29 Oct 2007
GERMAN VICTORY IN THE SUPER 1600 CLASS |
| The first appearance of the Super 1600 class in the FIA European Touring Car Cup resulted in a German victory with the 30-years old Jens-Guido Weimann claiming pole position and winning both races. His Ford Fiesta’s impressive pace was only ten seconds slower compared to the best Super 2000 cars. |
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28 Oct 2007
DRIVERS’ QUOTES AFTER THE PODIUM |
| Michel NYKJÆR (SEAT León) – Winner of the Super 2000 Cup
“I am very happy, this was the best way to end the season after winning the Danish title. It was hard to overtake Poulsen but I really wanted to win this race and the cup and now I hope that this will help me to get to Macau to compete in the WTCC finale…” |
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28 Oct 2007
NYKJÆR TAKES TITLE WITH RACE 2 WIN |
| Before the second race Pontus Mörth was given a 30-second penalty because of the collision with Jens Reno Møller at the start of Race 1; he should have started sixth on the reverse grid for Race 2 but lost three positions and started ninth.
Kristian Pouslen took an early lead from pole position man Charlie Geipel when the Toyota driver made a poor start. |
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28 Oct 2007
ENGSTRÖM TAKES A LIGHT TO FLAG WIN |
| From pole position Tomas Engström made a better start than fellow front row starter Jens Reno Møller and the latter clashed with Pontus Mörth at the first corner and slipped down to ninth.
At the end of the first lap Engström was chased by Ceresoli, with Nykjær third and Mörth fourth. |
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28 Oct 2007
LVOV JR DROPPED TEN GRID POSITIONS |
| After setting pole position yesterday Tomas Engström remained the fastest in this morning’s 15-minute warm up session.
Under a foggy sky, the Swede’s Honda Accord clocked the fastest lap of 1:22.417, beating Michel Nykjær’s SEAT León and Henrik Lundgaard’s Chevrolet Lacetti by 0.147 and 0.273 seconds respectively. |
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27 Oct 2007
DRIVERS’ QUALIFYING QUOTES |
| Tomas ENGSTRÖM (Honda Accord) – Pole position in Super 2000
“It is always good to be on pole position. The conditions have been quite tricky but for qualifying I had the perfect car and I would like to thank the team for that. The traffic is always a problem but the team did a very good job from the pits telling me when to push and when not to.” |
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27 Oct 2007
ENGSTRÖM AND MØLLER MAKE HONDA 1-2 |
| Tomas Engström from Sweden claimed pole position for the third FIA European Touring Car Cup and Jens Reno Møller from Denmark completed an all-Honda front row on the grid for tomorrow’s Race 1. Maurizio Ceresoli in the GR Asia SEAT León posted the third fastest lap after sitting on provisional pole. |
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