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Old 22 Jul 2013, 17:02 (Ref:3280532)   #1
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WTCC - Round 8 Termas de Rio Hondo (Argentina) 3-4 Aug 2013



Lap distance: 4805 m

I know there will be at least one local driver, José Mar�*a López (Pechito), invited to this race. Former GP2 and Renault F1 tester. I do not know which car will he drive. If you do, I will be glad to hear that.
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Old 23 Jul 2013, 11:05 (Ref:3280764)   #2
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Is this the guy who was linked to the hilariously inept USF1 effort?
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Old 23 Jul 2013, 12:38 (Ref:3280796)   #3
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Is this the guy who was linked to the hilariously inept USF1 effort?
Yes, it is the same guy.
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Old 23 Jul 2013, 14:21 (Ref:3280836)   #4
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Now I see "Pechito" is on WTCC's poster for this race.

Still don't know if he will be driving a BMW or Chevrolet according to the rumours.
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Old 23 Jul 2013, 15:25 (Ref:3280849)   #5
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Is that Lopez's name in the window of the Wiechers BMW?
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Apparently yes, it's him on a BMW.

Except for the terribly photoshopped picture of Pechito, the poster is great!
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Old 26 Jul 2013, 09:08 (Ref:3281785)   #7
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Is that Lopez's name in the window of the Wiechers BMW?
Three-time (Super) TC 2000 champion José Mar�*a ‘Pechito’ López will join the Wiechers-Sport BMW team at next weekend’s round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship at Termas de R�*o Hondo, filling in for Fredy Barth who has other commitments.
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Old 27 Jul 2013, 01:27 (Ref:3282081)   #8
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Three-time (Super) TC 2000 champion José Mar�*a ‘Pechito’ López will join the Wiechers-Sport BMW team at next weekend’s round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship at Termas de R�*o Hondo, filling in for Fredy Barth who has other commitments.
I see that car does not have great results so far. I have no doubt Pechito can have a better performance than Barth. However, I do not know how good the car/team is.
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Old 27 Jul 2013, 01:34 (Ref:3282085)   #9
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I see that car does not have great results so far. I have no doubt Pechito can have a better performance than Barth. However, I do not know how good the car/team is.
If I'm remembering correctly, that team and car had 2 outright wins last year at the hands of Stefano D'Aste.
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Old 27 Jul 2013, 11:19 (Ref:3282225)   #10
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It's a good team.
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Old 27 Jul 2013, 12:37 (Ref:3282245)   #11
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It's a good team.
Good to know!
I just wish our local driver can have a competitive race.
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It's a good team.
But Barth is also a good driver... the main problem is probably that the BMW really isn't a very good car anymore (relatively speaking).
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But Barth is also a good driver...
... although he doesn't have much RWD experience, does he?

But at the end of the day, you're right here. Even a proven entity such as the ROAL/Tom Coronel combination isn't doing so well with the BMW this year.

I'd say anyone driving a BMW in a one-off week-end this year is facing a big uphill struggle. Yes Dayraut got 11th from the back at Monza, but how would he have done in dry weather?
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... although he doesn't have much RWD experience, does he?

But at the end of the day, you're right here. Even a proven entity such as the ROAL/Tom Coronel combination isn't doing so well with the BMW this year.

I'd say anyone driving a BMW in a one-off week-end this year is facing a big uphill struggle. Yes Dayraut got 11th from the back at Monza, but how would he have done in dry weather?
Ok. I will start puting my hopes aside
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Pechito López has been doing well so far. We will see by the time of the qualy. The rest is likely to get better with the circuit than him with the car.
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Pechito is putting the performances of the regular BMW driver into a totally different perspective.
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He's quick up to speed.
But it's just practice. For example Munnich is 14th, were normally he's at the back of the grid.
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1 MULLER 1:47.920
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5 ORIOLA +1.059
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Really happy with Lopez performance so far this weekend. Always on top of the BMWs, the only one that could pass Q1 and then good enough to start in front the Second Race tomorrow.
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Pechito Lopez paid 40,000 euros for a WTCC ride. Other argentinean drivers would Esteban Guerrieri, Matias Rossi and Nestor Girolami wanted to run this race, but probably they did not have the required cash amount. Girolami was trying to go for Castrol Honda Team.
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