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<blockquote data-quote="OSFlanker" data-source="post: 269291" data-attributes="member: 12"><p>SEAT Sport drivers Yvan Muller and Rickard Rydell held off the BMW Team Germany’s attack of Augusto Farfus and Jörg Müller, to win the first race in Curitiba.</p><p></p><p>This was a tough race for the leading two, who in the final laps had to sweat to defend their position as their tyres were wearing out. But it was even tougher for Chevrolet. On lap 3 Nicola Larini made contact with Robert Huff, who spun in the centre of the racetrack. Larini could not continue the race, but Huff continued and began to make up ground by overtaking Félix Porteiro, only to pit on lap 8 with rear suspension failure; a late result of the collision. Alain Menu had also pitted earlier following a shunt and did not resume the race.</p><p></p><p>Farfus had a poor start falling back to fifth, as he was one of cars to take to the grass at the first corner. However, he quickly made up ground passing Müller on lap 3, and then both of them passed Gabriele Tarquini on lap 8 moving up to fourth and fifth respectively. For the remainder of the race Farfus chased the leading cars, but on the final lap came under pressure from his team mate and had to defend third place until the finish.</p><p></p><p>Reigning world champion Andy Priaulx took fifth spot following late overtaking of Tarquini and Jordi Gené. Spaniard Porteiro made up the top eight finishers in the race, overtaking Tom Coronel to take pole position for the next race, with fellow countryman Gené alongside him.</p><p></p><p>Priaulx's late surge also resulted in the fastest lap completed on lap 10 at the time of 1:25.100.</p><p></p><p>In the Independents' class pole sitter Pierre-Yves Corthals was the eventual winner and he finished in tenth place overall. It was not an easy race for the Belgian as he had to fight hard with Sergio Hernández who overtook him at the beginning of lap 11. However on the final lap Corthals managed to retake the lead.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Top 10 finishers from race 1</p><p></p><p>2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship</p><p>Curitiba, Brazil</p><p>Circuit Length = 3.6950 km.</p><p>RACE 1 - RESULT (Car 3 excluded)</p><p></p><p><em>POS NO CL DRIVER NAT CAR TIME LAPS GAP KPH BEST</em></p><p>1 12 Yvan MULLER FRA SEAT Leon TDI 23:47.024 16 149.14 1:25.462</p><p>2 10 Rickard RYDELL SWE SEAT Leon TDI 23:47.787 16 0.763 149.06 1:25.405</p><p>3 2 Jorg MULLER GER BMW 320si 23:48.536 16 1.512 148.98 1:25.146</p><p>4 1 Andy PRIAULX GBR BMW 320si 23:53.771 16 6.747 148.44 1:25.100</p><p>5 11 Gabriele TARQUINI ITA SEAT Leon TDI 23:55.271 16 8.247 148.28 1:25.497</p><p>6 5 Felix PORTEIRO ESP BMW 320si 24:02.588 16 15.564 147.53 1:26.094</p><p>7 20 Tom CORONEL NED SEAT Leon 24:03.358 16 16.334 147.45 1:26.204</p><p>8 16 I Olivier TIELEMANS NED BMW 320si 24:09.895 16 22.871 146.79 1:26.426</p><p>9 26 I Stefano D'ASTE ITA BMW 320si 24:12.910 16 25.886 146.48 1:26.577</p><p>10 42 I Franz ENGSTLER GER BMW 320si 24:17.883 16 30.859 145.98 1:26.653</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OSFlanker, post: 269291, member: 12"] SEAT Sport drivers Yvan Muller and Rickard Rydell held off the BMW Team Germany’s attack of Augusto Farfus and Jörg Müller, to win the first race in Curitiba. This was a tough race for the leading two, who in the final laps had to sweat to defend their position as their tyres were wearing out. But it was even tougher for Chevrolet. On lap 3 Nicola Larini made contact with Robert Huff, who spun in the centre of the racetrack. Larini could not continue the race, but Huff continued and began to make up ground by overtaking Félix Porteiro, only to pit on lap 8 with rear suspension failure; a late result of the collision. Alain Menu had also pitted earlier following a shunt and did not resume the race. Farfus had a poor start falling back to fifth, as he was one of cars to take to the grass at the first corner. However, he quickly made up ground passing Müller on lap 3, and then both of them passed Gabriele Tarquini on lap 8 moving up to fourth and fifth respectively. For the remainder of the race Farfus chased the leading cars, but on the final lap came under pressure from his team mate and had to defend third place until the finish. Reigning world champion Andy Priaulx took fifth spot following late overtaking of Tarquini and Jordi Gené. Spaniard Porteiro made up the top eight finishers in the race, overtaking Tom Coronel to take pole position for the next race, with fellow countryman Gené alongside him. Priaulx's late surge also resulted in the fastest lap completed on lap 10 at the time of 1:25.100. In the Independents' class pole sitter Pierre-Yves Corthals was the eventual winner and he finished in tenth place overall. It was not an easy race for the Belgian as he had to fight hard with Sergio Hernández who overtook him at the beginning of lap 11. However on the final lap Corthals managed to retake the lead. Top 10 finishers from race 1 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship Curitiba, Brazil Circuit Length = 3.6950 km. RACE 1 - RESULT (Car 3 excluded) [I]POS NO CL DRIVER NAT CAR TIME LAPS GAP KPH BEST[/I] 1 12 Yvan MULLER FRA SEAT Leon TDI 23:47.024 16 149.14 1:25.462 2 10 Rickard RYDELL SWE SEAT Leon TDI 23:47.787 16 0.763 149.06 1:25.405 3 2 Jorg MULLER GER BMW 320si 23:48.536 16 1.512 148.98 1:25.146 4 1 Andy PRIAULX GBR BMW 320si 23:53.771 16 6.747 148.44 1:25.100 5 11 Gabriele TARQUINI ITA SEAT Leon TDI 23:55.271 16 8.247 148.28 1:25.497 6 5 Felix PORTEIRO ESP BMW 320si 24:02.588 16 15.564 147.53 1:26.094 7 20 Tom CORONEL NED SEAT Leon 24:03.358 16 16.334 147.45 1:26.204 8 16 I Olivier TIELEMANS NED BMW 320si 24:09.895 16 22.871 146.79 1:26.426 9 26 I Stefano D'ASTE ITA BMW 320si 24:12.910 16 25.886 146.48 1:26.577 10 42 I Franz ENGSTLER GER BMW 320si 24:17.883 16 30.859 145.98 1:26.653 [/QUOTE]
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