
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Marrakesch Grand Prix erstes internationales Motorsport-Event seit 50 Jahren
Die FIA WTCC wird im Jahr 2009 auch in Afrika stattfinden. Mit einem geplanten Rennen im marokkanischen Marrakesch wird die FIA Tourenwagen WM dann neben Amerika, Europa und Asien auch auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent ausgetragen.
Der erste internationale Grand Prix in Maro ... mehr |
Marrakech Grand Prix joins 2009 WTCC Calendar
03.07.2008
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MOROCCO TO HOST INTERNATIONAL GRAND PRIX FOR FIRST TIME IN OVER 50 YEARS
Today the Marrakech Grand Prix Board of Directors in association with FIA World Touring Car Championship (FIA WTCC) and Eurosport, announces Morocco’s first international Grand Prix since 1958.
Marrakech will host the World Touring Car Championship, one of only three car racing FIA Wor ... mehr |
Kristian Poulsen to make WTCC debut
30.06.2008
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Danish racing driver Kristian Poulsen will make his WTCC debut in the next meeting at Estoril. Poulsen, 32-year old from Flensborg, will be at the wheel of a BMW 320si car run by his own team Poulsen Motorsport; it is the same machine he normally drives in the Danish Touring Car Championship.
Poulsen, a former rally driver, switched to racing only at the beginning of the ... mehr |
Portuguese event launched in Lisbon
30.06.2008
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The WTCC Race of Portugal was launched Wednesday in Lisbon. The race meeting that will take place at Estoril on July 12th and 13th was presented to the local media during a crowded press conference at the Sheraton Lisbon Hotel & Spa.
SEAT Sport's Portuguese driver Tiago Monteiro attended, while Frederico Costa, vice president of Turismo de Portugal and Francisco Santo ... mehr |
Tarquini gets maximum ballast for Estoril race
30.06.2008
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SEAT Sport's Gabriele Tarquini, who won the second race in Brno and is currently leading the Drivers' Championship, will carry the maximum ballast on board his SEAT León TDI car during the next race meeting in Estoril.
The Italian driver collected 58 extra kilos for the points scored in the championship classification plus 25 for being the second best scorer in the Czech ... mehr |
James Thompson fastest in Monza test
30.06.2008
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For the first time since they joined the championship, James Thompson and his N.technology Honda Accord Euro R set the WTCC pace.
"We had a very good day," said Thompson. "We didn't carry out as many laps as other teams because we were making big changes on the car between the runs but it was worth it. We take this result as a good representation of the progress we're mak ... mehr |
Brno track for Charity
20.06.2008
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COUNTDOWN: - 23 DAYS to the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal - 12th / 13th July, in Estoril
Charity auction cubes cut from of the old racetrack surface of the Brno circuit raised more than 200,000 CZK (about 8,000 euros) for young patients of the Oncology Ward of the Universi ... mehr |
Test day at Monza on Thursday
20.06.2008
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COUNTDOWN: - 23 DAYS to the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal - 12th / 13th July, in Estoril
Nine teams will take part with seventeen cars in next week's official WTCC test session at Monza's racetrack, on Thursday, June 26th.
The test is the last one of the four that have been organised by championship promoter KSO during the current season, after Vale ... mehr |
Gabriele Tarquini stretched point lead
20.06.2008
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COUNTDOWN: - 23 DAYS to the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal - 12th / 13th July, in Estoril
A record crowd of 59,000 attended the WTCC weekend in Brno and they were rewarded wi ... mehr |
Eurosport events management restructured
20.06.2008
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COUNTDOWN: - 23 DAYS to the 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal - 12th / 13th July, in Estoril
The Eurosport Group announced today that Jacques Béhar has left his role as Chairman and CEO of Eurosport Events, the group's event organisation and promotion subsidiary. Géraldine Filiol, currently Deputy Managing Director in charge of Rights Acquisitions, succeeds Jac ... mehr |
Ernüchterndes Wochenende für Olivier Tielemans und Wiechers Sport in Brno
16.06.2008
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Am vergangenen Wochenende fanden vor rund 40.000 Zuschauern die Läufe 9 & 10 zur FIA World Touring ... mehr |
Dimanche frustrant à Brno pour Tiago Monteiro
16.06.2008
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Quatrième, Tiago Monteiro se fait déloger du top 10
Tiago Monteiro n'a pas marqué de point à Brno, le cinquième rendez-vous du Championnat du Monde de Voitures de Tourisme FIA WTCC. Le pilote officiel SEAT avait prévenu que le circuit tchèque n'était pas favorable à la León TDI, mais un pilotage à la l ... mehr |
Alex Zanardi : I am very excited !
16.06.2008
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Dear Friends,
Yesterday, after the pole, I was really psyched up. The single lap has a great value for a driver, because it´s where you see who has something more, who is the fastest. By considering the level of the WTCC this ... mehr |
Super Zanardi at Brno in a historic weekend for Roal Motorsport
16.06.2008
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Circuit: Brno Masaryk Circuit Venue: Brno
Car #4 Driver: Alessandro Zanardi
Qualifying results: 1° (2'08.913) Race 1 results: 1° () ... mehr |
Huff excluded from third place
15.06.2008
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Robert Huff lost his third place in today’s second race at Brno, after his Chevrolet Lacetti car was excluded by the Stewards due to a technical infringement: the front anti-roll bar link did not conform.
The Briton’s exclusion promoted Augusto Farfus to third and the reigning World Champion Andy Priaulx to eighth, meaning that he retains his fourth position in the ... mehr |
Tarquini and Seat halt BMW domination
15.06.2008
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WTCC Race of the Czech Republic - Automotodrom Brno - 14 / 15 June 2008
Gabriele Tarqunini held off a charging Alessandro Zanardi to salvage a valuable victory for SEAT Sport from th ... mehr |
Brno Race2 results
15.06.2008
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2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship
Car 7 excluded, Stewards decision 16 refers.
Brno Circuit Length = 5.4030 km.
1 11 Gabriele TARQUI ... mehr |
Brno Race 1 results - Win for Alessandro Zanardi
15.06.2008
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2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship
Brno Circuit Length = 5.4030 km.
1 4 Alessandro ZANARDI ITA BMW 320si 21:55.769 10 147.82 2:10.449
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Zanardi wins from Porteiro in Brno race 1
15.06.2008
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WTCC Race of the Czech Republic - Automotodrom Brno - 14 / 15 June 2008
The BMW ... mehr |
Brno Warm Up results
15.06.2008
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2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship
Weather/Track: Sun 16°/Dry 17°
Brno Circuit Length = 5.4030 km.
Start: 08:30 End: 08:45
1 4 Alessandro ZANARDI ITA BMW 320si 2:11.209 7 148.24
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Drivers have clothing problems
15.06.2008
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Nicola Larini and Sergio Hernández have been demoted to the back of the grid for today’s Race 1 for not wearing proper racing clothes.
The Italian, who had qualified 12th in his Chevrolet Lacetti, was also fined by euro 2,000 because the homologation of his underwear and shoes had expired.
Proteam Motorsport's young Spaniard, who had set the 13th fastest qualifyin ... mehr |
The Queen bestows MBE Honour on Andy Priaulx
15.06.2008
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Britain’s triple FIA WTCC, Andy Priaulx has been awarded an MBE honour (Member of the British Empire). The Guernsey driver’s name appears in today’s Queen Elizabeth’s Birthday Honours List, in recognition of his outstanding motor racing career.
The ‘Schumacher of Touring cars’, Andy is widely regarded as one of the greatest drivers of his generation having secured one FI ... mehr |
Alex Zanardi : Now I am really psyched up!
14.06.2008
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Dear Friends,
If at the eve of the weekend I said I was "moderately" psyched up, today after the pole position I can cut the reserve.
My last pole position in an International qualifying dated bac ... mehr |
Brno qualifying: Zanardi in pole, Porteiro third
14.06.2008
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Circuit: Brno Masaryk Circuit Venue: Brno BMW Team Italy-Spain:
Car #4
Driver: Alessandro Zanardi
Qualifying results: 1° (2 ... mehr |
