[WTCC] Race 17 & 18 - Brands Hatch (GBR), 22/23 September 2007

**FIRE** · 7 Sep 2007, 16:31 (Ref:2006208)

FIA World Touring Car Championship - COURTYARD Race of UK 2007

Standings after race 16
Drivers Championship

Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	Points
1	A. Farfus Jr	6	10	4	8	0	0	2	10	5	8	0	3	0	1	2	10	69
2	A. Priaulx	8	8	1	4	4	6	3	8	0	2	2	10	0	0	4	8	68
3	J. Müller	10	6	0	6	1	8	0	0	8	10	1	8	0	0	5	0	63
4	Y. Muller	1	5	0	0	6	5	8	3	3	0	4	4	3	0	10	4	56
5	G. Tarquini	5	4	2	10	0	0	0	0	2	5	5	2	4	2	8	2	51
6	N. Larini	0	0	8	5	8	4	0	0	4	3	6	0	2	8	0	0	48
7	J. Thompson	0	0	0	0	10	10	0	2	0	4	0	0	6	4	6	5	47
8	A. Menu	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	10	6	1	6	0	0	45
9	R. Huff	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	8	0	10	0	0	3	35
10	T. Monteiro	-	-	5	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	1	29
11	J. Gené	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	23
12	T. Coronel	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	5	5	0	0	22
13	F. Porteiro	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	10	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	21
14	L. Rangoni	0	2	6	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15
15	A. Zanardi	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11
16	R. Rydell	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	10	-	-	10
17	R. Colciago	0	0	3	2	0	0	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6
18	M. Jourdain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
19	P. Corthals	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
20	S. Hernandez	0	0	-	-	0	1	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

Manufacturer Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	R14	R15	R16	Points
1	BMW	18	18	10	14	7	14	7	18	18	18	7	18	5	5	9	18	204
2	SEAT	10	11	8	14	11	8	14	10	9	9	11	9	13	10	18	10	175
3	Chevrolet	5	4	18	8	10	5	15	7	9	4	18	8	14	18	2	5	150
4	Alfa Romeo	0	5	3	3	11	12	3	4	3	7	3	3	7	6	9	5	84

Yokohama Independent Trophy

Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	14	R15	16	Points
1	S. D'Aste	8	6	5	5	5	3	10	0	6	10	10	6	6	8	3	8	99
2	L. Rangoni	0	10	10	10	10	10	0	5	3	0	4	8	10	6	4	3	93
3	P. Corthals	10	8	6	6	4	5	3	10	8	5	8	10	5	4	0	0	92
4	R. Colciago	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	8	10	10	6	50
5	M. Ceresoli	-	-	-	-	3	0	0	6	4	6	6	5	4	3	5	5	47
6	S. Hernández	5	0	-	-	8	8	8	0	-	-	0	0	0	5	6	4	44
7	M. Pedal�*	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	10	8	-	-	-	-	0	10	40
8	E. O'Brien	6	0	4	4	1	4	4	0	5	4	0	3	-	-	-	-	35
9	M. Freitas	-	-	1	3	2	0	5	0	2	3	5	0	-	-	0	0	20
10	A. Beltoise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14
11	T. Sadredinov	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	2	10
12	L. Magalhaes	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	-	-	-	-	7
13	A. Lvov	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	3	2	-	-	5
-	V. Shapovalov	-	-	3	1	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5
15	L. Fridman	-	-	2	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
16	D. Roda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
-	A. Smetsky	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	4	2	1	-	-	3
-	P. Geipel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
19	M. de Villota	-	-	-	-	0	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2
20	E. Zelenov	-	-	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1

Yokohama Team Trophy

Pos	Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	R11	R12	R13	14	R15	16	Points
1	Proteam Motorsport	5	10	10	10	18	18	8	5	3	1	4	8	10	11	10	7	140
2	Exagon Engineering	10	8	6	6	4	5	9	18	8	5	11	14	5	4	0	0	113
3	Wiechers-Sport	8	6	5	5	5	3	10	0	6	10	10	6	6	8	3	8	99
4	GR Asia	6	0	4	4	4	4	4	6	9	10	6	8	4	3	13	7	92
5	SEAT Sport Italia	0	0	8	8	6	6	0	0	10	8	0	0	8	10	10	16	90
6	Racing for Belgium	-	-	0	3	2	0	5	0	2	3	5	0	-	-	-	-	20
7	Russian Bears Motorsport	-	-	6	3	0	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	10
8	Golden Motors	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	3	-	-	8
9	TFS-Yaco Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	3
10	Maurer Motorsport	-	-	-	-	0	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2

Entrylist (provisional)

#	Cl	Driver	Team	Car
1		Andy Priaulx (GBR)	BMW Team UK (Racing Bart Mampaey)	BMW 320si
2		Jörg Müller (GER)	BMW Team Germany (Schnitzer Motorsport)	BMW 320si
3		Augusto Farfus (BRA)	BMW Team Germany (Schnitzer Motorsport)	BMW 320si
4		Alessandro Zanardi (ITA)	BMW Team Italy-Spain (ROAL Motorsport)	BMW 320si
5		Félix Porteiro (ESP)	BMW Team Italy-Spain (ROAL Motorsport)	BMW 320si
6		Robert Huff (GBR)	Chevrolet Racing (Ray Mallock Ltd)	Chevrolet Lacetti
7		Nicola Larini (ITA)	Chevrolet Racing (Ray Mallock Ltd)	Chevrolet Lacetti
8		Alain Menu (SUI)	Chevrolet Racing (Ray Mallock Ltd)	Chevrolet Lacetti
9		Jordi Gené (ESP)	SEAT Sport	SEAT León
10		Michel Jourdain (MEX)	SEAT Sport	SEAT León
11		Gabriele Tarquini (ITA)	SEAT Sport	SEAT León
12		Yvan Muller (FRA)	SEAT Sport	SEAT León
15		James Thompson (GBR)	N.Technology	Alfa Romeo 156
16		Olivier Tielemans (NED)	N.Technology	Alfa Romeo 156
18		Tiago Monteiro (POR)	SEAT Sport	SEAT León
19	I	Roberto Colciago (ITA)	SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT León
20		Tom Coronel (NED)	SEAT Team Holland (GR Asia)	SEAT León
22	I	Maurizio Ceresoli (ITA)	GR Asia	SEAT León
23	I	Pierre-Yves Corthals (BEL)	Exagon Engineering	SEAT León
26	I	Stefano D'Aste (ITA)	Wiechers Sport	BMW 320si
30	I	Luca Rangoni (ITA)	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si
31	I	Sergio Hernandez (SPA)	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si
33	I	Miguel Freitas (POR)	Racing for Belgium	Alfa Romeo 156
34	I	Massimiliano Pedal�* (ITA)	SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT León

Car graphics by Andy Blackmore - www.andyblackmoredesign.com

Schedule

Date	Time
22/09	09:00 CET	Free Practice 1
22/09	12:00 CET	Free Practice 2
22/09	15:00 CET	Qualifying
23/09	09:00 CET	Warm Up
23/09	14:30 CET	Race 1
23/09	15:30 CET	Race 2

redshoes · 7 Sep 2007, 17:39 (Ref:2006241)

Full timetable :
https://tickets.motorsportvision.co....imetable_3.pdf

Ballast:
60 kg Augusto Farfus, Andy Priaulx, Jörg Müller, Yvan Muller and Gabriele Tarquini
55 kg James Thompson
50 kg Nicola Larini
45 kg Robert Huff
35 kg Alain Menu
30 kg Tiago Monteiro
25 kg Tom Coronel
15 kg Jordi Gené
10 kg Félix Porteiro
5 kg Alessandro Zanardi and Luca Rangoni

Zanardi drops 10 places on both grids as a penalty following his accident at Oschersleben.

JMeissner · 8 Sep 2007, 08:25 (Ref:2006620)

No Lexus?

Alfa Fan · 8 Sep 2007, 10:35 (Ref:2006701)

Quote:

Originally Posted by JMeissner

No Lexus?

Your surprised by that?

Jimmy Magnusson · 9 Sep 2007, 16:09 (Ref:2007728)

Yes, how surprising.

werner · 9 Sep 2007, 21:04 (Ref:2007946)

Its more surprising, and dissapointing as well that we don't seen BTCC-competitors. Seat and Vauxhall have some marketingopportunities, as well as the resources to join the WTCC at brands, and the same holds more or less for team RAC and team Halfords, and maybe some other teams with a large sponsorshipdeal. And it seems to me that joining a world championship race is always very interesting from a sporting point of view, as is driving the Brands Hatch GP-loop. In a computergame I experienced lately that it's much more demanding than the indy-loop only.
Yokohama'? I'm sure that at least Seats and the BMW's can get information about setups. And Vauxhall maybe from Chevrolet (both GM)

Ellmau · 9 Sep 2007, 21:12 (Ref:2007951)

I think Seat and Vauxhall don't want to take any risks in this stage of the BTCC season and under these circumstances.

Speed-King · 9 Sep 2007, 21:15 (Ref:2007956)

The problem may be the budget, though. I don't know how much money teams shell out on a average race-weekend, but I guess it's a medium five digit figure.
As most teams have a fixed budget - that may already be a bit stretched at this point of the season due to accidents, etc. - adding another race may just not be possible from a financial point of view.

redshoes · 9 Sep 2007, 21:33 (Ref:2007969)

Vauxhall have nothing to gain. Their market is the UK, a one-off race in an international series here does nothing for them. SEAT UK again wouldn't gain that much extra as they already piggy-back what marketing they get of the existing SEAT entries.

After the last Brands meeting and having to build a new car, Team Dynamics' budget has taken a severe dent. Jackson and A-Tech have (or had) the right cars but probably not the budget. WSR said they would like to some time back (note "would like to", not "are going to") but that was all dependent on extra budget - nothing more has been said since.

What about GR Asia, either the green (Gavin Smth) Leon (not necessarily with Smith driving) or Adam Jones? Better still, Adam Jones in the green Leon

werner · 10 Sep 2007, 08:03 (Ref:2008212)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ellmau

I think Seat and Vauxhall don't want to take any risks in this stage of the BTCC season and under these circumstances.

They have 4 weeks to repair al possible damage. It took team Halfords less to built a complete car i think...

werner · 10 Sep 2007, 08:07 (Ref:2008213)

Quote:

Originally Posted by redshoes

Vauxhall have nothing to gain. Their market is the UK, a one-off race in an international series here does nothing for them. SEAT UK again wouldn't gain that much extra as they already piggy-back what marketing they get of the existing SEAT entries.

After the last Brands meeting and having to build a new car, Team Dynamics' budget has taken a severe dent. Jackson and A-Tech have (or had) the right cars but probably not the budget. WSR said they would like to some time back (note "would like to", not "are going to") but that was all dependent on extra budget - nothing more has been said since.

What about GR Asia, either the green (Gavin Smth) Leon (not necessarily with Smith driving) or Adam Jones? Better still, Adam Jones in the green Leon

@ Vauxhall An international serie on Britisch ground, spectated by lots of Britisch people, with an international sponsor on the bonnet.

@ Team Dynamics and WSR: that's true. It only would be possible of Halfords, RAC or another sponsor has some pounds to spare.

@GR Asia: They are their anyway. But do they have enough people?

Ellmau · 10 Sep 2007, 11:05 (Ref:2008387)

Quote:

Originally Posted by werner

They have 4 weeks to repair al possible damage. It took team Halfords less to built a complete car i think...

Perhaps, but it took e.g. Audi much longer to rebuild Kristensens car, Maybe they had some spare parts left at Halfords

And to rebuild a complete new car for 1 round makes a lot of costs

redshoes · 10 Sep 2007, 12:39 (Ref:2008478)

Quote:

Originally Posted by werner

@ Vauxhall An international serie on Britisch ground, spectated by lots of Britisch people, with an international sponsor on the bonnet.

An international series that sadly gets very little media coverage here. It might work if Vauxhall had a realistic chance of a race win but with no data on Advan tyres that's pretty unlikely. Somehow 'we turned up but got beaten by Johnny Foreigner' doesn't sound like a great PR angle.

Quote:

@GR Asia: They are their anyway. But do they have enough people?

They had no problem running an extra car at the last round. Money is likely to be more of an issue than manpower.

PDS · 10 Sep 2007, 14:18 (Ref:2008540)

Quote:

Originally Posted by redshoes

Vauxhall have nothing to gain. Their market is the UK, a one-off race in an international series here does nothing for them.

I agree redshoes... But what an ideal opportunity to show the cars ability in front of potentional customers?

Not just for the WTCC, but to other National Championships. Badged as Opels obviously!

rdjones · 12 Sep 2007, 09:29 (Ref:2009994)

I have just had a press release through from WSR saying that they will be running Colin in WTCC round at Brands. I will be interesting to see how he get's on.

werner · 12 Sep 2007, 10:54 (Ref:2010052)

That is good news. Hopefully some more teams will follow them.

JamesRamone · 12 Sep 2007, 11:24 (Ref:2010070)

http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/62289

Great stuff

**touringlegend** · 13 Sep 2007, 09:09 (Ref:2010923)

Great news regarding Turkington and RAC, all the best to them I hope they do well.

rdjones · 13 Sep 2007, 09:11 (Ref:2010925)

I think do Ok, from what my spies tell me they have been testing at Snetterton this week on Advan tyres.

JamesRamone · 13 Sep 2007, 17:00 (Ref:2011416)

a reverse grid race 2 win on the cards for Colin?

duke_toaster · 13 Sep 2007, 17:04 (Ref:2011418)

Quote:

Originally Posted by JamesRamone

a reverse grid race 2 win on the cards for Colin?

Sounds very possible. EDIT : Any chance of putting him on the thread's entry list?

**Craig** · 13 Sep 2007, 18:50 (Ref:2011659)

Quote:

Originally Posted by rdjones

from what my spies tell me

hahahahaha!!!

(Sorry!)

(Hang on, no I'm not...)

SALEEN S7R · 14 Sep 2007, 04:56 (Ref:2012224)

Good to hear Turkington will be on the grid, will be interesting to see how one of the BTCC front runners compares to the WTCC regulars. He's on home soil so perhaps a podium or even a win might be on the cards with a bit of luck.

redshoes · 14 Sep 2007, 16:46 (Ref:2012935)

Turkington will run as car # 27, he is not classified as an independent.

Tarquini has tested the SEAT TDi at Barcelona with a view to using it at Brands but won't be using it. Only 2 diesels at Brands - Muller and Gene.

Timur Sadredinov will be back in the third GR Asia car (#35) for both Brands and Monza.

Bramzel · 14 Sep 2007, 23:22 (Ref:2013223)

Interesting that he chose for the petrol despite the success of the TDI's. Also good to see Sadredinov back, he seemed pretty ok in Oschers but it'll be interesting to see how he does without the entire field being disabled in the first corner

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