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8 Oct 2006, 15:11 (Ref:1731981) | #1 | |
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[WTCC] Race 19 & 20 - Macau (MAC), 17/19 November 2006
Nine drivers with a title shot at Macau. How cool is that?
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http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...206230&FS=WTCC 2005 Race 1: http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...206338&FS=WTCC 2005 Race 2: http://www.motorsport.com/news/artic...206342&FS=WTCC Macau is not the best circuit to be a title decider. It's a difficult circuit. One small mistake can mean a DNF. Also at the first lap there's a big chance of crashes (remember last year). So at the moment I pick Priaulx or Farfus. |
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I am thinking Priaulx also. He is very strong at Macau and he kept a real calm head last year.
But I remember Jorg Muller ran well in the Macau support races in 2004. I doubt Farfus will keep a cool head. So for me, it's one of the two aforementioned BMW drivers. |
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That Alfa's going to be very quick on the Macau home straight, ballasted or not. Hope Farfus doesn't win it though, that'd be a travesty.
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Priaulx is not only a quick driver but also cool in the head. Don't know if it's luck or something else but he manages to score almost every race points.
If Farfus becomes champion I will have mixed feelings. His 2nd part of the season was very good but still I have the feeling SEAT or BMW deserve it more. The fact I do not really like him is probably one of the reasons. |
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So let us all pray that Farfus won't be champion
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Will enter BMW an extra car at Macau? Last year Schnitzer entered an extra car under the RBM banner (Duncan Huisman).
@Martin Haven. Is Eurosport having a WTCC night like last year? Last edited by FIRE; 8 Oct 2006 at 16:37. |
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Re: another BMW for RBM at Macau...made sense last year to ensure a BMW victory. Same would be a good plan, however, they'd need to have a 'Macau' driver to make it worthwhile. Since they've already got Huisman - unless they get Harrison or Couto, it's probably not worth it.
As for today's race...I'd expect penalties to be coming D Muller & Menu's way for the post race incident - possibly more Menu? But I only saw it once. |
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It will be a real showdown in Macau (to be honest, I'm in doubt if this is the right track for a season's final). August Farfus has won one of the races there in 2005 and he has all the abilities to do so in 2006. Forza Augusto!
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Naughty Menu has been given a 10 place grid penalty at Macau for his antics on the slowing down lap. Priaulx and Zanardi have also picked up suspended penalties, the former for the startline incident and the latter for being fast under yellow flags.
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Yet another factory SEAT, as if 6 wasn't enough
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[WTCC] Race 19 & 20 - Macau (MAC), 17/19 November 2006
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In de Yokohama Independents Trophy double points this event. So 20 instead of 10, 16 instead of 8, etcetera. Race results 2005 Pole position: Andy Priaulx (BMW 320i) 2:31.712 Top 3 race 1: 1. Augusto Farfus jr. (Alfa Romeo 156) 2. Andy Priaulx (BMW 320i) 3. Rickard Rydell (SEAT León) Top 3 race 2: 1. Duncan Huisman (BMW 320i) 2. Andy Priaulx (BMW 320i) 3. Augusto Farfus jr. (Alfa Romeo 156) Standings after race 18 Drivers Championship 1 A. Farfus Jr 60 2 A. Priaulx 59 - J. Müller 59 4 G. Tarquini 57 5 R. Rydell 54 6 D. Müller 53 7 J. Thompson 49 8 Y. Muller 48 - P. Terting 48 10 J. Gené 36 11 A. Zanardi 26 12 N. Larini 24 13 G. Morbidelli 22 14 A. Menu 21 15 R. Huff 20 16 S. Tavano 15 17 L. Rangoni 14 - D. Huisman 14 19 T. Coronel 12 20 R. Sharp 6 21 A. Balzan 5 Manufacturer Championship 1 BMW 221 2 SEAT 211 3 Alfa Romeo 147 4 Chevrolet 122 Yokohama Independent Trophy 1 T. Coronel 138 [CHAMPION] 2 L. Rangoni 80 3 S. D'Aste 77 4 R. Sharp 75 5 P. Corthals 57 6 M. Ceresoli 53 7 D. Romanini 45 8 A. Balzan 25 9 V. Radermecker 20 10 E. O'Brien 17 11 R. Colciago 14 12 S. Iacone 13 13 R. Romagnoli 11 14 J. Edman 10 15 I. Okyay 9 16 L. Molo 5 - O. Hidalgo 5 18 E. Naspetti 4 19 R. Bastuck 3 20 D. Roda 2 - M. De Villota 2 - P. Geipel 2 - S. Valli 2 - J. Janák 2 25 J. Vonka 1 Yokohama Team Trophy 1 GR Asia 1 2 Proteam Motorsport 1 3 JAS Motorsport 1 4 Wiechers-Sport 6 5 DB Motorsport 2 - Maurer Motorsport 2 7 SEAT Sport Italia 1 8 Zerocinque Motorsport 1 9 Scuderia La Torre 1 10 Peugeot Sport Denmark 1 11 Kosifler Motorsport 9 12 Equipo TekProm 5 13 GDL Racing 4 14 Ceskoslovensky Motorsport 2 - TFS - Yaco Racing 2 Total handicap weights A. Farfus (Alfa Romeo 156) +80 kg J. Müller (BMW 320si) +75 kg G. Tarquini (SEAT León) +45 kg A. Priaulx (BMW 320si) +45 kg L. Rangoni (BMW 320si) + 45 kg R. Rydell (SEAT León) +35 kg D. Müller (BMW 320si) +35 kg P. Terting (SEAT León) +30 kg J. Thompson (SEAT León) +20 kg Y. Muller (SEAT León) +20 kg N. Larini (Chevrolet Lacetti) +20 kg A. Couto (SEAT León) +20 kg J. Magnussen (BMW 320si) +20 kg J. Gené (SEAT León) +15 kg A. Zanardi (BMW 320si) +10 kg R. Huff (Chevrolet Lacetti) +10 kg A. Menu (Chevrolet Lacetti) +10 kg G. Morbidelli (Alfa Romeo 156) +10 kg S. Tavano (Alfa Romeo 156) +5 kg T. Coronel (SEAT León) +5 kg D. Huisman (BMW 320si) +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 #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 #?? André Couto (MAC) - SEAT Sport - SEAT León #?? Jan Magnussen (DEN) - Racing Bart Mampaey - BMW 320si * drivers eligible for the Yokohama Independents' Trophy |
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Already mentioned at the end of the Valencia thread but just to keep all the Macau news together...
Menu will drop 10 places on the grid due to the incident at Valencia. Zanardi and Priaulx have a similar penalty but suspended. It will only be applied if they do something wrong in free practice/qualifying. |
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Ten-Tenths Predictions Competition
Enter Here Previous Ten-Tenths WTCC 2006 topics Race 1 & 2 - Monza (ITA), 1/2 April 2006 Race 3 & 4 - Magny Cours (FRA), 29/30 April 2006 Race 5 & 6 - Brands Hatch (GBR), 20/21 May 2006 Race 7 & 8 - Oschersleben (GER), 3/4 June 2006 Race 9 & 10 - Curitiba (BRA), 1/2 July 2006 Race 11 & 12 - Puebla (MEX), 29/30 July 2006 Race 13 & 14 - Brno (CZE), 2/3 September 2006 Race 15 & 16 - Istanbul (TUR), 23/24 September 2006 Race 17 & 18 - Valencia (ESP), 7/8 October 2006 |
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Who is paying the Magnussen´s adventure? BMW Denmark?
A big new Couto signing up with SEAT, a fantastic driver to score points for manufacturers championship and to protect Tarquini and Rydell. Last edited by E46; 11 Oct 2006 at 22:15. |
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So, after waiting 20 minutes for him to come out of the back of the garage, Matski asks "Are you going to get Jacques' seat then?" Robert replies "ha ha, I don't know!", signs Matksi's cap, and retreats to his motorhome. |
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.. or BMW Team Austria
Dieter Quester and Nikki Lauda (a.k.a. BMW Team "Experience over Youth") or... how's about giving Ravaglia his own car to drive, and then inviting Johnny Cecotto along as well... How about BMW team Canada... and give Villeneuve one last drive in a BMW okay now I'm just being silly |
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Woo-hoo. 6 BMW's...
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The source regarding Macau & Magnussen is SportAutoMoto.
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