2007 World Touring Car Championship

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 ^[1] as defined by the relevant FIA regulations. The Drivers' Championship was won by Andy Priaulx and the Manufacturers' Championship by BMW.^[2]

Teams and drivers edit

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.

Yvan Muller (SEAT Leon) placed second in the Drivers' Championship

James Thompson (Alfa Romeo 156) placed third in the Drivers' Championship

Alain Menu (Chevrolet Lacetti) placed sixth in the Drivers' Championship

The following teams and drivers contested the 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship.^[3]

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Rounds
Manufacturer Teams
BMW Team UK	BMW 320si	1	Andy Priaulx	All
BMW Team Germany		2	Jörg Müller	All
BMW Team Germany		3	Augusto Farfus	All
BMW Team Italy-Spain		4	Alessandro Zanardi	All
BMW Team Italy-Spain		5	Félix Porteiro	All
Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Lacetti	6	Robert Huff	All
		7	Nicola Larini	All
		8	Alain Menu	All
SEAT Sport	SEAT León	9	Jordi Gené	1–6
	SEAT León TDI	9	Jordi Gené	7–11
	SEAT León	10	Michel Jourdain Jr.	1–10
	SEAT León	11	Gabriele Tarquini	1–9
	SEAT León TDI	11	Gabriele Tarquini	10–11
	SEAT León	12	Yvan Muller	1–6
	SEAT León TDI	12	Yvan Muller	7–11
BMW Team UK	BMW 320si	14	Fredrik Ekblom	7, 10–11
N.technology	Alfa Romeo 156	15	James Thompson	All
N.technology	Alfa Romeo 156	16	Olivier Tielemans	1–10
SEAT Sport	SEAT León	18	Tiago Monteiro	2–11
GR Asia	SEAT León	20	Tom Coronel	All
Team RAC/Aviva	BMW 320si	25	Duncan Huisman	11
SEAT Sport	SEAT León	38	Oscar Nogués	10
SEAT Sport	SEAT León	40	Peter Terting	8
N.technology	Alfa Romeo 156	66	André Couto	11
Chevrolet RML	Chevrolet Lacetti	88	Rickard Rydell	7
SEAT Sport	SEAT León	88	Rickard Rydell	11
Independents' Trophy
Honda Dealer Team Sweden	Honda Accord Euro R	17	Tomas Engström	10
SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT León	19	Roberto Colciago	1–4, 6–10
GR Asia	SEAT León	21	Emmet O'Brien	1–6
GR Asia	SEAT León	22	Maurizio Ceresoli	3–11
Exagon Engineering	SEAT León	23	Pierre-Yves Corthals	All
Exagon Engineering	SEAT León	24	Anthony Beltoise	4
Wiechers-Sport	BMW 320si	26	Stefano D'Aste	All
Elgh Motorsport	BMW 320si	28	Carl Rosenblad	7, 11
Scuderia Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	30	Luca Rangoni	All
		31	Sergio Hernández	1, 3–4, 6–11
		32	Davide Roda	5
Racing for Belgium	Alfa Romeo 156	33	Miguel Freitas	2–6, 8, 10–11
SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT León	34	Massimiliano Pedalà	3, 5, 8–9
GR Asia	SEAT León	35	Timur Sadredinov	8
Maurer Motorsport	Chevrolet Lacetti	36	María de Villota	3
Engstler Motorsport	BMW 320i	43	Franz Engstler	11
Engstler Motorsport	BMW 320i	44	Andrey Romanov	11
GR Asia	SEAT León	45	Sergey Krylov	9
Russian Bears Motorsport	BMW 320i	50	Lev Fridman	2–3
		51	Evgeny Zelenov	2
		52	Viktor Shapovalov	2–3
Golden Motors	Honda Accord Euro R	54	Alexander Lvov	7
Golden Motors	Honda Accord Euro R	55	Andrey Smetsky	7
Ao's Racing Team	BMW 320i	62	Ao Chi Hong	11
Avtodom Racing	BMW 320i	63	Henry Lee Jr.	11
Exagon Engineering	SEAT León	77	Luís Pedro Magalhães	6
Guest Entries
Team RAC/Aviva	BMW 320si	27	Colin Turkington	9, 11
TFS-Yaco Racing	Toyota Corolla T-Sport	37	Philip Geipel	5
Engstler Motorsport	BMW 320i	46	David Louie	11
Polestar Racing	Volvo S60 Flexifuel	60	Robert Dahlgren	7

Driver changes edit

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 edit

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.[1][2]. 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.[3]

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	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	11 March
1	R2	HSBC Race of Brazil	Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba	11 March
2	R3	Courtyard Race of the Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	6 May
2	R4	Courtyard Race of the Netherlands	Circuit Park Zandvoort	6 May
3	R5	Stihl Race of Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	20 May
3	R6	Stihl Race of Spain	Circuit Ricardo Tormo	20 May
4	R7	Beru Race of France	Circuit de Pau Ville	3 June
4	R8	Beru Race of France	Circuit de Pau Ville	3 June
5	R9	Race of the Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	17 June
5	R10	Race of the Czech Republic	Masaryk Circuit	17 June
6	R11	Race of Portugal	Circuito da Boavista	8 July
6	R12	Race of Portugal	Circuito da Boavista	8 July
7	R13	Race of Sweden	Scandinavian Raceway	29 July
7	R14	Race of Sweden	Scandinavian Raceway	29 July
8	R15	Beru Race of Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	26 August
8	R16	Beru Race of Germany	Motorsport Arena Oschersleben	26 August
9	R17	Courtyard Race of UK	Brands Hatch	21 September
9	R18	Courtyard Race of UK	Brands Hatch	21 September
10	R19	Courtyard Race of Italy	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	5 October
10	R20	Courtyard Race of Italy	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza	5 October
11	R21	Monroe Race of Macau	Guia Circuit	16 November
11	R22	Monroe Race of Macau	Guia Circuit	16 November

Results and standings edit

Races edit

Race	Race Name	Pole Position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning team	Winning independent	Report
1	Race of Brazil	Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	Pierre-Yves Corthals	Report
2	Race of Brazil		Jörg Müller	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	Luca Rangoni	Report
3	Race of the Netherlands	Alain Menu	Luca Rangoni	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Luca Rangoni	Report
4	Race of the Netherlands		Gabriele Tarquini	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	Luca Rangoni	Report
5	Race of Spain	James Thompson	James Thompson	James Thompson	N.Technology	Luca Rangoni	Report
6	Race of Spain		Robert Huff	James Thompson	N.Technology	Luca Rangoni	Report
7	Race of France	Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Stefano D'Aste	Report
8	Race of France		Augusto Farfus	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	Pierre-Yves Corthals	Report
9	Race of the Czech Republic	Félix Porteiro	Augusto Farfus	Félix Porteiro	BMW Team Italy-Spain	Massimiliano Pedalà	Report
10	Race of the Czech Republic		Alessandro Zanardi	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	Stefano D'Aste	Report
11	Race of Portugal	Alain Menu	Robert Huff	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Stefano D'Aste	Report
12	Race of Portugal		Jörg Müller	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Pierre-Yves Corthals	Report
13	Race of Sweden	Tiago Monteiro	Alain Menu	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Luca Rangoni	Report
14	Race of Sweden		Alessandro Zanardi	Rickard Rydell	Chevrolet	Roberto Colciago	Report
15	Race of Germany	Gabriele Tarquini	Roberto Colciago	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	Roberto Colciago	Report
16	Race of Germany		James Thompson	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	Massimiliano Pedalà	Report
17	Race of UK	Alain Menu	Yvan Muller	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Pierre-Yves Corthals	Report
18	Race of UK		Colin Turkington	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Pierre-Yves Corthals	Report
19	Race of Italy	Yvan Muller	Jordi Gené	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	Luca Rangoni	Report
20	Race of Italy		James Thompson	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	Roberto Colciago	Report
21	Guia Race of Macau	Alain Menu	Gabriele Tarquini	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Luca Rangoni	Report
22	Guia Race of Macau		Gabriele Tarquini	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	Luca Rangoni	Report

Championship standings edit

Points system
1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
10	8	6	5	4	3	2	1

Drivers' Championship edit

Pos	Driver	BRA		NED		ESP		FRA		CZE		POR		SWE		GER		UK		ITA		MAC		Pts
1	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	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	Tiago Monteiro			4	9	Ret	12	3	3	13	9	15	13	2	6	10	8	21	11	Ret	8	6	4	38
12	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	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	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	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	Rickard Rydell													9	1							11	6	13
17	Roberto Colciago	WD	WD	6	7	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS			Ret	DNS	19	18	8	14	12	15	22†	9			6
18	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	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	Sergio Hernández	14	Ret			10	8	14	Ret			Ret	DNS	Ret	22	14	17	18	16	19	17	21	15	1
=	Fredrik Ekblom													12	14					11	12	16	9*	1
NC	Olivier Tielemans	Ret	14	16	17	14	11	Ret	16	19	16	Ret	DNS	13	21	9	Ret	20	14	Ret	11			0
NC	Duncan Huisman																					9	11	0
NC	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	Massimiliano Pedalà					11	15			10	12					Ret	11	NC	18					0
NC	Oscar Nogués																			12	DNS			0
NC	Emmet O'Brien	13	Ret	18	20	17	17	17	Ret	16	17	Ret	19											0
NC	Timur Sadredinov															13	19							0
NC	Maurizio Ceresoli					15	23	Ret	15	17	14	18	16	23	25	15	16	Ret	19	17	Ret	22	18	0
NC	Anthony Beltoise							15	14															0
NC	Miguel Freitas			Ret	21	16	Ret	16	Ret	21	18	19	Ret			DNS	DNS			20	15	23	19	0
NC	Tomas Engström																			15	16			0
NC	Franz Engstler																					19	16	0
NC	Carl Rosenblad													25	17							20	17	0
NC	Luís Pedro Magalhães											21	17											0
NC	María de Villota					18	20																	0
NC	Viktor Shapovalov			19	23	20	21																	0
NC	Lev Fridman			20	22	19	22																	0
NC	Sergey Krylov																	Ret	20					0
NC	Davide Roda									23	21†													0
NC	Evgeny Zelenov			21	24																			0
NC	Peter Terting															Ret	22†							0
NC	Alexander Lvov													24	26									0
NC	Andrey Romanov																					24	Ret	0
NC	Andrey Smetsky													26	27									0
NC	Henry Lee Jr.																					Ret	DNS	0
NC	André Couto																					DNS	DNS	–
NC	Ao Chi Hong																					WD	WD	–
guest drivers ineligible for points
NC	Colin Turkington																	3*	4*			14	8*	*
NC	Robert Dahlgren													10	8*									*
NC	Phillip Geipel									22	19													*
NC	David Louie																					25	Ret	*
Pos	Car	BRA		NED		ESP		FRA		CZE		POR		SWE		GER		UK		ITA		MAC		Pts

Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Points finish
Blue	Non-points finish
Blue	Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple	Retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Red	Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
	Withdrew (WD)
	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Excluded (EX)

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.^[2]

* 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 edit

Championship promoter KSO organised the Yokohama Independents’ Trophies within the 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship.^[4]

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.^[4] Points were awarded in the final two rounds on a 20-16-12-10-8-6-4-2 basis.^[4]

Pos	Driver	BRA		NED		ESP		FRA		CZE		POR		SWE		GER		UK		ITA		MAC		Pts
1	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	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	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	Sergio Hernández	14	Ret			10	8	14	Ret			Ret	DNS	Ret	22	14	17	18	16	19	17	21	15	81
5	Roberto Colciago	WD	WD	6	7	Ret	Ret	DNS	DNS			Ret	DNS	19	18	8	14	12	15	22†	9			78
6	Maurizio Ceresoli					15	23	Ret	15	17	14	18	16	23	25	15	16	Ret	19	17	Ret	22	18	66
7	Massimiliano Pedalà					11	15			10	12					Ret	11	NC	18					44
8	Miguel Freitas			Ret	21	16	Ret	16	Ret	21	18	19	Ret			DNS	DNS			20	15	23	19	36
9	Emmet O'Brien	13	Ret	18	20	17	17	17	Ret	16	17	Ret	19											35
10	Franz Engstler																					19	16	20
11	Carl Rosenblad													25*	17*							20	17	16
12	Anthony Beltoise							15	14															14
13	Tomas Engström																			15	16			13
14	Timur Sadredinov															13	19							10
15	Luís Pedro Magalhães											21	17											7
16	Alexander Lvov													24	26									5
17	Viktor Shapovalov			19	23	20	21																	5
18	Lev Fridman			20	22	19	22																	4
19	Andrey Smetsky													26	27									3
20	Davide Roda									23	21†													3
21	Andrey Romanov																					24	Ret	2
22	Sergey Krylov																	Ret	20					2
23	María de Villota					18	20																	2
24	Evgeny Zelenov			21	24																			1
NC	Henry Lee Jr.																					Ret	DNS	0
NC	Ao Chi Hong																					WD	WD	–
Pos	Driver	BRA		NED		ESP		FRA		CZE		POR		SWE		GER		UK		ITA		MAC		Pts

* Guest driver

Yokohama Teams' Trophy edit

The Yokohama Teams' Trophy was won by Proteam Motorsport.^[5]

Manufacturers' Championship edit

Pos	Manufacturer	Car	Wins	Points
1	BMW	BMW 320si	9	255
2	SEAT	SEAT León, SEAT León TDI	4	249
3	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	7	218
4	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 edit

References edit

^ 2007 WTCC Sporting Regulations Retrieved from fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014
^ ^a ^b Championship point standings Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014
^ 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship - Entry List Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014
^ ^a ^b ^c Yokohama Independents' Trophies - Regulations Retrieved from fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014
^ Yokohama Teams' Trophy Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014

External links edit

[Regulations-1] 2007 WTCC Sporting Regulations Retrieved from fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014

[Standings-2] Championship point standings Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014

[Entry-3] 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship - Entry List Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014

[Trophies-4] Yokohama Independents' Trophies - Regulations Retrieved from fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014

[5] Yokohama Teams' Trophy Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014

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