2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship Thread

[EJ25RUN]

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2009 WTCC CALENDER


Round 1 & 2 8th March Curitiba Brazil

Weekend updates
1. Quailifing results (http://www.fiawtcc.com/html/uploadedFiles/pdf/200937232917.1.Qualifying_Q2.pdf)

I downloading now!

Race 1 and 2 are Sunday!


3 & 4 22nd March Puebla-Amozoc Mexico
5 & 6 3rd May Marrakech Morocco
7 & 8 17th May Pau France
9 & 10 31st May Valencia Spain
11 & 12 21st June Brno Czech Republic
13 & 14 5th July Porto Portugal
15 & 16 19th July Brands Hatch UK
17 & 18 6th September Oschersleben Germany
19 & 20 20th September Imola Italy
21 & 22 1st November Okayama Japan
23 & 24 22nd November Macau Macau

WTCC Drivers (http://www.fiawtcc.com/Drivers.asp)

SEAT Sport -SEAT León 2.0 TDI
#1 Yvan Muller
#2 Gabriele Tarquini TEAM:
#3 Rickard Rydell TEAM:
#4 Jordi Gené Guerrero
#5 Tiago Monteiro

BMW Team UK - BMW 320si
#6 Andy Priaulx

BMW Team Germany - BMW 320si
#7 Jörg Müller
#8 Augusto Farfus

BMW Team Italy-Spain - BMW 320si
#9 Alessandro Zanardi
#10 Sergio Hernández

Chevrolet - Chevrolet Cruze LT
#11 Robert Huff
#12 Alain Menu
#14 Nicola Larini


LADA Sport - LADA 110 2.0
#18 Jaap van Lagen
#19 Kirill Ladygin
#20 Viktor Shapovalov

SUNRED Engineering - SEAT León 2.0 TFSI
#21 Tom Coronel
#22 Tom Boardman

Scuderia Proteam Motorsport - BMW 320si
#23 Félix Porteiro
#24 George Tanev

Liqui Moly Team Engstler - BMW 320si
#25 Franz Engstler
#26 Kristian Poulsen

Wiechers-Sport - BMW 320si
#27 Stefano D'Aste

Čolak Racing Team Ingra - SEAT León 2.0 TFS
#28 Marin Čolak

[EJ25RUN]

Just finished watching qualifing. The 5 car Spanish Armada is still in effect even though the WTCC has moved to an F1 style knock out system.

BMW will have to get their teams to work together if they want to put up a fight this year. Andy Priuex will not win the title being on a one man team if he wont get tech help from Schnitzer and Roberto Ravalia's squad.

Chevy Cruze is pretty impressive its first time out. Sucks for Huff not getting into session 2.

[SampaGuy]

I watched qualifying on Eurosport! Those Lada's look pretty cool though they are not that fast. I was also impressed with the Curitiba circuit, looks like they actually take care of their grass unlike interlagos lol. I also never heard of this Farfus guy but seems like he's good.

They showed the coverage of the IRC in Brazil right after this, did you watch it?

J. Muller's 2008 car has been sitting outside on the sidewalk near the BMW museum for the last month or so, its pretty cool.

[Frög]

I have so much catching up to do.. I am just finishing up the 2008 Transsyberia Rally..

[EJ25RUN]

I watched qualifying on Eurosport! Those Lada's look pretty cool though they are not that fast. I was also impressed with the Curitiba circuit, looks like they actually take care of their grass unlike interlagos lol. I also never heard of this Farfus guy but seems like he's good.

They showed the coverage of the IRC in Brazil right after this, did you watch it?

J. Muller's 2008 car has been sitting outside on the sidewalk near the BMW museum for the last month or so, its pretty cool.

Man YOU KNOW i watched it. The IRC download was out 5 hours before the WTCC since i think WTCC qualifing was 5pm Brazilian time and IRC start their day early.

One of the Peugeot guys gave Ivan Muller a ride in a rally car. Ivan is a ten time Ice Racing campion and Dakar runner so he looked more relaxed than the driver. lol

The Day 2 Download came out about an hour ago so i'll watch that later.

A lot of guys are saying Farfus is one of the best out there and BMW's new factory man Hernedez is calling Farfus for this years championship. I doubt that with the blitz the Seat teams are running as it is a 5 car operation. (When's the last time you saw a 5 car team? lol) They work together so any wins from BMW will come from combined team teamwork.

The Ladas.....i was chearing for them last year even though Ladas are such crap street cars. Im thinking the new factory colors look wat better and are much more distinct. I think the Eurosport boys said the 110 will be replaced in Valencia by a new car.

[SampaGuy]

Race 2 just ended, much more interesting than race 1 (rain always helps!).

[EJ25RUN]

Race 2 just ended, much more interesting than race 1 (rain always helps!).

No spoilers yet....i got both downloading to watch after i finish this research paper... :(

[EJ25RUN]

Just got done watching race 1 and 2. When you said rain, i wasn't thinking mansoon like rain. Glad to see Taquini leave the weekend ahead with Muller. I pretty much chear for the BTCC verterans. So having Rydell, Muller, and Tarquini on the same squad is great.