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Tiago Monteiro veut offrir un beau spectacle au public portugais

12.07.2008: Tiago Monteiro veut offrir un beau spectacle au public portugais

A Estoril ce weekend

Après avoir étrenné le circuit de Boavista en 2007, le Championnat du Monde de Voitures de Tourisme FIA WTCC fait cette année une étape à Estoril. Tiago Monteiro attend cet évènement avec impatience. Le pilote SEAT Sport sait qu'il pourra compter sur l'aide de milliers de spectateurs et il espère que le public enthousiaste le portera et lui donnera l'énergie nécessaire pour oublier ses malheurs des derniers weekends de course.

"Courir à la maison décuple les forces. L'année passée j'avais senti une aide énorme du public et je sais que ce sera le cas cette année à Estoril," déclare Tiago "pour moi c'est une fierté que le championnat vienne dans mon pays. Mes adversaires peuvent penser que c'est le circuit que je connais le mieux du calendrier mais ce n'est pas tout à fait exact.

J'ai toujours couru dans des championnats étrangers ou internationaux et ça ne fera que la deuxième fois que je pilote à Estoril! La première était en 2004 en World Series et le weekend s'était bien passé. J'espère que ce sera le cas quatre ans plus tard!"

À Estoril, avec 12 kilogrammes de lest la SEAT León nº 18 sera plus légère que certaines concurrentes mais Tiago sait que ça ne sera pas d'un grand secours dans un championnat très concurrentiel où une dizaine de voitures tournent dans la même seconde. La seule certitude de Tiago est que son emploi du temps sera plein du matin au soir.

"Les journées seront chargées mais c'est bien. Ce sera l'occasion de retrouver certaines personnes que je ne rencontre pas sur les autres étapes du championnat. Et ce sera en particulier l'opportunité d'aller à la rencontre du public portugais. Je reçois beaucoup de courriels dans l'année et le contact avec le public amateur de sport automobile est très important pour moi. Je crois d'ailleurs que la proximité entre pilotes et public est une des raisons du succès de ce championnat."

Le FIA WTCC permet aux fans enthousiastes de voir les coulisses du championnat et plusieurs opérations d'invitations permettront de distribuer des places gratuites. Estoril fermera la première moitié du Championnat du Monde de Voitures de Tourisme. Après sa victoire de Puebla, Tiago a vécu plusieurs weekends de désillusion et il espère pouvoir enfin exploiter le potentiel de sa SEAT León TDI devant son fidèle public.

L'étape WTCC d'Estoril sera retransmise sur la chaîne Eurosport 1 et 2. La qualification à 16H00 le samedi 12 et les courses à 14H00 et 17H30 le dimanche 13.

 

- Susana Reis -

12.07.2008 / MaP

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