Thread: Race 19 & 20 - Imola (ITA), 20th September 2009

I had the same impression but according an interview on autosport.nl he had no technical problems. Others were quicker.

Quote: Originally Posted by awrb No. But the rules this year showed before the season started that the SEAT TFSi would have an advantage in this respect. So teams decided what they wanted to do based on this. It is impossible to make the series totally equal to everyone. With RWD vs FWD, new vs old, etc. someone will always feel they've got a raw deal in some respect. I'm sure SUNRED think that there is some advantage the BMW teams...

Quote: Originally Posted by werner I agree that the Sunred-team is somewhat on the edge of either being private or manufacturer. And I can see the fact that Coronel has an advantage that he is the only top-driver racing the petrol Seat. But I still have the question: why couldn't Wiechers, Engstler or Proteam not buy (secondhand) Chevy's or Seat's? Their BMW's must have a resellvalue that is somewhat similar compared to...

Would it be competitive? It is pretty old by now (at least for motorsportstandards)

Not older than the Accord last year or the Alpha the year before that, and those cars where competing in the factory class without -60kg. Or as Thim sais, the 120. In any case, however you look at it, there are options for teams wanting to stick with BMW without having to use exactly the 320si E90.

Then, what about 120i ? Most parts could be addapted.

Pretty mad race - especially for a race one...all these cars need to race again today! Congratulations on Alex with 4th. Congrats to Thommo on Lada's first points. Shame on Poulsen - horrible crash for van Lagan. Had Farfus snuck into Priaulx's car? What on earth was going on there?

If Coronel had slowed down there was a good chance he would have got bogged down and stuck in the gravel. Once through he couldn't just stop and wait for everyone in there crash to catch up and overtake him.

Which version of the track are they using for this? Is there the final chicane involved? Selby

Thompson really is a class act in his ability to put an average car at the front, he did wonders for Dynamics taking a few wins in BTCC and has now moved a car near the back of the field to the front. I thought Imola was a great couple of races and better than the BTCC this weekend although i agree the independants get a raw deal, Boardman did another good job but suffers far to much barging from others. We now have 4 manufactuers able to run...