great lap by menu to get pole

(2)great lap by menu to get pole

(3)great lap by menu to get pole

muller seat second

farfus on a roll in third but has a ten place grid drop (sorry about the pun, you'll see if you watch the race :lol

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ummm not sure

Qualifying times - Pau.

Full times from qualifying for the fourth round of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship in Pau, France.

1. Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 1min 21.930secs
2. Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT Leon 1min 22.328secs
3. Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT Leon 1min 22.391secs
4. Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 1min 22.416secs
5. Rob Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 1min 22.458secs
6. Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si 1min 22.491secs
7. Jordi Gene SEAT Sport SEAT Leon 1min 22.591secs
8. Felix Porteiro BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1min 22.669secs
9. Oliver Tielemans N.Technology Alfa Romeo 156 1min 22.865secs
10. Tom Coronel GR Asia SEAT Leon 1min 22.948secs

11. James Thompson N.Technology Alfa Romeo 156 1min 22.952secs
12. Anthony Beltoise Team Exagon SEAT Leon 1min 23.055secs I
13. Augusto Farfus Jr BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1min 22.379secs*
14. Michel Jourdain Jr. SEAT Sport SEAT Leon 1min 23.094secs
15. Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 1min 23.096secs I
16. Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 1min 23.127secs
17. Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 1min 23.146secs
18. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT Leon 1min 22.634secs*
19. Sergio Hernandez Proteam BMW 320si 1min 23.495secs I
20. Manuel Freitas Racing for Belgium Alfa Romeo 156 1min 23.967secs I
21. Maurizio Ceresoli GR Asia SEAT Leon 1min 24.113secs I
22. Emmet O'Brien GR Asia SEAT Leon 1min 24.194 I
23. Luca Rangoni Proteam BMW 320si 1min 24.273secs I
24. Pierre-Yves Corthals Team Exagon SEAT Leon 3mins 18.321secs I
25. Roberto Colciago SEAT Sport Italia SEAT Leon No Time I

Farfus's roll looked spectacular. He just look too much inside kerb and which sent him upside up down. Thankfully, he walked away unscathed.

Alain Menu did a fantastic job, comfortably getting pole. That Chevy is brilliant, they've really improved it. Especially the engine, which was weak before.

Priaulx did great in 6th, despite having the top weight ballest (55 kg). He was also the fastest BMW.

I really enjoyed the session, it was great.

I don't know what happened to Jorg Muller, a lowly 17th.

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It was a great session, giving them 45 minutes to qualify really made for a good qualifing.

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ummm not sure

Agreed, giving them an extra 15 mins is a good idea, and it will be the same for the other two street circuits; Porto and Maccu.

On a street circuit, the extra 15 mins is crucial because many incidents usually happen, meaning many yellow and red flags. Therefore allowing the drivers to more complete more hot laps.

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The weight penalties seem to be having a bad effect on the Beemers.

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not really priaulx has 55kg's and he's still up towards the front. Similar for Farfus. tbh i don't think there base weight is high enough they need an extra 5 or 10kg's imho.

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ummm not sure

doesnt look like the 1st race is on live probably cos of MotoGP coverage, and they'll show highlights before race 2 like they did with Valencia.
Unless Menu crashes or has a problem cant see him being beaten in race 1.
Surprised Tielemans was quicker than Thommo (when he did nothing in DTM), guess its the ballast telling on the Alfa.
Hope Andy has a couple of good races, i'm a Priaulx fan even though i hate BMW's

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In the Daily Telegraph, Kevin Garside made the well-received point that even if Mosley had criticised JYS's comedy music hall trousers, at least they remained round his waist, not his ankles...

wasn't it live on eurosport 2 at 9am??

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ummm not sure

Another mind numbing Monaco type boredom fest.....get away from these blasted street circuits and give us proper race tracks.

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I thought the racing was brilliant.

Race 2:

1. Augusto Farfus Jr. BMW Team Germany BMW 320si 21 laps
2. Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si +0.462secs
3. Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +5.185secs
4. Rob Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti +5.625secs
5. Jordi Gene SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +13.018secs
6. Jordi Gene SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +14.476secs
7. James Thompson N.Technology Alfa Romeo 156 +20.861secs
8. Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti +21.160secs

9. Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si +22.447secs
10. Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si +22.643secs
11. Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti +25.130secs
12. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +25.557secs
13. Pierre-Yves Corthals Exagon SEAT Leon +30.457secs I
14. Anthony Beltoise Exagon SEAT Leon +37.3112secs I
15. Maurizio Ceresoli GR Asia SEAT Leon +1min 00.427sec I
16. Olivier Tielemans N.technology Alfa Romeo 156 +1 lap

Did Not Finish

17. Luca Rangoni Proteam BMW 320si 19 laps completed I
18. Michel Jourdain SEAT Sport SEAT Leon 14 laps completed
19. Tom Coronel GR Asia SEAT Leon 13 laps completed
20. Felix Porteiro BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 10 laps completed
21. Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 2 laps completed I
22. Sergio Hernandez Proteam BMW 320si 2 laps completed I
23. Miguel Freitas Racing for Belgium Alfa Romeo 156 2 laps completed
24. Emmet O'Brien GR Asia SEAT Leon 2 laps completed I
25. Roberto Colciago SEAT Sport Italia SEAT Leon7 Did Not Start I

Race 1:

1. Alain Menu Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 19 laps
2. Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +2.260secs
3. Tiago Monteiro SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +3.808secs
4. Rob Huff Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti +9.194secs
5. Felix Porteiro BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si +11.375secs
6. Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK BMW 320si +11.803secs
7. Augusto Farfus Jr. BMW Team Germany BMW 320si +12.683secs
8. Jordi Gene SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +19.328secs

9. Tom Coronel GR Asia SEAT Leon +22.417secs
10. James Thompson N.Technology Alfa Romeo 156 +24.804secs
11. Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany BMW 320si +25.506secs
12. Michel Jourdain SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +27.254secs
13. Stefano D'Aste Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si +27.807secs I
14. Sergio Hernandez Proteam BMW 320si +29.598secs I
15. Anthony Beltoise Exagon SEAT Leon +30.1622secs I
16. Miguel Freitas Racing for Belgium Alfa Romeo 156 +43.703secs
17. Emmet O'Brien GR Asia SEAT Leon +46.478secs I
18. Pierre-Yves Corthals Exagon SEAT Leon +47.452secs I
19. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport SEAT Leon +1 lap

Did Not Finish

20. Nicola Larini Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 12 laps completed
21. Alessandro Zanardi BMW Team Italy-Spain BMW 320si 11 laps completed
22. Maurizio Ceresoli GR Asia SEAT Leon 9 laps completed I
23. Luca Rangoni Proteam BMW 320si 6 laps completed I
24. Olivier Tielemans N.technology Alfa Romeo 156 0 laps completed
25. Roberto Colciago SEAT Sport Italia SEAT Leon7 Did Not Start

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I think that was the warm up as they show that usually, cant really see the point in that and then not showing race 1 live, but that's Eurosport and we all know what their scheduling is like!!

Good to see Andy is leading the championship, all he needs now is a win, or is it gonna be like 2005 for him?

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In the Daily Telegraph, Kevin Garside made the well-received point that even if Mosley had criticised JYS's comedy music hall trousers, at least they remained round his waist, not his ankles...

I'm sure he wont care how he wins the title as long as he does, although a few wins along the way will help make the job a bit easier.

Did anyone see Farfus's shunt, I think in a practice session before the races, where he rolled his car a number of times. What a accident and the mechanics did well to get his car out to win a race.

Farfus' shunt was shown on SSN, which has to be a first for WTCC, and then they showed brief highlights of the two races. Have to say their pronunciation of Andy Priaulx was entertaining to say the least

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just to contradict a previous statement

here it is from the end of qualifing on his last run!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEBCH4FI ... ed&search=


I recorded the 9am show and it was race 1, morning warm up was on eurosport 1 before the motogp coverage.

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ummm not sure

Massive shunt, 1st time i've seen that

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I was watching the session, and suddenly I see a car upside down! I was like: WOW! He was lucky...

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