2007 World Touring Car Championship

The 2007 World Touring Car Championship season was the 4th season of FIA World Touring Car Championship motor racing. The championship, which commenced on 11 March and ended on 18 November, after twenty-two races, was open to Super 2000 Cars, Diesel 2000 Cars and Super Production Cars [1] as defined by the relevant FIA regulations. The Drivers' Championship was won by Andy Priaulx and the Manufacturers' Championship by BMW.[2]

2007 World Touring Car Championship
World Drivers' Champion:
Andy Priaulx
World Manufacturers' Champion:
BMW
Previous: 2006 Next: 2008

Teams and drivers
Andy Priaulx (BMW), Yvan Muller (SEAT) and Jörg Müller (BMW) in Curitiba. Yvan Muller challenged double-champion Priaulx in the last stage of the season, but Priaulx won the Drivers' Championship again at the final round in Macau.
Yvan Muller (SEAT Leon) placed second in the Drivers' Championship
James Thompson (Alfa Romeo 156) placed third in the Drivers' Championship
Alain Menu (Chevrolet Lacetti) placed sixth in the Drivers' Championship

The following teams and drivers contested the 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship.[3]

Team Car No. Drivers Rounds
Manufacturer Teams
BMW Team UK BMW 320si 1 Andy Priaulx All
14 Fredrik Ekblom 7, 10–11
BMW Team Germany 2 Jörg Müller All
3 Augusto Farfus All
BMW Team Italy-Spain 4 Alessandro Zanardi All
5 Félix Porteiro All
Team RAC/Aviva 25 Duncan Huisman 11
Chevrolet RML Chevrolet Lacetti 6 Robert Huff All
7 Nicola Larini All
8 Alain Menu All
88 Rickard Rydell 7
SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI 9 Jordi Gené 7–11
11 Gabriele Tarquini 10–11
12 Yvan Muller 7–11
SEAT León 9 Jordi Gené 1–6
10 Michel Jourdain, Jr. 1–10
11 Gabriele Tarquini 1–9
12 Yvan Muller 1–6
18 Tiago Monteiro 2–11
38 Oscar Nogués 10
40 Peter Terting 8
88 Rickard Rydell 11
GR Asia 20 Tom Coronel All
N.technology Alfa Romeo 156 15 James Thompson All
16 Olivier Tielemans 1–10
66 André Couto 11
Independents' Trophy
Honda Dealer Team Sweden Honda Accord Euro R 17 Tomas Engström 10
SEAT Sport Italia SEAT León 19 Roberto Colciago 2–3, 6–10
34 Massimiliano Pedalà 3, 5, 8–9
GR Asia SEAT León 21 Emmet O'Brien 1–6
22 Maurizio Ceresoli 3–11
35 Timur Sadredinov 8
45 Sergey Krylov 9
Exagon Engineering SEAT León 23 Pierre-Yves Corthals All
24 Anthony Beltoise 4
77 Luís Pedro Magalhães 6
Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si 26 Stefano D'Aste All
Elgh Motorsport BMW 320si 28 Carl Rosenblad 7, 11
Scuderia Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si 30 Luca Rangoni All
31 Sergio Hernández 1, 3–4, 6–11
32 Davide Roda 5
Racing for Belgium Alfa Romeo 156 33 Miguel Freitas 2–6, 10–11
Maurer Motorsport Chevrolet Lacetti 36 María de Villota 3
Engstler Motorsport BMW 320i 43 Franz Engstler 11
44 Andrey Romanov 11
Russian Bears Motorsport BMW 320i 50 Lev Fridman 2–3
51 Evgeny Zelenov 2
52 Viktor Shapovalov 2–3
Golden Motors Honda Accord Euro R 54 Alexander Lvov 7
55 Andrey Smetsky 7
Ao's Racing Team BMW 320i 62 Ao Chi Hong 11
Avtodom Racing BMW 320i 63 Henry Lee Jr. 11
Guest Entries
Team RAC/Aviva BMW 320si 27 Colin Turkington 9, 11
TFS-Yaco Racing Toyota Corolla T-Sport 37 Philip Geipel 5
Engstler Motorsport BMW 320i 46 David Louie 11
Polestar Racing Volvo S60 Flexifuel 60 Robert Dahlgren 7


Driver changes

Changed Teams

Entering WTCC including those who entered one-off rounds in 2006

Leaving WTCC

Calendar
Four circuits (Zandvoort, Pau, Porto and Anderstorp) newly joined the category.
Image: an advertisement for the race at Zandvoort, one of them, by the car of Tom Coronel at the opening races in Curitiba.

A provisional calendar was released on 15 January 2007.. On 27 February 2007, the FIA announced that the 13th and 14th races of the series originally scheduled to be run in Istanbul would instead take place at the Anderstorp circuit.

Each race weekend featured two races of 50 kilometres each (similar to Superbike World Championship race format). If the safety car was deployed during a race, the first two laps under it were not counted towards the race distance.

The starting grid order for the first race of each weekend was determined by the results of qualifying and the race began with a rolling start. The second race grid order was determined by the results of the first race with the top eight positions reversed. The second race began with a standing start.

Round Race Name Track Date
1 R1 HSBC Race of Brazil Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba 11 March
R2
2 R3 Courtyard Race of the Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort 6 May
R4
3 R5 Stihl Race of Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo 20 May
R6
4 R7 Beru Race of France Circuit de Pau Ville 3 June
R8
5 R9 Race of the Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit 17 June
R10
6 R11 Race of Portugal Circuito da Boavista 8 July
R12
7 R13 Race of Sweden Scandinavian Raceway 29 July
R14
8 R15 Beru Race of Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben 26 August
R16
9 R17 Courtyard Race of UK Brands Hatch 21 September
R18
10 R19 Courtyard Race of Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza 5 October
R20
11 R21 Monroe Race of Macau Guia Circuit 16 November
R22

Results and standings

Races
Race Race Name Pole Position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning team Winning independent Report
1 Race of Brazil Jörg Müller Jörg Müller Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany Pierre-Yves Corthals Report
2 Jörg Müller Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany Luca Rangoni
3 Race of the Netherlands Alain Menu Luca Rangoni Alain Menu Chevrolet Luca Rangoni Report
4 Gabriele Tarquini Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport Luca Rangoni
5 Race of Spain James Thompson James Thompson James Thompson N.Technology Luca Rangoni Report
6 Robert Huff James Thompson N.Technology Luca Rangoni
7 Race of France Alain Menu Alain Menu Alain Menu Chevrolet Stefano D'Aste Report
8 Augusto Farfus Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany Pierre-Yves Corthals
9 Race of the Czech Republic Félix Porteiro Augusto Farfus Félix Porteiro BMW Team Italy-Spain Massimiliano Pedalà Report
10 Alessandro Zanardi Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany Stefano D'Aste
11 Race of Portugal Alain Menu Robert Huff Alain Menu Chevrolet Stefano D'Aste Report
12 Jörg Müller Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Pierre-Yves Corthals
13 Race of Sweden Tiago Monteiro Alain Menu Robert Huff Chevrolet Luca Rangoni Report
14 Alessandro Zanardi Rickard Rydell Chevrolet Roberto Colciago
15 Race of Germany Gabriele Tarquini Roberto Colciago Yvan Muller SEAT Sport Roberto Colciago Report
16 James Thompson Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany Massimiliano Pedalà
17 Race of UK Alain Menu Yvan Muller Alain Menu Chevrolet Pierre-Yves Corthals Report
18 Colin Turkington Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Pierre-Yves Corthals
19 Race of Italy Yvan Muller Jordi Gené Yvan Muller SEAT Sport Luca Rangoni Report
20 James Thompson Jordi Gené SEAT Sport Roberto Colciago
21 Guia Race of Macau Alain Menu Gabriele Tarquini Alain Menu Chevrolet Luca Rangoni Report
22 Gabriele Tarquini Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Luca Rangoni

Drivers' Championship
Pos Driver BRA
 NED
 ESP
 FRA
 CZE
 POR
 SWE
 GER
 UK
 ITA
 MAC
  Pts 
1 Andy Priaulx 2 2 8 5 5 3 6 2 Ret 7 7 1 11 13 5 2 7* 1 NC Ret 8 1 92
2 Yvan Muller 8 4 NC 12 3 4 2 6 6 DNS 5 5 6 Ret 1 5 4* 5* 1 5 27† DNS 81
3 James Thompson Ret 11 13 19 1 1 10 7 9 5 10 10 3 5 3 4 2 8* 3 3 5 3 79
4 Augusto Farfus Jr. 3 1 5 2 22† 10 7 1 4 2 9 6 16 9* 7 1 11 Ret 7 Ret 26† DNS 71
5 Nicola Larini Ret 10 2 4 2 5 Ret 11 5 6 3 20† 7 2 Ret 21 Ret 12 4 2 7 2 71
6 Alain Menu Ret Ret 1 Ret 9 14 1 8 8 Ret 1 3 8 3 NC 10 1 Ret 5 Ret 1 21† 69
7 Jörg Müller 1 3 10 3 8 2 11 10 2 1 8 2 15 10 4 Ret 14 7* 16 14 13 20† 66
8 Gabriele Tarquini 4 5 7 1 Ret 24† 19 12 7 4 4 7 5 7 2 7 10 Ret 6 Ret 2 14 62
9 Robert Huff 5 Ret Ret 13 Ret 13 4 4 20 NC 2 11 1 11 11 6 6* 3 8 4 3 Ret 57
10 Jordi Gené 9 12 9 10 4 6 8 5 15 8 14 21† 18 24 6 3 5* 6* 2 1 4 22† 55
11 Tiago Monteiro 4 9 Ret 12 3 3 13 9 15 13 2 6 10 8 21 11 Ret 8 6 4 38
12 Félix Porteiro Ret Ret 11 8 Ret 19 5 Ret 1 3 17 18 14 16 Ret 20 9* 2 18 Ret 12 7 32
13 Tom Coronel 6 8 Ret 14 21 25† 9 Ret Ret 11 6 4 4 4 Ret 12 13 9* 9 7 15 5 29
14 Luca Rangoni Ret 7 3 6 7 7 Ret 17 18 Ret 20 12 17 20 16 18 16 21† 10 DNS 17 10 15
15 Alessandro Zanardi 7 6 12 11 Ret DNS Ret 9 3 20 16 15 20 15 Ret 15 15 Ret 13 6 10 Ret 14
16 Rickard Rydell 9 1 11 6 13
17 Roberto Colciago WD WD 6 7 Ret Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS 19 18 8 14 12 15 22† 9 6
18 Michel Jourdain 12 15 15 16 6 9 12 Ret 11 13 12 9 Ret 12 12 9 19 13 14 13 3
19 Pierre-Yves Corthals 10 9 14 15 13 16 18 13 12 15 13 8 22 23 Ret DNS 8* 10 DSQ DSQ Ret 13 3
20 Sergio Hernández 14 Ret 10 8 14 Ret Ret DNS Ret 22 14 17 18 16 19 17 21 15 1
= Fredrik Ekblom 12 14 11 12 16 9* 1
NC Olivier Tielemans Ret 14 16 17 14 11 Ret 16 19 16 Ret DNS 13 21 9 Ret 20 14 Ret 11 0
NC Duncan Huisman 9 11 0
NC Stefano D'Aste 11 13 17 18 12 18 13 Ret 14 10 11 14 21 19 17 13 17 17 21 10 18 12 0
NC Massimiliano Pedalà 11 15 10 12 Ret 11 NC 18 0
NC Oscar Nogués 12 DNS 0
NC Emmet O'Brien 13 Ret 18 20 17 17 17 Ret 16 17 Ret 19 0
NC Timur Sadredinov 13 19 0
NC Maurizio Ceresoli 15 23 Ret 15 17 14 18 16 23 25 15 16 Ret 19 17 Ret 22 18 0
NC Anthony Beltoise 15 14 0
NC Miguel Freitas Ret 21 16 Ret 16 Ret 21 18 19 Ret DNS DNS 20 15 23 19 0
NC Tomas Engström 15 16 0
NC Franz Engstler 19 16 0
NC Carl Rosenblad 25 17 20 17 0
NC Luís Pedro Magalhães 21 17 0
NC María de Villota 18 20 0
NC Viktor Shapovalov 19 23 20 21 0
NC Lev Fridman 20 22 19 22 0
NC Sergey Krylov Ret 20 0
NC Davide Roda 23 21† 0
NC Evgeny Zelenov 21 24 0
NC Peter Terting Ret 22† 0
NC Alexander Lvov 24 26 0
NC Andrey Romanov 24 Ret 0
NC Andrey Smetsky 26 27 0
NC Henry Lee Jr. Ret DNS 0
NC André Couto DNS DNS –
NC Ao Chi Hong WD WD –
guest drivers ineligible for points
NC Colin Turkington 3* 4* 14 8* *
NC Robert Dahlgren 10 8* *
NC Phillip Geipel 22 19 *
NC David Louie 25 Ret *
Pos Car BRA
 NED
 ESP
 FRA
 CZE
 POR
 SWE
 GER
 UK
 ITA
 MAC
  Pts 
ColourResult
GoldWinner
Silver2nd place
Bronze3rd place
GreenPoints finish
BlueNon-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
PurpleRetired (Ret)
RedDid not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
BlackDisqualified (DSQ)
WhiteDid not start (DNS)
Withdrew (WD)
Race cancelled (C)
Blank Did not participate (DNP)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Excluded (EX)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Point system: 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 for top eight finishers in each race.

Drivers with 0 points were not classified in official championship results.[2]

* Phillip Geipel, Robert Dahlgren, Colin Turkington and David Louie were not eligible to score championship points. Thus, 9th-place finishers scored points in the Race 2 of Sweden, Race 1 & 2 of the United Kingdom and Race 2 of Macau.

Yokohama Independents' Trophy

Championship promoter KSO organised the Yokohama Independents’ Trophies within the 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship.[4]

Drivers were awarded points towards the Independents' Trophy in the first twenty rounds on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis for the first eight finishers of those entries which were classified as Independents.[4] Points were awarded in the final two rounds on a 20-16-12-10-8-6-4-2 basis.[4]

Pos Driver BRA
 NED
 ESP
 FRA
 CZE
 POR
 SWE
 GER
 UK
 ITA
 MAC
 Pts
1 Stefano D'Aste 11 13 17 18 12 18 13 Ret 14 10 11 14 21 19 17 13 17 17 21 10 18 12 152
2 Luca Rangoni Ret 7 3 6 7 7 Ret 17 18 Ret 20 12 17 20 16 18 16 21† 10 DNS 17 10 150
3 Pierre-Yves Corthals 10 9 14 15 13 16 18 13 12 15 13 8 22 23 Ret DNS 8 10 DSQ DSQ Ret 13 124
4 Sergio Hernández 14 Ret 10 8 14 Ret Ret DNS Ret 22 14 17 18 16 19 17 21 15 81
5 Roberto Colciago WD WD 6 7 Ret Ret DNS DNS Ret DNS 19 18 8 14 12 15 22† 9 78
6 Maurizio Ceresoli 15 23 Ret 15 17 14 18 16 23 25 15 16 Ret 19 17 Ret 22 18 66
7 Massimiliano Pedalà 11 15 10 12 Ret 11 NC 18 44
8 Miguel Freitas Ret 21 16 Ret 16 Ret 21 18 19 Ret DNS DNS 20 15 23 19 36
9 Emmet O'Brien 13 Ret 18 20 17 17 17 Ret 16 17 Ret 19 35
10 Franz Engstler 19 16 20
11 Carl Rosenblad 25* 17* 20 17 16
12 Anthony Beltoise 15 14 14
13 Tomas Engström 15 16 13
14 Timur Sadredinov 13 19 10
15 Luís Pedro Magalhães 21 17 7
16 Alexander Lvov 24 26 5
17 Viktor Shapovalov 19 23 20 21 5
18 Lev Fridman 20 22 19 22 4
19 Andrey Smetsky 26 27 3
20 Davide Roda 23 21† 3
21 Andrey Romanov 24 Ret 2
22 Sergey Krylov Ret 20 2
23 María de Villota 18 20 2
24 Evgeny Zelenov 21 24 1
NC Henry Lee Jr. Ret DNS 0
NC Ao Chi Hong WD WD –
Pos Driver BRA
 NED
 ESP
 FRA
 CZE
 POR
 SWE
 GER
 UK
 ITA
 MAC
 Pts
  • * Guest driver

Yokohama Teams' Trophy

The Yokohama Teams' Trophy was won by Proteam Motorsport.[5]

Manufacturers' Championship
Pos Manufacturer Car Wins Points
1 BMW BMW 320si 9 255
2 SEAT SEAT León, SEAT León TDI 4 249
3 Chevrolet Chevrolet Lacetti 7 218
4 Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 156 2 124

Points were awarded on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1 basis in each race but only to the top two placegetters from each manufacturer. All the other cars of that same manufacturer were considered invisible as far as scoring points was concerned.

Notes

    References
    1. 2007 WTCC Sporting Regulations Retrieved from fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014
    2. Championship point standings Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014
    3. 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship - Entry List Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014
    4. Yokohama Independents' Trophies - Regulations Retrieved from fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014
    5. Yokohama Teams' Trophy Retrieved from www.fiawtcc.com via web.archive.org on 22 December 2014
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