2007 World Touring Car Championship Explained

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]

Teams and drivers

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

TeamCarNo.DriversRounds
Manufacturer Teams
BMW Team UKBMW 320si1 Andy PriaulxAll
BMW Team Germany2 Jörg MüllerAll
3 Augusto FarfusAll
BMW Team Italy-Spain4 Alessandro ZanardiAll
5 Félix PorteiroAll
Chevrolet RMLChevrolet Lacetti6 Robert HuffAll
7 Nicola LariniAll
8 Alain MenuAll
SEAT SportSEAT León9 Jordi Gené1–6
SEAT León TDI7–11
SEAT León10 Michel Jourdain Jr.1–10
SEAT León11 Gabriele Tarquini1–9
SEAT León TDI10–11
SEAT León12 Yvan Muller1–6
SEAT León TDI7–11
BMW Team UKBMW 320si14 Fredrik Ekblom7, 10–11
N.technologyAlfa Romeo 15615 James ThompsonAll
16 Olivier Tielemans1–10
SEAT SportSEAT León18 Tiago Monteiro2–11
GR AsiaSEAT León20 Tom CoronelAll
Team RAC/AvivaBMW 320si25 Duncan Huisman11
SEAT SportSEAT León38 Oscar Nogués10
40 Peter Terting8
N.technologyAlfa Romeo 15666 André Couto11
Chevrolet RMLChevrolet Lacetti88 Rickard Rydell7
SEAT SportSEAT León11
Independents' Trophy
Honda Dealer Team SwedenHonda Accord Euro R17 Tomas Engström10
SEAT Sport ItaliaSEAT León19 Roberto Colciago1–4, 6–10
GR AsiaSEAT León21 Emmet O'Brien1–6
22 Maurizio Ceresoli3–11
Exagon EngineeringSEAT León23 Pierre-Yves CorthalsAll
24 Anthony Beltoise4
Wiechers-SportBMW 320si26 Stefano D'AsteAll
Elgh MotorsportBMW 320si28 Carl Rosenblad7, 11
Scuderia Proteam MotorsportBMW 320si30 Luca RangoniAll
31 Sergio Hernández1, 3–4, 6–11
32 Davide Roda5
Racing for BelgiumAlfa Romeo 15633 Miguel Freitas2–6, 8, 10–11
SEAT Sport ItaliaSEAT León34 Massimiliano Pedalà3, 5, 8–9
GR AsiaSEAT León35 Timur Sadredinov8
Maurer MotorsportChevrolet Lacetti36 María de Villota3
Engstler MotorsportBMW 320i43 Franz Engstler11
44 Andrey Romanov11
GR AsiaSEAT León45 Sergey Krylov9
Russian Bears MotorsportBMW 320i50 Lev Fridman2–3
51 Evgeny Zelenov2
52 Viktor Shapovalov2–3
Golden MotorsHonda Accord Euro R54 Alexander Lvov7
55 Andrey Smetsky7
Ao's Racing TeamBMW 320i62 Ao Chi Hong11
Avtodom RacingBMW 320i63 Henry Lee Jr.11
Exagon EngineeringSEAT León77 Luís Pedro Magalhães6
Team RAC/AvivaBMW 320si27 Colin Turkington9, 11
TFS-Yaco RacingToyota Corolla T-Sport37 Philip Geipel5
Engstler MotorsportBMW 320i46 David Louie11
Polestar RacingVolvo S60 Flexifuel60 Robert Dahlgren7

Driver changes

Changed Teams

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

Leaving WTCC

Calendar

A provisional calendar was released on 15 January 2007.https://web.archive.org/web/20070305194717/http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/oschersleben/2006/sport_sto1027937.shtmlhttps://web.archive.org/web/20070118114243/http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/puebla/2006/sport_sto1055954.shtml. 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.https://web.archive.org/web/20070302081819/http://www.fiawtcc.com/fiawtcc/istanbul/2007/sport_sto1100132.shtml

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.

RoundRace NameTrackDate
1R1HSBC Race of Brazil Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba11 March
R2
2R3Courtyard Race of the Netherlands Circuit Park Zandvoort6 May
R4
3R5Stihl Race of Spain Circuit Ricardo Tormo20 May
R6
4R7Beru Race of France Circuit de Pau Ville3 June
R8
5R9Race of the Czech Republic Masaryk Circuit17 June
R10
6R11Race of Portugal Circuito da Boavista8 July
R12
7R13Race of Sweden Scandinavian Raceway29 July
R14
8R15Beru Race of Germany Motorsport Arena Oschersleben26 August
R16
9R17Courtyard Race of UK Brands Hatch23 September
R18
10R19Courtyard Race of Italy Autodromo Nazionale di Monza5 October
R20
11R21Monroe Race of Macau Guia Circuit16 November
R22

Results and standings

Races

RacenowrapRace NamenowrapPole PositionnowrapFastest lapnowrapWinning drivernowrapWinning teamnowrapWinning independentReport
1 Race of Brazil Jörg Müller Jörg Müller Jörg Müllernowrap BMW Team Germanynowrap Pierre-Yves CorthalsReport
2 Jörg Müller Augusto Farfusnowrap BMW Team Germany Luca Rangoni
3 Race of the Netherlands Alain Menu Luca Rangoni Alain Menu Chevrolet Luca RangoniReport
4 Gabriele Tarquini Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Sport Luca Rangoni
5 Race of Spainnowrap James Thompsonnowrap James Thompsonnowrap James Thompsonnowrap N.Technologynowrap Luca RangoniReport
6 Robert Huff James Thompson N.Technology Luca Rangoni
7 Race of France Alain Menu Alain Menu Alain Menu Chevrolet Stefano D'AsteReport
8 Augusto Farfus Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany Pierre-Yves Corthals
9 Race of the Czech Republic Félix Porteiro Augusto Farfus Félix Porteironowrap BMW Team Italy-Spainnowrap Massimiliano PedalàReport
10nowrap Alessandro Zanardi Jörg Müller BMW Team Germany Stefano D'Aste
11 Race of Portugal Alain Menu Robert Huff Alain Menu Chevrolet Stefano D'AsteReport
12 Jörg Müller Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Pierre-Yves Corthals
13 Race of Sweden Tiago Monteiro Alain Menu Robert Huff Chevrolet Luca RangoniReport
14 Alessandro Zanardi Rickard Rydell Chevrolet Roberto Colciago
15 Race of Germany Gabriele Tarquini Roberto Colciago Yvan Muller SEAT Sport Roberto ColciagoReport
16 James Thompson Augusto Farfus BMW Team Germany Massimiliano Pedalà
17 Race of UK Alain Menu Yvan Muller Alain Menu Chevrolet Pierre-Yves CorthalsReport
18 Colin Turkington Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Pierre-Yves Corthals
19 Race of Italy Yvan Muller Yvan Muller SEAT Sport Luca RangoniReport
20 James Thompson Jordi Gené SEAT Sport Roberto Colciago
21 Guia Race of Macau Alain Menu Gabriele Tarquini Alain Menu Chevrolet Luca RangoniReport
22 Gabriele Tarquini Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK Luca Rangoni

Championship standings

Points system
 1st  2nd  3rd  4th  5th  6th  7th  8th 
108654321

Drivers' Championship

valign=middlePosvalign=middleDriverBRA
NED
ESP
FRA
CZE
POR
SWE
GER
UK
ITA
MAC
valign=middle Pts 
1 Andy Priaulx22855362Ret7711113527*1NCRet8192
2 Yvan Muller84NC1234266DNS556Ret154*5*1527†DNS81
3 James ThompsonRet11131911107951010353428*335379
4 Augusto Farfus Jr.315222†10714296169*7111Ret7Ret26†DNS71
5 Nicola LariniRet102425Ret1156320†72Ret21Ret12427271
6 Alain MenuRetRet1Ret914188Ret1383NC101Ret5Ret121†69
7 Jörg Müller13103821110218215104Ret147*16141320†66
8 Gabriele Tarquini4571Ret24†19127447572710Ret6Ret21462
9 Robert Huff5RetRet13Ret134420NC2111111166*3843Ret57
10 Jordi Gené91291046851581421†1824635*6*21422†55
11 Tiago Monteiro49Ret12331391513261082111Ret86438
12 Félix PorteiroRetRet118Ret195Ret1317181416Ret209*218Ret12732
13 Tom Coronel68Ret142125†9RetRet116444Ret12139*9715529
14 Luca RangoniRet73677Ret1718Ret2012172016181621†10DNS171015
15 Alessandro Zanardi761211RetDNSRet932016152015Ret1515Ret13610Ret14
16 Rickard Rydell9111613
17 Roberto ColciagoWDWD67RetRetDNSDNSRetDNS1918814121522†96
18 Michel Jourdain Jr.121515166912Ret1113129Ret12129191314133
19 Pierre-Yves Corthals10914151316181312151382223RetDNS8*10DSQDSQRet133
20 Sergio Hernández14Ret10814RetRetDNSRet2214171816191721151
= Fredrik Ekblom12141112169*1
NC Olivier TielemansRet1416171411Ret161916RetDNS13219Ret2014Ret110
NC Duncan Huisman9110
NC Stefano D'Aste11131718121813Ret14101114211917131717211018120
NC Massimiliano Pedalà11151012Ret11NC180
NC Oscar Nogués12DNS0
NC Emmet O'Brien13Ret1820171717Ret1617Ret190
NC Timur Sadredinov13190
NC Maurizio Ceresoli1523Ret151714181623251516Ret1917Ret22180
NC Anthony Beltoise15140
NC Miguel FreitasRet2116Ret16Ret211819RetDNSDNS201523190
NC Tomas Engström15160
NC Franz Engstler19160
NC Carl Rosenblad251720170
NC21170
NC María de Villota18200
NC Viktor Shapovalov192320210
NC Lev Fridman202219220
NC Sergey KrylovRet200
NC Davide Roda2321†0
NC Evgeny Zelenov21240
NC Peter TertingRet22†0
NC Alexander Lvov24260
NC Andrey Romanov24Ret0
NC Andrey Smetsky26270
NC Henry Lee Jr.RetDNS0
NC André CoutoDNSDNS–
NC Ao Chi HongWDWD–
guest drivers ineligible for points
NC Colin Turkington3*4*148*
NC Robert Dahlgren108*
NC Phillip Geipel2219
NC David Louie25Ret
valign=middlePosvalign=middleCarBRA
NED
ESP
FRA
CZE
POR
SWE
GER
UK
ITA
MAC
valign=middle Pts 
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]

valign=middlePosvalign=middleDriverBRA
NED
ESP
FRA
CZE
POR
SWE
GER
UK
ITA
MAC
valign=middlePts
1 Stefano D'Aste11131718121813Ret1410111421191713171721101812152
2 Luca RangoniRet73677Ret1718Ret2012172016181621†10DNS1710150
3 Pierre-Yves Corthals10914151316181312151382223RetDNS810DSQDSQRet13124
4 Sergio Hernández14Ret10814RetRetDNSRet22141718161917211581
5 Roberto ColciagoWDWD67RetRetDNSDNSRetDNS1918814121522†978
6 Maurizio Ceresoli1523Ret151714181623251516Ret1917Ret221866
7 Massimiliano Pedalà11151012Ret11NC1844
8 Miguel FreitasRet2116Ret16Ret211819RetDNSDNS2015231936
9 Emmet O'Brien13Ret1820171717Ret1617Ret1935
10 Franz Engstler191620
11 Carl Rosenblad25*17*201716
12 Anthony Beltoise151414
13 Tomas Engström151613
14 Timur Sadredinov131910
15 Luís Pedro Magalhães21177
16 Alexander Lvov24265
17 Viktor Shapovalov192320215
18 Lev Fridman202219224
19 Andrey Smetsky26273
20 Davide Roda2321†3
21 Andrey Romanov24Ret2
22 Sergey KrylovRet202
23 María de Villota18202
24 Evgeny Zelenov21241
NC Henry Lee Jr.RetDNS0
NC Ao Chi HongWDWD–
valign=middlePosvalign=middleDriverBRA
NED
ESP
FRA
CZE
POR
SWE
GER
UK
ITA
MAC
valign=middlePts

Yokohama Teams' Trophy

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

Manufacturers' Championship

PosManufacturerCarWinsPoints
align=center 1BMWBMW 320sialign=center 9align=center 255
align=center 2SEATSEAT León, SEAT León TDIalign=center 4align=center 249
align=center 3ChevroletChevrolet Lacettialign=center 7align=center 218
align=center 4Alfa RomeoAlfa Romeo 156align=center 2align=center 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.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20070716091930/http://dnl.fiawtcc.com/Sporting_Regulations_2007_03_27.pdf 2007 WTCC Sporting Regulations
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213205745/http://www.fiawtcc.com/archives/2007/2007_WTCC_Points.pdf Championship point standings
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213205419/http://www.fiawtcc.com/archives/2007/2007_WTCC_Entrylist.pdf 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship - Entry List
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20070628224336/http://dnl.fiawtcc.com/2007FIAWTCCYokohamaTrophies.pdf Yokohama Independents' Trophies - Regulations
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20120213205809/http://www.fiawtcc.com/archives/2007/2007_WTCC_Trophies.pdf Yokohama Teams' Trophy

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