FIA WTCC / Competiciones de Turismos Opciones

[BITTER]

Parrilla de salida para la primera carrera del meeting de Portugal en Oporto.

POS NO CL DRIVER NAT CAR TIME LAPS GAP KPH
1 8 Alain MENU SUI Chevrolet Lacetti 2:06.927 10 133.87
2 6 Robert HUFF GBR Chevrolet Lacetti 2:07.687 11 0.760 133.07
3 7 Nicola LARINI ITA Chevrolet Lacetti 2:07.731 9 0.804 133.03
4 20 Tom CORONEL NED SEAT Leon 2:07.758 18 0.831 133.00
5 11 Gabriele TARQUINI ITA SEAT Leon 2:07.842 8 0.915 132.91
6 12 Yvan MULLER FRA SEAT Leon 2:08.006 13 1.079 132.74
7 1 Andy PRIAULX GBR BMW 320si 2:08.574 13 1.647 132.15
8 4 Alessandro ZANARDI ITA BMW 320si 2:08.598 17 1.671 132.13
9 2 Jorg MULLER GER BMW 320si 2:08.715 12 1.788 132.01
10 15 James THOMPSON GBR Alfa Romeo 156 2:08.939 8 2.012 131.78
11 3 Augusto FARFUS BRA BMW 320si 2:09.439 16 2.512 131.27
12 26 I Stefano D'ASTE ITA BMW 320si 2:09.474 10 2.547 131.23
13 23 I Pierre-Yves CORTHALS BEL SEAT Leon 2:09.579 11 2.652 131.13
14 10 Michel JOURDAIN MEX SEAT Leon 2:09.652 12 2.725 131.05
15 5 Felix PORTEIRO ESP BMW 320si 2:09.670 14 2.743 131.04
16 9 Jordi GENE ESP SEAT Leon 2:09.757 11 2.830 130.95
17 30 I Luca RANGONI ITA BMW 320si 2:09.855 14 2.928 130.85
18 21 I Emmet O'BRIEN IRL SEAT Leon 2:10.787 14 3.860 129.92
19 22 I Maurizio CERESOLI ITA SEAT Leon 2:11.257 14 4.330 129.45
20 18 Tiago MONTEIRO POR SEAT Leon 2:11.807 7 4.880 128.91
21 31 I Sergio HERNANDEZ ESP BMW 320si 2:12.411 12 5.484 128.32
22 16 Olivier TIELEMANS NED Alfa Romeo 156 2:12.921 7 5.994 127.83
23 33 I Miguel FREITAS POR Alfa Romeo 156 2:13.547 8 6.620 127.23
24 77 I Luis Pedro MAGALHAES POR SEAT Leon 2:14.531 14 7.604 126.30

Parece que Monteiro si ha acusado la presión de correr en su país, no como un tal Lewis .
A ver si en carrera hay más suete para los españoles.

Si los españoles habláramos sólo y exclusivamente de lo que sabemos, se produciría un gran silencio que nos permitiría pensar. , Manuel Azaña, 1880-1940.
�nimo Pedro! [/b]

[monza2001]

Works teams to scale back for 2010

The World Touring Car Championship will have a reduced grid of factory cars in 2011 with BMW and SEAT set to announce downsized programmes next week.

BMW is expected to cut its works effort from five cars to two. Roberto Ravaglia's ROAL Motorsport team expected to quit the series following Alex Zanardi's announcement that he is to leave the WTCC.

Schnitzer Motorsport will remain a factory BMW team in 2010, but is rumoured to be leaving the WTCC to focus on the VLN endurance series at the Nurburgring Nordschleife with the Gt2 M3. That would leave the RBM team to run two WTCC cars, most likely for Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus.

The German manufacturer has been openly critical of the series' performance balancing regulations this season and admitted in March this year that it was considering quitting.

BMW Motorsport boss Mario Theissen would only say that "a decision on next year's programme will be taken on December 5".

SEAT, meanwhile, is believed to be on the verge of withdrawing from the WTCC entirely. It has already confirmed that it will reduce its effort next year with French team ORECA - which took Yvan Muller to the 2008 title - not being retained for 2010.

The Spanish manufacturer is expected to announce its future next week, but WTCC boss Marcello Lotti believes SEAT will keep a two-car works team.

"For sure BMW and SEAT are reducing their programmes, but we will still have four manufacturers," Lotti told this week's AUTOSPORT."

Chevrolet will return with at least three cars and Lada will also run three Prioras again next year.

Lotti is confident that more manufacturers will be attracted by the next generation of regulations, beginning in 2011.

"I am working hard to have two new manufacturers when our new rules arrive in 2011," he added. "I'm sure we will have more than four."

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Al final pasó lo que tenía que pasar. El campeonato surgió con fuerza gracias a Eurosport, se afianzó dando un nivel de competeción muy bueno y las marcas se interesaron. Pero desde entonces la cosa no ha acabado de despuntar. Contradicciones constantes a la hora de hacer un reglamento ecuanime y la recesión económica han hecho que BMW y SEAT estén a punto de decir adiós. Veremos si por lo menos dan asistencia a algún equipo privado. El WTCC se devalua mucho con esta noticia. Se ha pasado de tener interés de muchas marcas a huir. Una lástima en la que la FIA tiene mucha culpa.

Saludos