ETTC championship season 2005

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[kilson]

Alfa Romeo drivers' James Thompson and Augusto Farfus will start from the front row in tomorrow's opening FIA WTCC race at Oschersleben. The pair had finished 2nd and 3rd to BMW's Jorg Muller after a very tight qualifying session, but a suspended penalty for the German pilot sees him demoted 10 grid positions, moving the Alfa Romeo's pilot up to the front.



Of the other two Alfa Romeo Racing Team drivers' Gabriele Tarquini qualified in fifth place (he will move up a place to start 4th), while the in-form, title-chasing Fabrizio Giovanardi only set 12th fastest time (but will start from 11th), meaning that the former FIA ETCC Champion will be looking to position himself will in the opening race for take advantage of race two's reverse grid...




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Alfa Romeo stormed the qualifying session to claim both the front rows on tomorrow?s grid. Gabriele Tarquini will be on pole position with Thompson to join him at the front, then Augusto Farfus and Fabrizio Giovanardi will line up right behind. Immediately Thompson went to the top of the time sheet with a 2:05.128 lap - faster than any of the times posted in the practice sessions. After ten minutes however, it was Farfus? turn to occupy the top spot before, nine minutes later, Tarquini set a fantastic 2:04.525. It is incredibly close at the top as all the Alfas are within just half a second of each other. Behind the red pack there are two SEAT cars. Stéphane Ortelli achieved a time of 2:05.118 to take fifth place, while Peter Terting came through towards the end of the session to post the sixth best time. The fastest of the BMW drivers was Andy Priaulx who clocked the 7th quickest time on his penultimate lap. Behind the Briton sits another SEAT duo in the form of Jordi Gené and Rickard Rydell with 8th and 9th grid spots. Championship leader Dirk Müller posted the 10th fastest lap, while his team-mate Jörg, 14th fastest, had his times disallowed for not stopping at the weighing scales.
The bid to be the best independent was fought between Carl Rosenblad and Adriano De Micheli. During the session both drivers made it into the top ten but it was De Micheli of JAS Motorsport who was eventually quicker. With just 2 minutes remaining he completed a lap in a brilliant 2:05.644 making him 11th overall on the starting grid.
12th position went to Nicola Larini in his Chevrolet Lacetti and team-mate Alain Menu appeared to have made some progress as he was 15th overall. Rob Huff, the final Chevrolet driver did not take part in the session as mechanics were working to fix the flywheel of his car. Thomas Klenke failed to emulate the results he had in practice sessions and will start from 20th with Ford Hotfiel Sport team-mate in the position ahead. Tom Coronel will occupy the 24th spot, having been demoted due to an engine change, with only Jörg Müller behind him.


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Fabrizio GIOVANARDI ? 1st in Race 1 and 6th in Race 2
?Our car was great this weekend and we did a good job in qualifying which put us in a fantastic position. Starting from 8th on the grid in Race 2 is always difficult because you have so many cars to overtake. I tried to overtake Zanardi and did not see GarcĂ­a. The braking was very difficult with three cars entering the corner and I just touched Antonio (GarcĂ­a) but I think it was a normal race incident. The title fight is really getting exciting. Four points is not a lot.?
Gabriele TARQUINI ? 7th in Race 1 and 1st in Race 2
?Race 1 was very unlucky for me because if it were not for the tyre failure I could have scored more points and helped Giovanardi in his fight for the title. It was a shame but I am happy the same problem did not occur in Race 2. The circumstances were different because Farfus and I had a gap from the others so I was not fighting as hard as I was in race 1.?
James THOMPSON ? 2nd in Race 1 and 4th in Race 2
?It would have been such a fantastic result if we had managed a 1-2-3-4 in the first race; for the team and the championship. The car was brilliant in the second race after we made a few quick changes. I thought I could catch Alex (Zanardi) at the end but picked up a little vibration so decided to ease off slightly in order to avoid a puncture and finish the race.?
Augusto FARFUS ? 8th in Race 1 and 2nd in Race 2
?As a whole, this weekend was good for the team. It was unlucky what happened to me and Gabriele (Tarquini) in the last lap of Race 1 but starting on pole for Race 2 made it quite easy to manage and we did a good job.?
Alessandro ZANARDI ? 6th in Race 1 and 3rd in Race 2
?Today I was fortunate in Race 2 which got me on the podium again whereas my team-mate GarcĂ­a was not so lucky and I think he was fast enough to go out there and win the race.?
Andy PRIAULX ? 3rd in Race 1 and 9th in Race 2
?I may be in the lead for the Championship but I am a bit disappointed in general because Race 2 was disastrous for me. My balance hadn?t really felt right all weekend and so I asked the team to make a big change in between the races because I was desperate. It turned out to be the wrong decision.?
Carl ROSENBLAD ? 11th in Race 1 and 18th in Race 2
?I have led races five or six times this season so now I am happy and proud to get this win. We have struggled to pull everything together so far but today I feel as though I am in the positions I should be. I wanted a double victory but in Race 2 I broke my steering which was unlucky.?
Marc HENNERICI ? 13th in Race 1 and 11th in Race 2
?I?m so happy to have achieved a win because I had just one set of new tyres left at the start of Race 1 and I was involved in the crash with Larini and Jörg Müller. So when I lined up for Race 2 I didn?t think it would be possible to win. I was a lucky man today and am looking forward to the next races where I hope to secure the championship win.?


Alfe pobedile u obe trke

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[Sasha]

:cool :facts: :singer:

[Gost]

frka bruka, danas sam gledao malo... zlo...

[speedfreak968]

It's now official, Chief Executive Officer Antonio Baravalle has announced that Alfa Romeo will be withdrawing from the FIA World Touring Car Championship after the two Macau races, which round out this year's series, take place later this month. Baravalle - who was appointed as Alfa Romeo Brand & Commercial boss just over a month ago - told respected the Italian sporting daily newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport in an interview during the week that Alfa Romeo would not be taking part in the 2006 FIA-sanctioned World Touring Car Championship...

[kilson]

Jbga

[starac vujadin]

Ma bice 2007. samo da smisle kako da "smrsa" i da vide koji ce pogon da stave.

[Gost]

gledao sam na tv-u neki subaru su ispeskirali i ubacili u neku kadu sa nekom kiselinom pod naponom na nekih par sati... kiselina je pojela tanak sloj metala i auto je izgubio sve zajedno sa zastitom oko 80 kg...
pa i nije malo, to je jedna osoba...
valjda ce resiti taj problem....

[speedfreak968]

Ono bilo je kao 156-ica se vise ne proizvodi pa nema vise ni interesa u njenom eksponiranju na takmacenjima u klasi, pre svega sa BMW-om... Pa su onda hteli da ubace 147-icu, pa krenuli da pripremaju 159-ku i kada su videli da nema sanse da stignu na vreme sa razvojem oni odlucili da zabatele celu sezonu... Mnogo je bre brate 159-ka velika i teska za tu klasu... morace na zestoku dijetu... bas sam radoznao kako ce to da izgleda 2007. Naravno najvise bih voleo to da vdim vec 2006. ali ko mene pita...

[Gost]

Steta mogli su opusteno da nastave sa 156icom i rade paralelan razvoj sledeceg racing modela ako je u pitanju da se povlache zbog zastarelosti modela u sta cisto sumnjam...mislim da je po sredi nesto skroz drugo.

Ali dobro sta je tu je... video sam tamo da Lada ulazi u igru od sledece sezone tako da ce Bmw imati jaku konkurenciju

[starac vujadin]

Stednja! Ne moze da se gura fabricka 156-ica i da se paralelno razvija 159. Gasi se Autodelta, vec ce sve ubuduce da vodi Maserati Corse, objedinjavaju trkacke timove. Bice jakih privatnih 156-ica koje ipak mislim nece moci protiv BMW i Seata. I Citroen ce isto sledece godine da pauzira u reliju (Loeb ce da vozi privatnu Xsaru), a razvijace C4 wrc, iako bi izlgeda Xsara mogla da vlada jos nekoliko godina...

[speedfreak968]

Glavni motiv u auto sportu za kompanije je naravno, marketing... Zvanicni timovi, dakle imaju iskljucivu ulogu da promovisu doticni model... svaki dobar rezultat povlaci potencijalni porast prodaje... setite se samo pod kojim je sloganom svojevremeno reklamirana giulia junior i giulia GTA, ili u skorije vreme Xsara... stoga je prilicno logicno da u Alfi (Fiat-u) ne zele da reklamiraju nesto sto vise nemaju u ponudi... bacene pare... na nasu veliku zalost... Ali sam ubedjen da ce mnogi privatni timovi u raznim sampionatima jos neko vreme rado voziti 156-cu

[starac vujadin]

Sem kod nas.

[Gost]

pukli smo...

1 Andy Priaulx (GBR) 101
2 Dirk MĂĽller (GER) 86
3 Fabrizio Giovanardi (ITA) 81
4 Augusto Farfus jr. (BRA) 64
5 Jörg Müller (GER) 59


1 BMW 273
2 Alfa Romeo 236
3 Seat 183
4 Chevrolet 73
5 Ford 13

konacni plasman ovogodisnjeg prvenstva...
svaka cast Farfusu na pobedi u prvoj trci u Macau...

p.s. nemoj da je neko prokomentarisao nesto u vezi mene i BMW-a sad...

[starac vujadin]

Vec je predstavljena "trojka" za wtcc... Alfini vozaci ce uglavnom voziti za Seat sledece godine.
Losa je bila Alfa, tj. njeni vozaci u Macau, polupali su se bezveze. Jos je Larini pomogao Alfi tako sto je izgurao Muellera u drugoj trci. jadan Dirk, dve godine uzastopce gubi u poslednjoj trci titulu.

[speedfreak968]

pa nesto mi bas nije zao dirk-a... ali giovanardi... mislim stvarno.... no comment... ne bas lep ispis za 156-cu

@quadri
pa, dobro, eto bar se ti radujes... delimicno... ;-)

[speedfreak968]

OK... pocelo odbrojavanje... Ode nam Giovanardi, piiiip ga... Mislim da ove sezone bas i necemo biti narocito konkurentni... Ne samo zbog Giovanardi-ja nego zbog celokupne situacije oce kaki-nece kaki... Ali nikad se ne zna... Drzimo palceve...