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MAXIMUM HANDICAP FOR PRIAULX AND FARFUS
Topic Started: Jun 10 2007, 12:05 AM (319 Views)
John
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For the first time in the current season two drivers will carry the maximum handicap weight. Andy Priaulx and Augusto Farfus – first and second in the championship after Round 7&8 in Pau, France –

Both drivers will have 60 extra kilos on board their BMW cars at Brno next weekend, while Jörg Müller BMW other workd driver – who remained scoreless in France – will be on 45 Kg.

A total of 14 drivers are on ballast, including newcomer Philip Geipel.

60 kg Andy Priaulx

60 Kg Augusto Farfus

45 kg Jörg Müller


40 kg Yvan Muller

35 kg Nicola Larini

30 kg Tiago Monteiro

25 kg Gabriele Tarquini

25 Kg James Thompson

20 kg Alain Menu

15 kg Luca Rangoni

15 kg Jordi Gené

10 kg Robert Huff

10 Kg Philip Geipel

5 kg Félix Porteiro
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JJB-Ferrari
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you just hate this don'tcha John! Maybe they'll think of new handicaps such as blinfolds for the previous race winner, fastest cars only allowed to race on 3 wheels, if you do 3 consecutive fastest laps you have to do the 4th race in reverse
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John
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The rules apply to everyone so that is not my beef... but I fail to see why a manufacturer would go the extra metre to build the best car they can as they can win races and even championships with an average car...

This season the max. weight penalties are less I understand so BMW real time performance is reflected in the standings but I still do not like it...
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ppparkinson9
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It's the way the WTCC is. There is only one credible rival to BMW and that's a factory Alfa Romeo, they aren't playing so to keep SEAT and Chevy sweet, BMW have to be slowed down. Certainly it would be pure if BMW won every race, but you can bet the series would collapse inside a season.

The real mystery is why BMW won't race their direct competitors Audi and Mercedes in the DTM, they are hardly fighting for sales with Chevrolet/Daewoo and SEAT in the market.
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John
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Personally... I think BMW see DTM as a characture of a road car... while they see WTCC as being more relevant to the cars they sell, they use road engines and standard gearboxes etc... DTM is about as relevant to road cars as Nascar's... IMO.


I accept that WTCC run the system they do... I just don't like it... I love F1 and would hate for such a system to be introduced... but I wonder if the FIA are happy for teams to be left to design the best they can in F1 without penalties... why not also in WTCC.
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Morpun94
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because F1 is watched by millions, and WTCC by only thousands?
The system sucks, but its the best way to keep it competative, as BM would walk it otherwise. They still will anyway mind.
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John
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MAXIMUM BALLAST FOR FARFUS AND MÜLLER..... AGAIN <unsure>


For the second event running championship leader Augusto Farfus has to race with the maximum ballast onboard. He is joined on 60 kg by team-mate Jörg Müller, while Andy Priaulx lost 5 kilos following Brno.

A total of 15 drivers are on ballast, including newcomer Luís Pedro Magalhães.

60 kg Augusto Farfus

60 kg Jörg Müller

55 kg Andy Priaulx


50 kg Yvan Muller

50 kg Nicola Larini

35 kg Gabriele Tarquini

30 kg Félix Porteiro

30 kg James Thompson

20 kg Tiago Monteiro

10 kg Alessandro Zanardi

10 kg Alain Menu

10 kg Luís Pedro Magalhães

5 kg Luca Rangoni

5 kg Jordi Gené

5 kg Robert Huff

<think>
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