First results of the TouringCarTimes Awards!
For the third consecutive year, TouringCarTimes is organizing the TouringCarTimes awards, to find out the best driver, team and manufacturer in Touring Car racing in 2009.
The readers of TouringCarTimes will be able to vote for their favorites in five different categories. With the final round running now, here are the results of the four pre-rounds.
The first four rounds, voting for the best drivers and teams in the Swedish Touring Car Championship, the British Touring Car Championship, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters and the World Touring Car Championship have ended.
The final round of the Awards, voting for the best driverd, team and manufacturer has started last week and will end at the end of this week.
Underneath the results of the four pre-rounds:
STCC
Best driver in STCC:
1 – Tommy Rustad – 33,2%
2 – Thed Björk – 23,6%
3 – Robert Dahlgren – 19,6%
Best team in STCC:
1 – Polestar Racing – 41,6%
2 – Flash Engineering – 27,7%
3 – West Coast Racing – 14,7%
Best manufacturer in STCC:
1 – Volvo – 49,6%
2 – BMW – 32,1%
3 – Alfa Romeo – 4,2%
Best privateer driver in STCC:
1 – Johan Kristoffersson – 33,8%
2 – Viktor Hallrup – 16,7%
3 – Andreas Simonsen – 15,2%
Best rookie in STCC:
1 – Johan Kristoffersson – 49,3%
2 – Viktor Hallrup – 20,9%
3 – Mick Ohlsson – 13,9%
BTCC
Best driver in BTCC:
1 – Colin Turkington – 37,7%
2 – Jason Plato – 28,7%
3 – Rob Collard – 12,1%
Best team in BTCC:
1 – Racing Silverline – 22,4%
2 – Team RAC – 20,4%
3 – Airwaves BMW – 19,2%
Best manufacturer in BTCC:
1 – BMW – 41,7%
2 – Chevrolet – 38,0%
3 – Vauxhall- 8,5%
Best privateer driver in BTCC:
1 – Colin Turkington – 33,3%
2 – Jason Plato – 21,3%
3 – Robert Collard – 13,4%
Best rookie in BTCC:
1 – Jonathan Adam – 53,9%
2 – James Nash – 29,5%
3 – Johnny Herbert – 11,6%
DTM
Best driver in DTM:
1 – Gary Paffett – 35,2%
2 – Timo Scheider – 27,2%
3 – Mattias Ekström – 19,8%
Best team in DTM:
1 – Abt Sportsline – 64,2%
2 – HWA AMG – 19,0%
3 – Team Phoenix – 6,3%
Best manufacturer in DTM:
1 – Audi – 68,8%
2 – Mercedes – 31,2%
Best privateer driver in DTM:
1 – Christian Bakkerud – 56,3%
2 – Tomas Kostka – 37,0%
3 – Johannes Seidlitz – 6,7%
Best rookie in DTM:
1 – Christian Bakkerud – 58,2%
2 – Tomas Kostka – 36,9%
3 – Johannes Seidlitz – 6,6%
WTCC
Best driver in WTCC:
1 – Gabriele Tarquini – 37,7%
2 – Yvan Muller – 28,7%
3 – Andy Priaulx – 13,9%
Best team in WTCC:
1 – SEAT Sport – 39,7%
2 – Chevrolet RML – 19,8%
3 – Russian Bears Motorsport – 11,2%
Best manufacturer in WTCC:
1 – SEAT – 45,0%
2 – BMW – 25,9%
3 – Chevrolet – 16,8%
Best privateer driver in WTCC:
1 – Tom Coronel – 61,8%
2 – Franz Engstler – 15,2%
3 – Félix Porteiro – 9,7%
Best rookie in WTCC:
1 – Mehdi Bennani – 58,1%
2 – Tim Coronel – 22,6%
3 – Eric Cayrolle – 5,9%
