2014 WTCC Race of Morocco - Marrakech

[Rubio]

Any predictions? Of course, I do think Citroen will dominate Race 1, but I can't let go the feeling that the winner of Race 2 will be driving another car

http://d1oo2un3qpiryo.cloudfront.net...ch_preview.pdf

[touring fan01]

Pole position; Citroen
Winner race one; Citroen
Winner race two; Citroen
Lap record: Citroen


Pretty much will be like that all season

[Mies7337]

Any Free Practices on Friday that we can watch? Then, we can see who's fast and who haven't got the pace (yet).

[claude2cv]

It will be whoever can handle the heat best. 35 deg C today and predicted to stay the same. Shame we fly home before the race :-(

[skells22]

have you forgot the Hondas? i think we might have a Honda win and of course safety cars as this is a street track

[Beetle]

Really excited for this one. Think Lopez can give Muller and Loeb a run for their money. Curious to see how Honda does...

[helmat]

Really looking forward to sunday. I expect Citroën to be fast and win race 1, but I think a different team will be on top in race 2, why not an RML Chevy

[skells22]

can i remind everyone Citroen is new to WTCC racing therefore i think there might be some issues with the new car

[thetool]

Originally Posted by skells22

can i remind everyone Citroen is new to WTCC racing therefore i think there might be some issues with the new car

The same Citroen that have been testing these new cars about three times longer than anyone else, with a driver & some of the team that had an impeccable ability in the WRC & also clearly the best 2lr touring car driver in the world, Yvan Muller developing it. Somehow I don't really doubt Citroen's credentials.

[tenzo rs]

Live timing should be here:

http://www.mstworld.com/timing/livet...tm?series=wtcc

[Bramzel]

Citroën and maybe Honda will be the only teams running trouble free I think, the other teams just haven't had the time to test yet. The lack of mileage combined with the fear of wrecking the car will show some pretty tame performances from the Honda and Chevrolet customer teams I think.

[Mr Pink]

Originally Posted by Beetle

Really excited for this one. Think Lopez can give Muller and Loeb a run for their money. Curious to see how Honda does...

Agreed about this, wouldn't be to surprised if Lopez came out on top.

[Metzo]

citroen almost 2 seconds faster than the rest of the field during the test session

[tenzo rs]

Test Results:

1 1 MULLER 1:44.513
2 37 LOPEZ 1:44.945
3 9 LOEB 1:45.161
4 7 VALENTE 1:46.470
5 18 MONTEIRO 1:46.503
6 12 HUFF 1:46.798
7 4 CORONEL 1:46.927
8 25 BENNANI 1:47.583
9 3 CHILTON 1:47.617
10 2 TARQUINI 1:47.629
11 10 MORBIDELLI1:47.785
12 98 BORKOVIC 1:47.906
13 5 MICHELISZ 1:47.997
14 11 THOMPSON 1:48.720
15 77 MUNNICH 1:49.135
16 6 ENGSTLER 1:50.549
17 14 KOZLOVSKIY 1:51.767
18 22 FULIN 1:52.196
19 8 DISABATINO 1:52.964
20 27 FILIPPI 1:59.529

[Bramzel]

No big surprises there, the Citroëns are where everybody expected them. I'm happy that the Chevy's, Honda's and Lada's are nicely mixed up, that gives me hope for the 'best of the rest' battle!

[Rubio]

I think most of them were just getting used to the car, so it's early to judge the real pace (even Rob was in top 6 almost without testing). Anyway, if it keeps this way, we will have a very exciting race 2 with Citroens climbing on top. And I've got a feeling that Honda might try to grab a pole for race 2.

[tenzo rs]

http://dev.mstworld.tv/Results/getPD...01&series=WTCC

According to speed traps Cruze is the closest to Citroen for now.
It's normal for Citroen drivers to take top spots...they have almost 10 000km (about 2 full championship distance) in TC1 car and probably 10 trucks of spare parts already. I hope "the best of the rest" will close the gap to the end of the weekend. Race 2 will be very interesting probably.

[FIRE]

Citroen fastest is no surprise.
Big gaps between the rest. I assume most of them did just a shakedown.

[porsche962fan]

any penalty rules this season ? or can the Citroen win everything without any success ballast

[thetool]

Originally Posted by FIRE

Citroen fastest is no surprise.
Big gaps between the rest. I assume most of them did just a shakedown.

It wouldn't surprise me if that is the genuine gap.

[Rubio]

Practice is live on WTCC website fiawtcc.com

[tenzo rs]

Free practice results:

1 9 LOEB 1:43.427
2 1 MULLER 1:43.654
3 4 CORONEL 1:44.883
4 7 VALENTE 1:44.998
5 3 CHILTON 1:45.003
6 98 BORKOVIC 1:45.076
7 25 BENNANI 1:45.247
8 37 LOPEZ 1:45.272
9 10 MORBIDELLI 1:45.287
10 18 MONTEIRO 1:45.326
11 5 MICHELISZ 1:45.675
12 2 TARQUINI 1:45.982
13 77 MUNNICH 1:46.176
14 12 HUFF 1:46.297
15 14 KOZLOVSKIY 1:47.919
16 6 ENGSTLER 1:49.098
17 22 FULIN 1:49.759
18 27 FILIPPI 1:52.901
19 8 DISABATINO 1:58.132
20 11 THOMPSON 10:00.000+

[steve nielsen]

Originally Posted by tenzo rs

Free practice results:

1 9 LOEB 1:43.427
2 1 MULLER 1:43.654
3 4 CORONEL 1:44.883
4 7 VALENTE 1:44.998
5 3 CHILTON 1:45.003
6 98 BORKOVIC 1:45.076
7 25 BENNANI 1:45.247
8 37 LOPEZ 1:45.272
9 10 MORBIDELLI 1:45.287
10 18 MONTEIRO 1:45.326
11 5 MICHELISZ 1:45.675
12 2 TARQUINI 1:45.982
13 77 MUNNICH 1:46.176
14 12 HUFF 1:46.297
15 14 KOZLOVSKIY 1:47.919
16 6 ENGSTLER 1:49.098
17 22 FULIN 1:49.759
18 27 FILIPPI 1:52.901
19 8 DISABATINO 1:58.132
20 11 THOMPSON 10:00.000+

Chevy's seem to be a lot closer the the Citroën's already, good to see.

[Rubio]

Still we hadn't seen the real pace of the factory Hondas (with Bennani being the fastest). I hope the'll repair the Tiago's car, and it seems that his unluckness in returning once again.

People are already moaning that Loeb will dominate 2014 WTCC. After FP1... Oh my god, I'm getting tired of that...

[Rubio]

Tarquini is out of the weekend. Great work by Morbidelli