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WTCC: 2008 WTCC Race Of Japan (Okayama, Japan) Round 21 & 22 Results

WTCC CROWNS NEW MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPION
30 October 2008

The World Touring Cars Championship (WTCC)'s debut at one of the more popular Japanese race circuits of Okayama turned out to be unforgettable experience for the SEAT Sport Team as the Spanish marque clinched the Manufacturers' title with another race (Macau GP) to spare. The penultimate round ... more

Rickard Rydell (SEAT Sport) ahead of Jörg Müller (BMW Team Germany), WTCC Race of Japan, Okayama, Japan, 26 October 2008

 Augusto Farfus jr (BMW Team Germany) chasing Tom Coronel (SUNRED), WTCC Race of Japan, Okayama, Japan, 26 October 2008
:: WTCC Race of Japan :: Okayama, Japan :: 24 - 26 October 2008 :: 14 Lap Race 2 Result ::
Po # Driver Nat. Team Car SB Time / + Gap
1 20 Tom Coronel Netherlands SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 24 26:15.135
2 3 Augusto Farfus jr Brazil BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 47 +0.097
3 31 Sergio Hernández Spain Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 3 +6.426
4 15 James Thompson Great Britain N.technology Honda Accord Euro R 19 +7.207
5 7 Robert Huff Great Britain Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 64 +8.363
6 12 Yvan Muller France SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70 +15.576
7 18 Tiago Monteiro Portugal SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 47 +17.992
8 5 Félix Porteiro Spain BMW Italy-Spain BMW 320si 50 +18.692
9 10 Rickard Rydell Sweden SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 62 +20.168
10 9 Jordi Gené Spain SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70 +20.265
11 42 Franz Engstler Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si - +23.298
12 6 Nicola Larini Italy Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 68 +29.879
13 8 Alain Menu Switzerland Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 44 +31.540
14 88 Matthew Marsh Hong Kong Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 30 +35.782
15 43 Andrey Romanov Russia Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si - +42.163
16 75 Norbert Michelisz Hungary SUNRED SEAT Leon 2.0 TFSI 30 +42.284
17 29 Jaap van Lagen Netherlands Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 - +45.991
18 80 Manabu Orido Japan Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 30 +51.511
19 72 Yukinori Taniguchi Japan N.technology Honda Accord Euro R 30 +1:21.839
20 69 Melvin Choo Singapore Thunder Asia Racing BMW 320si 30 +1 LAP
21 81 Masaki Kano Japan Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320i 30 +1 LAP
22 1 Andy Priaulx Great Britain BMW Team UK BMW 320si 66 +4 LAPS
23 26 Stefano D'Aste Italy Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 2 +4 LAPS
NOT CLASSIFIED
- 11 Gabriele Tarquini Italy SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70 +5 LAPS
- 2 Jörg Müller Germany BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 52 +7 LAPS
- 27 Kirill Ladygin Russia Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 30 +10 LAPS
- 4 Alessandro Zanardi Italy BMW Italy-Spain BMW 320si 32 +13 LAPS
- 17 Takayuki Aoki Japan Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si - +14 LAPS
FASTEST LAP
15 James Thompson Great Britain N.technology Honda Accord Euro R 19 1:48.767 Lap14
31 Sergio Hernández Spain Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 3 1:50.505 Lap14
NOTE : Subject to the results of technical analysis of front & rear hubs
3 Augusto Farfus jr Brazil BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 47
11 Gabriele Tarquini Italy SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70
NOT PARTICIPATE
- 13 Ibrahim Okyay Turkey Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW 320si -
SB: Success Ballast (kg) min:seconds

WTCC Race of Japan, Race 1 Start, Okayama, Japan, 26 October 2008

 WTCC Race of Japan, Race 2 Start, Okayama, Japan, 26 October 2008
:: 2008 WTCC :: DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP STANDING ::
Brazil Brazil Mexico Mexico Spain Spain France France Czech Republic Czech Republic Portugal Portugal Great Britain Great Britain Germany Germany Imola, Italy Imola, Italy Monza, Italy Monza, Italy Japan Japan Macau Macau
Po # Driver Nat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pts
1 Position: Moved Stay 12 Y. Muller France 10 4 3 5 5 1 8 2 1 4 6 8 8 0 0 1 10 4 10 5 2 3 - - 100
2 Position: Moved Stay 11 G. Tarquini Italy 4 10 4 6 8 4 4 5 3 10 0 0 2 4 0 0 4 0 8 10 0 0 - - 86
3 Position: Moved Stay 7 R. Huff Great Britain 0 0 0 0 10 8 5 4 0 0 5 4 0 0 8 6 5 6 3 0 5 4 - - 73
4 Position: Moved Stay 10 R. Rydell Sweden 8 2 8 8 0 2 3 6 0 0 10 1 0 0 3 0 8 3 0 0 10 0 - - 72
5 Position: Moved Stay 1 A. Priaulx Great Britain 5 8 0 1 2 6 1 10 0 1 3 6 6 0 0 4 0 2 6 0 6 0 - - 67
6 Position: Moved Up 2 J. Müller Germany 6 5 0 0 4 5 0 0 4 2 0 2 10 5 0 0 1 8 0 0 8 0 - - 60
7 Position: Moved Up 3 A. Farfus jr Brazil 0 3 0 0 0 0 10 3 5 6 0 0 0 3 10 3 2 1 0 1 3 8 - - 58
8 Position: Moved Down 9 J. Gené Spain 0 1 10 4 6 3 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 2 8 0 0 - - 53
9 Position: Moved Down 5 F. Porteiro Spain 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 1 5 3 8 1 10 0 0 0 0 0 1 - - 51
10 Position: Moved Down 6 N. Larini Italy 0 0 6 0 3 0 2 8 0 0 8 3 0 0 0 0 3 5 4 6 0 0 - - 48
11 Position: Moved Stay 8 A. Menu Switzerland 0 0 1 2 1 10 0 0 6 3 0 0 1 10 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 - - 44
12 Position: Moved Stay 18 T. Monteiro Portugal 0 0 2 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 3 4 2 - - 43
13 Position: Moved Up 20 T. Coronel Netherlands 2 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 1 10 - - 35
14 Position: Moved Down 4 A. Zanardi Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 - - 32
15 Position: Moved Stay 15 J. Thompson Great Britain - - - - 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 10 0 0 0 5 - - 24
16 Position: Moved Stay 31 S. Hernández Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 - - 9
17 Position: Moved Stay 26 S. D'Aste Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - - 2
18 Position: Moved Stay 16 O. Tielemans Netherlands 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 - - - - - - - - 1
- Did Not Participate

Tiago Monteiro (SEAT Sport) ahead of Tom Coronel (SUNRED), WTCC Race of Japan, Okayama, Japan, 26 October 2008

 Tom Coronel (SUNRED) ahead of Augusto Farfus jr (BMW Team Germany), WTCC Race of Japan, Okayama, Japan, 26 October 2008
:: 2008 WTCC :: MANUFACTURERS CHAMPIONSHIP STANDING ::
Brazil Brazil Mexico Mexico Spain Spain France France Czech Republic Czech Republic Portugal Portugal Great Britain Great Britain Germany Germany Imola, Italy Imola, Italy Monza, Italy Monza, Italy Japan Japan Macau Macau
Po # Manufacturer Nat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Pts
1 Position: Moved Stay SEAT Spain 18 15 18 18 14 7 14 11 8 15 16 18 13 9 9 13 18 7 18 18 14 13 - - 304
2 Position: Moved Stay BMW Germany 11 14 7 8 8 11 13 13 18 14 7 11 16 14 13 14 5 10 9 7 14 14 - - 251
3 Position: Moved Stay Chevrolet USA 0 7 11 10 14 18 9 12 8 6 13 7 6 13 14 9 9 11 9 11 8 6 - - 211
4 Position: Moved Stay Honda Italy - - - - 3 3 2 2 5 4 0 0 3 2 2 0 6 10 2 2 3 6 - - 55
BOLD: Highest Score
:: WTCC Race of Japan :: Okayama, Japan :: 24 - 26 October 2008 :: 14 Lap Race 1 Result ::
Po # Driver Nat. Team Car SB Time / + Gap
1 10 Rickard Rydell Sweden SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 62 26:24.554
2 2 Jörg Müller Germany BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 52 +5.607
3 1 Andy Priaulx Great Britain BMW Team UK BMW 320si 66 +6.941
4 7 Robert Huff Great Britain Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 64 +10.696
5 18 Tiago Monteiro Portugal SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 47 +13.051
6 3 Augusto Farfus jr Brazil BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 47 +13.203
7 12 Yvan Muller France SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70 +14.301
8 20 Tom Coronel Netherlands SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 24 +14.760
9 26 Stefano D'Aste Italy Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320i 2 +15.179
10 11 Gabriele Tarquini Italy SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70 +15.225
11 9 Jordi Gené Spain SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70 +16.023
12 31 Sergio Hernández Spain Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 3 +16.410
13 4 Alessandro Zanardi Italy BMW Italy-Spain BMW 320si 32 +18.866
14 42 Franz Engstler Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si - +23.215
15 17 Takayuki Aoki Japan Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si - +23.397
16 6 Nicola Larini Italy Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 68 +23.545
17 15 James Thompson Great Britain N.technology Honda Accord Euro R 19 +25.242
18 29 Jaap van Lagen Netherlands Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 - +49.886
19 27 Kirill Ladygin Russia Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 30 +1:01.646
20 72 Yukinori Taniguchi Japan N.technology Honda Accord Euro R 30 +1:03.702
21 88 Matthew Marsh Hong Kong Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 30 +1:17.880
22 43 Andrey Romanov Russia Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si - +1:24.149
23 69 Melvin Choo Singapore Thunder Asia Racing BMW 320si 30 +1:37.976
24 81 Masaki Kano Japan Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320i 30 +1:46.172
NOT CLASSIFIED
- 13 Ibrahim Okyay Turkey Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW 320si - +6 LAPS
- 80 Manabu Orido Japan Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 30 +13 LAPS
- 5 Félix Porteiro Spain BMW Italy-Spain BMW 320si 50 +13 LAPS
- 8 Alain Menu Switzerland Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 44 +13 LAPS
- 75 Norbert Michelisz Hungary SUNRED SEAT Leon 2.0 TFSI 30 +14 LAPS
FASTEST LAP
2 Jörg Müller Germany BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 52 1:51.939 Lap 2
31 Sergio Hernández Spain Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 3 1:52.706 Lap 3
NOTE : Subject to the results of technical analysis of front & rear hubs
3 Augusto Farfus jr Brazil BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 47
11 Gabriele Tarquini Italy SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70
NOTE : +30s penalty
43 Andrey Romanov Russia Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si -
SB: Success Ballast (kg) min:seconds

WTCC: 2008 WTCC Race Of Japan (Okayama, Japan) Round 21 & 22 Results
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