2007 World Touring Car Championship

Motorsport contest 2007 World Touring Car Championship World Drivers' Champion Andy Priaulx World Manufacturers' Champion BMW 2006 2008 The 2007 World Touring Car Championship season was the 4th season of FIA World Touring Car Championship motor racing. The championship, which commenced on 11 March and ended on 18 November, after twenty-two races, was open to Super 2000 Cars, Diesel 2000 Cars and Super Production Cars 2007 WTCC Sporting Regulations Retrieved from fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014 as defined by the relevant FIA regulations. The Drivers' Championship was won by Andy Priaulx and the Manufacturers' Championship by BMW.Championship point standings Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014 Teams and drivers thumb|right|Andy Priaulx (BMW), Yvan Muller (SEAT) and Jörg Müller (BMW) in Curitiba. Yvan Muller challenged double-champion Priaulx in the last stage of the season, but Priaulx won the Drivers' Championship again at the final round in Macau. thumb|Yvan Muller (SEAT Leon) placed second in the Drivers' Championship thumb|James Thompson (Alfa Romeo 156) placed third in the Drivers' Championship thumb|Alain Menu (Chevrolet Lacetti) placed sixth in the Drivers' Championship The following teams and drivers contested the 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship.2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship - Entry List Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014 TeamCarNo.DriversRounds Manufacturer Teams GBR BMW Team UK BMW 320si 1 GBR Andy Priaulx All 14 SWE Fredrik Ekblom 7, 10–11 DEU BMW Team Germany 2 DEU Jörg Müller All 3 BRA Augusto Farfus All ITA BMW Team Italy-Spain 4 ITA Alessandro Zanardi All 5 ESP Félix Porteiro All GBR Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 6 GBR Robert Huff All 7 ITA Nicola Larini All 8 CHE Alain Menu All 88 SWE Rickard Rydell 7 ESP SEAT Sport SEAT León 9ESP Jordi Gené 1–6 SEAT León TDI 7–11 SEAT León 10 MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. 1–1011 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 1–9 SEAT León TDI 10–11 SEAT León12FRA Yvan Muller 1–6 SEAT León TDI 7–11 SEAT León 18 PRT Tiago Monteiro 2–11 38 ESP Oscar Nogués 10 40 DEU Peter Terting 8 88 SWE Rickard Rydell 11 ITA N.technology Alfa Romeo 156 15 GBR James Thompson All 16 NLD Olivier Tielemans 1–10 66 MAC André Couto 11 HKG GR Asia SEAT León 20 NLD Tom Coronel All GBR Team RAC/Aviva BMW 320si 25 NLD Duncan Huisman 11 Independents' Trophy SWE Honda Dealer Team Sweden Honda Accord Euro R 17 SWE Tomas Engström 10 ITA SEAT Sport Italia SEAT León 19 ITA Roberto Colciago 1–4, 6–10 34 ITA Massimiliano Pedalà 3, 5, 8–9 HKG GR Asia SEAT León 21 IRL Emmet O'Brien 1–6 22 ITA Maurizio Ceresoli 3–11 35 RUS Timur Sadredinov 8 45 RUS Sergey Krylov 9 FRA Exagon Engineering SEAT León 23 BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals All 24 FRA Anthony Beltoise 4 77 PRT Luís Pedro Magalhães 6 DEU Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 26 ITA Stefano D'Aste All SWE Elgh Motorsport BMW 320si 28 SWE Carl Rosenblad 7, 11 ITA Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 30 ITA Luca Rangoni All 31 ESP Sergio Hernández 1, 3–4, 6–11 32 ITA Davide Roda 5 BEL Racing for Belgium Alfa Romeo 156 33 PRT Miguel Freitas 2–6, 8, 10–11 CHE Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti 36 ESP María de Villota 3 DEU Engstler Motorsport BMW 320i 43 DEU Franz Engstler 11 44 RUS Andrey Romanov 11 RUS Russian Bears Motorsport BMW 320i 50 RUS Lev Fridman 2–3 51 RUS Evgeny Zelenov 2 52 RUS Viktor Shapovalov 2–3 RUS Golden Motors Honda Accord Euro R 54 RUS Alexander Lvov 7 55 RUS Andrey Smetsky 7 MAC Ao's Racing Team BMW 320i 62 MAC Ao Chi Hong 11 RUS Avtodom Racing BMW 320i 63 HKG Henry Lee Jr. 11 Guest Entries Ineligible for points. GBR Team RAC/Aviva BMW 320si 27 GBR Colin Turkington 9, 11 DEU TFS-Yaco Racing Toyota Corolla T-Sport 37 DEU Philip Geipel 5 DEU Engstler Motorsport BMW 320i 46 HKG David Louie 11 SWE Polestar Racing Volvo S60 Flexifuel 60 SWE Robert Dahlgren 7 Driver changes Changed Teams Augusto Farfus: N-Technology → BMW Team Germany James Thompson: SEAT Sport → N-Technology Emmet O'Brien: Wiechers-Sport → GR Asia Pierre-Yves Corthals: Jas Motorsport → Exagon Engineering Stefano D'Aste: Proteam Motorsport → Wiechers-Sport Entering WTCC including those who entered one-off rounds in 2006 Félix Porteiro: GP2 Series → BMW Team Italy-Spain Michel Jourdain Jr.: NASCAR Craftman Truck Series → SEAT Sport Tiago Monteiro: Formula 1 → SEAT Sport Olivier Tielemans: DTM → N-Technology Roberto Colciago: Italian Superturismo Championship → SEAT Sport Italia Sergio Hernández: GP2 Series → Scuderia Proteam Motorsport Miguel Freitas: Eurocup Mégane Trophy → Racing for Belgium Leaving WTCC Peter Terting: SEAT Sport → International GT Open Duncan Huisman: BMW Team Italy-Spain → No full-time drive Gianni Morbidelli: N-Technology → Superstars Series Salvatore Tavano: N-Technology → Le Mans Series Ryan Sharp: Jas Motorsport → FIA GT Championship Diego Romanini: Wiechers-Sport → Eurocup Mégane Trophy Dirk Müller: BMW Team Germany → FIA GT Championship Calendar thumb|Four circuits (Zandvoort, Pau, Porto and Anderstorp) newly joined the category.Image: an advertisement for the race at Zandvoort, one of them, by the car of Tom Coronel at the opening races in Curitiba. A provisional calendar was released on 15 January 2007.. On 27 February 2007, the FIA announced that the 13th and 14th races of the series originally scheduled to be run in Istanbul would instead take place at the Anderstorp circuit. Each race weekend featured two races of 50 kilometres each (similar to Superbike World Championship race format). If the safety car was deployed during a race, the first two laps under it were not counted towards the race distance. The starting grid order for the first race of each weekend was determined by the results of qualifying and the race began with a rolling start. The second race grid order was determined by the results of the first race with the top eight positions reversed. The second race began with a standing start. Round Race Name Track Date 1 R1 HSBC Race of Brazil BRA Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 11 March R2 2 R3 Courtyard Race of the Netherlands NLD Circuit Park Zandvoort 6 May R4 3 R5 Stihl Race of Spain ESP Circuit Ricardo Tormo 20 May R6 4 R7 Beru Race of France FRA Circuit de Pau Ville 3 June R8 5 R9 Race of the Czech Republic CZE Masaryk Circuit 17 June R10 6 R11 Race of Portugal PRT Circuito da Boavista 8 July R12 7 R13 Race of Sweden SWE Scandinavian Raceway 29 July R14 8 R15 Beru Race of Germany DEU Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 26 August R16 9 R17 Courtyard Race of UK GBR Brands Hatch 23 September R18 10 R19 Courtyard Race of Italy ITA Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 5 October R20 11 R21 Monroe Race of Macau MAC Guia Circuit 16 November R22 Results and standings Races Race Race Name Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning independent Report 1 BRA Race of Brazil DEU Jörg Müller DEU Jörg Müller DEU Jörg Müller DEU BMW Team Germany BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals Report 2 DEU Jörg Müller BRA Augusto Farfus DEU BMW Team Germany ITA Luca Rangoni 3 NLD Race of the Netherlands CHE Alain Menu ITA Luca Rangoni CHE Alain Menu USA Chevrolet ITA Luca Rangoni Report 4 ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA Gabriele Tarquini ESP SEAT Sport ITA Luca Rangoni 5 ESP Race of Spain GBR James Thompson GBR James Thompson GBR James Thompson ITA N.Technology ITA Luca Rangoni Report 6 GBR Robert Huff GBR James Thompson ITA N.Technology ITA Luca Rangoni 7 FRA Race of France CHE Alain Menu CHE Alain Menu CHE Alain Menu USA Chevrolet ITA Stefano D'Aste Report 8 BRA Augusto Farfus BRA Augusto Farfus DEU BMW Team Germany BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals 9 CZE Race of the Czech Republic ESP Félix Porteiro BRA Augusto Farfus ESP Félix Porteiro ITA BMW Team Italy-Spain ITA Massimiliano Pedalà Report 10 ITA Alessandro Zanardi DEU Jörg Müller DEU BMW Team Germany ITA Stefano D'Aste 11 PRT Race of Portugal CHE Alain Menu GBR Robert Huff CHE Alain Menu USA Chevrolet ITA Stefano D'Aste Report 12 DEU Jörg Müller GBR Andy Priaulx GBR BMW Team UK BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals 13 SWE Race of Sweden PRT Tiago Monteiro CHE Alain Menu GBR Robert Huff USA Chevrolet ITA Luca Rangoni Report 14 ITA Alessandro Zanardi SWE Rickard Rydell USA Chevrolet ITA Roberto Colciago 15 DEU Race of Germany ITA Gabriele Tarquini ITA Roberto Colciago FRA Yvan Muller ESP SEAT Sport ITA Roberto Colciago Report 16 GBR James Thompson BRA Augusto Farfus DEU BMW Team Germany ITA Massimiliano Pedalà 17 GBR Race of UK CHE Alain Menu FRA Yvan Muller CHE Alain Menu USA Chevrolet BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals Report 18 GBR Colin Turkington GBR Andy Priaulx GBR BMW Team UK BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals 19 ITA Race of Italy FRA Yvan Muller ESP Jordi Gené FRA Yvan Muller ESP SEAT Sport ITA Luca Rangoni Report 20 GBR James Thompson ESP Jordi Gené ESP SEAT Sport ITA Roberto Colciago 21 MAC Guia Race of Macau CHE Alain Menu ITA Gabriele Tarquini CHE Alain Menu USA Chevrolet ITA Luca Rangoni Report 22 ITA Gabriele Tarquini GBR Andy Priaulx GBR BMW Team UK ITA Luca Rangoni Championship standings Points system  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th 108654321 Drivers' Championship Pos Driver BRABRA NEDNLD ESPESP FRAFRA CZECZE PORPRT SWESWE GERDEU UKGBR ITAITA MACMAC  Pts  1 GBR Andy Priaulx 2 2 8 5 5 3 6 2 Ret 7 7 1 11 13 5 2 7* 1 NC Ret 8 1 92 2 FRA Yvan Muller 8 4 NC 12 3 4 2 6 6 DNS 5 5 6 Ret 1 5 4* 5* 1 5 27† DNS 81 3 GBR James Thompson Ret 11 13 19 1 1 10 7 9 5 10 10 3 5 3 4 2 8* 3 3 5 3 79 4 BRA Augusto Farfus Jr. 3 1 5 2 22† 10 7 1 4 2 9 6 16 9* 7 1 11 Ret 7 Ret 26† DNS 71 5 ITA Nicola Larini Ret 10 2 4 2 5 Ret 11 5 6 3 20† 7 2 Ret 21 Ret 12 4 2 7 2 71 6 CHE Alain Menu Ret Ret 1 Ret 9 14 1 8 8 Ret 1 3 8 3 NC 10 1 Ret 5 Ret 1 21† 69 7 DEU Jörg Müller 1 3 10 3 8 2 11 10 2 1 8 2 15 10 4 Ret 14 7* 16 14 13 20† 66 8 ITA Gabriele Tarquini 4 5 7 1 Ret 24† 19 12 7 4 4 7 5 7 2 7 10 Ret 6 Ret 2 14 62 9 GBR Robert Huff 5 Ret Ret 13 Ret 13 4 4 20 NC 2 11 1 11 11 6 6* 3 8 4 3 Ret 57 10 ESP Jordi Gené 9 12 9 10 4 6 8 5 15 8 14 21† 18 24 6 3 5* 6* 2 1 4 22† 55 11 PRT Tiago Monteiro 4 9 Ret 12 3 3 13 9 15 13 2 6 10 8 21 11 Ret 8 6 4 38 12 ESP Félix Porteiro Ret Ret 11 8 Ret 19 5 Ret 1 3 17 18 14 16 Ret 20 9* 2 18 Ret 12 7 32 13 NLD Tom Coronel 6 8 Ret 14 21 25† 9 Ret Ret 11 6 4 4 4 Ret 12 13 9* 9 7 15 5 29 14 ITA Luca Rangoni Ret 7 3 6 7 7 Ret 17 18 Ret 20 12 17 20 16 18 16 21† 10 DNS 17 10 15 15 ITA Alessandro Zanardi 7 6 12 11 Ret DNS Ret 9 3 20 16 15 20 15 Ret 15 15 Ret 13 6 10 Ret 14 16 SWE Rickard Rydell 9 1 11 6 13 17 ITA Roberto Colciago WD WD 6 7 Ret Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS 19 18 8 14 12 15 22† 9 6 18 MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. 12 15 15 16 6 9 12 Ret 11 13 12 9 Ret 12 12 9 19 13 14 13 3 19 BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals 10 9 14 15 13 16 18 13 12 15 13 8 22 23 Ret DNS 8* 10 DSQ DSQ Ret 13 3 20 ESP Sergio Hernández 14 Ret 10 8 14 Ret Ret DNS Ret 22 14 17 18 16 19 17 21 15 1 = SWE Fredrik Ekblom 12 14 11 12 16 9* 1 NC NLD Olivier Tielemans Ret 14 16 17 14 11 Ret 16 19 16 Ret DNS 13 21 9 Ret 20 14 Ret 11 0 NC NLD Duncan Huisman 9 11 0 NC ITA Stefano D'Aste 11 13 17 18 12 18 13 Ret 14 10 11 14 21 19 17 13 17 17 21 10 18 12 0 NC ITA Massimiliano Pedalà 11 15 10 12 Ret 11 NC 18 0 NC ESP Oscar Nogués 12 DNS 0 NC IRL Emmet O'Brien 13 Ret 18 20 17 17 17 Ret 16 17 Ret 19 0 NC RUS Timur Sadredinov 13 19 0 NC ITA Maurizio Ceresoli 15 23 Ret 15 17 14 18 16 23 25 15 16 Ret 19 17 Ret 22 18 0 NC FRA Anthony Beltoise 15 14 0 NC PRT Miguel Freitas Ret 21 16 Ret 16 Ret 21 18 19 Ret DNS DNS 20 15 23 19 0 NC SWE Tomas Engström 15 16 0 NC DEU Franz Engstler 19 16 0 NC SWE Carl Rosenblad 25 17 20 17 0 NC PRT Luís Pedro Magalhães 21 17 0 NC ESP María de Villota 18 20 0 NC RUS Viktor Shapovalov 19 23 20 21 0 NC RUS Lev Fridman 20 22 19 22 0 NC RUS Sergey Krylov Ret 20 0 NC ITA Davide Roda 23 21† 0 NC RUS Evgeny Zelenov 21 24 0 NC DEU Peter Terting Ret 22† 0 NC RUS Alexander Lvov 24 26 0 NC RUS Andrey Romanov 24 Ret 0 NC RUS Andrey Smetsky 26 27 0 NC HKG Henry Lee Jr. Ret DNS 0 NC MAC André Couto DNS DNS – NC MAC Ao Chi Hong WD WD – guest drivers ineligible for points NC GBR Colin Turkington 3* 4* 14 8* * NC SWE Robert Dahlgren 10 8* * NC DEU Phillip Geipel 22 19 * NC HKG David Louie 25 Ret * Pos Car BRABRA NEDNLD ESPESP FRAFRA CZECZE PORPRT SWESWE GERDEU UKGBR ITAITA MACMAC  Pts Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap † — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance. Point system: 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 for top eight finishers in each race. Drivers with 0 points were not classified in official championship results. * Phillip Geipel, Robert Dahlgren, Colin Turkington and David Louie were not eligible to score championship points. Thus, 9th-place finishers scored points in the Race 2 of Sweden, Race 1 & 2 of the United Kingdom and Race 2 of Macau. Yokohama Independents' Trophy Championship promoter KSO organised the Yokohama Independents’ Trophies within the 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship.Yokohama Independents' Trophies - Regulations Retrieved from fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014 Drivers were awarded points towards the Independents' Trophy in the first twenty rounds on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight finishers of those entries which were classified as Independents. Points were awarded in the final two rounds on a 20-16-12-10-8-6-4-2 basis. Pos Driver BRABRA NEDNLD ESPESP FRAFRA CZECZE PORPRT SWESWE GERDEU UKGBR ITAITA MACMAC Pts 1 ITA Stefano D'Aste 11 13 17 18 12 18 13 Ret 14 10 11 14 21 19 17 13 17 17 21 10 18 12 152 2 ITA Luca Rangoni Ret 7 3 6 7 7 Ret 17 18 Ret 20 12 17 20 16 18 16 21† 10 DNS 17 10 150 3 BEL Pierre-Yves Corthals 10 9 14 15 13 16 18 13 12 15 13 8 22 23 Ret DNS 8 10 DSQ DSQ Ret 13 124 4 ESP Sergio Hernández 14 Ret 10 8 14 Ret Ret DNS Ret 22 14 17 18 16 19 17 21 15 81 5 ITA Roberto Colciago WD WD 6 7 Ret Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS 19 18 8 14 12 15 22† 9 78 6 ITA Maurizio Ceresoli 15 23 Ret 15 17 14 18 16 23 25 15 16 Ret 19 17 Ret 22 18 66 7 ITA Massimiliano Pedalà 11 15 10 12 Ret 11 NC 18 44 8 PRT Miguel Freitas Ret 21 16 Ret 16 Ret 21 18 19 Ret DNS DNS 20 15 23 19 36 9 IRL Emmet O'Brien 13 Ret 18 20 17 17 17 Ret 16 17 Ret 19 35 10 DEU Franz Engstler 19 16 20 11 SWE Carl Rosenblad 25* 17* 20 17 16 12 FRA Anthony Beltoise 15 14 14 13 SWE Tomas Engström 15 16 13 14 RUS Timur Sadredinov 13 19 10 15 PRT Luís Pedro Magalhães 21 17 7 16 RUS Alexander Lvov 24 26 5 17 RUS Viktor Shapovalov 19 23 20 21 5 18 RUS Lev Fridman 20 22 19 22 4 19 RUS Andrey Smetsky 26 27 3 20 ITA Davide Roda 23 21† 3 21 RUS Andrey Romanov 24 Ret 2 22 RUS Sergey Krylov Ret 20 2 23 ESP María de Villota 18 20 2 24 RUS Evgeny Zelenov 21 24 1 NC HKG Henry Lee Jr. Ret DNS 0 NC MAC Ao Chi Hong WD WD – Pos Driver BRABRA NEDNLD ESPESP FRAFRA CZECZE PORPRT SWESWE GERDEU UKGBR ITAITA MACMAC Pts * Guest driver Yokohama Teams' Trophy The Yokohama Teams' Trophy was won by Proteam Motorsport.Yokohama Teams' Trophy Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014 Manufacturers' Championship Pos Manufacturer Car Wins Points 1 DEU BMW BMW 320si 9 255 2 ESP SEAT SEAT León, SEAT León TDI 4 249 3 USA Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 7 218 4 ITA Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 156 2 124 Points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis in each race but only to the top two placegetters from each manufacturer. All the other cars of that same manufacturer were considered invisible as far as scoring points was concerned. Notes "N" References External links 2007 Season at www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship at www.teamdan.com