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| WTCC: 24 FULL SEASON ENTRIES... | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Feb 21 2008, 04:45 PM (1,403 Views) | |
| John | Feb 21 2008, 04:45 PM Post #1 |
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The FIA unveiled today the full season entry list of the 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship. 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 Only 8 days to first practice.....
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| Red Andy | Feb 21 2008, 04:55 PM Post #2 |
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LADA? Fantastic! I shall be watching their progress with interest.... |
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| John | Feb 21 2008, 05:08 PM Post #3 |
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I understand that the old Lada 110 'Super Tourism' was a Wankel engined car... not sure about the new '21106' model![]() ![]() |
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| John | Feb 26 2008, 04:30 PM Post #4 |
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DELAYED START FOR N.TECHNOLOGY The N.technology team announced on Monday that they will not take part in the FIA World Touring Car Championship’s season-opener that will take place on the coming weekend in Curitiba, Brazil.The Italian team was due to make their maiden race with the Honda Accord Euro R Super 2000 car driven by the Briton James Thompson who classified third in the 2007 FIA WTCC. However, in spite of all the efforts done to be ready in time, the team have eventually decided to skip Curitiba and begin their season later on, in order to focus on the Japanese car's technical development. N.technology's decision means that twenty-one cars wil compete in the championship's first event of the year. |
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