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N.TECHNOLOGY ALFA ROMEO, PUSHING FOR MORE PODIUMS |
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Monday, 20 August 2007 |
N.Technology Alfa Romeo is heading back to familiar grounds with round
15 and 16 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) in Oschersleben, Germany.
The Italian team
enjoyed their latest visit to the WTCC podium a few
weeks ago with British driver James Thompson finishing third at
Anderstorp in Sweden. The team put in a solid performance throughout
the weekend as
rookie Olivier Tielemans claimed his best finish to date, 13th, whilst
Thompson took fifth place in the weekend’s second race.
James Thompson on the podium in Anderstorp, Sweden
Oschersleben
has been a regular venue for international touring
cars with the European Touring Car Championship and WTCC regularly
racing at the Motorsport Arena. The challenge will be sizeable
none-the-less
with BMW being a favourite for the wins according to double British Touring Car Champion James Thompson.
“BMW
have won most of the races in Oschersleben so far,”
said Thompson whose 2005 WTCC qualifying lap record in the Alfa Romeo
156 still stands at the German track. “But we have already shown we
have
the capability to mix at the top of the grid on several occasions this
year so who knows. I think the Alfa can do well here; the track is
quite
similar to Anderstorp and we were on the podium there so let’s aim for
more of the same!”
Olivier Tielemans amongst the WTCC grid girls
Team-mate Olivier Tielemans will be looking to further improve his WTCC
record following a solid Swedish performance which saw the Dutchman make up 11 places in race one.
“Anderstorp
was a brilliant race for me and I hope this Sunday
will be the same,” said Tielemans who raced at Oschersleben last year
in the DTM. “My aim is to improve at each race so I want an even
better finish in Germany than I did in Sweden. At least this is one of
the tracks I know, so having to learn the circuit won’t eat into my
track-time this weekend.”
Eurosport’s WTCC coverage begins Sunday 23 August with
qualifying shown on Eurosport 2 at 08.00 (CET) followed by race one from 11.45 (CET) onwards and race two on Eurosport at 15.30
(CET).
Live streaming will also be available for both races on www.eurosport.com and www.fiawtcc.com.
N.Technology's line-up
of world-class drivers, including Giancarlo Fisichella, Felipe Massa,
Fabrizio
Giovanardi, Gabriele Tarquini and Nicola Larini, gives some indication
of the Italian team's stature in the world of motorsport.
Competing in
touring cars, rally and sports cars, N.Technology has never once quit a championship without winning at least one title.
To date it has won 147
races with Alfa Romeo, secured 100 pole positions and 110 fastest laps and will be looking to score its 150th win in 2007.
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