09-07-05 - Rydell on the podium in Portugal
It was two action packed WTCC races in Porto, Portugal. Sunday’s second race – in which Rickard Rydell was third – was also the 100th in the championship’s history.
The street circuit races in the WTCC are more often than not filled with action and the races in Porto were no exception. Both races had to be red flagged an restarted after several incidents. Sunday’s second race was also the 100th in the WTCC since Monza 2005 and Rickard Rydell was third in this historic race.
”Just like Brno two weeks ago I was fast but a mistake in qualifying ment that I started the first race from ninth. I was quite lucky to finish seventh, that position was more or less given to me as Andy Priaulx and Jörg Müller slowed down to give Augusto Farfus pole in race two”, said Rickard Rydell.
”In the second race I held second place but let team mate Yvan Muller pass, as he is the championship leader. I’m perfectly fine with that, and as we saw in the first race BMW also try to maximise their chanses with Farfus.”
Rydell is now fourth in the drivers’ championship and SEAT stretched out their lead in the manufacturers’ championship.
Results WTCC Porto, Portugal
Race 1
1) Gabriele Tarquini, Italy, SEAT Leon TDI, 12 laps
2) Rob Huff, Great Britain, Chevrolet Cruze, + 2.934 seconds
3) Yvan Muller, France, SEAT Leon TDI, + 7.848
4) Tiago Monteiro, Portugal, SEAT Leon TDI, + 8.472
5) Nicola Larini, Italy, Chevrolet Cruze, + 15.790
6) Jordi Gené, Spain, SEAT Leon TDI, + 16.192
7) Rickard Rydell, Sweden, SEAT Leon TDI, + 16.640
8) Augusto Farfus, Brazil, BMW 320si, + 16.975
Race 2
1) Augusto Farfus, Brazil, BMW 320si, 13 varv
2) Yvan Muller, France, SEAT Leon TDI, + 2.295 seconds
3) Rickard Rydell, Sweden, SEAT Leon TDI, + 2.810
4) Jordi Gené, Spain, SEAT Leon TDI, + 3.385
5) Tiago Monteiro, Portugal, SEAT Leon TDI, + 3.970
6) Rob Huff, Great Britain, Chevrolet Cruze, + 4.219
7) Andy Priaulx, Great Britain, BMW 320si, + 4.583
8) Jörg Müller, Germany, BMW 320si, + 5.064
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