Monday, September 7, 2009

2009 WTCC : Double wins for BMW

Andy Priaulx - BMW Team UK - BMW 320si

OSCHERSLEBEN : September 6, 2009. Augusto Farfus (BR) moved up to second in the drivers’ standings of the FIA World Touring Car Championship after winning the 18th round of the season on BMW’s home soil in Oschersleben (DE). The BMW Team Germany driver claimed victory ahead of BMW Team UK’s Andy Priaulx (GB) and SEAT driver Gabriele Tarquini (IT). This was Farfus’ fourth win of the season and the 13th victory in his WTCC career.


Andy Priaulx - BMW Team UK - BMW 320si

In the first race of the day, it was Priaulx who took the chequered flag as winner in the “Motorsport Arena Oschersleben”. The triple world champion won after starting from 14th on the grid, relegating Tarquini and Rickard Rydell (SE/SEAT) to second and third respectively. With a total of 18 points the driver from Guernsey scored his best result of the year. In addition, Priaulx is the first driver in the history of the series since 2005 to claim victory after starting outside the top-ten. In the second race, Farfus’ team-mate, Jörg Müller (DE), and Sergio Hernández (ES) of BMW Team Italy-Spain were also able to improve their points’ tallies. Müller executed a sensational fight back from 23rd, crossing the line in fourth. Hernández was fifth after 14 laps after taking eighth in race one, following a post-race penalty for Chevrolet’s Nicola Larini (IT).

Farfus now has 90 points under his belt, so is second in the Drivers’ Championship, just one point behind Tarquini. Reigning champion, Yvan Muller (FR/SEAT), follows in third with 84 points. In the manufacturers’ classification BMW has scored 234 points to date, shortening the gap to SEAT to one point as well.

As expected, the first chicane turned out to be a dangerous place to be after the start of race one, as several drivers had accidents in this tight section so spoilt their chances of good results. Among them were local hero, Müller, and BMW Team Italy-Spain’s Alessandro Zanardi (IT). While Müller had to retire with a broken suspension and a damaged radiator following a collision, Zanardi was at least able to finish the race in 17th.

Priaulx, however, emerged without a scratch from the first chicane, after making an excellent start which saw him improve from 14th to fifth. On the following laps the Englishman gained further ground thanks to impressive overtaking manoeuvres and finally took the lead from Tarquini on lap six, which he kept until the end. After 14 laps he crossed the line 3.939 seconds ahead of the Italian.

Farfus dropped from eighth to 13th at the start, but just like Priaulx was able to fight his way up over the course of the race. On the final lap the Brazilian improved to sixth. Due to Larinis’s penalty he was classified fifth, collecting four championship points. Hernández also celebrated a a points’ finish and claimed eighth in the classification.

In race two the BMW drivers provided the fans with plenty of action. Farfus stayed in third at the start, but managed to pass Wiechers driver Stefano D’Aste (IT/BMW) for second on the lap two. Two laps later he took the lead away from Engstler. Priaulx moved up several places at the start and then also overtook Engstler on lap five. For the remainder of the race, Farfus and Priaulx remained close to each other, before the former took the chequered flag 0.644 seconds ahead of his fellow BMW driver. Hernández fought his way up the ranks from ninth to fifth, while Zanardi retired on the very first lap.

Müller displayed his usual fighting spirit: From 23rd on the grid he literally ploughed through the field – just like Priaulx in the first race. On lap six, Müller was running in the top eight for the first time. But this was not the end of his spectacular fight back. On lap 11 he passed Hernández as well, securing a fourth-place finish at this home event.
















































































































































































































































































































































































































































Driver's Championship
P.
Driver - Nationality
R1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1314
15
16
1718

Total

1 Gabriele TARQUINI (ITA) 5 10 3 1 8 4 0 3 6 6 6 4 10 0 5 6 8 6 91
2 Augusto FARFUS (BRA) 4 3 8 5 0 3 8 8 5 10 0 0 1 10 1 10 4 10 90
3 Yvan MULLER (FRA) 10 5 5 10 5 8 0 2 10 2 1 8 6 8 0 2 0 2 84
4 Andy PRIAULX (GBR) 2 0 6 8 0 0 5 5 4 5 0 1 0 2 6 4 10 8 66
5 Rickard RYDELL (SWE) 6 8 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 2 6 4 5 6 0 61
6 Jörg Müller (GER) 0 4 4 0 1 5 6 0 3 8 8 2 0 1 3 8 0 5 58
7 Robert HUFF (GBR) 0 0 0 0 10 6 10 6 0 0 0 0 8 3 8 3 0 0 54
8 Sergio HERNมNDEZ (ESP) 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 1 3 4 10 0 0 0 0 1 4 34
9 Tiago MONTEIRO (POR) 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 1 3 6 5 4 2 1 0 0 34
10 Jordi GENษ (ESP) 8 6 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 32
11 Nicola LARINI (ITA) 0 0 1 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 3 21
12 Alain MENU (SUI) 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 24
13 Alessandro ZANARDI (ITA) 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21
14 Tom CORONEL (NED) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 11
15 F้lix PORTEIRO (ESP) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 10
16 Franz ENGSTLER (GER) 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 7
17 Stefano D'ASTE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
18 Eric CAYROLLE (FRA) - - - - - - 0 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1


























Manufacturer's Champion
Pos.
Brand
Point
1 SEAT
235
2 BMW
234
3 CHEVROLET
159
4 LADA
68


Images : 2009 WTCC - OSCHERSLEBEN Hi-light












[Source : FIAWTCC, BMW]

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