2008 World Touring Car Championship

[Mehmet Arikan]

nice news ... but hey wrong car me drive seat lol

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

They will look shiney with that color. Too bad there is no istanbul on the calendar this year

 

[Christophe Berton]

LAUNCH OF LIQUI MOLY TEAM ENGSTLER

The Nueschwanstein castle was the charming background to the presentation of the Liqui Moly Team Engstler’s FIA WTCC programme, last weekend in Germany.

“It was a conscious choice, because for the whole team the launch of the WTCC programme was a fary tale that became true,” team manager Kurt Treml commented.
The team's plans to enter in the WTCC were meticulously built, step by step on the technology of the BMW 320si car, on the crew's motivation and know-how, on the experience and ambitions of the drivers Franz Engstler and Andrey Romanov, and on the enthusiastic support of the main sponsor Liqui Moly and the other partners.
“We must be very grateful to them, because without their support this dream could not have been realized,” Engstler said.

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[MrMystic]

Picture doesn't work? Anyhow, again some good news in the WTCC :happy: The more souls, the more joy !!

 

[Sébastien Degraeve]

SEAT PRESENT WTCC TEAM IN MADRID

Today at Madrid’s Zarzuela Hippodrome, SEAT presented their team for the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship.



"All five SEAT Sport drivers – Jordi Gené, Tiago Monteiro, Yvan Muller, Rickard Rydell and Gabriele Tarquini – attended the event and met representatives from the Spanish and the international press.

During the past WTCC season Muller arrived at the final meeting in Macau on equal point with the eventual champion Andy Priaulx. The Frenchman was leading the first race when a diesel pump failure swept away his dreams of securing the world title. Muller and SEAT were classified second in the Drivers' and Manufacturers' championship respectively.

“We want to have the number one in 2009 and therefore we have to win the title this year. We came close to succeed in 2007, so we know that we can do it and that is our goal,” SEAT Sport director Jaime Puig said."

(FIA WTCC).

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Eeeeks orange wheels

 

[James Johnson]

That Looks Yuck :shocked:

 

[Jim Cole]

I wonder if that means we will see orange wheels in Race 07 in a future patch, hehehe.

 

[Sébastien Degraeve]

 

[MrMystic]

LOL Seems like Seat is inspired by our own little team colour :happy:

 

[Christophe Berton]

TWENTY-FOUR FULL SEASON ENTRIES

24 drivers from 13 countries, representing five different car Manufacturers – BMW, Chevrolet, Honda, LADA and SEAT – have entered the championship's full season that will start next week with the WTCC HSBC Race of Brazil at Curitiba.
The latest addition was Russian Bears Motorsport who entered two LADA cars; the Russian team will join the championship from the third meeting in Valencia.
Among the newcomers are the reigning Turkish Touring Car champion Ibrahim Okyay and Andrey Romanov from Russia. Their presence marks the first ever competitors from Turkey and Russia to have committed to the full season of an FIA racing world championship.
The major line-up changes from last year were N.technology team and James Thompson switching from Alfa Romeo to Honda, and Rickard Rydell's return to SEAT Sport.
2008 FIA WTCC FULL SEASON ENTRY LIST
1 – BMW Team UK; Andy Priaulx (GBR); BMW 320si
2 – BMW Team Germany; Augusto Farfus (BRA) ; BMW 320si
3 – BMW Team Germany; Jörg Müller (GER); BMW 320si
4 – BMW Team Italy-Spain; Alessandro Zanardi (ITA); BMW 320si
5 – BMW Team Italy-Spain; Félix Porteiro (ESP); BMW 320si;
6 – Chevrolet; Nicola Larini (ITA); Chevrolet Lacetti
7 – Chevrolet; Robert Huff (GBR); Chevrolet Lacetti
8 – Chevrolet; Alain Menu (SUI); Chevrolet Lacetti
9 – SEAT Sport; Jordi Gené (ESP); SEAT León 2.0 TDI
10 – SEAT Sport; Rickard Rydell (SWE); SEAT León 2.0 TDI
11 – SEAT Sport; Gabriele Tarquini (ITA) ; SEAT León 2.0 TDI
12 – SEAT Sport; Yvan Muller (FRA) ; SEAT León 2.0 TDI
13 – Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport; Ibrahim Okyay (TUR); BMW 320si
15 – N.technology; James Thompson (GBR); Honda Accord Euro R
16 – Wiechers-Sport; Olivier Tielemans (NED); BMW 320si
18 – SEAT Sport; Tiago Monteiro (POR); SEAT León 2.0 TDI
20 – SUNRED Engineering Development; Tom Coronel (NED) ; SEAT León 2.0 TFSI
23 – Exagon Engineering; Pierre-Yves Corthals (BEL); SEAT León 2.0 TFSI
26 – Scuderia Proteam Motorsport; Stefano D'Aste (ITA); BMW 320si
28 – Russian Bears Motorsport; Viktor Shapovalov (RUS); LADA 110 2.0 *
29 – Russian Bears Motorsport; Jaap van Lagen (NED); LADA 110 2.0 *
31 – Scuderia Proteam Motorsport; Sergio Hernández (ESP); BMW 320si
42 – Liqui Moly Team Engstler ; Franz Engstler (GER); BMW 320si
43 – Liqui Moly Team Engstler ; Andrey Romanov (RUS); BMW 320si
* subject to the homologation of the car

i found some pic of the lade, this years become a funny year:tongue: lol

Cant w8 for race in ( maybe) race 08 with a lada. lol :crazy:

 

[Wido Rossen]

Well , dont be suprised if they finish in the points.
Dont forget that Russian bear motorsport has mutch experience in the RTCC.
I for one keep my eye`s on them.

http://www.roaring-pipes-maniacs.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5355

 

[Christophe Berton]

you have right.

I didnt know that Lade have done race experience.

I have mutch sypmatic of RBM, next year they race in the e46. It will become a great sesion with the new cars (honda and lade)

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

w00t!! Russian bears again But where is my hero Zelenov? I bet he doesnt want to drive in a Lada

 

[Wido Rossen]

AND another dutchman in the WTCC....Jaap van Lagen.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

With all respect, i have never heard of him.

 

[Wido Rossen]

You dont ever heard of jaap van lagen ????
He drove in the Porsche 997 cup and in a Audi R8 in the dubai 24 hours with Cor Euser.
Jaap van Lagen come`s from the V.A.R (( Frits ) Van Amersfoort racing ) accademy.

 

[Maik Peters]

Coool Lets get the show on the road

 

[Maik Peters]

mmmmzzz Those wheels...... and strange combo on the hood...

Repsol and yellow...

 

[Maik Peters]

They will look shiney with that color. Too bad there is no istanbul on the calendar this year

Indeed... Nice to have more different country etc in it... and to bad there is no istanbul on it. They would have don creat there I think...