[WTCC] Race 15 & 16 - Istanbul (TUR), 23/24 September 2006

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At 23/24 September the WTCC circus will move to the beautiful circuit of Istanbul. At least that's planned but because of an incident during the podium ceremony at the Turkish F1 GP the event is uncertain. At 19 September FIA will decide.

If the event gets the green light the live coverage of Eurosport starts at 13:00h and 14:14h CET. So don't forget to tune in 2 hours earlier! You have been warned!


Race results 2005
Pole position: Gabriele Tarquini (Alfa Romeo 156) 2:04.525

Top 3 race 1:
1. Fabrizio Giovanardi (Alfa Romeo 156)
2. James Thompson (Alfa Romeo 156)
3. Andy Priaulx (BMW 320i)

Top 3 race 2:
1. Gabriele Tarquini (Alfa Romeo 156)
2. Augusto Farfus jr. (Alfa Romeo 156)
3. Alessandro Zanardi (BMW 320i)

Standings after race 14
Drivers Championship
1 A. Priaulx 58
2 J. Thompson 49
3 A. Farfus Jr 46
4 Y. Muller 45
- J. Müller 45
6 D. Müller 44
7 R. Rydell 41
- G. Tarquini 41
9 P. Terting 33
10 J. Gené 32
11 G. Morbidelli 22
12 A. Menu 20
13 R. Huff 17
14 A. Zanardi 16
15 T. Coronel 11
16 S. Tavano 10
17 R. Sharp 6
18 A. Balzan 5
- N. Larini 5

Manufacturer Championship
1 BMW 170
2 SEAT 169
3 Alfa Romeo 117
4 Chevrolet 87

Yokohama Independent Trophy
1 T. Coronel 106
2 R. Sharp 75
3 L. Rangoni 56
4 S. D'Aste 55
5 D. Romanini 34
- M. Ceresoli 34
7 P. Corthals 33
8 A. Balzan 25
9 E. O'Brien 17
10 R. Colciago 14
11 S. Iacone 13
12 R. Romagnoli 11
13 V. Radermecker 10
- J. Edman 10
15 L. Molo 5
- O. Hidalgo 5
17 E. Naspetti 4
18 R. Bastuck 3
19 D. Roda 2
- S. Valli 2
- J. Janák 2
- P. Geipel 2
23 J. Vonka 1

Yokohama Team Trophy
1 GR Asia 140
2 Proteam Motorsport 110
3 JAS Motorsport 108
4 Wiechers-Sport 57
5 DB Motorsport 25
6 SEAT Sport Italia 16
7 Zerocinque Motorsport 15
8 Maurer Motorsport 13
9 Scuderia La Torre 11
10 Peugeot Sport Denmark 10
11 Equipo TekProm 5
12 GDL Racing 4
13 Ceskoslovensky Motorsport 2
- TFS Yaco Racing 2

Total handicap weights
Andy Priaulx (BMW 320si) +80 kg
Jörg Müller (BMW 320si) +70 kg
Augusto Farfus (Alfa Romeo 156) +60 kg
Dirk Müller (BMW 320si) +55 kg
Yvan Muller (SEAT León) +50 kg
James Thompson (SEAT León) +50 kg
Gianni Morbidelli (Alfa Romeo 156) +40 kg
Rickard Rydell (SEAT León) +20 kg
Gabriele Tarquini (SEAT León) +20 kg
Peter Terting (SEAT León) +15 kg
Salvatore Tavano (Alfa Romeo 156) +15 kg
Jordi Gené (SEAT León) +15 kg
Alain Menu (Chevrolet Lacetti) +10 kg
Tom Coronel (SEAT León) +5 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
#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
#19 Maurizio Ceresoli (ITA)* - GR Asia - SEAT León
#20 Tom Coronel (NED)* - GR Asia (SEAT Team Holland) - SEAT León
#24 Ryan Sharp (GBR)* - JAS Motorsport - Honda Accord Euro R
#23 Pierre-Yves Corthals (BEL)* - JAS Motorsport - Honda Accord Euro R
#30 Luca Rangoni (ITA)* - Proteam Motorsport - BMW 320si
#31 Stefano D´Aste (ITA)* - Proteam Motorsport - BMW 320i
#34 Diego Romanini (ITA)* - Wiechers Sport - BMW 320i
#41 Duncan Huisman (NED) - ROAL Motorsport (BMW Team Italy-Spain) - BMW 320si
#42 Jörg Müller (GER) - Schnitzer Motorsport (BMW Team Germany) - BMW 320si
#43 Dirk Müller (GER) - Schnitzer Motorsport (BMW Team Germany) - BMW 320si
* drivers eligible for the Yokohama Independents' Trophy

Eurosport schedule
Saturday 23 September
12:30h CET, Eurosport 1, Istanbul Qualifying Round (45 min, LIVE)
16:15h CET, Eurosport 2, Istanbul Qualifying Round (30 min)

Sunday 24 September
07:45h CET, Eurosport 1 - Istanbul Warm-Up (45 min, LIVE)
13:00h CET, Eurosport 1 - Istanbul Race 1 (60 min, LIVE)
14:15h CET, Eurosport 1 - Istanbul Race 2 (45 min, LIVE)
18:00h CET, Eurosport 2 - Istanbul Race 2 (60 min)

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