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20.06.2008

Gabriele Tarquini stretched point lead

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 with two exciting races.

In the first one Alessandro Zanardi converted his pole position in his third WTCC victory (after Oschersleben in 2005 and Istanbul in 2006). The Italian was followed by his team-mate Félix Porteiro who completed the greatest result ever achieved by Roberto Ravaglia's ROAL Motorsport. Chevrolet's Alain Menu completed the podium in third position.

The second race was one of the most exciting ever seen in Touring Car competitions. Lap after lap countless overtaking moves and clashes thrilled the spectators, until Gabriele Tarquini's SEAT León TDI and Zanardi's BMW 320si negotiated the last two turns door-to-door, with the former winning by inches. Augusto Farfus inherited third place after Robert Huff's Chevrolet was excluded due to a technical infringement.

After ten of the twenty-two rounds in the WTCC calendar, Tarquini has been the only driver to score more than one victory. He has also stretched his championship lead to 15 points ahead of his team-mate Yvan Muller, while another SEAT Sport man, Rickard Rydell, is third a further six points adrift. Reigning world champion Andy Priaulx of BMW Team UK is fourth, 24 points behind, and the first non-SEAT driver.

In the Manufacturers Championship, SEAT lead with a margin of 21 points ahead of BMW.

The series will resume at Estoril, Portugal, on July 13th for rounds 11 and 12.  

 

-Fabio Ravaioli - FIA WTCC - also photo





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