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WTCC: Race Of Macau (Guia, Macau) Round 23 & 24 Results

MULLER & SEAT RULE THE WTCC IN 2008
18 November 2008

SEAT's Yvan Muller emerged as Champion of the 2008 World Touring Cars Championship (WTCC) after two tantalizing races at the Guia Circuit in Macau. The French driver compiled three victories and a further five podium finishes throughout the season to secure his very first WTCC title. Muller was third in the ... more

WTCC Race of Macau, Race 2 podium, Guia, Macau, 16 November 2008

 Andy Priaulx (BMW Team UK) pouring champaign over Jörg Müller (BMW Team Germany), WTCC Race of Macau, Race 2 podium, Guia, Macau, 16 November 2008
:: WTCC :: Macau :: 14 - 16 November 2008 :: 9 Lap Race 2 Result ::
Po # Driver Nat. Team Car SB Time / + Gap
1 7 Robert Huff Great Britain Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 70 23:23.216
2 12 Yvan Muller France SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70 +7.253
3 1 Andy Priaulx Great Britain BMW Team UK BMW 320si 70 +7.957
4 10 Rickard Rydell Sweden SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70 +18.120
5 4 Alessandro Zanardi Italy BMW Italy-Spain BMW 320si 32 +51.727
6 42 Franz Engstler Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si - +52.963
7 80 Manabu Orido Japan Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 70 +58.314
8 88 Matthew Marsh Hong Kong Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 70 +1:02.623
9 43 Andrey Romanov Russia Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si - +1:16.353
10 13 Ibrahim Okyay Turkey Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW 320si - +1:33.541
11 3 Augusto Farfus jr Brazil BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 70 +1 LAP
12 11 Gabriele Tarquini Italy SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70 +1 LAP
13 8 Alain Menu Switzerland Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 44 +1 LAP
14 15 James Thompson Great Britain N.technology Honda Accord Euro R 24 +1 LAP
15 17 Takayuki Aoki Japan Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si - +3 LAP
NOT CLASSIFIED
- 31 Sergio Hernández Spain Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 14 DNF +4 LAPS
- 9 Jordi Gené Spain SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 53 DNF +5 LAPS
- 45 George Tanev Bulgaria Petrol GT Racing Team BMW 320si - DNF +5 LAPS
- 20 Tom Coronel Netherlands SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 65 DNF +6 LAPS
- 69 Melvin Choo Singapore Thunder Asia Racing BMW 320si 70 DNF +6 LAPS
- 6 Nicola Larini Italy Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 48 DNF +7 LAPS
- 66 Andre Couto Hong Kong N.technology Honda Accord Euro R 70 DNF +8 LAPS
- 2 Jörg Müller Germany BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 70 DNF +8 LAPS
- 18 Tiago Monteiro Portugal SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 48 DNF +8 LAPS
- 29 Jaap van Lagen Netherlands Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 - DNF +8 LAPS
- 27 Kirill Ladygin Russia Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 70 DNF +9 LAPS
NOT PARTICIPATE
- 5 Félix Porteiro Spain BMW Italy-Spain BMW 320si 51
- 28 Viktor Shapovalov Russia Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 -
- 64 Let Kit Meng Hong Kong - Toyota Altezza 70
- 65 Joseph Merszei Hong Kong - Honda Civic 70
- 81 Masaki Kano Japan Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320i 70
FASTEST LAP
3 Augusto Farfus jr Brazil BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 70 2:32.933 Lap 7
42 Franz Engstler Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si - 2:35.984 Lap 3
SB: Success Ballast (kg) min:seconds

Robert Huff (Chevrolet) leading Yvan Muller (SEAT Sport), Race 2, WTCC Race of Macau, Guia, Macau, 16 November 2008
Masaki Kano (Liqui Moly Team Engstler), WTCC Race of Macau, Guia, Macau, 16 November 2008
Andrey Romanov (Liqui Moly Team Engstler) & Andre Couto (N.technology), WTCC Race of Macau, Guia, Macau, 16 November 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 6 8 114
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 2 0 88
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 4 10 87
4 Position: Moved Up 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 8 6 81
5 Position: Moved Down 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 0 5 77
6 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 5 0 63
7 Position: Moved Down 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 0 0 60
8 Position: Moved Stay 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 3 0 56
9 Position: Moved Up 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 10 0 54
10 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 0 0 51
11 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 0 0 48
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 0 0 43
13 Position: Moved Up 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 0 4 36
14 Position: Moved Down 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 0 0 35
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 1 0 25
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 0 0 9
17 Position: Moved Up 42 F. Engstler Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
18 Position: Moved Down 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
19 Position: Moved Up 80 M. Orido Japan - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
20 Position: Moved Down 16 O. Tielemans Netherlands 1 0 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 - - - - - - - - 1
=20 Position: Moved Up 88 M. Marsh Hong Kong - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 0 0 1 1
- Did Not Participate

Robert Huff (Chevrolet) leading Yvan Muller (SEAT Sport), Race 2, WTCC Race of Macau, Guia, Macau, 16 November 2008

 Yvan Muller (SEAT Sport), WTCC Race of Macau, Guia, Macau, 16 November 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 9 13 326
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 13 10 274
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 14 13 238
4 Position: Moved Stay Honda Italy - - - - 3 3 2 2 5 4 0 0 3 2 2 0 6 10 2 2 3 6 3 2 60
BOLD: Highest Score
:: WTCC :: Macau :: 14 - 16 November 2008 :: 9 Lap Race 1 Result ::
Po # Driver Nat. Team Car SB Time / + Gap
1 8 Alain Menu Switzerland Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 44 23:10.203
2 1 Andy Priaulx Great Britain BMW Team UK BMW 320si 70 +0.523
3 12 Yvan Muller France SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70 +8.581
4 3 Augusto Farfus jr Brazil BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 70 +9.335
5 7 Robert Huff Great Britain Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 70 +9.871
6 9 Jordi Gené Spain SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 53 +10.692
7 11 Gabriele Tarquini Italy SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70 +11.218
8 15 James Thompson Great Britain N.technology Honda Accord Euro R 24 +12.080
9 6 Nicola Larini Italy Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 48 +12.909
10 2 Jörg Müller Germany BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 70 +14.225
11 18 Tiago Monteiro Portugal SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 48 +20.709
12 31 Sergio Hernández Spain Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 14 +21.424
13 66 Andre Couto Hong Kong N.technology Honda Accord Euro R 70 +27.748
14 5 Félix Porteiro Spain BMW Italy-Spain BMW 320si 51 +39.963
15 42 Franz Engstler Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si - +42.327
16 80 Manabu Orido Japan Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 70 +58.798
17 88 Matthew Marsh Hong Kong Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 70 +1:02.085
18 13 Ibrahim Okyay Turkey Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW 320si - +1:16.761
19 45 George Tanev Bulgaria Petrol GT Racing Team BMW 320si - +1:17.365
20 43 Andrey Romanov Russia Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si - +1:27.912
21 29 Jaap van Lagen Netherlands Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 - +1:47.871
22 20 Tom Coronel Netherlands SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 65 +1 LAP
23 4 Alessandro Zanardi Italy BMW Italy-Spain BMW 320si 32 +3 LAPS
NOT CLASSIFIED
- 17 Takayuki Aoki Japan Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si - DNF +4 LAPS
- 10 Rickard Rydell Sweden SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70 DNF +5 LAPS
- 69 Melvin Choo Singapore Thunder Asia Racing BMW 320si 70 DNF +5 LAPS
- 27 Kirill Ladygin Russia Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 70 DNF +6 LAPS
- 81 Masaki Kano Japan Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320i 70 DNF +8 LAPS
NOT PARTICIPATE
- 28 Viktor Shapovalov Russia Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 -
- 64 Let Kit Meng Hong Kong - Toyota Altezza 70
- 65 Joseph Merszei Hong Kong - Honda Civic 70
FASTEST LAP
1 Andy Priaulx Great Britain BMW Team UK BMW 320si 70 2:33.327 Lap 6
31 Sergio Hernández Spain Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 14 2:34.729 Lap 3
SB: Success Ballast (kg) min:seconds

MENU REPEATS MACAU POLE

16 November 2008

Alain Menu confirmed his pole position from last year with a last gasp effort that was worth a new lap record of 2:30.285, nearly one second faster than his 2007 pole.

Alain Menu (Chevrolet), WTCC Race of Macau, Qualifying, Macau, 15 November 2008

The Chevrolet man beat the outgoing world champion Andy Priaulx by 0.17 seconds as they crossed the line together a few seconds before the session expired. Five different drivers sat on pole position ... more

Andy Priaulx (BMW Team UK), WTCC Race of Macau, Qualifying, Macau, 15 November 2008

 Yvan Muller (SEAT Sport), WTCC Race of Macau, Qualifying, Macau, 15 November 2008
:: WTCC :: Macau :: 14 - 16 November 2008 :: Qualifying Result ::
Po # Driver Nat. Team Car SB Time
1 8 Alain Menu Switzerland Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 44 2:30.285
2 1 Andy Priaulx Great Britain BMW Team UK BMW 320si 70 2:30.458
3 12 Yvan Muller France SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70 2:30.938
4 7 Robert Huff Great Britain Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 70 2:30.953
5 3 Augusto Farfus jr Brazil BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 70 2:31.083
6 9 Jordi Gené Spain SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 53 2:31.227
7 10 Rickard Rydell Sweden SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70 2:31.299
8 11 Gabriele Tarquini Italy SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 70 2:31.529
9 6 Nicola Larini Italy Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 48 2:31.617
10 2 Jörg Müller Germany BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 70 2:31.664
11 15 James Thompson Great Britain N.technology Honda Accord Euro R 24 2:31.712
12 18 Tiago Monteiro Portugal SEAT Sport SEAT León 2.0 TDI 48 2:31.804
13 5 Félix Porteiro Spain BMW Italy-Spain BMW 320si 51 2:31.996
14 4 Alessandro Zanardi Italy BMW Italy-Spain BMW 320si 32 2:32.734
15 31 Sergio Hernández Spain Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 14 2:33.701
16 66 Andre Couto Hong Kong N.technology Honda Accord Euro R 70 2:33.824
17 20 Tom Coronel Netherlands SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 65 2:34.090
18 42 Franz Engstler Germany Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si - 2:34.562
19 17 Takayuki Aoki Japan Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si - 2:34.799
20 88 Matthew Marsh Hong Kong Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 70 2:36.897
21 28 Viktor Shapovalov Russia Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 - 2:37.939
22 45 George Tanev Bulgaria Petrol GT Racing Team BMW 320si - 2:38.274
23 27 Kirill Ladygin Russia Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 70 2:38.507
24 13 Ibrahim Okyay Turkey Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport BMW 320si - 2:39.771
25 43 Andrey Romanov Russia Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320si - 2:39.876
QUALIFICATION MAXIMA 2:40.804
- 81 Masaki Kano Japan Liqui Moly Team Engstler BMW 320i 70 2:43.154
- 69 Melvin Choo Singapore Thunder Asia Racing BMW 320si 70 2:49.352
- 80 Manabu Orido Japan Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 70 3:02.058
PENALTY:
80 Manabu Orido Japan Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 70
29 Jaap van Lagen Netherlands Russian Bears Motorsport Lada 110 2.0 -
NOT PARTICIPATE
- 64 Let Kit Meng Hong Kong - Toyota Altezza 70
- 65 Joseph Merszei Hong Kong - Honda Civic 70
SB: Success Ballast (kg) min:seconds

WTCC: 2008 Race Of Macau (Guia, Macau) Round 23 & 24 Results
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