WTCC Okayama

Qualifying


1. Andy Priaulx BMW 1m37.623s 1m36.972s
2. Augusto Farfus BMW 1m37.455s 1m37.408s
3. Rob Huff Chevrolet 1m37.690s 1m37.441s
4. Colin Turkington BMW 1m37.264s 1m37.495s
5. Norbert Michelisz SEAT 1m37.707s 1m37.577s
6. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT 1m37.725s 1m37.727s
7. Alain Menu Chevrolet 1m37.805s 1m37.844s
8. Yvan Muller Chevrolet 1m37.767s 1m37.913s
9. Michael Rossi SEAT 1m37.809s 1m38.387s
10. Franz Engstler BMW 1m37.786s 1m38.605s
11. Tiago Monteiro SEAT 1m37.904s
12. Michel Nykjaer SEAT 1m37.904s
13. Darryl O'Young Chevrolet 1m38.056s
14. Robert Dahlgren Volvo 1m38.128s
15. Kristian Poulsen BMW 1m38.156s
16. Fredy Barth SEAT 1m38.171s
17. Tom Coronel SEAT 1m38.190s
18. Stefano D'Aste BMW 1m38.540s
19. Sergio Hernandez BMW 1m38.728s
20. Yukinori Taniguchi Chevrolet 1m38.747s
21. Andrei Romanov BMW 1m39.098s
22. Yoshihiro Ito BMW 1m39.584s
23. Mehdi Bennani BMW 1m39.883s
24. Nobuteru Taniguchi BMW 1m39.891s
25. Masataka Yanagida BMW 1m39.927s
26. Kevin Chen BMW 1m39.997s
27. Henry Ho BMW 1m40.681s

3 Brits in the top 4, I like it :D

Indeed, Colin Turkington, at a track he has never raced at, in 4th, it kind of says something about how skilled he really is, in fact I woudn't be suprised if he won a race next year.

Had Turkington replicated his time from Q1 he would have got second. I hope though Andy Priaulx can take home at least one win and close the points gap to Yvan Muller.

That was a fun race. As in F1, the rain spices the races a lot.

Yea they awere two very good and unpredictable races, the weather was shocking in the second race!

Race 1

Pos Driver Car Time/Gap
1. Rob Huff Chevrolet 31m46.668s
2. Andy Priaulx BMW + 2.977s
3. Yvan Muller Chevrolet + 4.931s
4. Augusto Farfus BMW + 8.596s
5. Norbert Michelisz SEAT + 9.742s
6. Colin Turkington BMW + 11.310s
7. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT + 13.876s
8. Michel Nykjaer SEAT + 14.901s
9. Alain Menu Chevrolet + 30.022s
10. Robert Dahlgren Volvo + 31.077s
11. Yukinori Taniguchi Chevrolet + 1m13.148s
12. Darryl O'Young Chevrolet + 1m15.995s
13. Sergio Hernandez BMW + 1m17.546s
14. Nobuteru Taniguchi BMW + 1m17.857s
15. Franz Engstler BMW + 1m19.035s
16. Kristian Poulsen BMW + 1m26.602s
17. Mehdi Bennani BMW + 1m30.373s
18. Masataka Yanagida BMW + 1m30.957s
19. Henry Ho BMW + 1 lap
20. Yoshihiro Ito BMW + 1 lap
21. Tom Coronel SEAT + 1 lap

Retirements:

Kevin Chen BMW 9 laps
Andrei Romanov BMW 9 laps
Michael Rossi SEAT 6 laps
Tiago Monteiro SEAT 2 laps
Fredy Barth SEAT 2 laps
Stefano D'Aste BMW 2 laps

Race 2

Pos Driver Car Time/Gap
1. Augusto Farfus BMW 33m47.799s
2. Colin Turkington BMW + 0.275s
3. Yvan Muller Chevrolet + 0.999s
4. Rob Huff Chevrolet + 2.097s
5. Alain Menu Chevrolet + 3.101s
6. Robert Dahlgren Volvo + 3.440s
7. Michel Nykjaer SEAT + 4.449s
8. Norbert Michelisz SEAT + 5.707s
9. Tom Coronel SEAT + 6.176s
10. Darryl O'Young Chevrolet + 7.336s
11. Franz Engstler BMW + 7.888s
12. Kristian Poulsen BMW + 8.081s
13. Michael Rossi SEAT + 8.546s
14. Fredy Barth SEAT + 9.584s
15. Masataka Yanagida BMW + 10.903s
16. Andrei Romanov BMW + 10.973s
17. Yukinori Taniguchi Chevrolet + 13.311s
18. Stefano D'Aste BMW + 13.954s
19. Nobuteru Taniguchi BMW + 27.382s
20. Mehdi Bennani BMW + 31.379s
21. Kevin Chen BMW + 1 lap
22. Henry Ho BMW + 3 laps

Retirements:

Sergio Hernandez BMW 11 laps
Gabriele Tarquini SEAT 10 laps
Tiago Monteiro SEAT 10 laps
Yoshihiro Ito BMW 7 laps
Andy Priaulx BMW 3 laps

Can't wait for Macau, the WTCC might not be the best championship at times, but I love watching the cars fight for survival round one of the toughest tracks in the world.

2 quite nice races to watch and some really nice action at the track. Okey thanks by the wet weather. Race2 was really tricky. Just 2 drivers left anymore to fight for the title if Im not mistaken... Tarquini is out of that battle and Andy only has a slim change for the title. Overally has been a pretty good year even when most of the races has been quite boring. Okey Chevrolet has been a team to beat but atleast it hasn´t been Seat dominance. It has atleast made a bit good for WTCC.

Also what comes to Okayama... have we just always seen rain there?? I can´t remember a dry race from a couple of years.

Can´t wait for Macau.. Its always a nice race to watch when safety cars don´t mess up isn´t at the track. Quite surprised if the title don´t go to France.

Muller has it all to lose now, and I hope he dosnt hes such a great driver and seems a decent bloke at the same time.

Brilliant job by WSR and Turkington this weekend to go to a new circuit to them, qualify 4th then get a 6th and a 2nd in shocking conditions! I so hope they can get full backing for next year!

Also well dont to Huffy on a great win, would have been so easy to make a slight mistake and chuck it away but he once again drove superbly!

And watching it in HD was amazing, if any of you guys have been thinking about getting it I would strongly recommend it!