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Audi STW/BTCC/etc. Success (long)
This post is long and primarily statistical. Sorry about the lack of
eloquent prose; at least the price is right.
For those who would like to follow Audi's fortunes in the various Super
Touring Car Championships, here are the results from the past weekend. Audi
is racing the A4 quattros with factory teams in Germany, Italy and the UK.
Audi's importers are supporting teams of factory built/locally prepared cars
in Spain, South Africa, Australia, and Belgium.
The various series are at different points in their seasons. South Africa
and the UK are well underway, while Spain and Australia just started on the
past weekend. Without exception, an Audi driver leads the points totals in
each of the seven series. In all but South Africa, Audi also leads in the
manufacturers point totals. Without further preamble, here are the results
from the most recent German, Spanish, Australian and English events.
Races 3 and 4 in the German ADAC Super Touring Car Championship. Held at the
Assen track in Holland. Cloudy, but dry. Fastest qualifying, Steve Soper -
BMW. Fastest race lap - Laurent Aiello - Peugeot. The Assen track is long
and fast. Audi had expected more difficulty here, as the weight penalty
carried by all-wheel drive cars becomes a handicap at high speed courses.
Pirro’s third and second place finishes keep him well up in the driver’s
championship.
1. Race:
Place Driver Car Time
1 Steve Soper BMW 320i 20:48:461
2 Laurent Aiello Peugeot 406 20:48:559
3 Emanuele Pirro Audi A4 quattro 20:49:272
4 Joerg Mueller BMW 320i 20:52:987
5 Kurt Wendlinger Audi A4 quattro 20:53:593
6 Philipp Peter Audi A4 quattro 20:59:617
Other Audi
11. Tamara Vidali Audi A4 quattro 21:12:080
2. Race:
Place Driver Car Time
1 Laurent Aiello Peugeot 406 41:55:816
2 Emanuele Pirro Audi A4 quattro 42:00:479
3 Steve Soper BMW 320i 42:01:440
4 Joerg Mueller BMW 320i 42:07:725
5 Karl Wendlinger Audi A4 quattro 42:15:413
6 Klaus Niedzewiedz Honda Accord 42:16:275
Other Audi
7. Christian Abt Audi A4 quattro 42:17:280
Point totals
Place Driver Car Points Place Manuf.
Points
1 Pirro And A4 quattro 158 1 Audi
278
2 Soper BMW 320i 118 2 BMW
205
3 Nissen Aud A4 quattro 94 3 Honda
140
4 Niedzewiedz Honda Accord 85 4 Peugeot 104
4 Aiello Peugeot 406 85
6 Abt Audi A4 quattro 83
Races 1 and 2 of the BOC Gases Australian Super Touring Championship. Held
at Amaroo Park. Warm and dry. Fastest qualifying - Murphy (Audi). Fastest
race lap - Murphy (Audi).
1. Race:
Place Driver Car Time
1 Brad Jones Audi A4 quattro 27:08:0077
2 Greg Murphy Audi A4 quattro 27:08:1082
3 Paul Morris BMW 318i 27:09:9927
4 Geoff Brabham BMW 318i 27:10:8191
5 Steven Richards Honda Accord 27:16:9716
6 Peter Brock Volvo 850 27:27:5350
2. Race:
Place Driver Car Time
1 Bad Jones Audi A4 quattro 27:00:4653
2 Greg Murphy Audi A4 quattro 27:00:5313
3 Paul Morris BMW 318i 27.02:1020
4 Geoff Brabham BMW 318i 27:13:0289
5 Steven Richards Honda Accord 27:13:3800
6 Cameron McLean BMW 318i 27:45;3995
Point totals
Place Driver Car Points Place Manuf.
Points
1 Jones Audi A4 quattro 30 1 Audi
30
2 Murphy Audi A4 quattro 26 2 BMW 24
3 Morris BMW 318i 20 3 Volvo
10
4 Brabham BMW 318i 16
5 Richards Honda Accord 12
6 O'Brien BMW 318i 8
Races 1 and 2 of the Spanish Touring Car Championships. Held at the Jarama
circuit. Sunny and dry. Fastest qualifying - Chaves - BMW. Fastest race lap
- Gene - Audi.
1. Race:
Place Driver Car Time
1 Jordi Gene Audi A4 quattro 20:17:420
2 Joan Wnyes Audi A4 quattro 20:18:870
3 Mates Chaves BMW 318i 20:28:393
4 Luis Villamil Opel Vectra 20:32:914
5 Eric Van de Poele Nissan Primera 20:32:184
6 Ni Amorim Opel Vectra 20:36,602
2. Race:
Place Driver Car Time
1 Eric Van de Poele Nissan Primera 20:27:049
2 Jordi Gene Audi A4 quattro 20:27:418
3 Joan Vinyes Audi A4 quattro 20:27:700
4 Mates Chaves BMW 318i 20:29:349
5 Ni Amarim Opel Vectra 20:29:799
6 Luis Villamil Opel Vectra 20:30,087
Point totals
Place Driver Car Points Place Manuf.
Points
1 Gene Aud A4 quattro 35 1 Audi
40
2 Van de Poele Nissan Primera 28 2 Opel 23
3 Vinyes And A4 quattro 27 3 Nissan
21
4 Chaves BMW 318i 22 4 BMW 16
5 Villamil Opel Vectra 16
6 Amorim Opel Vectra 14
Races 7 and 8 of the Auto Trader RAC touring Car Championship in England.
Silverstone race course. Cold, windy; first race dry, second damp to wet.
Fastest qualifying - Raveglia - BMW. Fastest race lap - Winkelhock - BMW.
This was the last race held in the UK series prior to the addition of a 30
kg weight penalty for the Audis. Volvo press release says this still isn’t
enough(!).
1. Race:
Place Driver Car Time
1 Kelvin Burt Volvo 850 29:22:40
2 Roberto Raveglia BMW 320i 29:23:06
3 David Leslie Honda Accord 29:27:54
4 Rickard Rydell Volvo 850 29:28:92
5 Alain Menu Renault Laguna 29:29:81
6 James Thompson Vauxhall Vectra 29:37:82
Other Audis
7 John Bintcliffe Audi A4 quattro 29:40,27
11 Frank Biela Audi A4 quattro 29:42,92
2. Race:
Place Driver Car Time
1 Frank Biela Audi A4 quattro 37:05:74
2 Roberto Ravaglia BMW 320i 37:08:06
3 John Bintcliffe Audi A4 quattro 37:20:76
4 Alain Menu Renault Laguna 37:31:37
5 Rickard Rydell Volvo 850 37:55:59
6 James Thompson Vauxhall Vectra 37:55:93
Point totals
Place Driver Car Points Place Manuf.
Points
1 Biela Audi A4 quattro 96 1 Audi
100
2 Raveglia BMW 320i 60 2 BMW 82
3 Rydell Volvo 850 56 3 Volvo
79
4 Bintcliffe Audi A4 quattro 49 4 Renault
78
5 Menu Renault Laguna 49 5 Vauxhall 59
6 Wlnkelhock BMW 320i 45