ADAC Procar 2007 News, Rumours, Entries...

[FIRE]

Engstler Motorsport will enter 4 BMWs in German Procar. The cars are driven Franz Engstler, Rustem Teregulov, Andrey Romanov and Oleg Petrishin. Source: www.racing1.de

Maurer Motorsport will enter a Chevrolet for MarÃ*a De Villota. Source: www.touringcartimes.com

Will enter Maurer a second car?

Rikli Motorsport will enter a Honda Accord for team owner Peter Rikli. Source: Rikli Motorsport

According Rikli Motorsport also a Ford Focus, Opel Astra (Kissling Motorsport?) en Toyota Corolla (Geipel?) will take part.

[Robbe]

The drivers for Oschersleben:

Nr. Fahrer (Nat.) Team - Fahrzeug
------- Division 1 (Super2000) -------
2 De Villota Comba, Maria (E) Maurer Motorsport - Chevrolet Lacetti
3 Geipel, Philip (D) Auto Geipel - Toyota Corolla T-Sport
4 Stahl, Sebastian (D) Auto Geipel - Toyota Corolla T-Sport
5 Engstler, Franz (D) Engstler Motorsport - BMW 320i E46
6 Romanov, Andrej (RUS) Engstler Motorsport - BMW 320i E46
7 Teregulow, Rustem (RUS) Engstler Motorsport - BMW 320i E46
8 Petrishin, Oleg (RUS) Engstler Motorsport - BMW 320i E46
11 Bastuck, Rainer (D) Kissling Motorsport - Opel Astra OPC
12 Rikli, Peter (CH) Rikli Motorsport - Honda Accord
14 Bruckner, Gilles (L) LUX Motors - Ford Focus
17 Labazov, Vladimir (RUS) Avtodom Racing - BMW 320i E46
18 N.N. Avtodom Racing - BMW 320i E46
------- Division 2 (1600 cars) -------
31 Thierfelder, Guido (D) ETH Tuning - Peugeot 207 Sport
32 Kerlé, Oliver (D) Brühl (D) ETH Tuning - Citroën Saxo VTS
34 Ziggel, Andreas (D) JL Engineering - Citroën Saxo VTS
36 Weimann, Jens-Guido (D) Weimann Motorsport - Ford Fiesta ST
38 Geipel, Charlie (D) TFS YACO Racing - Toyota Yaris
39 Heide, Steve (D) TFS YACO Racing - Toyota Yaris
41 Mühlenz, Thomas (D) Citroën Ravenol Team - Citroën C2 VTS
------- Division 3 (Diesel) -------
61 Jordan, Kai (D) RSG Wolfsburg - VW Golf IV 2.0 TDI
62 Tigges, Felix (D) RSG Wolfsburg - VW Golf IV 2.0 TDI
64 Reich, Uwe (D) Schlaug Motorsport - Alfa 147 1.9 JTD
66 Lukas, Erwin (D) GENA Motorsport - Opel Astra GTC CDTI
70 N.N. Engstler Motorsport - Alfa 147 1.9 JTD

Note that some drivers, like Sebastian Stahl and Labazov, are probably only guest drivers.
Maurer is in talks with other drivers for a second car. Maybe for the second round. Also Wolfgang Treml, who wanted to enter a Ford Focus in Division 1, is missing in this list.

[M-Power]

The dates and tracks for ADAC Procar 2007

07. – 09. Juni - TOP 10 Nürburgring 24h (Gesamtring), 3. Lauf
06. – 08. Juli - FIA GT Motorsport Arena Osch., 4. + 5. Lauf
21. – 22. Juli - TOP 10 Assen / NL, 6. + 7. Lauf
04. – 05. August - TOP 10 EuroSpeedway Lausitz, 8. + 9. Lauf
25. – 26. August - TOP 10 Nürburgring (Sprint), 10. + 11. Lauf
15. – 16. September - TOP 10 Sachsenring, 12. + 13. Lauf
29. – 30. September - TOP 10 Motorsport Arena Osch., 14. + 15. Lauf

Very interesting to see is the debut from Vladimir Labazov from Moskau.
He is the current russian champion and with the age of 23 years very young.

[Jimmy Magnusson]

The Nürburgring round in August collides with the WTCC at Oschersleben! How brilliant, surely one way to draw spectator...

[M-Power]

That the Procar series starts in a package with the FIA GT in Oschersleben is very interesting. I think it was a big mistake to close the Super Racing Weekend programme. Touringcars and GT's are a good combination.

[werner]

It had one flaw though. A good circuit for a GT-race is not the same circuit for a touringcarrace. The Pau circuit for instance looks to small and narrow for a big GT-grid to me. And large and wide circuits make touringcars look slow. They should replace the Brno WTCC-race with the Hungarian GP.

[Bramzel]

I agree, Brno, and Istanbul and Monza are a bit too big and boring for touringcarracing. Short, twisty and not too wide seems to be perfect for the touringcars.

[Jimmy Magnusson]

Originally Posted by Bramzel

I agree, Brno, and Istanbul and Monza are a bit too big and boring for touringcarracing. Short, twisty and not too wide seems to be perfect for the touringcars.

BTCC

[Bramzel]

Or STCC or DTC

[werner]

WTCC is heading in the right direction. Of the current tracks only Monza and Brno are maybe to wide and long. The replacement of Pau for Magny-Cours was a good one, and I think Anderstorp instead of Istanbul is also an improvement. Especially since the Turks did't seem to be very enthousiastic about the WTCC. Not very surprising, since they went from no international races at all, to F1, WRC (now replaced by IRC), MotoGP and DTM. Another big championship is maybe a little bit to much. In Italy they might replace Monza with Vallelunga? It offered nice races when it hosted the ETCC 2 years ago.

[Go_For_Pole]

Originally Posted by werner

In Italy they might replace Monza with Vallelunga? It offered nice races when it hosted the ETCC 2 years ago.

God no, Monza rocks. Get once on a WTCC race on the stands in the first chicane and you will be a fan for life!

[Bramzel]

Originally Posted by Go_For_Pole

God no, Monza rocks. Get once on a WTCC race on the stands in the first chicane and you will be a fan for life!

Well, what fun is a track if only the first corner is fun to watch? Because that's Monza's problem.

[FIRE]

If I remember well the ETCC race at Vallelunga was great.

[Go_For_Pole]

Originally Posted by Bramzel

Well, what fun is a track if only the first corner is fun to watch? Because that's Monza's problem.

Emmm didn't say that, did I? The first corner is special, other corners like Ascari or the entrance of Parabolica are also serious fun. I mean, com'on, you make Monza sound like Magny Cours and it's just not right.

[Bramzel]

No you didn't, I did. I've seen those cars race at Monza as well, and I find it just boring apart from that first corner. It's like racing a gokart on a highway, no fun at all.

[Go_For_Pole]

Difference of opinion then

[werner]

Originally Posted by Go_For_Pole

Emmm didn't say that, did I? The first corner is special, other corners like Ascari or the entrance of Parabolica are also serious fun. I mean, com'on, you make Monza sound like Magny Cours and it's just not right.

You will probably surprised to hear that Magny-Cours is Tom Coronels favorite circuit. And, to be honest, I don't think it's to bad as well. First 2 corners are spectaculair, as is the hairpin for overtaking. And the Imola- and Nuenburgringchicanes are not to bad either.