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  • ROBBIE PECORARI CLAIMS 5TH PLACE
    Created: Saturday, March 31, 2007 Author: Jeff
    St. Petersburg, FL – Robbie Pecorari driving the #13 Cabo Wabo Tequila Team KMA Racing Dallara claimed a 5th place finish in today’s third race of the Indy Pro Series at the St. Petersburg Grand Prix. With three top-10 finishes (8th at Homestead, 7th in Saturday’s race at St. Pete and 5th in today’s race at St. Pete) Robbie is now currently in 5th place in Championship points and 2nd in Rookie points. Team KMA Racing also currently sits in 5th place in Team points. “It was a very exciting weekend,” stated Team KMA co-owner Jon Lewis. “When we finished on top of the charts for the second practice session, we knew we had something here. The Team KMA crew did a great job putting a solid car underneath Robbie and Robbie did a masterful job on track. We had a lot of people at the race this weekend and it was great to have such a strong finish.” After taking a big hit from behind in the first turn of the opening lap, Pecorari soldiered on and n...
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  • WTCC - Rounds 1 and 2 - Curitiba - Race
    Created: Sunday, March 11, 2007 Author: Jeff
    2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) Rounds 1 and 2 - 10th/11th March 2007 - Race BMW celebrates two triple-victories at WTCC kick-off in Curitiba. Curitiba (Brazil), 11th March 2007. The 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) started exactly in the same way as last year's season ended: Jörg Müller (GER) of BMW Team Germany claimed victory in the first race of the year. In front of 33,000 spectators at the "Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba" he made perfect use of his pole position, thus repeating his triumph in the 2006 season finale in Macau (CHN). Reigning World Champion, Andy Priaulx (BMW Team UK, GBR) and Müller's team-mate Augusto Farfus (BRA) in second and third place respectively, made for a perfect start to the season for the BMW national teams. In the second race at the 3.695-kilometre track, it was another BMW driver who stepped into the spotlight: Farfus made the Brazilian crowd cheer by taking the win. Priaulx finished se...
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  • WTCC - Rounds 1 and 2 - Curitiba - Preview
    Created: Sunday, March 04, 2007 Author: Jeff
    FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) 2007 Races 1 & 2 - 10/11 March 2007 - Preview World Touring Car Championship 2007 starts this weekend in Curitiba. Munich, 05 March 2007. This weekend Brazil's "Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba "provides the setting for rounds 1 and 2 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). Once again the drivers of the BMW national teams will be joining the line-up in the BMW 320si WTCC - the car that helped Andy Priaulx (GBR) of BMW Team UK to victory in the driver's championship last year as well as earning BMW the manufacturers' title. This year 32-year-old Priaulx is aiming to leave the final in Macau with a title hat-trick - but his team-mates won't be making life easy for him as he tries for a repeat performance of 2005 and 2006. Jörg Müller (GER) and Augusto Farfus (BRA), both representing BMW Team Germany, came second and third overall last year and are strong contenders for victories in the new season. The s...
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  • Formula BMW Germany race schedule for 2007.
    Created: Sunday, March 04, 2007 Author: Jeff
    Formula BMW Germany race schedule for 2007. Formula BMW to make two appearances abroad in 2007. Munich, 05 March 2007. The young driving talents of Formula BMW Germany will be battling for the championship title on nine race weekends this season. Beyond the events in Germany, the drivers will also be appearing abroad on two occasions, chasing points on the North Sea coast in Zandvoort, Holland, and at the Spanish grand prix circuit of Barcelona. Spectators at three different race series will be able to size up the skills of these drivers, some as young as 15. Formula BMW will be staged as part of the support programme of the DTM (German Touring Car Masters), the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) and the pinnacle of motor racing, Formula One. Seven appearances as part of DTM race weekends will see the junior contestants head for the Eurospeedway Lausitz, the Norisring city circuit in Nuremberg and the big season final in Hockenheim, among other venues. The races hosted by the WTCC w...
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  • Formula BMW UK - Newcomers show early promise at Rockingham test session.
    Created: Sunday, March 04, 2007 Author: Jeff
    Rockingham, 03 March, 2007. The Formula BMW UK Championship made a welcome return to the race track today, as 17 young drivers came together for the first time in the first official test session of the season at Rockingham. The weather proved helpful giving drivers the chance to shake down their FB02 machines in the dry on Friday, before rain fell through the night to provide some useful wet track time on Saturday morning. Rookie, Henry Surtees (Carlin Motorsport) showed early promise, topping the timesheets on Friday and finishing sixth on Saturday, with times of 1:20.189 and 1:20.590 respectively. The 16-year old commented: "It's great to get to some wet and dry laps at a test session, as you can learn so much more about how the car is performing. I'm really happy with how things are going so far". Josef Kral, who joins new team, Double R Racing, was pleased to step back into a Formula BMW machine after competing in Formula BMW Germany last year. After a great start to his ...
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