WTCC - Round 12 Macau Circuito da Guia (MAC) 15-17 November 2013

[FIRE]

Lap distance : 6120 m
Race distance : 2 x 9 laps
Qualifying : 2:29.422 / 147.44 kph, Rob Huff (Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T), 16 Nov 2012
Race : 2:32.063 / 144.88 kph, Alain Menu (Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T), 16 Nov 2012
Source: www.fiawtcc.com

[FIRE]

Highlight of the season.

[Metzo]

lada should be strong here

[skells22]

just checked the number of cars and there are 34 of them but will we get all 34 to race 1? we find out who get pole on a friday not saturday unless there are mass delay and on this track that very high!

[FIRE]

Entrylist according www.touringcartimes.com:

Guia Race Of Macau Entry List
No – Driver – Nat – Team – Car
1 – Rob Huff – GBR – Münnich Motorsport – SEAT León WTCC
3 – Gabriele Tarquini – ITA – Castrol Honda Racing Team JAS – Honda Civic
5 – Norbert Michelisz – HUN – Zengõ Motorsport – Honda Civic Super 2000 TC
6 – Franz Engstler* – GER – Liqui Moly Team Engstler – BMW 320 TC
7 – Charles Ng* – HKG – Liqui Moly Team Engstler – BMW 320 TC
8 – Mikhail Kozlovskiy – RUS – LADA Sport Lukoil – Lada Granta Sport
9 – Alex MacDowall* – GBR – bamboo-engineering – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
10 – James Thompson – GBR – LADA Sport Lukoil – Lada Granta Sport
12 – Yvan Muller – FRA – RML – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
14 – James Nash* – GBR – bamboo-engineering – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
15 – Tom Coronel – NED – ROAL Motorsport – BMW 320 TC
18 – Tiago Monteiro – POR – Castrol Honda Racing Team JAS – Honda Civic
20 – Hugo Valente* – FRA – Campos Racing – SEAT León WTCC
22 – Tom Boardman* – GBR – Special Tuning Racing – SEAT León WTCC
23 – Tom Chilton – GBR – RML – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
25 – Mehdi Bennani* – MOR – Proteam Racing – BMW 320 TC
26 – Stefano D’Aste* – ITA – PB Racing – BMW 320 TC
33 – Yukinori Taniguchi*^ – JPN – Nika Racing – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
37 – René Münnich* – GER – Münnich Motorsport – SEAT León WTCC
38 – Marc Basseng – GER – Münnich Motorsport – SEAT León WTCC
55 – Darryl O’Young* – HKG – ROAL Motorsport – BMW 320 TC
60 – Filipe de Souza^* – MAC – China Dragon Racing – Chevrolet Cruze LT
61 – Ng Kin Veng^* – MAC – China Dragon Racing – Chevrolet Cruze LT
62 – Lam Kam San*^ – MAC – China Dragon Racing – Chevrolet Lacetti
63 – Célio Alves Dias*^ – MAC – China Dragon Racing – Chevrolet Lacetti
66 – Jerónimo Badaraco^* – MAC – Son Veng Racing – Chevrolet Cruze LT
70 – Jo Merszei*^ – MAC – Liqui Moly Team Engstler – BMW 320si
73 – Fredy Barth* – SUI – Wiechers-Sport – BMW 320 TC
74 – Pepe Oriola – SPN – Tuenti Racing Team – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
77 – Mak Ka Lok*^ – MAC – RPM Racing – BMW 320si
79 – Eurico De Jesus*^ – MAC – PAS Macau Racing Team – Honda Accord Euro-R
80 – Michael Soong*^ – MAC – Campos Racing – SEAT León WTCC
81 – Konstantins Calko* – LAT – Campos Racing – SEAT León WTCC
88 – Henry Ho*^ – MAC – Liqui Moly Team Engstler – BMW 320si
* Drivers eligible for the Yokohama Trophy
^ Drivers eligible for the Eurosport Asia Trophy

[Brock Beard]

If there's one thing I love in racing, it's a nice big field. This sounds awesome! Should be a heck of a show.

[Bramzel]

Unfortunately a big field in Macau usually also means large parts of the race behind the safetycar

[FIRE]

Huff fastest in first test session.

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2013/...sion-at-macau/

Originally Posted by Bramzel

Unfortunately a big field in Macau usually also means large parts of the race behind the safetycar

Yep

They should increase race length.

[skells22]

or a red flag for that matter if there a track blockage, still Muller got pole for Macau Sunday race 1 and if the cars get past race 1 without damage we have Tom Coronel on pole for the 2nd and final race of the season . now a whole day for the 3 cars that caused red flags to be fix ready for warn up

[peckstar]

should change the name to ATCC- amateur touring car championship

cant even obey a yellow flag

[Andrew Abbott]

Originally Posted by peckstar

should change the name to ATCC- amateur touring car championship

cant even obey a yellow flag

Time for a little more 'screening' on some of the Asian drivers? As Yvan said, they come in, only do one race per year, and don't obey the yellow flags.

All of the top, regular drivers (except, perhaps Engstler and Ng) managed to slow down.

[Rubio]

I hope that with new rules we won't see those 134 drivers from Macau anymore. They are just destroying the image of the championship! To go so fast under a safety car in Macau is very dangerous. Let them race on simulator instead. Do they really get some marketing benefits for the championship??? I doubt. What is the real sence of letting those amateurs race?? It's high time to give special licenses.

I don't think we should change the name of the championship. Just ban those unprofessionals for life from WTCC. Anyway, the regulars were really driving pretty good and professional (except Oriola, maybe) and there were some beatiful fights. Great job by Rob in a 9-year old SEAT.

All in all, Macau was great as was the whole season! Bring us 2014!!!

[somebodysb2]

All the Macanese drivers just signed up for Macau WTCC because they knew that their asses would get handed to them in the CTM cup. In doing so, they completely ****ed up half of the race.

A world class series like WTCC needs world class drivers, and a dangerous event like Macau needs a car count cap.

[cos]

Originally Posted by AndySpeed

Time for a little more 'screening' on some of the Asian drivers? As Yvan said, they come in, only do one race per year, and don't obey the yellow flags.

It was ridiculous and dangerous. Pretty sure the second shunt happened after the red flags had been deployed.

[porsche962fan]

for anyone to see must be one of the most farcial moments in WTCC history
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3XmeN1Tyj0

[Greem]

Holy cow.

[I Rosputnik]

Sigh...

That's why my recording ran out early... Someone seriously needs to refine the driving standards because they have been going down hill this year completely.

On the bright side I guess the old S2000 cars went out with a bang!

[thetool]

Hey Andy, still lauding the professionalism of the WTCC? :rof l::r ofl:

[Rubio]

Still, let's don't compare the driving standarts of the usual field and the field of Macanese/Chinese drivers. Though it's a problem of KSO's professionalism and standarts to let these people with no brain race in the world championship

Too bad that a lot of people now think that the whole WTCC series is pathetic... Because most fans won't care that the guys who caused the mess were guest drivers. KSO, you hear me????? Get rid of these so called "Asia Trophies bla-bla bla"

[Metzo]

Originally Posted by Rubio

Too bad that a lot of people now think that the whole WTCC series is pathetic... Because most fans won't care that the guys who caused the mess were guest drivers. KSO, you hear me????? Get rid of these so called "Asia Trophies bla-bla bla"

i agree with that

[keviiinn]

I always wondered why there were another 10 backmarkers who showed up at Macau. what purpose is there to have these guys taking up space at a track that's already very narrow?

[Asa]

The Macanese drivers get 500,000 patacas (about US$60,000) for finishing the race. So somehow even though five of them qualified outside the qualification maxima (107%) they still get WTCC to allow them to start the race.

Eurico de Jesus, one of those who failed the 107% qualification, was the one who hit Tom Chilton's slowing Chevrolet and started the train of events that led to the stoppage.

I suppose this is what is called "you reap what you sow".

[Bramzel]

Glad to see Coronel ended the season with a podium, I'm very curious about his 2014 plans, if he'll find the budget for another WTCC season. Sad to see the backmarkers messing up the show, lets hope KSO learns from this...

[TimRTC]

Originally Posted by Bramzel

Glad to see Coronel ended the season with a podium, I'm very curious about his 2014 plans, if he'll find the budget for another WTCC season. Sad to see the backmarkers messing up the show, lets hope KSO learns from this...

Yes probably that more people watched the clips of this race on Youtube than all the other WTCC rounds put together.

Mind goes back to the old Formula Ford Festival antics...

[keviiinn]

Tom Coronel and James Thompson were both screwed out of a 1-2 finish because of those backmarkers. feel terrible for both guys.

I love the WTCC and realize it has its faults, this being one of them. I hope the new regs means none or very few of these Super 2000 backmarkers next season.