[WTCC] Race 11 & 12 - Porto (POR), 7/8 July 2007

**FIRE** · 29 Jun 2007, 16:57 (Ref:1949870)

FIA World Touring Car Championship - Race of Portugal 2007

Standings after race 10
Drivers Championship

Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Points
1	A. Farfus Jr	6	10	4	8	0	0	2	10	5	8	53
2	J. Müller	10	6	0	6	1	8	0	0	8	10	49
3	A. Priaulx	8	8	1	4	4	6	3	8	0	2	44
4	N. Larini	0	0	8	5	8	4	0	0	4	3	32
5	Y. Muller	1	5	0	0	6	5	8	3	3	0	31
6	G. Tarquini	5	4	2	10	0	0	0	0	2	5	28
7	J. Thompson	0	0	0	0	10	10	0	2	0	4	26
8	A. Menu	0	0	10	0	0	0	10	1	1	0	22
9	F. Porteiro	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	10	6	21
10	T. Monteiro	-	-	5	0	0	0	6	6	0	0	17
11	L. Rangoni	0	2	6	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	15
12	R. Huff	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0	14
-	J. Gené	0	0	0	0	5	3	1	4	0	1	14
14	A. Zanardi	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	11
15	R. Colciago	0	0	3	2	0	0	-	-	0	0	5
16	T. Coronel	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
17	M. Jourdain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
18	S. Hernandez	0	0	-	-	0	1	-	-	0	0	1

Manufacturer Championship

Pos	Manufacturer	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Points
1	BMW	18	18	10	14	7	14	7	18	18	18	142
2	SEAT	10	11	8	14	11	8	14	10	9	9	104
3	Chevrolet	5	4	18	8	10	5	15	7	9	4	85
4	Alfa Romeo	0	5	3	3	11	12	3	4	3	7	51

Yokohama Independent Trophy

Pos	Driver	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Points
1	P. Corthals	10	8	6	6	4	5	3	10	8	5	65
2	L. Rangoni	0	10	10	10	10	10	0	5	3	0	58
3	S. D'Aste	8	6	5	5	5	3	10	0	6	10	58
4	E. O'Brien	6	0	4	4	1	4	4	0	5	4	32
5	M. Pedal�*	-	-	-	-	6	6	-	-	10	8	30
6	S. Hernández	5	0	-	-	8	8	8	0	-	-	29
7	M. Ceresoli	-	-	-	-	3	0	0	6	4	6	19
8	R. Colciago	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	0	-	-	16
9	M. Freitas	-	-	1	3	2	0	5	0	2	3	15
10	A. Beltoise	-	-	-	-	-	-	6	8	-	-	14
11	V. Shapovalov	-	-	3	1	0	1	-	-	-	-	5
12	L. Fridman	-	-	2	2	0	0	-	-	-	-	4
13	P. Geipel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	3
14	M. de Villota	-	-	-	-	0	2	-	-	-	-	2
15	E. Zelenov	-	-	1	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
16	D. Roda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	1	1

Yokohama Team Trophy

Pos	Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10	Points
1	Proteam Motorsport	5	10	10	10	18	18	8	5	3	1	88
2	Exagon Engineering	10	8	6	6	4	5	9	18	8	5	79
3	Wiechers-Sport	8	6	5	5	5	3	10	0	6	10	58
4	GR Asia	6	0	4	4	4	4	4	6	9	10	51
5	SEAT Sport Italia	0	0	8	8	6	6	0	0	10	8	46
6	Racing for Belgium	-	-	0	3	2	0	5	0	2	3	15
7	Russian Bears Motorsport	-	-	6	3	0	1	-	-	-	-	10
8	Maurer Motorsport	-	-	-	-	0	2	-	-	-	-	2
9	TFS-Yaco Racing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1

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
21	I	Emmet O'Brien (IRL)	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
??	I	Lu�*s Pedro Magalhães (POR)	Exagon Engineering	SEAT León

Car graphics by Andy Blackmore - www.andyblackmoredesign.com

Handicap weights

Driver	Kg
Augusto Farfus	60
Jörg Müller	60
Andy Priaulx	55
Yvan Muller	50
Nicola Larini	50
Gabriele Tarquini	35
James Thompson	30
Félix Porteiro	30
Tiago Monteiro	20
Alessandro Zanardi	10
Alain Menu	10
Lu�*s Pedro Magalhães	10
Luca Rangoni	5
Jordi Gené	5
Robert Huff	5

Schedule

Date	Time
06/07	15:30 CET	Test
07/07	08:45 CET	Free Practice 1
07/07	11:30 CET	Free Practice 2
07/07	15:00 CET	Qualifying
08/07	08:00 CET	Warm Up
08/07	10:05 CET	Race 1
08/07	16:35 CET	Race 2

redshoes · 29 Jun 2007, 17:45 (Ref:1949915)

You can scratch Massimiliano Pedala from that list as Roberto Colciago is fit again.

**FIRE** · 29 Jun 2007, 18:37 (Ref:1949938)

Thanks, I was not sure about that.

Is Lu�*s Pedro Magalhães related to Jose Joao Magalhães (drives in German SEAT Supercopa and before in European Alfa 147 GTA Challenge)?

**touringlegend** · 29 Jun 2007, 21:11 (Ref:1950037)

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Chewie-1990 · 29 Jun 2007, 21:34 (Ref:1950057)

Whats the story about Magalhães? Where did you find that out? Is he running in the car Exagon ran Beltoise in and are they going to continue to run a local driver in some future rounds

**FIRE** · 30 Jun 2007, 11:53 (Ref:1950440)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chewie-1990

Whats the story about Magalhães? Where did you find that out? Is he running in the car Exagon ran Beltoise in and are they going to continue to run a local driver in some future rounds

http://autosport.clix.pt/gen.pl?p=st....stories/27456

He uses the car from Beltoise so I assume it's entered by Exagon.

Gil Abobeleira · 30 Jun 2007, 20:55 (Ref:1950840)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIRE

Thanks, I was not sure about that.

Is Lu�*s Pedro Magalhães related to Jose Joao Magalhães (drives in German SEAT Supercopa and before in European Alfa 147 GTA Challenge)?

AFAIK, they are unrelated.

Lu�*s Pedro Magalhães is a former Portuguese karting champion (against the likes of Pedro Lamy), who was then unable to continue racing, due to lack of funds.

He made his comeback this year for the CNV/PTCC, promoting the cancer campaign (he suffered from it some years ago, but was fortunate enough to be able to recover).

**FIRE** · 6 Jul 2007, 18:37 (Ref:1956458)

Testing

POS	NO	CL	DRIVER	NAT	CAR	TIME	LAPS	GAP	KPH
1	8		Alain MENU	SUI	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:10.007	12		130.70
2	12		Yvan MULLER	FRA	SEAT Leon	2:12.034	12	2.027	128.69
3	2		Jorg MULLER	GER	BMW 320si	2:12.175	11	2.168	128.55
4	1		Andy PRIAULX	GBR	BMW 320si	2:12.879	12	2.872	127.87
5	7		Nicola LARINI	ITA	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:12.986	10	2.979	127.77
6	18		Tiago MONTEIRO	POR	SEAT Leon	2:13.092	11	3.085	127.67
7	20		Tom CORONEL	NED	SEAT Leon	2:13.179	12	3.172	127.58
8	31	I	Sergio HERNANDEZ	ESP	BMW 320si	2:13.205	7	3.198	127.56
9	3		Augusto FARFUS	BRA	BMW 320si	2:13.246	12	3.239	127.52
10	6		Robert HUFF	GBR	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:13.506	12	3.499	127.27
11	19	I	Roberto COLCIAGO	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:13.564	10	3.557	127.22
12	11		Gabriele TARQUINI	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:13.978	11	3.971	126.82
13	4		Alessandro ZANARDI	ITA	BMW 320si	2:14.455	11	4.448	126.37
14	30	I	Luca RANGONI	ITA	BMW 320si	2:14.613	10	4.606	126.22
15	21	I	Emmet O'BRIEN	IRL	SEAT Leon	2:14.646	11	4.639	126.19
16	15		James THOMPSON	GBR	Alfa Romeo 156	2:15.221	11	5.214	125.66
17	9		Jordi GENE	ESP	SEAT Leon	2:15.488	11	5.481	125.41
18	5		Felix PORTEIRO	ESP	BMW 320si	2:16.010	12	6.003	124.93
19	26	I	Stefano D'ASTE	ITA	BMW 320si	2:16.218	10	6.211	124.74
20	10		Michel JOURDAIN	MEX	SEAT Leon	2:17.270	11	7.263	123.78
21	23	I	Pierre-Yves CORTHALS	BEL	SEAT Leon	2:18.245	10	8.238	122.91
22	22	I	Maurizio CERESOLI	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:19.250	11	9.243	122.02
23	16		Olivier TIELEMANS	NED	Alfa Romeo 156	2:20.554	8	10.547	120.89
24	77	I	Luis Pedro MAGALHAES	POR	SEAT Leon	2:21.167	10	11.160	120.36
25	33	I	Miguel FREITAS	POR	Alfa Romeo 156	28:14.774	2	26:04.767	10.02

Hazard · 6 Jul 2007, 18:44 (Ref:1956466)

Err, question.

2 second gap between 1st and 2nd?

Mr. Menu, please step over here and pee into this cup.

pzijko · 7 Jul 2007, 06:41 (Ref:1956689)

aaah nice weather here in porto.

Small newsflash. Tielemans will get a ten place grid penalty due o an engine chance just before the test session yesterday. Also after a long time of absence on the paddock (afaik i havent seen them in a long time on the paddock), i spotted Martin Haven & David Leslie. And dressed in chevrolet blue, Rickard Rydell.

**Dani Filth** · 7 Jul 2007, 09:29 (Ref:1956747)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hazard

Err, question.

2 second gap between 1st and 2nd?

Mr. Menu, please step over here and pee into this cup.

he probably did it in the chevy fuel tank

**FIRE** · 7 Jul 2007, 13:44 (Ref:1956878)

Practice 1

POS	NO	CL	DRIVER	NAT	CAR	TIME	LAPS	GAP	KPH
1	8		Alain MENU	SUI	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:11.405	8
2	20		Tom CORONEL	NED	SEAT Leon	2:11.793	9	0.388	128.92
3	6		Robert HUFF	GBR	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:11.943	10	0.538	128X
4	18		Tiago MONTEIRO	POR	SEAT Leon	2:12.181	9	0.776	128.55
5	12		Yvan MULLER	FRA	SEAT Leon	2:12.269	8	0.864	128.46
6	19	I	Roberto COLCIAGO	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:12.385	9	0.980	128.35
7	7		Nicola LARINI	ITA	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:12.402	7	0.997	128.33
8	3		Augusto FARFUS	BRA	BMW 320si	2:12.455	9	1.050	128.28
9	1		Andy PRIAULX	GBR	BMW 320si	2:12.493	8	1.088	128.24
10	2		Jorg MULLER	GER	BMW 320si	2:12.503	10	1.098	128.23
11	9		Jordi GENE	ESP	SEAT Leon	2:12.767	9	1.362	127.98
12	26	I	Stefano D'ASTE	ITA	BMW 320si	2:12.906	10	1.501	127.85
13	5		Felix PORTEIRO	ESP	BMW 320si	2:13.061	11	1.656	127.70
14	30	I	Luca RANGONI	ITA	BMW 320si	2:13.176	11	1.771	127.59
15	11		Gabriele TARQUINI	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:13.202	8	1.797	127.56
16	10		Michel JOURDAIN	MEX	SEAT Leon	2:13.563	9	2.158	127.22
17	15		James THOMPSON	GBR	Alfa Romeo 156	2:13.653	9	2.248	127.13
18	4		Alessandro ZANARDI	ITA	BMW 320si	2:13.719	7	2.314	127.07
19	21	I	Emmet O'BRIEN	IRL	SEAT Leon	2:14.542	8	3.137	126.29
20	31	I	Sergio HERNANDEZ	ESP	BMW 320si	2:14.573	5	3.168	126.26
21	23	I	Pierre-Yves CORTHALS	BEL	SEAT Leon	2:15.989	8	4.584	124.95
22	22	I	Maurizio CERESOLI	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:16.062	5	4.657	124.88
23	33	I	Miguel FREITAS	POR	Alfa Romeo 156	2:16.351	6	4.946	124.62
24	16		Olivier TIELEMANS	NED	Alfa Romeo 156	2:18.119	9	6.714	123.02
25	77	I	Luis Pedro MAGALHAES	POR	SEAT Leon	2:18.323	9	6.918	122.84

Practice 2

POS	NO	CL	DRIVER	NAT	CAR	TIME	LAPS	GAP	KPH
1	8		Alain MENU	SUI	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:08.460	9		132.27
2	11		Gabriele TARQUINI	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:09.066	8	0.606	131.6X
3	20		Tom CORONEL	NED	SEAT Leon	2:09.172	8	0.712	131.54
4	7		Nicola LARINI	ITA	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:09.232	11	0.772	131.48
5	18		Tiago MONTEIRO	POR	SEAT Leon	2:09.410	9	0.950	131.30
6	6		Robert HUFF	GBR	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:09.501	10	1.041	131.21
7	2		Jorg MULLER	GER	BMW 320si	2:09.513	10	1.053	131P
8	19	I	Roberto COLCIAGO	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:09.591	11	1.131	131.12
9	4		Alessandro ZANARDI	ITA	BMW 320si	2:09.617	11	1.157	131.09
10	12		Yvan MULLER	FRA	SEAT Leon	2:09.901	10	1.441	130.80
11	5		Felix PORTEIRO	ESP	BMW 320si	2:09.939	12	1.479	130.76
12	1		Andy PRIAULX	GBR	BMW 320si	2:10.136	12	1.676	130.57
13	26	I	Stefano D'ASTE	ITA	BMW 320si	2:10.155	11	1.695	130.55
14	9		Jordi GENE	ESP	SEAT Leon	2:10.322	8	1.862	130.38
15	30	I	Luca RANGONI	ITA	BMW 320si	2:10.391	9	1.931	130.31
16	3		Augusto FARFUS	BRA	BMW 320si	2:10.401	9	1.941	130.30
17	10		Michel JOURDAIN	MEX	SEAT Leon	2:11.086	8	2.626	129.62
18	23	I	Pierre-Yves CORTHALS	BEL	SEAT Leon	2:11.303	11	2.843	129.41
19	15		James THOMPSON	GBR	Alfa Romeo 156	2:11.366	10	2.906	129.34
20	22	I	Maurizio CERESOLI	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:11.793	10	3.333	128.92
21	21	I	Emmet O'BRIEN	IRL	SEAT Leon	2:13.820	7	5.360	126.97
22	77	I	Luis Pedro MAGALHAES	POR	SEAT Leon	2:14.008	5	5.548	126.79
23	16		Olivier TIELEMANS	NED	Alfa Romeo 156	2:15.103	6	6.643	125.77
24	33	I	Miguel FREITAS	POR	Alfa Romeo 156	2:15.878	3	7.418	125.05

**FIRE** · 7 Jul 2007, 13:46 (Ref:1956883)

The track not suited for the Bimmers?

Hazard · 7 Jul 2007, 15:25 (Ref:1956919)

Clearly not.

Chevy 1-2-3! SEAT's 4-5-6. BMW's 7-8-9. Says the order really

**FIRE** · 7 Jul 2007, 16:23 (Ref:1956965)

Qualifying

POS	NO	CL	DRIVER	NAT	CAR	TIME	LAPS	GAP	KPH
1	8		Alain MENU	SUI	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:06.927	10		133.87
2	6		Robert HUFF	GBR	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:07.687	11	0.760	133.07
3	7		Nicola LARINI	ITA	Chevrolet Lacetti	2:07.731	9	0.804	133.03
4	20		Tom CORONEL	NED	SEAT Leon	2:07.758	18	0.831	133.00
5	11		Gabriele TARQUINI	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:07.842	8	0.915	132.91
6	12		Yvan MULLER	FRA	SEAT Leon	2:08.006	13	1.079	132.74
7	1		Andy PRIAULX	GBR	BMW 320si	2:08.574	13	1.647	132.15
8	4		Alessandro ZANARDI	ITA	BMW 320si	2:08.598	17	1.671	132.13
9	2		Jorg MULLER	GER	BMW 320si	2:08.715	12	1.788	132.01
10	15		James THOMPSON	GBR	Alfa Romeo 156	2:08.939	8	2.012	131.78
11	19	I	Roberto COLCIAGO	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:09.053	14	2.126	131.66
12	3		Augusto FARFUS	BRA	BMW 320si	2:09.439	16	2.512	131.27
13	26	I	Stefano D'ASTE	ITA	BMW 320si	2:09.474	10	2.547	131.23
14	23	I	Pierre-Yves CORTHALS	BEL	SEAT Leon	2:09.579	11	2.652	131.13
15	10		Michel JOURDAIN	MEX	SEAT Leon	2:09.652	12	2.725	131.05
16	5		Felix PORTEIRO	ESP	BMW 320si	2:09.670	14	2.743	131.04
17	9		Jordi GENE	ESP	SEAT Leon	2:09.757	11	2.830	130.95
18	30	I	Luca RANGONI	ITA	BMW 320si	2:09.855	14	2.928	130.85
19	21	I	Emmet O'BRIEN	IRL	SEAT Leon	2:10.787	14	3.860	129.92
20	22	I	Maurizio CERESOLI	ITA	SEAT Leon	2:11.257	14	4.330	129.45
21	18		Tiago MONTEIRO	POR	SEAT Leon	2:11.807	7	4.880	128.91
22	31	I	Sergio HERNANDEZ	ESP	BMW 320si	2:12.411	12	5.484	128.32
23	16		Olivier TIELEMANS	NED	Alfa Romeo 156	2:12.921	7	5.994	127.83
24	33	I	Miguel FREITAS	POR	Alfa Romeo 156	2:13.547	8	6.620	127.23
25	77	I	Luis Pedro MAGALHAES	POR	SEAT Leon	2:14.531	14	7.604	126.30

**FIRE** · 7 Jul 2007, 16:39 (Ref:1956975)

Quote:

...
Two separate incidents in the 45 minute session meant two red flags. The first came with 20 minutes remaining: James Thompson hit the exit of the paddock chicane which tore most of the front right of his car off.

Remarkably, despite crossing the line on just three wheels, the Briton set his best lap of 2:08.939 which placed him tenth on the grid.
...
The session ended with a dramatic clash between Roberto Colciago's SEAT and Félix Porteiro's from BMW.

On the exit of turn 16 Colciago was on his last flying lap and hit the back of the BMW that was slowing down. The result was that both cars spun and crashed into separate walls.

The SEAT was in flames moments later but Colciago came out of the car unscathed. A previous lap by the Italian was good enough to make him fastest of the Independents and 11th overall.
...

Colciago has a big repair bill this season.

Hazard · 7 Jul 2007, 17:55 (Ref:1957013)

Race 1 Grid

Grid
1 - Alain Menu [8] - Chevrolet Racing - Chevrolet Lacetti - 2:06.927

2 - Rob Huff [6] - Chevrolet Racing - Chevrolet Lacetti - 2:07.687

3 - Nicola Larini [7] - Chevrolet Racing - Chevrolet Lacetti - 2:07.731

4 - Tom Coronel [20] - GR Asia - SEAT León - 2:07.758

5 - Gabriele Tarquini [11] - SEAT Sport Spain - SEAT León - 2:07.842

6 - Yvan Muller [12] - SEAT Sport Spain - SEAT León - 2:08.006

7 - Andy Priaulx [1] - BMW Team UK - BMW 320si E90 - 2:08.574

8 - Alex Zanardi [4] - BMW Team Italy-Spain - BMW 320si E90 - 2:08.598

9 - Jörg Müller [2] - BMW Team Germany - BMW 320si E90 - 2:08.715

10 - James Thompson [15] - N-Technology - Alfa Romeo 156 - 2:08.939

11 - Roberto Colciago [19] - SEAT Sport Italia - SEAT León - 2:09.053

12 - Augusto Farfus [3] - BMW Team Germany - BMW 320si E90 - 2:09.439

13 - Stefano d'Aste [26] - Wiechers Sport - BMW 320si E90 - 2:09.474

14 - Pierre-Yves Corthals [23] - Exagon Engineering - SEAT León - 2:09.579

15 - Michel Jourdain Jr [10] - SEAT Sport Spain - SEAT León - 2:09.652

16 - Félix Porteiro [5] - BMW Team Italy-Spain - BMW 320si E90 - 2:09.670

17 - Jordi Gené [9] - SEAT Sport Spain - SEAT León - 2:09.757

18 - Luca Rangoni [30] - Proteam Motorsport - BMW 320si E90 - 2:09.855

19 - Emmet O'Brien [21] - GR Asia - SEAT León - 2:10.787

20 - Maurizio Ceresoli [22] - GR Asia - SEAT León - 2:11.257

21 - Tiago Monteiro [18] - SEAT Sport Spain - SEAT León - 2:11.807

22 - Sergio Hernandez [31] - Proteam Motorsport - BMW 320si E90 - 2:12.411

23 - Olivier Tielemans [16] - N-Technology - Alfa Romeo 156 - 2:12.921

24 - Miguel Freitas [33] - Racing For Belgium - Alfa Romeo 156 - 2:13.547

25 - Luis Pedro Magalhaes [77] - Exagon Engineering - SEAT León - 2:14.531

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redshoes · 7 Jul 2007, 20:52 (Ref:1957126)

Colciago is not out of the frying pan just yet..

Quote:

SEAT Sport Italia driver Roberto Colciago had his qualifying times disallowed by the Stewards after today's session. The Italian, who had set the 11th fastest lap in the session - and the fastest of the Independents - was judged responsible for not respecting yellow flag, causing an avoidable collision with Félix Porteiro during his last qualifying lap and shoving the Spanish driver after the accident.

On top of this, Colciago has been fined a total of euro 3,500 and will be dropped ten positions on the starting grids for both the races of the next event. The team have lodged an appeal, therefore the decision remains suspended and Colciago will start from 11th position on the grid for tomorrow's Race 1.

Bramzel · 8 Jul 2007, 01:05 (Ref:1957230)

What does 'shoving the driver after the accident' mean? That he attacked him?

Rob29 · 8 Jul 2007, 07:14 (Ref:1957315)

Anyone know what the support races are apart from IFM? Apparently they were practicing until 9.30pm last night!

**gomick** · 8 Jul 2007, 07:20 (Ref:1957320)

go chevy

- mixed up grid which is good...

Hazard · 8 Jul 2007, 09:09 (Ref:1957366)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bramzel

What does 'shoving the driver after the accident' mean? That he attacked him?

Yeah, a physical "I'm unhappy" shove.

Seems very very harsh IMO. He was clearly miffed his car had just caught fire and was on a hot lap. Yellows cloud it a bit though.

**FIRE** · 8 Jul 2007, 09:30 (Ref:1957394)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob29

Anyone know what the support races are apart from IFM? Apparently they were practicing until 9.30pm last night!

Maybe they had siesta in the afternoon?

These are the support races.

Schummy · 8 Jul 2007, 10:30 (Ref:1957442)

An awful first race in Porto

Lot of SC laps, but worse than that is there have not been even a real trying to overtake in this narrow "street" circuit. Three Chevrs, three Seats and three BMWs in peaceful procession

WTCC is great (particularly two or more years ago) but this has been one of the worse "races" (to such speak) I have seen in many years! (including F1!!)

Knowlesy · 8 Jul 2007, 10:38 (Ref:1957445)

It was a bit mind numbing really.

But Chevy took a 1-2-3 and Farfus finished ninth so it's all good!

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