FIA WTCC Silverstone

[E46]

1st practice results

1 11 PLATO 1:26.794
2 3 THOMPSON 1:27.287 0.493
3 2 TARQUINI 1:27.457 0.663
4 9 GENE 1:27.461 0.667
5 8 RYDELL 1:27.502 0.708
6 6 GIOVANARDI 1:27.531 0.737
7 43 MULLER 1:27.619 0.825
8 42 MULLER 1:27.678 0.884
9 1 PRIAULX 1:27.680 0.886
10 10 TERTING 1:27.810 1.016
11 7 FARFUS JR. 1:27.928 1.134
12 28 ROSENBLAD 1:28.260 1.466
13 26 COLCIAGO 1:28.469 1.675
14 20 CORONEL 1:28.513 1.719
15 5 GARCIA 1:28.535 1.741
16 4 ZANARDI 1:28.713 1.919
17 30 D'ASTE 1:28.783 1.989
18 21 HUFF 1:28.835 2.041
19 22 LARINI 1:28.846 2.052
20 32 HENNERICI 1:29.056 2.262
21 19 MAKELA 1:29.308 2.514
22 27 DE MICHELI 1:29.350 2.556
23 14 KLENKE 1:30.384 3.590
24 31 CIRO 1:30.519 3.725
25 15 JAGER 1:31.326 4.532
26 23 MENU No time

Plato is very strong, anyway SEAT and Alfa Romeo seems to be at the same level, with BMW not far.

[rdjones]

So JP was quickest, that news does not suprise me at all.

[touringlegend]

Having all the data from 3 BTCC races last year surely doesn't hinder Plato & SEAT, although it will be on different tyres.

Is it SEAT Sport UK who's running Plato's car this weekend or the WTCC team ?

It'd be a great representation of the quality of the BTCC if it was the UK team.

[rdjones]

Originally Posted by touringlegend

Having all the data from 3 BTCC races last year surely doesn't hinder Plato & SEAT, although it will be on different tyres.

Is it SEAT Sport UK who's running Plato's car this weekend or the WTCC team ?

It'd be a great representation of the quality of the BTCC if it was the UK team.

Ture, as far as I know and I would think that it is Seat Sport UK that are running car but I could be wrong.

[Dani Filth]

nonetheless .. very good showing from Plato . and Thompson .
the BMW cars are a little behind . but all have a lot of ballast anyway . so we cant really be sure it's only those 20kg minus for FWD

[j_t_8_8_8]

Second practice

Two Chevys in the top ten!

1 6 Fabrizio GIOVANARDI ITA Alfa Romeo 156 1:26.862 14 150.03
2 7 Augusto FARFUS JR. BRA Alfa Romeo 156 1:26.983 13 0.121 149.82
3 11 Jason PLATO GBR SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:27.034 9 0.172 149.73
4 2 Gabriele TARQUINI ITA Alfa Romeo 156 1:27.075 11 0.213 149.66
5 8 Rickard RYDELL SWE SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:27.119 10 0.257 149.58
6 3 James THOMPSON GBR Alfa Romeo 156 1:27.485 12 0.623 148.96
7 10 Peter TERTING GER SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:27.590 11 0.728 148.78
8 1 Andy PRIAULX GBR BMW 320i 1:27.622 13 0.760 148.73
9 21 Robert HUFF GBR Chevrolet Lacetti 1:27.657 10 0.795 148.67
10 22 Nicola LARINI ITA Chevrolet Lacetti 1:27.659 10 0.797 148.66
11 43 Dirk MULLER GER BMW 320i 1:27.699 13 0.837 148.59
12 9 Jordi GENE ESP SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:27.817 9 0.955 148.40
13 19 I Valle MAKELA FIN Seat Toledo Cupra 1:27.826 11 0.964 148.38
14 42 Jorg MULLER GER BMW 320i 1:27.899 13 1.037 148.26
15 26 Roberto COLCIAGO ITA Honda Accord Euro R 1:28.061 13 1.199 147.98
16 20 I Tom CORONEL NED Seat Toledo Cupra 1:28.210 10 1.348 147.73
17 5 Antonio GARCIA ESP BMW 320i 1:28.275 13 1.413 147.63
18 28 I Carl ROSENBLAD SWE BMW 320i 1:28.300 13 1.438 147.58
19 23 Alain MENU SUI Chevrolet Lacetti 1:28.359 9 1.497 147.48
20 4 Alessandro ZANARDI ITA BMW 320i 1:28.368 13 1.506 147.47
21 30 I Stefano D'ASTE ITA BMW 320i 1:28.452 13 1.590 147.33
22 32 I Marc HENNERICI GER BMW 320i 1:28.920 12 2.058 146.55
23 27 I Adriano DE MICHELI ITA Honda Accord Euro R 1:28.938 11 2.076 146.52
24 31 I Giuseppe CIRO ITA BMW 320i 1:29.025 14 2.163 146.38
25 14 Thomas KLENKE GER Ford Focus 3:41.569 4 2:14.707 58.81

[touringlegend]

I've always thought the Chevy looked a nimble little car, perhaps Silverstone suits it better than the longer GP tracks that are usually used.

[luke]

Wow, great to see Plato right on the pace.

[FIRE]

And again I am surprised by the young Finnish driver Makela.

[Dani Filth]

beating Tom Coronel is quite an achivement .

[Dani Filth]

Tarquini on pole . looking better for my predictions . finally

[E46]

we have changed BMW parade for Alfa parade.

[SALEEN S7R]

Its hardly the same E46, the BMW's are heavily ballested where as the Alfa Romeo's are not. Let us not forget too that if the Alfa's win tommorow and the BMW's dont the weights will change, and besides we still have Priaulx up in 4th for BMW, not bad at all. IMO.

[rdjones]

The starting grid for race 1 will look like this:-

1 Gabriele TARQUINI ITA Alfa Romeo 156 1:25.639
2 James THOMPSON GBR Alfa Romeo 156 1:25.655
3 Fabrizio GIOVANARDI ITA Alfa Romeo 156 1:25.783
4 Andy PRIAULX GBR BMW 320i 1:25.856
5 Peter TERTING GER SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:25.952
6 Augusto FARFUS JR. BRA Alfa Romeo 156 1:25.989
7 Jason PLATO GBR SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:26.067
8 Rickard RYDELL SWE SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:26.154
9 Antonio GARCIA ESP BMW 320i 1:26.175
10 Jordi GENE ESP SEAT Toledo Cupra 1:26.315
11 Jorg MULLER GER BMW 320i 1:26.423
12 Roberto COLCIAGO ITA Honda Accord Euro R 1:26.619
13 Tom CORONEL NED Seat Toledo Cupra 1:26.825
14 Alessandro ZANARDI ITA BMW 320i 1:26.837
15 Alain MENU SUI Chevrolet Lacetti 1:26.919
16 Nicola LARINI ITA Chevrolet Lacetti 1:26.997
17 Stefano D'ASTE ITA BMW 320i 1:27.080
18 Rob HUFF GBR Chevrolet Lacetti 1:27.080
19 Carl ROSENBLAD SWE BMW 320i 1:27.313
20 Valle MAKELA FIN Seat Toledo Cupra 1:27.325
21 Adriano DE MICHELI ITA Honda Accord Euro R 1:27.416
22 Giuseppe CIRO ITA BMW 320i 1:27.535
23 Marc HENNERICI GER BMW 320i 1:28.107
24 Thomas KLENKE GER Ford Focus 1:28.170
25 Thomas JAGER GER Ford Focus 1:28.289
26 Dirk MULLER GER BMW 320i 1:30.283

[Hazard]

Can imagine the BMW protests already on it's way.

Better be, just to stop Dani flooring the predictions comp!

Good work from Terting to be the top Seat. What happened to Dirk?

[Dani Filth]

don't worry . i'm already way behind ..
20 kilos didn't seem to be that much at Magny Cours . did it .. where did Dirk finish in the races ???

[Andy Metcalf]

It is good to see a variety on the first few rows of the grid. Though I suspect one or two may be coming through the field during the race.

[touringlegend]

I can't wait to see Plato up to his usual in tomorrow's races..!

Should add some excitement to the normal WTCC ways.

[Andy Metcalf]

Originally Posted by touringlegend

I can't wait to see Plato up to his usual in tomorrow's races..!

Should add some excitement to the normal WTCC ways.

I just hope somebody reminds him that Y.Muller is not driving

[Sodemo]

What on earth is Plato doing in the WTCC?

[Hazard]

Originally Posted by danifilth

20 kilos didn't seem to be that much at Magny Cours . did it .. where did Dirk finish in the races ???

Penalties are awarded on championship position also...though I haven't looked at how they're done this year, looks a little more complicated than last season... so both the Mullers and Priaulx are running on 50kg . Though that doesn't explain why Dirk was 4s slower than Tarquini.

[Hazard]

Originally Posted by btccnews

I just hope somebody reminds him that Y.Muller is not driving

He's got double the Muller trouble!

[touringlegend]

Originally Posted by The Monster

What on earth is Plato doing in the WTCC?

It's 1 of 3 guest race weekends he will take part in this year.

I guess between him and SEAT it's a gauge of how they would get on in a full programme next year.

[Dani Filth]

Originally Posted by btccnews

I just hope somebody reminds him that Y.Muller is not driving

Yvan in one Alfa .. like a few years ago . would have been to much

[Hazard]

Originally Posted by Dani Filth

Yvan in one Alfa .. like a few years ago . would have been to much

Actually, Yvan was in a Seat. His championship rival was James Thompson...who was in the Alfa again.