[WTCC] Race 5 & 6 - Brands Hatch (GBR), 20/21 May 2006

[FIRE]

Results 2005
No race at Brands Hatch, instead a race at Silverstone
Pole position: Gabriele Tarquini (Alfa Romeo 156) 1:25.639

Top 3 race 1:
1. Gabriele Tarquini (Alfa Romeo 156)
2. James Thompson (Alfa Romeo 156)
3. Fabrizio Giovanardi (Alfa Romeo 156)

Top 3 race 2:
1. Rickard Rydell (SEAT Toledo Cupra)
2. Jason Plato (SEAT Toledo Cupra)
3. Gabriele Tarquini (Alfa Romeo 156)

Standings after race 4
Drivers Championship
1 A. Priaulx 21
2 Y. Muller 18
3 J. Müller 16
4 G. Tarquini 16
5 D. Müller 15
6 J. Gené 14
7 J. Thompson 13
8 A. Farfus Jr 11
9 R. Rydell 9
10 P. Terting 7
11 A. Menu 6
12 A. Balzan 5
13 N. Larini 3
14 A. Zanardi 2

Manufacturer Championship
1 BMW 54
2 SEAT 48
3 Alfa Romeo 28
4 Chevrolet 26

Yokohama Independent Trophy
1 A. Balzan 25
2 T. Coronel 22
3 S. D'Aste 21
4 L. Rangoni 15
5 R. Colciago 14
6 S. Iacone 13
7 R. Romagnoli 11
8 R. Sharp 10
9 P. Corthals 5
10 E. O'Brien 5
11 E. Naspetti 4
12 M. Ceresoli 3
13 D. Roda 2
- D. Romanini 2
- S. Valli 2
16 J. Janák 2

Yokohama Team Trophy
1 Proteam Motorsport 35
2 DB Motorsport 25
3 GR Asia 25
4 SEAT Sport Italia 16
5 Zerocinque Motorsport 15
6 JAS Motorsport 14
7 Scuderia La Torre 11
8 Wiechers-Sport 6
9 Ceskoslovensky Motorsport 2
10 GDL Racing 3

Total handicap weights
Andy Priaulx (BMW 320si) +70 kg
Jörg Müller (BMW 320si) +45 kg
Yvan Muller (SEAT León) +45 kg
Dirk Müller (BMW 320si) +35 kg
Gabriele Tarquini (SEAT León) +35 kg
Augusto Farfus (Alfa Romeo 156) +35 kg
Jordi Gené (SEAT León) +25 kg
James Thompson (SEAT León) +20 kg

Other drivers have 0 kg handicap weight.

Entrylist (provisional)
#1 Andy Priaulx (GBR) - Racing Bart Mampaey (BMW Team UK) - BMW 320si
#2 Gabriele Tarquini (ITA) - SEAT Sport Italy - SEAT León
#3 Rickard Rydell (SWE) - SEAT Sport Sweden - SEAT León
#4 Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) - ROAL Motorsport (BMW Team Italy-Spain) - BMW 320si
#5 Marcel Costa (ESP) - ROAL Motorsport (BMW Team Italy-Spain) - BMW 320si
#6 Robert Huff (GBR) - Ray Mallock Ltd (Chevrolet Racing) - Chevrolet Lacetti
#7 Nicola Larini (ITA) - Ray Mallock Ltd (Chevrolet Racing) - Chevrolet Lacetti
#8 Alain Menu (SUI) - Ray Mallock Ltd (Chevrolet Racing) - Chevrolet Lacetti
#9 Jordi Gené (ESP) - SEAT Sport Spain - SEAT León
#10 Peter Terting (GER) - SEAT Sport Germany - SEAT León
#11 James Thompson (GBR) - Team Oreca (SEAT Sport UK) - SEAT León
#12 Yvan Muller (FRA) - Team Oreca (SEAT Sport France) - SEAT León
#15 Augusto Farfus (BRA) - N.technology - Alfa Romeo 156
#16 Gianni Morbidelli (ITA) - N.technology - Alfa Romeo 156
#18 Salvatore Tavano (ITA) - N.technology - Alfa Romeo 156
#42 Jörg Müller (GER) - Schnitzer Motorsport (BMW Team Germany) - BMW 320si
#43 Dirk Müller (GER) - Schnitzer Motorsport (BMW Team Germany) - BMW 320si
#19 Maurizio Ceresoli (ITA)* - GR Asia - SEAT Toledo Cupra
#20 Tom Coronel (NED)* - GR Asia (SEAT Team Holland) - SEAT León
#23 Pierre-Yves Corthals (BEL)* - JAS Motorsport - Honda Accord Euro R
#24 Ryan Sharp (GBR)* - JAS Motorsport - Honda Accord Euro R
#30 Luca Rangoni (ITA)* - Proteam Motorsport - BMW 320si
#31 Stefano D´Aste (ITA)* - Proteam Motorsport - BMW 320i
#33 Emmet O´Brien (IRL)* - Wiechers Sport - BMW 320i
#34 Diego Romanini (ITA)* - Wiechers Sport - BMW 320i
* drivers eligible for the Yokohama Independents' Trophy

Eurosport schedule
Saturday 20 May
16:30h CET, Eurosport 2, Brands Hatch Qualifying Round (45 min, LIVE)

Sunday 21 May
09:00h CET, Eurosport 1 - Brands Hatch Qualifying Round (45 min)
12:00h CET, Eurosport 2 - Brands Hatch Warm-Up (30 min, LIVE)
15:00h CET, Eurosport 1 - Brands Hatch Race 1 (45 min, LIVE)
16:00h CET, Eurosport 1 - Brands Hatch Race 2 (45 min, LIVE)
19:00h CET, Eurosport 2 - Brands Hatch Race 2 (60 min)

[jonbryant]

Looking forward to it and hoping Andy can do his bit. I'll be one of the boys and girls in orange for the whole weekend. Good to have top-line motorsport back at the Hatch

[Martin Haven]

Good to have the folks in orange suits like yourself making sure it'll be a class event... and making it possible at all...

enjoy your sarnies in the sun, I hope...

[E46]

If we look in BTCC it seems this is a good track for Leon hatchback.

[touringlegend]

On the Indy circuit. But WTCC is on the GP track, although I'm not sure whether the longer straights will disadvantage the Leon's enough here.

[E46]

Originally Posted by touringlegend

On the Indy circuit. But WTCC is on the GP track, although I'm not sure whether the longer straights will disadvantage the Leon's enough here.

We will see this weekend who is correct.

[Hazard]

Originally Posted by E46

If we look in BTCC it seems this is a good track for Leon hatchback.

Yeah, but can you cram six of them into the first corner?!

[Mike Kelly 1]

Originally Posted by Martin Haven

Good to have the folks in orange suits like yourself making sure it'll be a class event... and making it possible at all...

enjoy your sarnies in the sun, I hope...

Having seen the weather forecast for this weekend I doubt it!! Marshalling in the rain...mmm!

[E46]

Originally Posted by Hazard

Yeah, but can you cram six of them into the first corner?!

Maybe Tarquini.

[rustyfan]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly 1

Having seen the weather forecast for this weekend I doubt it!! Marshalling in the rain...mmm!

So it looks like there will be rain then - does the forecast include Sunday as well?

Come to think of it, when was the last time we had a proper rain race in the ETCC/WTCC anyway?

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by rustyfan

Come to think of it, when was the last time we had a proper rain race in the ETCC/WTCC anyway?

Last year at Puebla?

[Dani Filth]

as far as i remember . it wasn't wet at Puebla

[rustyfan]

If I remember correctly there were some rain during practice at Puebla, but not on race day (even though it was overcast).

EDIT - The first time the ETCC visited Anderstorp there was a lot of rain, but surely that can't be the last time we had a real wet race in recent ETCC/WTCC years?

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by rustyfan

If I remember correctly there were some rain during practice at Puebla, but not on race day (even though it was overcast).

Nevertheless slippery

[Knowlesy]

Yes, the track surface offered the equivalent grip levels of a vast monsoon.

Ooh, the horridness....

[Dani Filth]

Originally Posted by FIRE

Nevertheless slippery

it snowed .. with volcanic ash )

[Hazard]

Thompson fastest from Farfus and Yvan Muller.

Those Alfa's are surprisingly quick considering their lack of track time at Brands...all the other drivers at the top end are BTCC stalwarts.

Gené and Tarquini not so fast in their Seat's though. BMW look the most troubled car from just the first session

[Dani Filth]

link here

http://www.mstworld.com/msptresult.a...esultfile=wtc1

[Hazard]

Incidentally pole was a 1:32 for Dan Eaves last year so the times are fairly comparible.

[FIRE]

1st practice
POS NO CL DRIVER NAT CAR TIME LAPS GAP KPH
1 11 James THOMPSON GBR SEAT Leon 1:33.744 13 142.20
2 15 Augusto FARFUS BRA Alfa Romeo 156 1:33.936 14 0.192 141.91
3 12 Yvan MULLER FRA SEAT Leon 1:34.131 14 0.387 141.62
4 3 Rickard RYDELL SWE SEAT Leon 1:34.270 12 0.526 141.41
5 10 Peter TERTING GER SEAT Leon 1:34.511 13 0.767 141.05
6 42 Jorg MULLER GER BMW 320si 1:34.582 17 0.838 140.94
7 4 Alessandro ZANARDI ITA BMW 320si 1:34.583 17 0.839 140.94
8 8 Alain MENU SUI Chevrolet Lacetti 1:34.641 11 0.897 140.85
9 20 I Tom CORONEL NED SEAT Leon 1:34.779 16 1.035 140.65
10 1 Andy PRIAULX GBR BMW 320si 1:34.812 15 1.068 140.60
11 18 Salvatore TAVANO ITA Alfa Romeo 156 1:34.874 17 1.130 140.51
12 6 Robert HUFF GBR Chevrolet Lacetti 1:35.048 14 1.304 140.25
13 5 Marcel COSTA ESP BMW 320si 1:35.066 15 1.322 140.22
14 16 Gianni MORBIDELLI ITA Alfa Romeo 156 1:35.139 14 1.395 140.11
15 9 Jordi GENE ESP SEAT Leon 1:35.173 13 1.429 140.06
16 2 Gabriele TARQUINI ITA SEAT Leon 1:35.178 15 1.434 140.06
17 7 Nicola LARINI ITA Chevrolet Lacetti 1:35.244 16 1.500 139.96
18 43 Dirk MULLER GER BMW 320si 1:35.358 17 1.614 139.79
19 23 I Pierre-Yves CORTHALS BEL Honda Accord Euro R 1:35.878 16 2.134 139.03
20 30 I Luca RANGONI ITA BMW 320si 1:36.079 14 2.335 138.74
21 24 I Ryan SHARP GBR Honda Accord Euro R 1:36.284 15 2.540 138.45
22 19 I Maurizio CERESOLI ITA SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:36.771 16 3.027 137.75
23 33 I Emmet O'BRIEN IRL BMW 320i 1:36.879 18 3.135 137.60
24 31 I Stefano D'ASTE ITA BMW 320i 1:37.295 10 3.551 137.01
25 34 I Diego ROMANINI ITA BMW 320i 1:38.609 15 4.865 135.18

It's only first practice so it's difficult to say something about these times. Only thing I would say is that Coronel made a good debut with the Leon.

[Hazard]

Yep, top indie...just hunting/waiting for pics of it.

Notice all the 320i's at the bottom, they can't even get it to work in the WTCC at Brands Hatch!, what chance did Martyn Bell & Edenbridge have!

[E46]

It seems that the massive test in Italy for Alfa was a good choice.

[Kidzer]

Hazard - there's some on the WTCC site now; http://www.fia-wtcc.com/fiawtcc/mcd_dia329.shtml

No high-res links work yet, just the low-res ones. High-res ones shouldn't take long to appear I wouldn't expect.

[Neil Adams]

Originally Posted by Hazard

Yep, top indie...just hunting/waiting for pics of it

brands not far from me...
heres a pic of coronels new car
http://www.s109494890.websitehome.co...elwtccleon.jpg

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by Neil Adams

brands not far from me...
heres a pic of coronels new car
http://www.s109494890.websitehome.co...elwtccleon.jpg

Looks great! I am only missing a big sponsor on the side of the car.