2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil

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Flag of Brazil.svg 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil
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Autodromo Curitiba.svg
Round 1 of 12 in the 2008 World Touring Car Championship at Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba in Pinhais, Brazil.
Date2 March, 2008
Location Pinhais, Brazil
Course Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba
3.695 kilometres (2.296 mi)
Race One
Laps 16
Pole position
Driver Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller SEAT Sport
Time 1:24.295
Podium
First Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller SEAT Sport
Second Flag of Sweden.svg Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport
Third Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK
Time 1:25.100
Race Two
Laps 14
Podium
First Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport
Second Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK
Third Flag of Spain.svg Félix Porteiro BMW Team Italy-Spain
Fastest Lap
Driver Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany
Time 1:24.959

The 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil was the opening round of the 2008 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of Brazil. It took place on 2 March at the Autodromo Internacional de Curitiba in Pinhais, Brazil.

Contents

Both races were won by SEAT Sport with Yvan Muller winning race one and Gabriele Tarquini winning race two.

Background

Having run their diesel engine in three of their cars towards the end of 2007, SEAT Sport entered five cars powered by their TDI engine for 2008 as they looked to challenge BMW. [1]

Report

Testing and free practice

Augusto Farfus was quickest in the Friday test session, Sergio Hernández in 14th was the best placed independent driver. [2]

Fellow BMW driver Jörg Müller topped the first free practice session on Saturday morning which took place on a drying track. [3]

SUNRED Engineering's Tom Coronel was quickest in the second practice session, just 0.002 seconds quicker than the BMW of Farfus. [4]

Qualifying

Yvan Muller led a SEAT front row with Rickard Rydell second. Farfus was third for BMW having had two of his fast laps interrupted, the first when the red flags came out for Chevrolet's Alain Menu who crashed at the final corner and the second time when he had to avoid a spinning Jörg Müller. Tarquini had the engine in his car changed prior to qualifying and ended the session fourth fastest while Nicola Larini was the best of the Chevrolets in fifth. His teammate Robert Huff was caught out by the red flag and started eighth for race one. Jordi Gené was ninth having suffered brake problems and Coronel behind him was the best–placed petrol–powered SEAT. Exagon Engineering's Pierre-Yves Corthals was the independents' pole sitter in 15th. [5]

Menu escaped without injury from accident but was transferred to hospital shortly after for precautionary scans. [6] He was later cleared to race having qualified 11th.

Warm-Up

Farfus led a BMW 1–2–3 in the Sunday morning warm–up session, pole sitter Yvan Muller was ninth. [7]

Race One

Yvan Muller held first place at the start ahead of Rydell, Tarquini ran first in the early stages of the race before being passed by Farfus. Farfus was closing in second–placed Rydell but was unable to make a move having had to defend from teammate Jörg Müller on the last lap. Andy Priaulx had started 12th and climbed up the order to finish 5th, passing Tarquini and Gené in the final laps. Yvan Muller and Rydell successfully converted their front row starts into a SEAT 1–2, Coronel finished eighth to take pole position for race two. Corthals was the victor in the independents' trophy. [8]

Gené and Corthals were both later given 30–second penalties after the race for driving infringements, Corthals' penalty handed victory in the independents' trophy to Olivier Tielemans. [9] It was also discovered that the BMW of Farfus did not comply with the technical regulations and he was excluded from the race. [10]

Race Two

Coronel started on pole position, a bad start saw him drop well down the order. Porteiro assumed the lead which was then taken by Tarquini further around the first lap. On lap nine a charging Priaulx passed Félix Porteiro to take second place on lap nine and by the end of the race was on the tail of Tarquini. Tarquini finished first to take the second win of the weekend for SEAT, Priaulx was second and Porteiro third. Jörg Müller ended up fourth ahead of Yvan Muller after an intense battle between the pair. Coronel ended up outside the points in ninth. Tielemans was the independents' victor again. [11]

Results

Qualifying

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCTime
112 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 1:24.295
210 Flag of Sweden.svg Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 1:24.404
33 Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1:24.482
411 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 1:24.527
56 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 1:24.579
62 Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1:24.659
718 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 1:24.730
87 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 1:24.738
99 Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 1:24.785
1020 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León TFSI 1:24.987
118 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 1:24.993
121 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 1:25.046
135 Flag of Spain.svg Félix Porteiro BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1:25.166
144 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1:25.175
1523 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Pierre-Yves Corthals Exagon Engineering SEAT León TFSI Y1:25.363
1631 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y1:25.721
1726 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y1:25.806
1816 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Olivier Tielemans Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y1:26.003
1942 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y1:26.437
2043 Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y1:27.813
2113 Flag of Turkey.svg Ibrahim Okyay Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW 320si Y1:28.412

Race 1

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
112 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 1623:47.024110
210 Flag of Sweden.svg Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 16+0.76328
32 Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 16+1.51266
41 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 16+6.747125
511 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 16+8.24744
65 Flag of Spain.svg Félix Porteiro BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 16+15.564133
720 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León TFSI 16+16.334102
816 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Olivier Tielemans Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y16+22.871181
926 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y16+25.88617
1042 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y16+30.85919
119 Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 16+38.1709
1243 Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y16+46.65820
1323 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Pierre-Yves Corthals Exagon Engineering SEAT León TFSI Y16+48.03515
1431 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y15+1 Lap16
154 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 15+1 Lap14
1613 Flag of Turkey.svg Ibrahim Okyay Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW 320si Y15+1 Lap21
1718 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 13+3 Laps7
Ret7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 7Race incident8
Ret6 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 2Race incident3
Ret8 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 2Race incident11
DSQ3 Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 16Disqualified3

Race 2

Pos.No.NameTeamCarCLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
111 Flag of Italy.svg Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 1420:06.577410
21 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 14+0.32758
35 Flag of Spain.svg Félix Porteiro BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 14+1.20236
42 Flag of Germany.svg Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 14+1.74565
512 Flag of France.svg Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 14+5.04584
63 Flag of Brazil.svg Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 14+5.360213
710 Flag of Sweden.svg Rickard Rydell SEAT Sport Seat Leon TDI 14+6.30672
89 Flag of Spain.svg Jordi Gené SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 14+7.637111
920 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Tom Coronel SUNRED Engineering SEAT León TFSI 14+13.5362
108 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Alain Menu Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 14+17.26210
114 Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 14+17.69315
126 Flag of Italy.svg Nicola Larini Chevrolet RML BMW 320si 14+17.90119
1318 Flag of Portugal.svg Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 14+18.59717
1416 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Olivier Tielemans Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si Y14+18.8221
1531 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Hernández Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y14+19.24214
1626 Flag of Italy.svg Stefano D'Aste Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si Y14+20.2729
1742 Flag of Germany.svg Franz Engstler Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y14+21.47610
1823 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Pierre-Yves Corthals Exagon Engineering SEAT León TFSI Y14+24.29913
1923 Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Romanov Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si Y14+41.44512
2013 Flag of Turkey.svg Ibrahim Okyay Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW 320si Y13+1 Lap16
Ret7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Robert Huff Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 1Race incident18

Standings after the event

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