WTCC 2008 – Team Chevrolet Logistics

In this video we can see how the WTCC Lacetti cars are prepared for travelling to a circuit and the logistics it entails.

 

Here we have an older video but interesting enough about the WTCC Lacetti

Argentinian TC 2000 – Viedma – 2008-10-12

Great race, overtakings, bumpings, etc. Martin Basso with a Ford Focus was first to cross the checker flag.

Race results:

FINAL – TC 2000
Viedma

1 3 BASSO MARTIN F. FOCUS 27 42;21,532 
2 5 LEDESMA CHRISTIAN CH. ASTRA 27 42;31,932 10,400
3 13 DI PALMA LUIS JOSE F. FOCUS 27 42;33,843 12,311
4 11 FONTANA NORBERTO T. COROLLA 27 42;35,175 13,643
5 9 SILVA JUAN MANUEL H. NEW CIVIC 27 42;35,571 14,039
6 37 LOPEZ JOSE MARIA H. NEW CIVIC 27 42;35,831 14,299
7 2 ORTELLI GUILLERMO R. MEGANE 27 42;36,219 14,687
8 14 CARDUCCI LEANDRO F. FOCUS 27 42;38,894 17,362
9 4 PONCE DE LEON GABRIEL F. FOCUS 27 42;39,314 17,782
10 8 PERNIA LEONEL H. NEW CIVIC 27 42;41,211 19,679
11 42 GONZALEZ ALEJANDRO F. FOCUS 27 42;43,981 22,449
12 33 BUGLIOTTI MARCELO CH. ASTRA 27 42;47,890 26,358
13 38 CACERES JUAN IGNACIO H. NEW CIVIC 27 42;48,810 27,278
14 12 WERNER MARIANO T. COROLLA 27 42;50,152 28,620
15 20 FINESCHI DAMIAN H. CIVIC 27 43;02,006 40,474
16 41 LLAVER BERNARDO H. CIVIC 27 43;05,940 44,408
17 19 VENTANA SANTIAGO H.CIVIC 27 43;11,469 49,937
18 17 YANNANTUONI FABIAN CH. ASTRA 27 43;27,457 1;05,925
19 24 DER OHANESSIAN GUSTAVO VW POLO 27 43;29,860 1;08,328
20 39 BENAMO LUCAS H. NEW CIVIC 26 41;35,613 41;35,613
21 10 OKULOVICH CARLOS H. NEW CIVIC 25 39;24,958 39;24,958
22 23 SALERNO RUBEN VW BORA 17 27;52,337 27;52,337
23 27 BELLI DANIEL H. CIVIC 15 24;24,215 24;24,215
24 6 RISATTI RICARDO CH. ASTRA 13 20;52,131 20;52,131
25 16 PEZZINI FRABRIZIO H. CIVIC 9 14;48,375 14;48,375
26 18 CANAPINO AGUSTIN CH. ASTRA 6 9;49,078 9;49,078
27 15 COSCIA FRANCO H. NEW CIVIC 2 3;24,685 3;24,685
28 40 RIVA NESTOR VW POLO 0 0,000 0,000

Record Auto: 3 (Basso) a 1m33s057/1000 turn: 26 at: 159.348 km/h
Winner’s average speed: 157.530 km/h

WTCC 2008 – Monza: SEAT DRIVERS ENCORE AND ARE CLOSER TO THE TITLE

 

   

Ivan Muller

First Race
SEAT 1-2-3 WITH MULLER, TARQUINI AND RYDELL

SEAT Sport’s Yvan Muller, who leads the Driver’s Championship, took the first win in Monza from team mate Gabriele Tarquini. Rickard Rydell finished behind them in third to make it a complete SEAT podium. But the race was not as simple as it sounds. As they all raced over the line for the rolling start. Felix Porteiro made contact with James Thompson, sending the N.technology Honda driver spinning across the track. He collected third position driver Jordi Gene, Alain Menu, Robert Huff, Pierre-Yves Corthals and Stefano D’Aste. Gene, Huff and Corthals escaped relatively cleanly as they slotted back into the race, but Menu fell back to the bottom of the field. D’Aste rejoined after a long pit stop and Porteiro was unable to continue, though he managed to get his damaged car back to the pits for the mechanics to fix for race 2. Thompson was also out of the race, as his car was left stranded in the middle of the racetrack. Yvan Muller led the race at this point from Tarquini, and Rydell, but further back things were getting interesting. Huff fought with and overtook Alessandro Zanardi over the finish line as the cars completed the first lap, demonstrating the speed potential of the Chevrolet Lacetti. His team mate Nicola Larini, who had a great start getting up to fourth, was being chased by the BMWs of Augusto Farfus and Andy Priaulx. Farfus managed to find a way past him, only for the Italian to take him back again, and then tried to overtake Rydell, but he was forced backwards as Rydell closed the door. Then Priaulx took Farfus, and it began to look like the Brazilian was having problems with the car. Within a lap he was forced to stop at the end of the pit straight with smoke pouring out of the back of the car.

Half way through the race Tarquini took the lead as he got into Muller’s slipstream, but a couple of laps later Tarquini let his team mate back through after Muller got a good slipstream. So Muller finished ahead of Championship rivals Tarquini and Rydell, with Priaulx in fourth and Monteiro, in the SEAT that lost out in qualifying yesterday, behind him in fifth.

Larini finished sixth following an incident with Rydell in the final lap of the race. He tried to pass the SEAT driver, made contact and forced Rydell to cut the chicane. Rydell slowed down to abide by regulations, but Larini suffered damage and began to fall back, finishing just ahead of his team mate. Huff overtook Gene on the final laps to take seventh position, and Gene who lost out in the first corner will start from pole for the second race.

Corthals and Franz Engstler had a good fight for the Independents’ Trophy. Corthals struggled on the straights following the first lap incident with Thompson, but was able to beat Engstler into the corners as he finally took the win.

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Augusto Farfus

Race 1 results  

Second Race

SEAT DRIVERS CLOSER TO THE TITLE
With two 1-2 finishes today in Monza, SEAT Sport drivers have claimed a serious stake on both the World Titles. The retirements of Chevrolet’s Robert Huff and BMW’s Andy Priaulx, the only two serious competitors left, the Drivers’ Championship fight looks restricted to Yvan Muller and Gabriele Tarquini, who shared victory in Monza. In the Manufacturers’ Championship, the Spanish brand have stretched their lead to 54 points ahead of BMW. Having finished second in the first race Tarquini helped his Championship chances with a win in the second race. He came up from seventh on the grid with a great start to challenge the leaders on the first lap. BMW Team Italy-Spain driver Alessandro Zanardi started from pole, and although he got away well, he was immediately challenged by an advancing Jordi Gene. Gene got past him on the first lap and scampered away as Zanardi was swallowed up by the chasing pack. Tarquini, Nicola Larini and Yvan Muller overtook him all in one go as the polesitter eventually fell down to seventh position. Tarquini went after leader Gene, and finally overtook him with a couple of laps to go.

   

Alain Menu

Behind the leading SEAT cars Huff experienced a few problems. He began the race in third but by the end of the first lap had slipped back. Huff overtook the struggling Priaulx, but then began to fall back. He did manage a small recovery, only to tangle with Augusto Farfus and end up on the grass. Following this Huff slowed and limped back to the pits; it has been a bad weekend for him. Priaulx was also forced to end his race in the pits after he went straight at the first chicane in an attempt to overtake Yvan Muller. The pair of British drivers drove slowly round the track to the pit entrance and maybe this is the end of their championship hopes.

Following another good start and a strong race, Larini took the final podium place as he escaped the problems he suffered in the first race. By the end he was even able to find the pace to challenge the leaders. Yvan Muller came up from eighth position to take fourth due to some well judged overtaking manoeuvres. Alain Menu overcame the problems from the last race to finish in fifth position having come up the field from row 6. Tiago Monteiro took sixth place, followed closely by Zanardi whose tyres suffered in the race, which greatly affected his pace. Another BMW driver in trouble was Jorg Muller, whose car had considerable damage at the front which resulted in him losing control and hitting Felix Porteiro who spun and lost positions.

Pierre-Yves Corthals failed to start in the second race, so victory for the Independents’ Trophy was a private affair between BMW drivers: Sergio Hernandez, Stefano D’Aste, Kristian Poulsen and Franz Engstler who finished in the order. Young Bulgarian George Tanev finished fifth, his best result so far.

The Championship will resume in Okayama, Japan, for rounds 19 and 20 on Osctober 26th.

RYDELL STRIPPED OF RACE 1 THIRD PLACE

The Stewards stripped Rickard Rydell of the third place he obtained in today’s first race. The Swedish driver was given a 30 second time penalty because he cut the first chicane on the last lap after colliding with Nicola Larini’s Chevrolet. Rydell slipped down from third to seventeenth. This decision promoted Andy Priaulx to third and Alessandro Zanardi to eighth and pole sitter on the top-eight reverse grid for the second race. The best BMW was Jorg Muller’s in fourth (1:56.086) and the best Chevrolet was Robert Huff’s in eighth (1:56.439).

Next Race

WTCC Race of Italy – Autodromo di Monza
4 / 5 October 2008

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Race 2 results
Monza: Seat Sport weekend summary 

Standings after Monza

Argentinian TC 2000 – Rio Hondo – 2008-09-21

Great race at Rio Hondo, Santiago del Estero, Argentina. Team Renault made its day with a 1-3 at the podium. Nice passes between drivers: Pechito López, Ledesma, Pernía, Fontana, Rossi, Buglioti, Basso, Ortelli, Silva. The race was won by Matías Rossi (Renault Mégane), 2nd. was Juan Manuel Silva (Honda New Civic), 3rd. Guillermo Ortelli (Renault Mégane), 4th. Marcelo Bugliotti (Chevrolet Astra), 5th. Martin Basso (Ford Focus). Pechito López (Honda New Civic) leads the championship.

TC 2000 2008 Standings

Argentinian TC-2000 – June 20/08

The young Pernia wins his first TC-2000 race in Córdoba, Argentina after leader Martin Basso breaks his Ford Focus’ motor. With some spectacular driving by these young drivers in one of the best Touring Car series in the world.