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WTCC: Farfus wins race, Tarquini takes titleBy Jonathan Noble Sunday, November 22nd 2009, 06:14 GMT
Gabriele TarquiniAugusto Farfus won an incident-filled final round of the World Touring Car Championship in Macau on Sunday, but all eyes were on Gabriele Tarquini who clinched the drivers' title.
Farfus led away cleanly from pole position and held an advantage throughout the early stages of the race from BMW team-mate Jorg Muller, who himself was fighting off the close attention of SEAT duo Yvan Muller and Tiago Monteiro. Behind them, Tarquini had moved up fifth on lap seven when Jordi Gene slowed.
The battle at the front was interrupted by a safety car on lap three, when Tom Boardman crashed in the Solitude Esses, and then the race was red-flagged at the end of lap eight when there was a spectacular crash at the R Bend final corner.
Felix Porteiro ran wide and hit the barriers, before his car was swiped by Franz Engstler's BMW. Engstler's car was then left stationary in the middle of the track where it was collected heavily by local driver Andre Couto.
With debris all over the track there was no option but to halt the race and, after a brief delay, it was decided that the event would not be restarted.
It meant that Tarquini's fifth placed finish was enough for him to take the WTCC crown, with his SEAT team doing enough to take the manufacturers' title.
Tarquini had been suffering an engine misfire in the second race so was nervous about his chances of taking the title if there had been a restart - so was relieved that his accidents earlier in the weekend and the late drama had not hit his title chances.
"It is fantastic," said Tarquini. "I had some crashes in practice and qualifying, which isn't the best way to approach the weekend in Macau, but the team did a fantastic job to rebuild the car."
Pos Driver Car Time/Gap
1. Augusto Farfus BMW 22m20.166s
2. Jorg Muller BMW 0.801s
3. Yvan Muller SEAT 1.201s
4. Tiago Monteiro SEAT 1.980s
5. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT 3.815s
6. Jordi Gene SEAT 5.018s
7. Nicola Larini Chevrolet 5.359s
8. Robert Huff Chevrolet 5.895s
9. Alex Zanardi BMW 6.167s
10. Rickard Rydell SEAT 6.712s
11. Sergio Hernandez BMW 7.764s
12. Felix Porteiro BMW 8.290s
13. Andy Priaulx BMW 8.583s
14. Franz Engstler BMW 9.390s
15. Norbertu Taniguchi BMW 10.635s
16. Takayuki Aoki BMW 12.819s
17. Andre Couto SEAT 13.531s
18. Kit Meng Lei BMW 24.275s
19. Henry Ho BMW 27.175s
20. Jo Merszei BMW 27.530s
21. Alain Menu Chevrolet 2 laps
Retirements
Tom Coronel SEAT 4 laps
Tom Boardman SEAT 2 laps
Kristian Poulsen BMW 2 laps
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80291
F3: Mortara claims Macau GP victoryBy Jonathan Noble Sunday, November 22nd 2009, 08:32 GMT
Edoardo Mortara wins in Macau 2009Edoardo Mortara took a hard-fought victory in the Macau Grand Prix on Sunday after triumphing in a race-long duel with Signature team-mate Jean-Karl Vernay.
The Italian had started from third on the grid, but a good start allowed him to move past front-row starter Marcus Ericsson (TOM'S) and pole position man Vernay on the run down to Lisboa.
The race was stopped a few moments later, however, when the track was blocked following a multiple-car collision caused when Carlin's Daniel Ricciardo crashed into the wall at the Solitude Esses and was clipped by a number of other cars.
At the restart, Mortara got away cleanly but his advantage was not enough to prevent Vernay getting into his slipstream and overtaking him into Lisboa.
From there, the Signature pair were locked in a very tight battle for the lead - although it seemed Vernay had done enough as Mortara could not get close enough in the final corners of the lap to get a slipstream down the main straight.
However, coming out of the Melco Hairpin on lap 11, Vernay made a mistake - which allowed Mortara to close up on him and swoop past into the lead into Lisboa on lap 12.
From there, Mortara was able to pull away and take the victory - which came on the same day that fellow Italian Gabriele Tarquini became FIA World Touring Car champion.
"It feels fantastic," said the delighted Mortara. "So many things are going through my head I don't know where to start. I feel so emotional. After such a difficult season this year, it is unbelievable. I am proud of this victory."
Briton Sam Bird finished third, having moved up the field from seventh on the grid. He was fifth in the early stages of the race, but took fourth from Ericsson on lap 12.
He then moved up another place on the final lap when third place runner Valtteri Bottas slowed with a wheel problem. Ericsson finished fourth, with Bottas fifth.
Pos Driver Team Car Time/Gap
1. Edoardo Mortara Signature D/V 53m07.769s
2. Jean-Karl Vernay Signature D/V + 1.146s
3. Sam Bird ART D/M + 10.982s
4. Marcus Ericsson TOM'S D/T + 14.988s
5. Valtteri Bottas ART D/M + 19.188s
6. Takuto Iguchi TOM'S D/T + 21.406s
7. Renger van der Zande Double R D/M + 22.059s
8. Mika Maki Hitech D/V + 29.005s
9. Yuji Kunimoto Now D/T + 33.348s
10. Jules Bianchi ART D/M + 35.761s
11. Victor Garcia Fortec D/M + 46.923s
12. Carlos Huertas Manor D/M + 47.111s
13. Laurens Vanthoor Signature D/V + 48.036s
14. Kouki Saga La Beausset D/T + 54.965s
15. Stef Dusseldorp Kolles & Heinz D/V + 1m05.637s
16. Henry Arundel Carlin D/V + 1m10.699s
17. Roberto Merhi Manor D/M + 1 lap
18. Alexander Sims Double R D/M + 1 lap
Retirements:
Kei Cozzolino Toda D/H 10 laps
Alexandre Imperatori Kolles & Heinz D/V 3 laps
Daniel Zampieri Prema D/M 0 laps
Michael Ho Manor D/M 0 laps
Stefano Coletti Prema D/M 0 laps
Max Chilton Carlin D/V 0 laps
Jake Rosenzweig Fortec D/M 0 laps
Brendon Hartley Carlin D/V 0 laps
Daniel McKenzie Fortec D/M 0 laps
Daniel Ricciardo Carlin D/V 0 laps
