Thursday, May 28, 2009

New Engine for the Lada 110 2.0 cars

photo: wtcc.lada.ru

The LADA 110 2.0 cars have been updated for this week’s event in Valencia. The three Russian machines are now powered by a new engine, which is due to deliver some more horsepower.
The team are also hoping that it can take advantage of the compensation weight system to maximise every opportunity over the Spanish weekend.

Jaap Van Lagen commented:
"I'm very much looking forward to these races and hopefully we can put some of the bad luck behind us now. I'll be very interested to see how much of an effect the new engine has here, but the main thing is that we are obviously making progress."

Team principal Victor Shapovalov added:
"We had a very busy couple of weeks after Pau, as there was a lot of work to do in order to repair the cars and test the new engine. Now everything is ready and we can concentrate on doing a good job on what is generally a more conventional circuit than the last two we have visited. The most important thing is to have a clean weekend in order to put us in a strong position to capitalise on any chances that come our way."

Source: fiawtcc.com

Monday, February 23, 2009

The 2009 WTCC Entry List is released

1 SEAT Sport Yvan Muller (FRA) SEAT León 2.0 TDI
2 SEAT Sport Gabriele Tarquini (ITA) SEAT León 2.0 TDI
3 SEAT Sport Rickard Rydell (SWE) SEAT León 2.0 TDI
4 SEAT Sport Jordi Gené (ESP) SEAT León 2.0 TDI
5 SEAT Sport Tiago Monteiro (POR) SEAT León 2.0 TDI
6 BMW Team UK Andy Priaulx (GBR) BMW 320si
7 BMW Team Germany Jörg Müller (GER) BMW 320si
8 BMW Team Germany Augusto Farfus (BRA) BMW 320si
9 BMW Team Italy-Spain Alessandro Zanardi (ITA) BMW 320si
10 BMW Team Italy-Spain Sergio Hernández (ESP) BMW 320si
11 Chevrolet Robert Huff (GBR) Chevrolet Cruze **
12 Chevrolet Alain Menu (SUI) Chevrolet Cruze **
14 Chevrolet Nicola Larini (ITA) Chevrolet Cruze **
15* Campos Racing Antonio García (ESP) Honda Accord Euro R
18 LADA Sport Jaap van Lagen (NED) Lada 110 2.0
19 LADA Sport Kirill Ladygin (RUS) Lada 110 2.0
20 LADA Sport Victor Shapovalov (RUS) Lada 110 2.0
21 SUNRED Engineering Tom Coronel (NED) SEAT León 2.0 TFSI
22 SUNRED Engineering Tom Boardman (GBR) SEAT León 2.0 TFSI
23 Scuderia Proteam Motorsport Félix Porteiro (ESP) BMW 320si
24 Scuderia Proteam Motorsport George Tanev (BUL) BMW 320si
25 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Franz Engstler (GER) BMW 320si
26 Liqui Moly Team Engstler Kristian Poulsen (DEN) BMW 320si
27 Wiechers-Sport Stefano D'Aste (ITA) BMW 320si
28 Čolak Racing Team Ingra Marin Čolak (CRO) SEAT León 2.0 TFSI
29* SUNRED Engineering TBA SEAT León 2.0 TFSI

* = Will start from the Marrakech event

** = FIA homologation under way

Source: www.fiawtcc.com