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28 May 2008, 17:15 (Ref:2214045) | #1 | ||
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[WTCC] Race 7 & 8 - Pau (FRA), 1 June 2008
Time for the crazy street course!
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29 May 2008, 14:36 (Ref:2214679) | #2 | ||
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www.sportmotores.es is reporting, according SEAT Sport, that BMWs and Chevrolets are carrying less ballast at Pau. It seems a last moment FIA Touring Car Bureau resolution to equalize cars perfomance. It says too that SEAT Sport could rethink its future in WTCC.
Great work from FIA, the question is: when will they kill the championship? |
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29 May 2008, 17:12 (Ref:2214788) | #3 | ||
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http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=2365
BMW and Honda gets weight reduction. -15 kilos for the BMW 320si and -20 kilos for the Honda Accord. |
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29 May 2008, 17:47 (Ref:2214815) | #4 | ||
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Jeez, way to go FIA. The Accord drove one whopping race, thats more than enough material to judge on. This is starting to get beyond silly (and thats coming from somebody who's in favor of equalisation!).
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29 May 2008, 17:48 (Ref:2214816) | #5 | ||
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I don't think this weight reduction will be a key factor during the race if the bimmer and Accord are behind the TDI... this track is tight!
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Ok, I'm not a fan of the diesels and I cheer for BMW. BUT, this is getting ridiculous... FIA is gonna kill this championship if it continues (which it will). There must be too much money involved paying the bureau...
How can they do such decisions so rapidly? I can't understand it. Especially when the crazy weith penalties are doing its job... |
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31 May 2008, 09:10 (Ref:2215786) | #7 | ||
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Rydell fastest in 1st practice: http://mstworld.com/msptresult.aspx?...esultfile=wtc1
http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/sport_sto1589525.shtml No Ladas at Pau? |
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Best SEAT driver is Coronel in fourt in front of Thompson with his Honda. Then comes Rydell as best TDI driver as fifth in front of Priaulx, Nogues (best independent) and Tarquini. In this session the LADA's were on track. |
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Source: Rick Winkelman blog (journalist of Dutch TV) BTW I never heard of Cazenave. |
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31 May 2008, 12:11 (Ref:2215877) | #10 | |
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Did anyone else see the back of Monteiro's car in the Formula Master broadcast? "Caution Heavy Car" - don't think Seat are very happy about the weight changes!
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Did not notice that.
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31 May 2008, 14:22 (Ref:2215943) | #12 | ||
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Farfus on pole.
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31 May 2008, 14:32 (Ref:2215945) | #13 | |
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Yeah, can't see Seat losing those positions in the race eithier. Looks like Seat might be dominating this year...
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Farfus I'm sure I saw held some cars up on his slow down lap, and those cars were yellow, blue, green, red, white ones...so I'd expect at least a grumble. Also, maybe he'll fail the weight check seeing as he'd lost his wing-mirror It was a good lap though. |
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Hah! Even with all that weight the SEATs are still almost fastest. They really do have it made...
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31 May 2008, 16:32 (Ref:2216001) | #16 | |
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maybe the weight reduction is not a gd decision, but its reli annoying that seat always blame blame blame and blame ..
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If Farfus miss his start tommorow, it'll be difficult for a no-Seat car to win...
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31 May 2008, 18:20 (Ref:2216073) | #18 | ||
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I watched the precidings in Pau today. IMO it'd usefull to consider changing qualifing rules for WTCC, apply Formula Master rules for Pau, or some kind of a SUper Pole rules. It's so easy slow down 5 or 6 cars at Pau in the dying minutes...
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A quick Google reveals he's a local, from Pau, with a background in Formula Ford, Super Production and French GT |
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good to see BMW taking the fight upto SEAT...
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well it must be suprising that there is only 1 BMW in front of all the SEAT's... hope you all get to see some great racing at Pau
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1 Jun 2008, 09:13 (Ref:2216385) | #24 | ||
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Farfus tops the warm up - as the first TDI is 11th, the rest 18th-21st
Thommo 2nd, and Nogues faster than Coronel in the TFSI SEAT. Very impressive. Gené watch out. |
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Hmmm, so Menu & Zanardi have got into each other again!
Forcing a restart of race 1 with a red flag. |
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