Um olhar sobre as corridas

45º Circuito Internacional de Vila Real wtcc

WTCC treinos

Discover the Vila Real track with Tiago Monteiro

 Vila Real welcomes the WTCC drivers

 Ben's Blog: track walk of the Vila Real street circuit

 Is the Vila Real street circuit the new Macau

Tarquini crashes into Chilton in Vila Real

 Onboard with Rob Huff in the streets of Vila Real

 The best action from Free Practice 2

The best of WTCC Vila Real qualifying in slomoThe best action from Qualifying

 The best action from Qualifying

José María López takes Pole Position in Vila Real

Vila Real Qualifying Wrap

Corner by corner, Rob Huff talks you around the street circuit of Vila Real

WTCC cars fly over Vila Real's curbs!

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Primeira corrida WTCC em Vila Real

Start of the first race during the 2015 FIA WTCC World Touring Car Championship race of Portugal, Vila Real from July 10th to 12th 2015. Photo Alexandre Guillaumot / DPPI.

45º Circuito Internacional de Vila Real parte 3 (WTCC)

Finalmente prontos e na pista.

Pilotos e máquinas participantes no Campeonato do Mundo de Carros de Turismo (WTCC) rolam pela primeira vez no Circuito Internacional de Vila Real perante o fascínio de todos os presentes que os aguardavam com natural ansiedade.

Inicio dos testes reconhecimento da pista segundo a sua ordem de passagem.

O primeiro na pista,

Sébastien Loeb 9 Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC

José María López 37 Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC

Yvan Muller 68 Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC

Mehdi Bennani 25 Sébastien Loeb Racing Citroën C-Elysée WTCC

Ma Qing Hua 33 Citroën Total WTCC Citroën C-Elysée WTCC

Tiago Monteiro 18 Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic WTCC

Gabriele Tarquini 2 Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic WTCC

Norbert Michelisz 5 Zengö Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC

Rob Huff 12 Lada Sport Rosneft Lada Vesta WTCC

Néstor Girolami 29 Honda Racing Team Sweden Honda Civic WTCC

Tom Coronel 4 Roal Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze

Tom Chilton 3 Roal Motorsport  Chevrolet RML Cruze

Nick Catsburg 10 Lada Sport Rosneft Lada Vesta WTCC

Stefano D'Aste 26 All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze

John Filippi 27 Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze

Hugo Valente 7 Campos Racing Chevrolet RML Cruze

Grégoire Demoustier 11 Craft Bamboo Chevrolet RML Cruze

Jaap van Lagen 46 Lada Sport Rosneft Lada Vesta WTCC

Rickard Rydell 19 Honda Racing Team Sweden Honda Civic WTCC

Dia a dia das corridas, Quinta-feira, dia 9 de Julho. parte 4

O WTCC nas antigas de Vila Real

Honda Racing WTCC

Vila Real welcomes FIA WTCC for inaugural event marking European finale

8 de Julho de 2015 às 11:04

Tiago Monteiro hoping for success on home soil

Gabriele Tarquini intrigued by ‘new’ street track but remains cautious on results prediction

Nestor Girolami returns for a second outing in the Honda Racing Team Sweden Civic

Civic WTCC loses weight, running with 30kgs

 This weekend the FIA World Touring Car Championship arrives for the first time in the historic city of Vila Real, Portugal.

Inaugurated in 1931, history has witnessed plenty of racing action through the winding streets over the years including legendary names such as Sir Stirling Moss, however this will be the first time the venue has staged an FIA world championship – making it a complete unknown for the touring car icons, including local favourite, Tiago Monteiro. 

Located in northern Portugal, East of Porto [Monteiro’s hometown], Vila Real – translated as Royal Town – provides a 4.7km temporary track with a sure-to-be close concoction of over twenty turns of varying speeds and elevation changes. On first impression this unknown high-speed city track,which Monteiro labels a ‘mix of Macau and Nurburgring-Nordschleife’, may seem a daunting proposition, but with a blank sheet of paper yet to hold the WTCC records, the race to be the Portuguese victor is well and truly on. 

Also marking the finale of the WTCC’s European journey as the series prepares for a summer break following this weekend before commencing fly-away races in Asia, the picturesque city provides the perfect backdrop from which to draw a climactic season to a pause.

Tiago Monteiro: “I know very little about this track. I came to watch some races when I was 8 or 9 years old but like everyone else, I’ve never raced here. This track is very high-speed, but unlike some of the other street tracks we’ve been to, it is very flowing. There are a lot of direction changes in sweeping corners which makes it quite unusual for a street race, so I am really looking forward to getting out on track.

 “Being my home event there is extra pressure and a more demanding schedule, but it’s positive. It means a lot to have local support so I will be focusing 100% and hoping to put on an exciting, successful performance for them.”

Gabriele Tarquini: “I have no experience of this track. Preparation wise, I’ve watched a few on-board cameras from other races so it will be interesting to see how we run here. It’s difficult to predict results, but I think we have to remain cautious. It’s a fast track with long corners, not tight and twisty as we come to expect with other city circuits, but I am really looking forward to racing here – I like city tracks and it is good to know that everyone starts from zero. It’s going to be a real challenge for us all, not just once we’re on track competing but also in finding the right set up – the track walk with my engineers will be really important.

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Yvan Muller Citroen C Elysée

J-3 avant la prochaine épreuve du championnat du Monde WTCC a Vila Real au Portugal 🇵🇹
D-3 before next WTCC event at Vila Real Portugal

"With one of the most impressive records in motorsport, Yvan Muller is one of the leading lights of the WTCC, having notched up four titles, in 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2013.

Like most track drivers, he started out in karting, and with some success, finishing as World Championship runner-up in 1985 and European Champion in 1986. Moving on to single-seater racing, he spent time on the other side of the Channel, and won the British F2 Championship in 1992.

With Formula 1 opportunities not forthcoming, the driver, a native of Alsace, turned his hand to touring cars. In 1995, he was crowned French Champion, and that same year, he got his first taste of ice racing. He quickly established himself as the man to beat in the discipline, with ten titles in the Andros Trophy and multiple victories at the 24 Hours of Chamonix.

Nevertheless, Yvan remained a touring car driver at heart. One by one, he made the Italian, German and British championships his own. His eight seasons in the prestigious BTCC saw him clinch the title in 2003.

Yvan Muller was involved in the WTCC from its second year of existence. In 2008, he even became the first driver to win a world title in a diesel car! After four years at Seat, he joined Chevrolet and won two more championship crowns in 2010 and 2011. Without an official driver’s spot in 2013, he carried on with the RML team and added a fourth title to his collection.

Like his new teammate Sébastien Loeb, Yvan Muller is a real motorsport fanatic. His wealth of experience across the world includes the 24 Hours of Le Mans, V8 Supercars in Australia, the Dakar Rally and a few rounds in the WRC.

Dia a dia das corridas, Domingo, 5 de Julho, 

As equipas do WTCC

Fim de Domingo e depois de ter visto alguns camiões eis que de repente mais algumas das equipas do WTCC passam por mim ao fim da tarde …

Segunda-feira  

Mais uma ronda 

 Á noite tudo fechado mas o mesmo entusiasmo de sempre

Manuel Pedro Fernandes vai correr no WTCC em Vila Real

 COMUNICADO:

Agora sim é oficial. Manuel Pedro Fernandes vai correr no WTCC em Vila Real.
Mesmo após já termos comunicado que o piloto vilarealense não iria participar nas provas da FIA ,somos obrigados, e estamos imensamente orgulhosos com isso, a voltar com a nossa palavra atrás, confirmando que afinal o Manuel Pedro será o segundo piloto português nas duas corridas da prova do Campeonato Mundial de Turismos, em Julho, na "nossa" capital transmontana.

Vitória de Tiago Monteiro

Vitória de Tiago Monteiro esta manhã na segunda corrida do WTCC em Moscovo.Até lá saudações ao campeão. 

 Um abraço na hora da vitória.. 

 Em Moscovo  a apoiar Tiago Monteiro no WTCC ( FIA World Touring Car Championship ), Rui Santos, o Presidente da Câmara Municipal de Vila Real, e os representantes da APCIVR, Nuno Augusto e José Silva e ter como prémio ouvir “A Portuguesa”  no Moscow Raceway .

Lista de entrada para o WTCC 2015

#2 Honda Racing Team – Gabriele Tarquini – Honda Civic

#3 ROAL Motorsport – Tom Chilton – Chevrolet RML Cruze

#4 ROAL Motorsport – Tom Coronel – Chevrolet RML Cruze

#5 Zengő Motorsport – Norbert Mischelisz – Honda Civic

#7 Campos Racing – Hugo Valente – Chevrolet RML Cruze

#9 Citroën Total WTCC – Sébastien Loeb – Citroën C-Elysée

#11 Craft Bamboo – Grégoire Demoustier – Chevrolet RML Cruze

#12 LADA Sport Rosneft – Rob Huff – LADA Vesta

#14 LADA Sport Rosneft – Mikhail Kozlovskiy – LADA Vesta

#15 LADA Sport Rosneft – James Thompson - LADA Vesta

#18 Honda Racing Team – Tiago Monteiro – Honda Civic

#19 Nika International – Rickard Rydell – Honda Civic

#25 Sébastien Loeb Racing – Mehdi Bennani – Citroën C-Elysée

#26 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport – Stefano D’Aste – Chevrolet RML Cruze

#27 Campos Racing – John Filippi – Chevrolet RML Cruze

#33 Citroën Total WTCC – Ma Qing Hua – Citroën C-Elysée

#37 Citroën Total WTCC -José María López – Citroën C-Elysée

#68 Citroën Total WTCC – Yvan Muller – Citroën C-Elysée

#98 Proteam Racing – Dušan Borković – Honda Civic

 É bom não esquecer que foi em Vila Real que Tiago Monteiro assistiu às suas primeiras corridas.