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"Like the 2015 Honda Citroen may also have a private account teams, talked about Yves Matton, French sports brand Head of the Slovakia Ring in Aurosport magazine journalist. Citroen now I raced three factory cars in the WTCC, some of which are connected to a fourth race Ma Qing Hua leadership.The overwhelming success early in the year but seeing as no surprise that more private team also made contact with the French, and welcome to generating an TC1-and C-Elysée them the next season. Matt and his team did not rule out the bids, in fact, a good opportunity to keep the account team model, but the final decision must wait a little.
"Almost every week we receive a request for someone to want to compete with our car. Let's examine this possibility, but I have now decided that if we start, certainly will not do a system like the WRC " - Matton told Autosport.
The World Championship rally cars only been leased to the private partners, the technique remains the property of the Citroen Racing. In contrast, the WTCC teams were able to the chassis and the engine just hired by the manufacturer. "The current idea is that the car would sell, but certainly not the engines." "We are able to supply a few private shed, but first we have to see what the market is. In any case, it would account for the team, so it is about, have a close relationship with the factory. For now, a couple of partner we think. "
"At the moment, however, to consider a lot of other things, so we decided to just deal with the details of the second half of the year with this issue" - closed Matton. The case of Honda and Zengo Motorsport shows that in a competitive private business can be an excellent team collaboration manufacturer. Enhance our partners' success in the same way (see last year's Suzuka) brand reputation, while still also paid their own costs and even bring financial benefits."Em Fiókcsapatokat tervez a Citroen « WTCC Blog, Michelisz Norbi és a WTCC els
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"The growing Russian-Ukrainian conflict rankle unfortunately also affects the sporting events and motor sport is no exception. The German Touring Car Championships (DTM) to travel to Moscow Raceway on July 13, but a lot of uncertainty in connection with the race and hear more and more that finally brought the race to a buy-back on track. The Russian Formula 1 Grand Prix will be held in Sochi, only October, but already started the speculation about a possible connection with the Plan B, in case you things are formed between the opposing parties.
The due June 8 WTCC race in Moscow, however, the situation is stable, this was confirmed by Jean Todt, president of the FIA Motorsport-Total for.
"Moscow is still listed on the roster this year, and now we see no reason to revise this" - said the leader of the International Federation.
Expressed on many important aspects of the WTCC for the Russian round. In addition to the huge market Lada significant factor in the presence of the field. The Russian official brand as a producer called the World Cup, it rang a little over 300 thousand euro, and would be very disappointed if you fall short of domestic competition.
Not to mention that because of the problems at the beginning of the year, obviously not rosy mood in the Russian manufacturing management (as far as the WTCC's program), so the brand's long-term commitment of the Moscow delete negatively affect competition."Em Biztonságban az orosz futam « WTCC Blog, Michelisz Norbi és a WTCC els
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Entretanto o TM hoje, fez mais um 5º lugar na 1ª corrida e parte de 4º para a 2ª, em que só tem Hondas à frente. A pista, mais uma vez, é super desfavorável à Honda, porque exige muita velocidade de ponta.
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Não há....e no Eurosport dá (diferido) ás 8 e tal da noite.
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TM em 3º, na 2ª corrida....abri o FB e tinha o post do AFC.:sh)
FDX, não gosto de saber antecipadamente.[8b]
FDX, não gosto de saber antecipadamente.[8b]
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Na jornada passada podia ter ganho, se não tivesse sido anulada. Até nisso tem azar.
Este ano, até o Tarquini está (muito) abaixo do TM.
Este ano, até o Tarquini está (muito) abaixo do TM.
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Yvan Muller takes comfortable race one win ahead of Coronel
"Citroën’s Yvan Muller won the first race of the day at the Salzburgring from pole position ahead of the ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze of Tom Coronel, who fought most of the race to hold off championship leader José María López.
All 19 cars started the race after Campos Racing had completed overnight repairs on Hugo Valente’s Chevrolet Cruze.
At the start, Tom Coronel barged past Sébastien Loeb’s Citroën C-Elysée at the first chicane, while Muller held on to his lead, but Coronel’s second position didn’t last long, as he was caught and passed by José María López’s Citroën on the back straight.
Initial pole-sitter Gianni Morbidelli had a bad start, and fell from sixth to tenth, where he would go on to finish.
The circuit offered very few opportunities to pass, with just some out of place cars at the back able to move forward, such as Valente’s Chevrolet in the first two laps, before he was forced to pit with a mechanical issue, along with team-mate Dusan Borkovic.
Gabriele Tarquini was able to get ahead of the rival Honda of Norbert Michelisz for eighth on lap five, but the most significant moment of the race occurred on lap eight, with López locked up at Turn 1 and was forced down the escape road.
He rejoined in third behind Coronel, and unlike earlier, was now unable to get ahead of the Dutchman, who held on to take second, his best finish of the year, while López crossed the line third with Sébastien Loeb fourth.
In the TC2T class, Franz Engstler took another victory and was the only one of the three older specification cars not to be lapped at the 4.2km circuit.
The second race takes place at 13:45 CET, where Honda’s Gabriele Tarquini starts from pole position."Em TouringCarTimes | Yvan Muller takes comfortable race one win ahead of Coronel
Top 10 Scorecard
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[TD="class: name"]Yvan Muller[/TD]
[TD="class: time"]15 Laps[/TD]
[TD="class: pos"]02[/TD]
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[TD="class: manufacturer"]
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[TD="class: name"]Tom Coronel[/TD]
[TD="class: time"]+3.840[/TD]
[TD="class: pos"]03[/TD]
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[TD="class: manufacturer"]
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[TD="class: name"]José María López[/TD]
[TD="class: time"]+4.276[/TD]
[TD="class: pos"]04[/TD]
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[TD="class: name"]Sébastien Loeb[/TD]
[TD="class: time"]+5.427[/TD]
[TD="class: pos"]05[/TD]
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[TD="class: manufacturer"]
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[TD="class: name"]Tiago Monteiro[/TD]
[TD="class: time"]+12.403[/TD]
"Citroën’s Yvan Muller won the first race of the day at the Salzburgring from pole position ahead of the ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze of Tom Coronel, who fought most of the race to hold off championship leader José María López.
All 19 cars started the race after Campos Racing had completed overnight repairs on Hugo Valente’s Chevrolet Cruze.
At the start, Tom Coronel barged past Sébastien Loeb’s Citroën C-Elysée at the first chicane, while Muller held on to his lead, but Coronel’s second position didn’t last long, as he was caught and passed by José María López’s Citroën on the back straight.
Initial pole-sitter Gianni Morbidelli had a bad start, and fell from sixth to tenth, where he would go on to finish.
The circuit offered very few opportunities to pass, with just some out of place cars at the back able to move forward, such as Valente’s Chevrolet in the first two laps, before he was forced to pit with a mechanical issue, along with team-mate Dusan Borkovic.
Gabriele Tarquini was able to get ahead of the rival Honda of Norbert Michelisz for eighth on lap five, but the most significant moment of the race occurred on lap eight, with López locked up at Turn 1 and was forced down the escape road.
He rejoined in third behind Coronel, and unlike earlier, was now unable to get ahead of the Dutchman, who held on to take second, his best finish of the year, while López crossed the line third with Sébastien Loeb fourth.
In the TC2T class, Franz Engstler took another victory and was the only one of the three older specification cars not to be lapped at the 4.2km circuit.
The second race takes place at 13:45 CET, where Honda’s Gabriele Tarquini starts from pole position."Em TouringCarTimes | Yvan Muller takes comfortable race one win ahead of Coronel
Top 10 Scorecard
[TD="class: pos"]01[/TD]
[TD="class: flag"]
[TD="class: manufacturer"]
[TD="class: name"]Yvan Muller[/TD]
[TD="class: time"]15 Laps[/TD]
[TD="class: pos"]02[/TD]
[TD="class: flag"]
[TD="class: manufacturer"]
[TD="class: name"]Tom Coronel[/TD]
[TD="class: time"]+3.840[/TD]
[TD="class: pos"]03[/TD]
[TD="class: flag"]
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[TD="class: manufacturer"]
[TD="class: name"]José María López[/TD]
[TD="class: time"]+4.276[/TD]
[TD="class: pos"]04[/TD]
[TD="class: flag"]
[TD="class: manufacturer"]
[TD="class: name"]Sébastien Loeb[/TD]
[TD="class: time"]+5.427[/TD]
[TD="class: pos"]05[/TD]
[TD="class: flag"]
[TD="class: manufacturer"]
[TD="class: name"]Tiago Monteiro[/TD]
[TD="class: time"]+12.403[/TD]
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Yvan Muller blames López for start-line crash in Austria
"Citroën’s Yvan Muller has blamed his team-mate José María López for the accident at the start of the second race at the Salzburgring which eliminated the four-time champion from the race, as well as the two Ladas of James Thompson and Rob Huff, which require extensive repairs ahead of the next round at the Moscow Raceway.
Muller had been edged out onto the grass as he tried to move down the inside of López’s Citroën C-Elysée into the first corner, and when he rejoined he lost control of the car and tapped into the side of the Lada Granta of James Thompson, which then ran into Rob Huff’s car alongside and they both spun out and were destroyed.
Muller’s Citroën also clambered into the barriers on the right side of the track, damaging his right-rear wheel, but he was able to recover the car to the pit lane so the team could carry out repairs under the red flag.
“I had a good start, Pechito was alongside Chilton and I was trying to get past and he closed the door on me,” said Muller after the race.
In response to López’s comments that the Argentinian never saw Muller or was even aware of the accident, Muller sharply remarked “Well, next time I won’t see him.”
Although the team had already conducted a debriefing with the three drivers, Muller said that he still hadn’t decided to talk to López about the incident.
After five meetings, Muller is still second in the standings, but is now 41 points adrift with 55 the maximum available for a weekend. In terms of his strategy going forward, Muller responded:
“Strategy? Five meetings and I’ve had three DNFs already, more than I had the last few years. There’s no strategy, I’ll just try and drive my best and hope he will have some bad luck as well.”
López, the catalyst in the incident, although no contact was actually made between Yvan and his car, said he was completely unaware of the accident until the team informed him.
“Chilton had a worse start than me, so I tried to pass him and go straight to the first corner and hope nobody hit me,” said López. “I braked really late on the outside line and passed two cars, and then after that was the safety car. I saw the two Ladas were destroyed, and then later on the team told me also Yvan had a problem.”
After the race had finished, López realised that Muller had held him to account for the accident.
“I knew he was upset, but I didn’t know why,” he said. “It’s a very difficult start, it’s a very difficult circuit, the only thing I did was keep my line, I didn’t even feel a touch next to me. We try to act as clean as we can. Yvan is a friend, and I’m very happy to be working with him, and if he has something to tell me, we’ll discuss it of course. For me it’s a bit of a surprise to find it now, I think it would be better to wait and speak with him about this.”
James Thompson’s Lada was heavily damaged as a result of the contact, with the team having a hard task to fix the car for their home race in Moscow.
“I had an amazing start, but Yvan was pushed off by one of his team-mates, he rejoined, had a tank-slapper and took me out and that was it,” said Thompson to TouringCarTimes. “It was disappointing, why are the guys with the three fastest cars pushing themselves on to the grass? We were lucky no one was hurt, it was a stupid accident.”"Em TouringCarTimes | Yvan Muller blames López for start-line crash in Austria
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"Citroën’s Yvan Muller has blamed his team-mate José María López for the accident at the start of the second race at the Salzburgring which eliminated the four-time champion from the race, as well as the two Ladas of James Thompson and Rob Huff, which require extensive repairs ahead of the next round at the Moscow Raceway.
Muller had been edged out onto the grass as he tried to move down the inside of López’s Citroën C-Elysée into the first corner, and when he rejoined he lost control of the car and tapped into the side of the Lada Granta of James Thompson, which then ran into Rob Huff’s car alongside and they both spun out and were destroyed.
Muller’s Citroën also clambered into the barriers on the right side of the track, damaging his right-rear wheel, but he was able to recover the car to the pit lane so the team could carry out repairs under the red flag.
“I had a good start, Pechito was alongside Chilton and I was trying to get past and he closed the door on me,” said Muller after the race.
In response to López’s comments that the Argentinian never saw Muller or was even aware of the accident, Muller sharply remarked “Well, next time I won’t see him.”
Although the team had already conducted a debriefing with the three drivers, Muller said that he still hadn’t decided to talk to López about the incident.
After five meetings, Muller is still second in the standings, but is now 41 points adrift with 55 the maximum available for a weekend. In terms of his strategy going forward, Muller responded:
“Strategy? Five meetings and I’ve had three DNFs already, more than I had the last few years. There’s no strategy, I’ll just try and drive my best and hope he will have some bad luck as well.”
López, the catalyst in the incident, although no contact was actually made between Yvan and his car, said he was completely unaware of the accident until the team informed him.
“Chilton had a worse start than me, so I tried to pass him and go straight to the first corner and hope nobody hit me,” said López. “I braked really late on the outside line and passed two cars, and then after that was the safety car. I saw the two Ladas were destroyed, and then later on the team told me also Yvan had a problem.”
After the race had finished, López realised that Muller had held him to account for the accident.
“I knew he was upset, but I didn’t know why,” he said. “It’s a very difficult start, it’s a very difficult circuit, the only thing I did was keep my line, I didn’t even feel a touch next to me. We try to act as clean as we can. Yvan is a friend, and I’m very happy to be working with him, and if he has something to tell me, we’ll discuss it of course. For me it’s a bit of a surprise to find it now, I think it would be better to wait and speak with him about this.”
James Thompson’s Lada was heavily damaged as a result of the contact, with the team having a hard task to fix the car for their home race in Moscow.
“I had an amazing start, but Yvan was pushed off by one of his team-mates, he rejoined, had a tank-slapper and took me out and that was it,” said Thompson to TouringCarTimes. “It was disappointing, why are the guys with the three fastest cars pushing themselves on to the grass? We were lucky no one was hurt, it was a stupid accident.”"Em TouringCarTimes | Yvan Muller blames López for start-line crash in Austria
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"Citroën continued to reign despite four Honda cars were starting from the first two rows.
The success of José María López was partly facilitated by the two safety-car periods occurred. The first one on lap 1 after a collision at the start put out of contention the Citroën of Muller and the LADA cars of Huff and Thompson in the role of innocent victims. A few yards later, another clash, between Chilton and Borković, further justified the suspension of the race.
At the restart, López passed three Honda cars in a sequence and was attacking Tarquini when the safety-car got in again, to allow cleaning of the track. That made relatively easy for the Argentine to take the lead and win, ahead of a trio of Honda cars (Tarquini, Monteiro, Michelisz) and the Chevrolet cars of Coronel and Morbidelli. Loeb was 7th and Kozlovskiy took one point for LADA.
In TC2, same scenario as in Race 1, with Engstler winning from Filippi and Di Sabatino.
Key Moments Start – Excellent start of Tarquini who takes the lead ahead of Monteiro, Michelisz and Bennani, but behind it’s chaos, as Muller trying to pass López, ends on the grass on the left side of the straight. When getting back onto the tarmac he touches Thompson who goes sideways hitting Huff. Both LADA cars spin in the middle of the group and hit the barriers. In another accident shortly afterwards, Borković and Chilton are both put of contention.
Re-start – Muller does not make the grid as his car is too damaged.
Lap 3 – Tarquini leads ahead of Monteiro, Michelisz, Bennani, López, Coronel and Loeb.
Lap 5 – López passes Bennani for fourth.
Lap 6 – López passes Michelisz for third while Coronel takes fifth from Bennani and Morbidelli passes Loeb for 7th.
Lap 7 – López starts attacking Monteiro, who tries to resist and protect Tarquini’s leadership.
Lap 8 – López takes second from Monteiro in the long back straight while Morbidelli takes 6th from Bennani.
Lap 9 – Bennani concedes 7th to Loeb.
Lap 10 – Münnich misses the first chicane taking a lot of gravel.
Lap 11 – Big fight between Coronel and Morbidelli, side by side in turn 5. Safety car is deployed again to clean the gravel on the track. Lap 13 – Re-start with Tarquini keeping the advantage and López attacking. The Argentine uses the slipstreaming to pass in the back straight.
Lap 17 – López wins ahead of Tarquini and Monteiro.
José María López: “It’s nice and a little bit unexpected to take my third win of the year here, as I was probably not the best of the three Citroën cars, but things turned out this way and now I am leading the championship with 41 points. It doesn’t mean much, as we saw today, things can change very quickly. I never imagined to be in this position, but the championship is still very very long. In Race 2 I opted for a non-aggressive set-up with a very low wing and that paid off as I was very quick on the back straight, which was crucial to pass the Honda cars. For sure, the second safety-car helped, but sometimes you have to be lucky.”
Gabriele Tarquini: “I am happy with the result, that’s the best we could achieve today. The car felt good, very well balanced, and we are clearly improving, but there is nothing we can do against the Citroën cars on the straights, they have much more top speed. There was simply no fight with Pechito and there was no way to resist. The safety-car didn’t change much, it would at most take one more lap to Pechito to pass me…”
Tiago Monteiro: “It’s my fourth podium of the season and I am happy with the result. At the start, I got sandwiched between Bennani and Michelisz, we touched but luckily, there was enough room for everybody to pass. At the moment, the Citroën is in another league and there is nothing we can do. We are closing the gap in corners but still very far way in the straights.”
Franz Engstler: “I don’t know what to say, except it has been a lovely weekend: great track, fabulous weather, a lot of friends and two wins… In Race 2, the most difficult moment was the start, with all the confusion ahead of me. I saw the LADA cars going in every direction, there was a lot of dust and carbon debris on the track. Luckily, I managed to go through unhurt and with no punctures…”
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