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FIA Tourenwagen WM ab 2009 auch in Afrika | 04.07.08
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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,...
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Marrakech Grand Prix joins 2009 WTCC Calendar | 03.07.08
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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...
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Kristian Poulsen to make WTCC debut | 30.06.08
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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...
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Portuguese event launched in Lisbon | 30.06.08
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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...
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Tarquini gets maximum ballast for Estoril race | 30.06.08
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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...
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James Thompson fastest in Monza test | 30.06.08
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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...
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Brno track for Charity | 20.06.08
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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...
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Test day at Monza on Thursday | 20.06.08
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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...
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Gabriele Tarquini stretched point lead | 20.06.08
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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 with two exciting races.
In the first one Alessandro Zanardi converted...
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Eurosport events management restructured | 20.06.08
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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...
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Ernüchterndes Wochenende für Olivier Tielemans und Wiechers Sport in Brno | 16.06.08
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Am vergangenen Wochenende fanden vor rund 40.000 Zuschauern die Läufe 9 & 10 zur FIA World Touring Car Championship in Brno statt.
Bereits am Donnerstag konnten die Piloten der FIA WTCC ihre Runden auf der 5.4 Kilometer langen Rennstrecke...
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Dimanche frustrant à Brno pour Tiago Monteiro | 16.06.08
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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...
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Alex Zanardi : I am very excited ! | 16.06.08
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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 has been an...
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Super Zanardi at Brno in a historic weekend for Roal Motorsport | 16.06.08
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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° () Race 2 results: 2° (+0.360)
Car #5 Driver: Felix Porteiro
Qualifying results: 3° (2'09.100) Race 1...
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Huff excluded from third place | 15.06.08
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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...
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Tarquini and Seat halt BMW domination | 15.06.08
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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 the weekend in Brno, and extend his lead in the championship...
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Brno Race2 results | 15.06.08
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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 TARQUINI ITA SEAT Leon TDI 22:04.109 10 146.89 2:11.186
2 4 Alessandro ZANARDI ITA BMW 320si 22:04.469 10...
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Brno Race 1 results - Win for Alessandro Zanardi | 15.06.08
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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
2 5 Felix PORTEIRO ESP BMW 320si 21:56.594 10 0.825 147.73 2:10.108
3 8 Alain MENU SUI Chevrolet...
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Zanardi wins from Porteiro in Brno race 1 | 15.06.08
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WTCC Race of the Czech Republic - Automotodrom Brno - 14 / 15 June 2008
The BMW cars played with their opposition in the first race at Brno. Taking four of the top five positions the German manufacturer dominated, with only Alain Menu's...
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Brno Warm Up results | 15.06.08
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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
2 5 Felix PORTEIRO ESP BMW 320si 2:11.314 8 0.105...
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Drivers have clothing problems | 15.06.08
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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...
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The Queen bestows MBE Honour on Andy Priaulx | 15.06.08
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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....
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Alex Zanardi : Now I am really psyched up! | 14.06.08
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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 back to 1997, it has really been a very long time...
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Brno qualifying: Zanardi in pole, Porteiro third | 14.06.08
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Circuit: Brno Masaryk Circuit Venue: Brno BMW Team Italy-Spain:
Car #4
Driver: Alessandro Zanardi
Qualifying results: 1° (2'08.913)
Race 1 results:
Race 2 results:
Car #5
Driver: Felix Porteiro
Qualifying results: 3°...
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Alessandro Zanardi scores first pole in WTCC | 14.06.08
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In a fiercely fought session BMW Team Italy-Spain’s Alessandro Zanardi clocked the fastest lap in the dying seconds to take his first pole position in the championship. During the session he, Alain Menu and Robert Huff continually fought for...
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