Having run their diesel engine in three of their cars towards the end of 2007, SEAT Sport entered five cars powered by their TDI engine for 2008 as they looked to challenge BMW.[1]
Fellow BMW driver Jörg Müller topped the first free practice session on Saturday morning which took place on a drying track.[3]
SUNRED Engineering's Tom Coronel was quickest in the second practice session, just 0.002 seconds quicker than the BMW of Farfus.[4]
Qualifying
Yvan Muller led a SEAT front row with Rickard Rydell second. Farfus was third for BMW having had two of his fast laps interrupted, the first when the red flags came out for Chevrolet's Alain Menu who crashed at the final corner and the second time when he had to avoid a spinning Jörg Müller. Tarquini had the engine in his car changed prior to qualifying and ended the session fourth fastest while Nicola Larini was the best of the Chevrolets in fifth. His teammate Robert Huff was caught out by the red flag and started eighth for race one. Jordi Gené was ninth having suffered brake problems and Coronel behind him was the best–placed petrol–powered SEAT. Exagon Engineering's Pierre-Yves Corthals was the independents' pole sitter in 15th.[5]
Menu escaped without injury from accident but was transferred to hospital shortly after for precautionary scans.[6] He was later cleared to race having qualified 11th.
Warm-Up
Farfus led a BMW 1–2–3 in the Sunday morning warm–up session, pole sitter Yvan Muller was ninth.[7]
Race One
Yvan Muller held first place at the start ahead of Rydell, Tarquini ran first in the early stages of the race before being passed by Farfus. Farfus was closing in second–placed Rydell but was unable to make a move having had to defend from teammate Jörg Müller on the last lap. Andy Priaulx had started 12th and climbed up the order to finish 5th, passing Tarquini and Gené in the final laps. Yvan Muller and Rydell successfully converted their front row starts into a SEAT 1–2, Coronel finished eighth to take pole position for race two. Corthals was the victor in the independents' trophy.[8]
Gené and Corthals were both later given 30–second penalties after the race for driving infringements, Corthals' penalty handed victory in the independents' trophy to Olivier Tielemans.[9] It was also discovered that the BMW of Farfus did not comply with the technical regulations and he was excluded from the race.[10]
Race Two
Coronel started on pole position, a bad start saw him drop well down the order. Porteiro assumed the lead which was then taken by Tarquini further around the first lap. On lap nine a charging Priaulx passed Félix Porteiro to take second place on lap nine and by the end of the race was on the tail of Tarquini. Tarquini finished first to take the second win of the weekend for SEAT, Priaulx was second and Porteiro third. Jörg Müller ended up fourth ahead of Yvan Muller after an intense battle between the pair. Coronel ended up outside the points in ninth. Tielemans was the independents' victor again.[11]
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The 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil was the opening round of the 2008 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of Brazil It took place on 2 March at the Autodromo Internacional de Curitiba in Pinhais Brazil 2008 FIA WTCC Race of BrazilRace detailsRound 1 of 12 in the 2008 World Touring Car Championship at Autodromo Internacional de Curitiba in Pinhais Brazil Date2 March 2008LocationPinhais BrazilCourseAutodromo Internacional de Curitiba3 695 kilometres 2 296 mi Race OneLaps16Pole positionDriverYvan MullerSEAT SportTime1 24 295PodiumFirstYvan MullerSEAT SportSecondRickard RydellSEAT SportThirdJorg MullerBMW Team GermanyFastest LapDriverAndy PriaulxBMW Team UKTime1 25 100Race TwoLaps14PodiumFirstGabriele TarquiniSEAT SportSecondAndy PriaulxBMW Team UKThirdFelix PorteiroBMW Team Italy SpainFastest LapDriverAugusto FarfusBMW Team GermanyTime1 24 959Both races were won by SEAT Sport with Yvan Muller winning race one and Gabriele Tarquini winning race two Contents 1 Background 2 Report 2 1 Testing and free practice 2 2 Qualifying 2 3 Warm Up 2 4 Race One 2 5 Race Two 3 Results 3 1 Qualifying 3 2 Race 1 3 3 Race 2 4 Standings after the event 5 References 6 External linksBackground EditHaving run their diesel engine in three of their cars towards the end of 2007 SEAT Sport entered five cars powered by their TDI engine for 2008 as they looked to challenge BMW 1 Report EditTesting and free practice Edit Augusto Farfus was quickest in the Friday test session Sergio Hernandez in 14th was the best placed independent driver 2 Fellow BMW driver Jorg Muller topped the first free practice session on Saturday morning which took place on a drying track 3 SUNRED Engineering s Tom Coronel was quickest in the second practice session just 0 002 seconds quicker than the BMW of Farfus 4 Qualifying Edit Yvan Muller led a SEAT front row with Rickard Rydell second Farfus was third for BMW having had two of his fast laps interrupted the first when the red flags came out for Chevrolet s Alain Menu who crashed at the final corner and the second time when he had to avoid a spinning Jorg Muller Tarquini had the engine in his car changed prior to qualifying and ended the session fourth fastest while Nicola Larini was the best of the Chevrolets in fifth His teammate Robert Huff was caught out by the red flag and started eighth for race one Jordi Gene was ninth having suffered brake problems and Coronel behind him was the best placed petrol powered SEAT Exagon Engineering s Pierre Yves Corthals was the independents pole sitter in 15th 5 Menu escaped without injury from accident but was transferred to hospital shortly after for precautionary scans 6 He was later cleared to race having qualified 11th Warm Up Edit Farfus led a BMW 1 2 3 in the Sunday morning warm up session pole sitter Yvan Muller was ninth 7 Race One Edit Yvan Muller held first place at the start ahead of Rydell Tarquini ran first in the early stages of the race before being passed by Farfus Farfus was closing in second placed Rydell but was unable to make a move having had to defend from teammate Jorg Muller on the last lap Andy Priaulx had started 12th and climbed up the order to finish 5th passing Tarquini and Gene in the final laps Yvan Muller and Rydell successfully converted their front row starts into a SEAT 1 2 Coronel finished eighth to take pole position for race two Corthals was the victor in the independents trophy 8 Gene and Corthals were both later given 30 second penalties after the race for driving infringements Corthals penalty handed victory in the independents trophy to Olivier Tielemans 9 It was also discovered that the BMW of Farfus did not comply with the technical regulations and he was excluded from the race 10 Race Two Edit Coronel started on pole position a bad start saw him drop well down the order Porteiro assumed the lead which was then taken by Tarquini further around the first lap On lap nine a charging Priaulx passed Felix Porteiro to take second place on lap nine and by the end of the race was on the tail of Tarquini Tarquini finished first to take the second win of the weekend for SEAT Priaulx was second and Porteiro third Jorg Muller ended up fourth ahead of Yvan Muller after an intense battle between the pair Coronel ended up outside the points in ninth Tielemans was the independents victor again 11 Results EditQualifying Edit Pos No Name Team Car C Time1 12 Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT Leon TDI 1 24 2952 10 Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT Leon TDI 1 24 4043 3 Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1 24 4824 11 Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT Leon TDI 1 24 5275 6 Nicola Larini Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 1 24 5796 2 Jorg Muller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1 24 6597 18 Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT Leon TDI 1 24 7308 7 Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 1 24 7389 9 Jordi Gene SEAT Sport SEAT Leon TDI 1 24 78510 20 Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leon TFSI 1 24 98711 8 Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 1 24 99312 1 Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 1 25 04613 5 Felix Porteiro BMW Team Italy Spain BMW 320si 1 25 16614 4 Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy Spain BMW 320si 1 25 17515 23 Pierre Yves Corthals Exagon Engineering SEAT Leon TFSI Y 1 25 36316 31 Sergio Hernandez Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 1 25 72117 26 Stefano D Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 1 25 80618 16 Olivier Tielemans Wiechers Sport BMW 320si Y 1 26 00319 42 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 1 26 43720 43 Andrey Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 1 27 81321 13 Ibrahim Okyay Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW 320si Y 1 28 412Race 1 Edit Pos No Name Team Car C Laps Time Retired Grid Points1 12 Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT Leon TDI 16 23 47 024 1 102 10 Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT Leon TDI 16 0 763 2 83 2 Jorg Muller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 16 1 512 6 64 1 Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 16 6 747 12 55 11 Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT Leon TDI 16 8 247 4 46 5 Felix Porteiro BMW Team Italy Spain BMW 320si 16 15 564 13 37 20 Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leon TFSI 16 16 334 10 28 16 Olivier Tielemans Wiechers Sport BMW 320si Y 16 22 871 18 19 26 Stefano D Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 16 25 886 1710 42 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 16 30 859 1911 9 Jordi Gene SEAT Sport SEAT Leon TDI 16 38 170 912 43 Andrey Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 16 46 658 2013 23 Pierre Yves Corthals Exagon Engineering SEAT Leon TFSI Y 16 48 035 1514 31 Sergio Hernandez Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 15 1 Lap 1615 4 Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy Spain BMW 320si 15 1 Lap 1416 13 Ibrahim Okyay Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW 320si Y 15 1 Lap 2117 18 Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT Leon TDI 13 3 Laps 7Ret 7 Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 7 Race incident 8Ret 6 Nicola Larini Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 2 Race incident 3Ret 8 Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 2 Race incident 11DSQ 3 Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 16 Disqualified 3Bold denotes Fastest lap Race 2 Edit Pos No Name Team Car C Laps Time Retired Grid Points1 11 Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT Leon TDI 14 20 06 577 4 102 1 Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 14 0 327 5 83 5 Felix Porteiro BMW Team Italy Spain BMW 320si 14 1 202 3 64 2 Jorg Muller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 14 1 745 6 55 12 Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT Leon TDI 14 5 045 8 46 3 Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 14 5 360 21 37 10 Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport Seat Leon TDI 14 6 306 7 28 9 Jordi Gene SEAT Sport SEAT Leon TDI 14 7 637 11 19 20 Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT Leon TFSI 14 13 536 210 8 Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 14 17 262 1011 4 Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy Spain BMW 320si 14 17 693 1512 6 Nicola Larini Chevrolet RML BMW 320si 14 17 901 1913 18 Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT Leon TDI 14 18 597 1714 16 Olivier Tielemans Wiechers Sport BMW 320si Y 14 18 822 115 31 Sergio Hernandez Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 14 19 242 1416 26 Stefano D Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y 14 20 272 917 42 Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 14 21 476 1018 23 Pierre Yves Corthals Exagon Engineering SEAT Leon TFSI Y 14 24 299 1319 23 Andrey Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y 14 41 445 1220 13 Ibrahim Okyay Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW 320si Y 13 1 Lap 16Ret 7 Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 1 Race incident 18Bold denotes Fastest lap Standings after the event EditDrivers Championship standingsPos Driver Points1 Yvan Muller 142 Gabriele Tarquini 143 Andy Priaulx 134 Jorg Muller 115 Rickard Rydell 10 Yokohama Independents Trophy standingsPos Driver Points1 Olivier Tielemans 202 Stefano D Aste 143 Franz Engstler 114 Sergio Hernandez 115 Andrey Romanov 8 Manufacturers Championship standingsPos Manufacturer Points1 SEAT 332 BMW 253 Chevrolet 7 Note Only the top five positions are included for both sets of drivers standings References Edit SEAT confirms 08 line up Crash net Crash Media Group 6 December 2007 Retrieved 6 September 2013 Peters Ed 29 February 2008 Farfus sets a new record at Curitiba TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Retrieved 1 September 2013 Peters Ed 1 March 2008 Muller quickest in first practice TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Retrieved 1 September 2013 Straw Edd 1 March 2008 Coronel fastest in final practice Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 1 September 2013 Straw Edd 1 March 2008 Y Muller leads all SEAT front row Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 3 September 2013 Peters Ed 2 March 2008 Menu transferred to hospital TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Retrieved 3 September 2013 Meissner Johan 2 March 2008 BMW dominates Curitiba Warm Up TouringCarTimes Mediaempire Stockholm AB Retrieved 1 September 2013 Straw Edd 2 March 2008 Yvan Muller wins the season opener Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 4 September 2013 Straw Edd 2 March 2008 Gene and Corthals penalised Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 4 September 2013 Wright David 3 March 2008 Farfus excluded from race one Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 4 September 2013 Straw Edd 2 March 2008 Tarquini beats BMWs to race two win Autosport Haymarket Publications Retrieved 6 September 2013 External links EditWorld Touring Car Championship official websiteWorld Touring Car ChampionshipPrevious race 2007 Guia Race of Macau 2008 World Touring Car Championship season Next race 2008 FIA WTCC Race of MexicoPrevious race 2007 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil FIA WTCC Race of Brazil Next race 2009 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil amp oldid 1096025886, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
