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Oops
After Rounds 5 & 6 (out of 20) at Brands Hatch:
1. SEAT 80
2. BMW 69
3. Chevrolet 48
4. Alfa Romeo 37
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07-04-2006, 07:01 PM
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Half way through the season and we are no longer in the cellar:
1 SEAT 127
2 BMW 126
3 Alfa Romeo 75
4 Chevrolet 62
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07-04-2006, 07:10 PM
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SEAT is doing really well.
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07-29-2006, 05:47 PM
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As I understand it, the new president of Alfa had the idea in the Fall that the new 159 was a luxury sedan and not a sport sedan. This meant that (in his mind) racing the 159 would sully its luxury image.
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07-29-2006, 06:09 PM
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Yes, I'm in the USA (where WalMart is open 24 hours a day but you can't buy a new Alfa).
And, yes the 159 may be too big and fat for the WTCC, but dammit man, Alfa without an international factory racing effort would doom the mark. Too many nails and the coffin will be shut for good.
See this thread for homologation of the 159 and other Alfa/WTCC commentary:
'07 WTCC Alfa- RWD 159
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07-29-2006, 07:33 PM
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The Brera, sadly, has only two doors.
I've stood over and peered into a 159, and I can say this: Alfa have raced bigger, fatter cars in the (then) ETCC. The 159 is a little bigger than the 156, but not much. It's actually a tad smaller than the 90, which is only a 100mm longer and 40mm taller than the GTV6 (which was raced back when you could have a coupé in the touring cars still).
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07-30-2006, 02:04 AM
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The Brera, sadly, has only two doors.
I've stood over and peered into a 159, and I can say this: Alfa have raced bigger, fatter cars in the (then) ETCC. The 159 is a little bigger than the 156, but not much. It's actually a tad smaller than the 90, which is only a 100mm longer and 40mm taller than the GTV6 (which was raced back when you could have a coupé in the touring cars still).
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07-30-2006, 06:06 AM
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147GTA is also quite an old product in itself now - not really worth spending money for a race program on it. Besides, 147GTA only comes in the 3dr bodyshell itself.
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07-30-2006, 09:11 AM
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147 GTA is no longer manufactured. 147 EAC GTA's were actually 2.0 16 valves with GTA body jobs.
I think N tech is doing a hell of a job with these old 156s.
BMW has the new E90's running, SEAT has all new cars...
The 156 is an almost 10 year old design!
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07-30-2006, 06:16 PM
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Wow!
What a great day for Alfa Romeo! They were 1 and 2 in BOTH races (rounds 11 & 12) in Puebla, Mexico. Not too shabby for a team that was unsure if they would even race this year.
Race 1:
1 Salvatore TAVANO (Alfa Romeo 156 )
2 Augusto FARFUS (Alfa Romeo 156 )
3 Ryan SHARP (Honda Accord Euro R )
4 Tom CORONEL (SEAT Leon )
5 James THOMPSON (SEAT Leon )
6 Dirk MULLER (BMW 320si )
7 Gianni MORBIDELLI (Alfa Romeo 156 )
8 Rickard RYDELL (SEAT Leon )
Race 2:
1 Augusto FARFUS (Alfa Romeo 156 )
2 Gianni MORBIDELLI (Alfa Romeo 156 )
3 Rickard RYDELL (SEAT Leon )
4 Dirk MULLER (BMW 320si )
5 James THOMPSON (SEAT Leon )
6 Tom CORONEL (SEAT Leon )
7 Andy PRIAULX (BMW 320si )
8 Gabriele TARQUINI (SEAT Leon )
Point standings after 12 of 20 rounds:
1 SEAT 148
2 BMW 139
3 Alfa Romeo 111
4 Chevrolet 67
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07-30-2006, 07:15 PM
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Yeah, great races for Alfa team... They were really one step ahead of all the others!
The 156 basis is proving to be one hell of a chassis, staying competitive after all these years against much more recent machinery!
I dare to say that the 159 has a very heavy heritage and it aint gonna be easy to succeed the 156... even with the mentioned RWD 159 race car!
Go Farfus!!
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07-31-2006, 12:44 AM
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I took pride in Tom Coronel as well!!! He did great as a privateer!
Good job!
Next race the Alfa's will be carrying weight though...........
probably a lot!
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11-19-2006, 06:51 AM
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Final standings
Farfus comes in third in the Driver's Championship:
1 A. Priaulx 73
2 J. Müller 72
3 A. Farfus Jr 64
4 Y. Muller 62
5 G. Tarquini 57
6 D. Müller 54
7 R. Rydell 54
8 J. Thompson 54
Alfa comes in a distant third in the Manufacturer's Championship:
1 BMW 254
2 SEAT 235
3 Alfa Romeo 154
4 Chevrolet 128
Well, we can all hope for a RWD 159 to compete for next year!
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Well, we can all hope for a RWD 159 to compete for next year!
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It's not yet known whether and how Alfa will compete next year.
It had been anticipated that 6 147s would be entered, 2 of them Diesels  .
The announcing occasion should have been the Paris show, but instead nothing was announced, and it might no longer be sure.
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11-19-2006, 10:01 AM
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I look forward to next year and hopefully the six alfas will be on the grid to compete next year
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