[WTCC] Race 19 & 20 - Monza (ITA), 4/5 October 2008

**FIRE** · 25 Sep 2008, 18:39 (Ref:2297834)

Schedule
04/10 Free Practice 1 09:00 CET
04/10 Free Practice 2 11:15 CET
04/10 Qualifying 15:00 CET
05/10 Warm Up 09:00 CET
05/10 Race 1 12:20 CET
05/10 Race 2 15:50 CET

News

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Da Costa From SEAT Eurocup to WTCC
Duarte Félix da Costa has won a one-off participation in the WTCC event at Monza. The 23-year old from Cascais, Portugal,

is the fifth SEAT Eurocup driver during the current season who is given the opportunity to show his talent in the World Touring Car Championship at the wheel of a SUNRED SEAT León TFSI.
After obtaining a number of successes in karting, da Costa raced in the British Formula BMW and the North European Formula Renault championships. In 2007 he moved to the Spanish SEAT Eurocópa (9th in the final classification) and he is currently 7th in the Eurocup after claiming second position in Oschersleben's Race 2.
He is the second Portuguese to win a WTCC participation after his fellow countryman Lourenço Beirão da Veiga in Brands Hatch.

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Wichers and Poulsen join forces
After they were forced to skip Imola, the Wiechers-Sport team will come back in forces at Monza. The German outfit will campaign two cars again like they did at Oschersleben.

After they were forced to skip Imola, the Wiechers-Sport team will come back in forces at Monza. The German outfit will campaign two cars again like they did at Oschersleben.

Takayuki Aoki, from Japan, will replace Olivier Tielemans until the end of the season, taking also part in the meetings at Okayama and Macau.

The team's second BMW 320si car will be driven in Monza by Kristian Poulsen from Denmark who competed in three of the previous WTCC meetings (Estoril, Brands Hatch and Oschersleben) with his own team. Poulsen will be at the wheel of the car driven by Duncan Huisman in Oschersleben.

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Four drivers come from Japan
A four-driver Japanese patrol will join the FIA WTCC for the season’s final.
The addition of a race meeting at Okayama – on October 26th – has aroused huge interest in the Country of the Rising Sun.

N.technology-Honda and Chevrolet were the first to announce their plans to line up additional cars for Japanese drivers. Yukinori Taniguchi will join N.technology for the events in Monza and Okayama, while Manabu Orido will drive the fourth Chevrolet Lacetti in the same two events plus the championship’s finale in Macau.
In the latest days, two other drivers have announced participation in their home race at Okayama: Takayuki Aoki and Masaki Kano.
Following a deal between Japan-based Endless Racing and Wiechers-Sport, Aoki will take the wheel of the German team's BMW 320si, while Kano will drive for Liqui Moly Team Engstler with which he clinched the 2007 Asian Touring Car Championship crown.
The Japanese drivers presented their plans to the national press last week in Okayama.

Source: WTCC press release

Subaru_WRX_STi · 27 Sep 2008, 21:49 (Ref:2299192)

thanks Fire for the meeting preview, the Honda looked really fast at Imola in the long straight, so I expect Tommo and N-Technology will do very well at Monza too

Aslak Vind · 27 Sep 2008, 21:53 (Ref:2299196)

And they havent even started using the new Mugen engine

Tommo´s Accord is really fast on the straigths.

JMeissner · 28 Sep 2008, 06:06 (Ref:2299302)

Dont forget that the Honda is super light, which helps the top speed.

Icebaby · 28 Sep 2008, 08:54 (Ref:2299342)

Thompson for a double race win !, so pleased the Honda is running well now.

PorscheFanNo1 · 28 Sep 2008, 16:46 (Ref:2299628)

Wasnt Polestar supposed to race here with both their cars?

Ellmau · 28 Sep 2008, 22:00 (Ref:2299870)

I believe so yes: http://www.touringcartimes.com/news.php?id=2512

PorscheFanNo1 · 29 Sep 2008, 14:46 (Ref:2300397)

After having won the last 2 races on the season in STCC I really hope they will be there, altho they probably wont have the same topspeed as the more aero efficient notchbacks they should do quite well. They werent that far off in the speedtrap at Mantorp.

**touringlegend** · 29 Sep 2008, 19:50 (Ref:2300618)

The predictions competition is now open for this round. Click here to enter.

10tacle · 2 Oct 2008, 17:36 (Ref:2302921)

Entry List, 30 cars confirmed

N°1
Andy Priaulx
BMW Team UK
BMW 320si

N°2
Jörg Müller
BMW Team Germany
BMW 320si

N°3
Augusto Farfus Jr
BMW Team Germany
BMW 320si

N°4
Alessandro Zanardi
BMW Italy-Spain
BMW 320si

N°5
Félix Porteiro
BMW Italy-Spain
BMW 320si

N°6
Nicola Larini
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Lacetti

N°7
Robert Huff
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Lacetti

N°8
Alain Menu
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Lacetti

N°9
Jordi Gené
SEAT Sport
SEAT León TDI

N°10
Rickard Rydell
SEAT Sport
SEAT León TDI

N°11
Gabriele Tarquini
SEAT Sport
SEAT León TDI

N°12
Yvan Muller
SEAT Sport
SEAT León TDI

N°13
Ibrahim Okyay
Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport
BMW 320si

N°15
James Thompson
N. Technology
Honda Accord Euro R

N°17
Takayuki Aoki
Wiechers-Sport
BMW 320si

N°18
Tiago Monteiro
SEAT Sport
SEAT León TDI

N°20
Tom Coronel
SUNRED
SEAT León TFSI

N°23
Pierre-Yves Corthals
Exagon Engineering
SEAT León TFSI

N°27
Kirill Ladygin
Russian Bears Motorsport
LADA 110 2.0

N°28
Viktor Shapovalov
Russian Bears Motorsport
LADA 110 2.0

N°29
Jaap van Lagen
Russian Bears Motorsport
LADA 110 2.0

N°31
Sergio Hernández
Proteam Motorsport
BMW 320si

N°42
Franz Engstler
Liqui Moly Team Engstler
BMW 320si

N°43
Andrey Romanov
Liqui Moly Team Engstler
BMW 320si

N°60
Kristian Poulsen
Poulsen Motorsport
BMW 320si

N°63
Robert Dahlgren
Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing
Volvo C30

N°72
Yukinori Taniguchi
N. Technology
Honda Accord Euro R

N°79
Duarte Félix Da Costa
SUNRED
SEAT León TFSI

N°80
Manabu Orido
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Lacetti

N°??
Tommy Rustad
Volvo Olsbergs Green Racing
Volvo C30

(no guarantee)

JMeissner · 2 Oct 2008, 22:13 (Ref:2303102)

The Volvo's will not be at the race.

10tacle · 2 Oct 2008, 23:17 (Ref:2303123)

both?

why?

stedevil · 3 Oct 2008, 04:17 (Ref:2303180)

They got their "wins" already in STCC? Economic recession? New Volvo boss? Thousands of Volvo employees notified of possibly losing their job?

Take your pick.

Subaru_WRX_STi · 3 Oct 2008, 04:55 (Ref:2303194)

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Originally Posted by stedevil

They got their "wins" already in STCC? Economic recession? New Volvo boss? Thousands of Volvo employees notified of possibly losing their job?

Take your pick.

hard times now, even in sports car (LMS) we lost already 3 LMP2 teams

**FIRE** · 4 Oct 2008, 10:07 (Ref:2303894)

Practice 1

**FIRE** · 4 Oct 2008, 10:46 (Ref:2303912)

Practice 2

Valker · 4 Oct 2008, 11:25 (Ref:2303946)

Russian Bears seems to have problem to get all 3 Ladas running...

**FIRE** · 4 Oct 2008, 15:03 (Ref:2304046)

1st and 2nd row for SEAT

Qualifying

Sodemo · 5 Oct 2008, 10:11 (Ref:2304572)

So who's going to be 5th then?

Hazard · 5 Oct 2008, 11:39 (Ref:2304606)

Interesting Larini dropping back to support Huff by finishing 6th, after a potential re-ordering of positions with Rydell jumping the chicane (clearly Cleland & Martin had different interpretions on that move!

)

I'm with John - I reckon Larini nudged him from behind and unsettled him - it wasn't an advantage, more spin avoidance.

Strong race for SEAT...going to be a strange race 2 - Chevrolet looking well placed though.

JamesRamone · 5 Oct 2008, 13:40 (Ref:2304670)

Why did Muller seemingly let Tarquini past for the lead, then retake the position later in the race with ease without Tarquini even defending ?

JamesRamone · 5 Oct 2008, 14:09 (Ref:2304683)

Also, just in race 2. Did Tarquini not totally cut the first chicane and gain some places, or was that another Seat ?

Speed-King · 5 Oct 2008, 14:14 (Ref:2304684)

Phoa!! Zanardi, Larini and Muller 3-wide!
Too bad, there aren't more of those slipstream-tracks on the schedule! One or two more of those would be a real treat.
OTOH there aren't many left of those with Hockenheim being Tilke-fied.

**FIRE** · 5 Oct 2008, 15:47 (Ref:2304739)

Entertaining races

Hazard · 5 Oct 2008, 15:57 (Ref:2304744)

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Originally Posted by JamesRamone

Also, just in race 2. Did Tarquini not totally cut the first chicane and gain some places, or was that another Seat ?

I saw about 6 cars do that, but no replays. Some people certainly gained more than Rydell did in race one there.

Let's see some consistency! Oh wait, this is the WTCC

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