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Tuesday, 19 June 2007 |
N.Technology Alfa Romeo concluded a tough weekend with a solid fifth place finish in this afternoon's tenth round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), courtesy of British driver James Thompson.
The 33-year-old overtook three cars into sixth place on his first lap, with fifth position following soon after thanks to a stop-go penalty for second-place Alessandro Zanardi.
Pushing hard to improve his position, the Briton chased Gabriele
Tarquini for fourth place during the remainder of the race but wasn't
able to catch the Italian.
After a difficult start forced Thompson's team-mate Olivier Tielemans
to the back of the grid, the rookie worked his way through the field
with some confident overtaking moves to finish 17th.
James Thompson, car number 15" I really went for it at the start of the
race but realised that the BMW pace is in a different league this
weekend and had to settle for fifth because Tarquini kept enough of a
gap in front of me in the SEAT. Going from 14th at the start of the
weekend to 5th this afternoon is good going though! We keep adding
points to our tally; we got more points this weekend than in Pau and
that's the most important thing."
Olivier Tielemans, car number 16 "I pushed really hard for the whole
race after a not very good start. I spent the race chasing whoever was
in front to overtake but had to protect my position quite a bit too!"
FIA WTCC Brno race two
1. Joerg Mueller (GER), BMW 320si
2. Augusto Farfus (BRA), BMW 320si
3. Félix Porteiro (SPA), BMW 320si
4. Gabriele Tarquini (ITA), SEAT Le?n
5. James Thompson (GBR), Alfa Romeo 156
6. Nicola Larini (ITA), Chevrolet Lacetti
7. Andy Priaulx (GBR), BMW 320si
8. Jordi Gené (SPA), SEAT Le?n
17. Olivier Tielemans (NED), Alfa Romeo 156
Round 11 and 12 will take place in Porto, Portugal on 8 July 2007.
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