[WTCC] Race 15 & 16 - Oschersleben (GER), 30/31 August 2008

**FIRE** · 14 Aug 2008, 17:03 (Ref:2269131)

Event schedule
30/08 Free Practice 1 09:00
30/08 Free Practice 2 11:30
30/08 Qualifying 15:00
31/08 Warm Up 09:00
31/08 Race 1 12:00
31/08 Race 2 15:45

News

Kristian Poulsen (DEN; Poulsen Motorsport, BMW 320si), Aytaç Biter (TUR; Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport, BMW 320si) and George Tanev (BUL; Petrol GT Racing, BMW 320si) will enter the German WTCC round.
Marin Colak will drive the SUNRED SEAT Leon. The 24 year old Croat won the SEAT Eurocup round at Brands Hatch.

redshoes · 14 Aug 2008, 18:03 (Ref:2269159)

Andrey Smetsky and Alexander Lvov are back as well in the Golden Motors Honda Accord Euro R. They will also be at Imola and Monza.

There's a good chance there will be another new entrant at Oschersleben as well.

**FIRE** · 14 Aug 2008, 19:29 (Ref:2269221)

Quote:

Originally Posted by redshoes

Andrey Smetsky and Alexander Lvov are back as well in the Golden Motors Honda Accord Euro R. They will also be at Imola and Monza.

There's a good chance there will be another new entrant at Oschersleben as well.

Tell us more...

PorscheFanNo1 · 15 Aug 2008, 13:28 (Ref:2269617)

I'm guessing a Toyota?

AxelF · 15 Aug 2008, 13:33 (Ref:2269619)

Maybe a replacement for Tielemans?

Or Geipel with the Auris?

Chris

**FIRE** · 15 Aug 2008, 14:02 (Ref:2269631)

Geipel is leading the ADAC Procar championship so I assume he's doing the Procar races.

Any news about Wiechers?

E46 · 17 Aug 2008, 23:56 (Ref:2270719)

Quote:

Originally Posted by AxelF

Or Geipel with the Auris?

www.sportmotores.es reports that FIA WTCC organization doesn´t know, until now, a possible project involving Geipel Motorsport and Toyota Auris. The German team didn´t contact them to race at Oschersleben. Let to see.

cmk · 19 Aug 2008, 04:14 (Ref:2271324)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIRE

Geipel is leading the ADAC Procar championship so I assume he's doing the Procar races.

Any news about Wiechers?

Can't see someone in his position risking the chassis to play at the back of the WTCC field. Fool is him if he does.

Robbe · 20 Aug 2008, 12:32 (Ref:2272122)

O'Brien joins in a second Poulsen BMW.

http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/sport_sto1674237.shtml

The article is quite funny because it says O'Brien already took part in 1987.

**FIRE** · 22 Aug 2008, 18:39 (Ref:2273507)

According autosport.nl Tielemans will be back in the Wiechers BMW.

E46 · 22 Aug 2008, 18:57 (Ref:2273508)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIRE

According autosport.nl Tielemans will be back in the Wiechers BMW.

And Wiechers Sport will have a second car at Oschersleben for a TBA driver.

**FIRE** · 22 Aug 2008, 19:03 (Ref:2273512)

No O'brien and Golden Motors:

Quote:

29 CARS FOR WTCC AT OSCHERSLEBEN
The WTCC field will grow up to 29 cars for the next week’s meeting at Oschersleben.

Despite three cars were missing after the Golden Motors team (Alexander Lvov and Andrey Smetsky) and Emmet O'Brien (Poulsen Motorsport) decided to cancel their participations at the last minute because of sponsor-related problems, the championship is going to set a new season record.

Additions to the regular competitors are the winner of the SEAT Eurocup round in Brands Hatch, Marin Čolak from Croatia, the 25-year old Bulgarian George Tanev in the Petrol GT Racing Team BMW 320si and a second driver (whose name will be unveiled in the next days) for the German outfit Wiechers-Sport.

Source: WTCC pr

**FIRE** · 22 Aug 2008, 19:14 (Ref:2273517)

Oliver Tielemans has read on internet he will drive in Oschersleben. He knows nothing about it. It seems FIA assumes Tielemans will drive because the German team enters a 2nd car.
Source: http://www.rickwinkelman.nl/angrylog...p+internet%22/

I don't think we will see Tielemans on the grid.

According rtlgp.nl Thomas Winkelhock is candidate for the "2nd" Wiechers BMW.

Robbe · 23 Aug 2008, 09:59 (Ref:2273769)

Duncan Huisman joins Wiechers!

http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/sport_sto1677919.shtml

Monkey Head · 23 Aug 2008, 10:02 (Ref:2273770)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robbe

Duncan Huisman joins Wiechers!

http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/sport_sto1677919.shtml

quite breaking new but no idea on whether it is second car.

**touringlegend** · 23 Aug 2008, 10:10 (Ref:2273776)

Predictions Competition is now open for this round.

Enter here

**FIRE** · 23 Aug 2008, 11:04 (Ref:2273799)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robbe

Duncan Huisman joins Wiechers!

http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/sport_sto1677919.shtml

Great news!

I think we will see only 1 Wiechers car.

**FIRE** · 23 Aug 2008, 17:27 (Ref:2273927)

With 2008 being the last year of the Dutch BMW 130i Cup, BMW Holland and BMW Motorsport should put Huisman in a 2nd RBM car next season.

AxelF · 24 Aug 2008, 21:28 (Ref:2274649)

According to german magazine www.motorsport-aktuell.de, Wiechers is still searching for a driver of the ex-tielemans-bmw.
Huisman should be their second driver.

At a test in Vallelunga, there was Dirk Werner with good results, but he is engaged at a ALMS-race in USA at the oschersleben-weekend.

Christian

MikeD · 25 Aug 2008, 15:14 (Ref:2275042)

Quote:

Originally Posted by AxelF

According to german magazine www.motorsport-aktuell.de, Wiechers is still searching for a driver of the ex-tielemans-bmw.
Huisman should be their second driver.

At a test in Vallelunga, there was Dirk Werner with good results, but he is engaged at a ALMS-race in USA at the oschersleben-weekend.

Christian

I also think that Wiechers-Sport will be running two drivers, because Huisman cannot score points for the team in the Independent's championship due to his earlier track records.

AxelF · 25 Aug 2008, 22:08 (Ref:2275269)

It's interesting to see, what Huisman can do in a private bmw.

Can he close the gap to the works teams?

Helmpflicht99 · 26 Aug 2008, 10:07 (Ref:2275478)

I´m sure he will be the best driver in a private BMW. I think he could beat Jörg Müller (max Ballast). But the Victory goes to Gene or Monteiro.

Ellmau · 27 Aug 2008, 15:16 (Ref:2276338)

Quote:

Originally Posted by FIRE

Great news!

I think we will see only 1 Wiechers car.

For once you're wrong

Tielemans will drive as well at Oschersleben

**FIRE** · 27 Aug 2008, 16:08 (Ref:2276358)

**touringlegend** · 30 Aug 2008, 12:26 (Ref:2278040)

Free Practice 1 Results: Click here

Free Practice 2 Results: Click here

Augusto Farfus is doing well so far. Seem to be a fair mix of times and cars towards the top.

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