FIA WTCC NEWSLETTER # 14 – 12 May 2006
70 KILOS OF BALLAST FOR ANDY PRIAULX
For his home event, at Brands Hatch, Andy Priaulx will be
carrying the heaviest handicap weight of the field onboard
his BMW Team UK car.
The reigning World Champion who is currently leading the
Drivers’ classification after winning Race 2 in Magny-Cours,
has been given 70 extra kilos as a consequence of the results
obtained in the previous meetings and the championship points
he scored.
Priaulx started the season in Monza with the automatic 20-kg
ballast imposed to all the competitors; 20 were added after
the first race meeting and 30 after the second, for a total
of 70 kg. Although the maximum handicap weight applicable
for results in the previous meetings is limited to 60 kg,
Priaulx must add on top of this the 10 kg due to the points
he has scored in the championship so far.
Yvan Muller has lost 20 kg after Magny-Cours, while Jörg
Müller has joined the handicap list with 45 kg after
two second positions in France. Eight cars will have extra
weight onboard.
Driver - handicap for results in the previous meetings
- handicap for the championship points - total handicap
Andy Priaulx 40 kg + 30 kg = 60 kg * 10 kg 70 kg
Jörg Müller 0 kg + 40 kg = 40 kg 5 kg 45 kg
Yvan Muller 60 kg – 20 kg = 40 kg 5 kg 45 kg
Dirk Müller 10 kg + 20 kg = 30 kg 5 kg 35 kg
Gabriele Tarquini 30 kg + 0 kg = 30 kg 5 kg 35 kg
Augusto Farfus 50 kg – 20 kg = 30 kg 5 kg 35 kg
Jordi Gené 0 kg + 20 kg = 20 kg 5 kg 25 kg
James Thompson 20 kg – 5 kg = 15 kg 5 kg 20 kg
* maximum handicap applicable
CHEVROLET LOOK FORWARD TO HOME EVENT The
Chevrolet team and drivers are keen to play a home match in
Brands Hatch, especially with Rob Huff and Alain Menu having
raced and won there before. Brands Hatch was the track were
Huff scored his first ever touring car win, in the 2004 BTCC.
“I’ll probably remember it forever,” he
said. “The safety car pulls off the track with only
one lap to go and I’m fourth. Two guys in front of me
take each other off and I’m second behind Yvan Muller.
He opens the door just a bit in Druids, I sneak through and
win.”
The whole team knows the track very well. “We tested
here in winter, albeit on the shorter Indy course,”
Team Manager, Mark Busfield said. “We should be in a
position to put on a great show, as none of our cars carry
any ballast, which should give us an advantage considering
Brands Hatch’s very undulating nature.”
The team tested for three days at the Mira Proving Ground
last week, with Alain Menu. “We made improvements on
the brakes and suspension that will make the drivers’
job a little bit easier,” Busfield said. “As we
have seen from the qualifying times in the previous rounds,
lap times are getting ever closer, so we are now looking to
gain just tenths of a second. But one tenth makes a big difference
where you start the first race.”
A NEW CAR FOR TOM CORONEL GR Asia’s
Tom Coronel will switch to a brand new SEAT León from
the event in Brands Hatch; in the two previous meetings the
Dutch driver was at the wheel of a SEAT Toledo Cupra. The
León should be a big boost for his hopes to grab the
WTCC Independents’ Trophy.
“I’m very much looking foward to race the new
car,” said Coronel who is backed by SEAT Holland. “However
it will be a jump in the dark for us, because the team is
currently assembling the car at SEAT Sport and then they’ll
go straight to Brands Hatch. We’ll only have the chance
to shake the car down during the testing session on Friday.”
Tom’s team-mate, Maurizio Ceresoli is also due to switch
to a León from the next meeting at Oschersleben.
TV COVERAGE FROM BRANDS HATCH (CET)
Friday, 19th: FIA WTCC Magazine EUROSPORT, 09.00/09.30
Saturday, 20th: Qualifying – LIVE EUROSPORT 2, 16.30/17.15
Sunday, 21st: Qualifying – repeat EUROSPORT, 09.00/09.45
Warm up – LIVE EUROSPORT 2, 12.00/12.30
Race 1 and Race 2 – LIVE EUROSPORT, 15.05/17.00
Race 1 and Race 2 – repeat EUROSPORT 2, 19.00/20.00
FIA WTCC Magazine EUROSPORT, 20.30/21.00
Monday, 22nd: Race 1 and Race 2 – repeat EUROSPORT,
08.30/09.30
Race 1 and Race 2 – repeat EUROSPORT 2, 16.00/17.00
FIA WTCC Magazine EUROSPORT 2, 18.00/18.30
Tuesday, 23rd: FIA WTCC Magazine EUROSPORT, 19.30/20.00
S2000 lap records: Qualifying - 1:34.437/148.64
kph, Luke Hines (SEAT Toledo Cupra), 1 Oct 2005 - BTCC
Race - 1:33.167/150.66 kph, James Pickford (SEAT Toledo Cupra),
2 Oct 2005 - BTCC
Previous winners: none
ROUNDS 5 & 6 - BRANDS HATCH, MAY 20/21 - ENTRY
LIST
1 BMW Team UK Andy Priaulx (GBR) BMW 320si
2 SEAT Sport Italia Gabriele Tarquini (ITA) SEAT León
3 SEAT Sport Sverige Rickard Rydell (SWE) SEAT León
4 BMW Team Italy-Spain Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) BMW 320si
5 BMW Team Italy-Spain Marcel Costa (ESP) BMW 320si
6 Chevrolet Robert Huff (GBR) Chevrolet Lacetti
7 Chevrolet Nicola Larini (ITA) Chevrolet Lacetti
8 Chevrolet Alain Menu (SUI) Chevrolet Lacetti
9 SEAT Sport España Jordi Gené (ESP) SEAT León
10 SEAT Sport Deutschland Peter Terting (GER) SEAT León
11 SEAT Sport UK James Thompson (GBR) SEAT León
12 SEAT Sport France Yvan Muller (FRA) SEAT León
15 N.technology Augusto Farfus (BRA) Alfa Romeo 156
16 N.technology Gianni Morbidelli (ITA) Alfa Romeo 156
18 N.technology Salvatore Tavano (ITA) Alfa Romeo 156
19 I GR Asia Maurizio Ceresoli (ITA) SEAT Toledo Cupra
20 I GR Asia Tom Coronel (NED) SEAT León
23 I JAS Motorsport Pierre-Yves Corthals (BEL) Honda Accord
Euro R
24 I JAS Motorsport Ryan Sharp (GBR) Honda Accord Euro R
30 I Proteam Motorsport Luca Rangoni (ITA) BMW 320si
31 I Proteam Motorsport Stefano D'Aste (ITA) BMW 320i
33 I Wiechers-Sport Emmet O'Brien (IRL) BMW 320i
34 I Wiechers-Sport Diego Romanini (ITA) BMW 320i
42 BMW Team Germany Jörg Müller (GER) BMW 320si
43 BMW Team Germany Dirk Müller (GER) BMW 320si
I = Yokohama Independents' Trophy
Rounds 5 & 6 – Brands Hatch (GBR)
Friday, May 19
09.00 – 09.25 Formula BMW UK Free Practice 1
09.40 – 10.05 Formula Palmer Audi Free Practice 1
10.20 – 10.45 Historic Saloon and GT Testing
11.00 – 11.45 F3000 International Masters Free Practice
12.00 – 12.25 Formula BMW UK Free Practice 2
12.40 – 13.05 Historic Saloon and GT Free Practice 1
14.05 – 14.30 Formula Palmer Audi Free Practice 2
14.45 – 15.05 Formula BMW UK Qualifying 1
15.20 – 15.40 Historic Saloon and GT Free Practice 2
16.00 – 16.30 FIA WTCC Testing
Saturday, May 20
09.00 – 09.30 FIA WTCC Free Practice 1
09.45 – 10.30 F3000 International Masters Qualifying
10.45 – 11.05 Formula BMW UK Qualifying 2
11.20 – 11.40 Historic Saloon and GT Qualifying 1
12.00 – 12.30 FIA WTCC Free Practice 2
12.40 – 13.00 Formula Palmer Audi Qualifying 1
14.00 – 14.30 F3000 International Masters Race 1 (20
laps, max 30 min.)
14.50 – 15.20 Formula BMW UK Race 1 (max 30 min.)
15.40 – 16.10 FIA WTCC Qualifying
16.20 – 16.40 Formula Palmer Audi Qualifying 2
17.05 – 18.05 International GT Open Race 1 (28 laps,
max 60 min.)
Sunday, May 21
10.15 – 10.45 F3000 International Masters Race 2 (20
laps, max 30 min.)
11.05 – 11.20 FIA WTCC Warm up
11.35 – 12.00 Formula Palmer Audi Race 1 (max 25 min.)
12.00 –12.50 FIA WTCC autograph session and pit walk
13.00 – 13.25 Historical Saloon and GT Race 1 (max 25
min.)
14.15 – 14.40 FIA WTCC Race 1 (12 laps)
14.45 FIA WTCC Podium Race 1
14.55 – 15.10 FIA WTCC Repair Time
15.25 – 15.50 FIA WTCC Race 2 (12 laps)
15.55 FIA WTCC Podium Race 2
16.20 – 16.50 Formula BMW UK Race 2 (max 30 min.)
17.10 – 17.35 Formula Palmer Audi Race 2 (max 25 min.)
17.55 – 18.20 Historical Saloon and GT Race 1 (max 25
min.)
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