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| Gabriele Tarquini |
   
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6 | 19.35% |
| Dirk Müller |
  
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2 | 6.45% |
| Augusto Farfus |
  
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0 | 0% |
| Andy Priaulx |
  
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9 | 29.03% |
| Rickard Rydell |
  
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6 | 19.35% |
| Peter Terting |
  
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2 | 6.45% |
| Jason Plato |
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6 | 19.35% |
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16 May 2005, 17:50 (Ref:1302400)
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WTCC Driver of the Day - Silverstone
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Tarquini - A pole, a win & a podium Terting - Top qualifying & running Seat in race one, shows pace. Plato - Good form on WTCC debut Dirk Muller - 26th to the front(ish)! Priaulx - Rocket starter and strongest BMW despite weight penalty Rydell - Leading a Seat one-two! Farfus - For not knocking his team mates out...Giovanardi & Tarquini did it instead! |
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16 May 2005, 18:04 (Ref:1302413)
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Peter Terting
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16 May 2005, 18:07 (Ref:1302415)
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After careful consideration, I went for Priaulx but not by much from most of the others. From what I saw at Abbey, he was very good under braking despite the weight hadicap. I think Rydell would have won whatever, but Andy obviously gave his all.
I enjoyed the racing, but felt that to really warrant the tag of WTCC the races should have been longer, perhaps 20 laps at least. I understand the commercial thinking behind it, but felt the racing itself suffered somewhat in that it did not allow battles to develop fully. Great to see such a big crowd turn out though - for once I was actually quite pleased to be queing to enter the car parks! |
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16 May 2005, 20:46 (Ref:1302560)
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Andy Priaulx.
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16 May 2005, 21:05 (Ref:1302576)
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There's no space for "other"
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16 May 2005, 21:56 (Ref:1302614)
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Yup, Other wasn't on the entry list, nor did he do anything interesting.
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16 May 2005, 23:27 (Ref:1302648)
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Rydell
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17 May 2005, 06:32 (Ref:1302757)
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Rickard Rydell too.
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17 May 2005, 06:43 (Ref:1302763)
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Jason Plato - solid "team" job on debut
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17 May 2005, 07:37 (Ref:1302789)
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I have to go with Priaulx for holding onto the Alfas in the first race, and his efforts to grab and retain the lead in the second race. I think Rydell would have beaten him anyway but a real shame that a puncture deprived him of a well deserved second place. Honourable mentions to Rydell (really on it, in the second race) and Tarquini who set his championship challenge up, so convincingly.
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17 May 2005, 12:26 (Ref:1302936)
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Andy Priaulx should be,leading while in 50kg penalty weight
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17 May 2005, 21:17 (Ref:1303256)
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Priaulx did a sterling job, no doubt... should have won race 2 but for that tyre letting go
Pluto threw himself on the grenade so Rydell could go mano-a-mano with Andy and try to win - taking one for the team on his first appearance AND then taking runner-up spot to help record SEAT's first-ever 1-2 has got to be GREAT tactics with an eye to the future - plus he was right on the pace, so Kudos there too... Dirk Muller though... Qualifying Oops aside - and WHAT a goof at Abbey.... haven't seen so much tyre smoke this side of a Valentino Rossi victory celebration!! - 26th (or was it 25th?) to the sharp end in very short order and then getting in there with both sleeves rolled up in race 2, I think he might just have to take it... |
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18 May 2005, 07:18 (Ref:1303485)
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I went with Priaulx but can see what Martin is saying about Dirk Muller, Plato did well but I think Andy did the top job with the ammount of weight he had on.
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18 May 2005, 13:16 (Ref:1303738)
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if Priaulx hould have finished race two . he would have been the driver of the day by far.. but at the end of the day .. Tarquini/Rydell for first .. then Priaulx..
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