World Touring Car Championship 2007
The 2007 World Touring Car Championship started on March 11th in Curitiba ( Brazil ) and ends on November 18th in Macau .
Teams and drivers
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Diesel vehicles
From the seventh round in Anderstorp, Sweden, 2 diesel- powered Seat Leon will also be involved in the championship, driven by Jordi Gené and Yvan Muller . When they first appeared, these cars were a little slower in qualifying than the "normal" Seats with petrol engines, although the diesel vehicles are 30 kg heavier. In the race itself they had no chance except for a sixth place for Muller in the first run. At the following race in Oschersleben, Saxony-Anhalt, Muller won the first of the two races, which is the first ever victory for a diesel-powered vehicle in an official world championship. In the second race, Gené was third, Muller fifth.
Results and ratings
calendar
date | run | route | Pole position | 1st place | place 2 | place 3 | |
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1 & 2 | March 11 | Brazil | Curitiba | Jörg Müller | Jörg Müller | Andy Priaulx | Augusto Farfus |
Augusto Farfus | Andy Priaulx | Jörg Müller | |||||
3 & 4 | May 6th | Netherlands | Zandvoort | Alain Menu | Alain Menu | Nicola Larini | Luca Rangoni |
Gabriele Tarquini | Augusto Farfus | Jörg Müller | |||||
5 & 6 | May 20th | Spain | Valencia | James Thompson | James Thompson | Nicola Larini | Yvan Muller |
James Thompson | Jörg Müller | Andy Priaulx | |||||
7 & 8 | 3rd of June | France | Pau | Alain Menu | Alain Menu | Yvan Muller | Tiago Monteiro |
Augusto Farfus | Andy Priaulx | Tiago Monteiro | |||||
9 & 10 | 17th of June | Czech Republic | Brno | Félix Porteiro | Félix Porteiro | Jörg Müller | Alessandro Zanardi |
Jörg Müller | Augusto Farfus | Félix Porteiro | |||||
11 & 12 | 8th of July | Portugal | postage | Alain Menu | Alain Menu | Robert Huff | Nicola Larini |
Andy Priaulx | Jörg Müller | Alain Menu | |||||
13 & 14 | 29th of July | Sweden | Anderstorp | Tiago Monteiro | Robert Huff | Tiago Monteiro | James Thompson |
Rickard Rydell | Nicola Larini | Alain Menu | |||||
15 & 16 | 26th of August | Germany | Oschersleben | Gabriele Tarquini | Yvan Muller | Gabriele Tarquini | James Thompson |
Augusto Farfus | Andy Priaulx | Jordi Gené | |||||
17 & 18 | September 23rd | Great Britain | Brands Hatch | Alain Menu | Alain Menu | James Thompson | Colin Turkington |
Andy Priaulx | Félix Porteiro | Robert Huff | |||||
19 & 20 | October 7th | Italy | Monza | Yvan Muller | Yvan Muller | Jordi Gene | James Thompson |
Jordi Gene | Nicola Larini | James Thompson | |||||
21 & 22 | November 18 | Macau | Macau | Alain Menu | Alain Menu | Gabriele Tarquini | Robert Huff |
Andy Priaulx | Nicola Larini | James Thompson |
Score
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Brands
Pl. | team | Points |
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1. | BMW | 237 |
2. | Seat | 227 |
3. | Chevrolet | 194 |
4th | Alfa Romeo | 111 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.motorsport-total.com/mehr/news/2007/07/SEAT_setzt_in_Anderstorp_auf_Diesel-Power_07071907.html
- ↑ http://www.motorsport-total.com/mehr/news/2007/07/Gen_Wir_haben_erst_am_Anfang_der_Entwick_07072801.html
- ↑ http://www.motorsport-total.com/mehr/news/2007/08/Muller_holt_historischen_ersten_Diesel-Sieg_07082604.html