[WTCC] Race 5 & 6 - Brands Hatch (GBR), 20/21 May 2006

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by Hazard

What a wonderfully insane qualifying session! Definately need thick coat and brolly tomorrow, want to avoid a repeat of BTCC at Brands in 2001!

Rickard Rydell on pole! Huffy 3rd! (of course he won here for Seat in '04)

Should be great

Huffy crashed at the end:

Rob Huff has crashed heavily... The Chevrolet mechanics will have a lot of work to do tonight to get that car ready for tomorrow.

Qualifying
POS NO CL DRIVER NAT CAR TIME LAPS GAP KPH
1 3 Rickard RYDELL SWE SEAT Leon 1:34.493 15 141.07
2 10 Peter TERTING GER SEAT Leon 1:34.625 15 0.132 140.88
3 6 Robert HUFF GBR Chevrolet Lacetti 1:34.675 14 0.182 140.80
4 12 Yvan MULLER FRA SEAT Leon 1:34.900 16 0.407 140.47
5 8 Alain MENU SUI Chevrolet Lacetti 1:35.080 14 0.587 140.20
6 11 James THOMPSON GBR SEAT Leon 1:35.102 14 0.609 140.17
7 20 I Tom CORONEL NED SEAT Leon 1:35.130 13 0.637 140.13
8 2 Gabriele TARQUINI ITA SEAT Leon 1:35.558 14 1.065 139.50
9 23 I Pierre-Yves CORTHALS BEL Honda Accord Euro R 1:35.644 15 1.151 139.37
10 1 Andy PRIAULX GBR BMW 320si 1:35.668 15 1.175 139.34
11 43 Dirk MULLER GER BMW 320si 1:35.708 15 1.215 139.28
12 16 Gianni MORBIDELLI ITA Alfa Romeo 156 1:35.772 14 1.279 139.19
13 24 I Ryan SHARP GBR Honda Accord Euro R 1:35.781 15 1.288 139.18
14 7 Nicola LARINI ITA Chevrolet Lacetti 1:35.827 13 1.334 139.11
15 15 Augusto FARFUS BRA Alfa Romeo 156 1:35.869 14 1.376 139.05
16 30 I Luca RANGONI ITA BMW 320si 1:35.901 13 1.408 139.00
17 4 Alessandro ZANARDI ITA BMW 320si 1:36.509 15 2.016 138.13
18 19 I Maurizio CERESOLI ITA SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:36.749 14 2.256 137.78
19 5 Marcel COSTA ESP BMW 320si 1:36.750 16 2.257 137.78
20 42 Jorg MULLER GER BMW 320si 1:36.770 16 2.277 137.75
21 31 I Stefano D'ASTE ITA BMW 320i 1:37.047 16 2.554 137.36
22 18 Salvatore TAVANO ITA Alfa Romeo 156 1:37.195 6 2.702 137.15
23 34 I Diego ROMANINI ITA BMW 320i 1:38.766 14 4.273 134.97

Source: www.mstworld.com

[FIRE]

Besides Rydell also a good qualification for Terting, Chevy boys Huff and Menu and the indies from the low countries Coronel and Corthals.

BMW and Alfa (again) are very dissapointing.

[touringlegend]

Well that was an entertaining session simply due to the wet track at the start. Huff was obviously going for pole before binning it.

Hopeful for a wet race tomorrow. (says I who will watch on TV! )

[Bramzel]

Alfa and BMW dissapointing for sure, and Coronel yet again up with the factory-seats. For ... sake someone give that man a factory seat somewhere next year.

[Paddockman]

Lets just hope there can be some dry weather tommorow although as has been pointed out it could well end up like final BTTC race in 2001, jesus please no!!!!!!!! Rain hitting your face at 40mph for over 5 hours we certainly do not want!

[Kidzer]

Well, if it makes good racing I don't mind - I'm sitting at home

[Knowlesy]

Hopefully it will be obscenely horrible weather for the benefit of paddockman.

I think we are in for some good races whatever the weather....but rain would certainly throw a double-six.

[Kidzer]

Indeed, my main worry is T1. Hopefully everyone keeps their head and no-one gets shoved off!

[TCD]

T1 is going to be exciting, Im hoping for a rainy race. Good qualy by Corthals and Sharp by the way!

[McKay]

I'm going there and I'm still hoping for rain!

Don't mind a bit of water, got my waterproof coat with hood.

Anybody remember the 1995 BTCC Races on the Brands GP track? Rydell ended up on his roof! Some other guys crashed aswell, was a good race.

[Knowlesy]

His steamed up screen didn't help! I also remember Cleland having an interesting excursion at Paddock Hill.

That was one wet couple of races.

[Paddockman]

Originally Posted by McKay

I'm going there and I'm still hoping for rain!

Don't mind a bit of water, got my waterproof coat with hood.

Anybody remember the 1995 BTCC Races on the Brands GP track? Rydell ended up on his roof! Some other guys crashed aswell, was a good race.

Remember it well but that day was just showers' not rain all day.

Remember Cleland firing it off at Paddock as Harvey was coming up to lap him, one of the funniest things i've seen!

If it is as wet as BTCC Final 2001 your coat won't make any difference whatsoever to hours of horizontal rain that litterally stung your face!

[Hazard]

Twas darn nasty '01 wasn't it! It was a good thing there's a lot of woodland to go and hide in! Didn't catch that second Lotus Elise support race unfortunately

[McKay]

Those two things were the first wet meeting at Brands that year, rounds 3 and 4, the rain was even harder and was definately not showers for rounds 11 and 12.

The clerk of the course had to lecture the drivers after the 3rd red flag I think. Rained alot that year.

[Hazard]

I am furious with my rail company! Absolutely nowhere on either the website or even the station itself within the last week has there been an annoucement that my local station is closed today!!!

The numbers just don't work - the extra hour trip to the centre station (in the pouring rain) will mean I probably would've missed the start of the race, and given people a lot of money in failing my objectives!

To look on the plus side, should definately be a wet race, got plenty more (DTM, ALMS, Champcar, Top Gear!) to watch on the TV whilst the rain pours on. Just a shame to have missed my first WTCC race in a few years when it's at the circuit I can usually best get to.

Grrrrr.

[Kidzer]

Gutted, unlucky man.

I'm hoping for a wet race, and it started to rain pretty good as the Eurosport coverage ended, so it could well be wet.

[Hazard]

Oh hell yeah, weather's heading North from here...it's nasty wet watery rain they'll be seeing soon....it'll at least be damp by the time the race starts.

Thompson fastest in that warm-up of course, going to be the one to watch.

Incidentally, Yvan drove at the GP circuit last year in the BTCC, I know Martin keeps saying he hasn't driven at the GP circuit which isn't true. It's certainly been a while since Thompson has though.

[Kidzer]

Hopefully its full wet though, as Martin said a half-wet circuit is no good IMO, full wet atleast everyone knows what they're up against.

Half-wet = potential wrong tyre choice and us being robbed of a potentially excellent race!

[Rod Birley]

Just come back from Brands and its raining quite steady now. No cover so going to watch it on TV. Not a big crowd there, probably around a low BTCC level. Its a shame there aren't any covered grandstands.

[Kidzer]

Aye, was away to post that - just got a text from Ryan saying its raining pretty good aswell. Atleast tyre choice wont be a problem

[Knowlesy]

Mmmm....a touring car race in Britain with more than three cars.

Unusual.

Plenty of spray!

[Bramzel]

Interesting end of again a rather dull race. Was hoping for a p3 for Huff, but it wasn't ment to be this race Race 2 will be more interesting I hope, the Chevy's/Seats are faster than the BMW's so Priaulx will have to do some serious defending!

[Hazard]

It's Muller time! And a yellow-wash

Yvan Muller wins from Terting & Thommo. Huffy 4th...Priaulx picks up pole for race two, starting alongside Menu!

Ooh, what fun.

[Kidzer]

Aye, should be a good race, a battle of bravery more than aything - first few laps were nuts!

[Knowlesy]

I rather enjoyed that, not boring at all.

Roll on race 2!