Weight drops for BMW and SUNRED for Porto
The compensation weight calculation for Porto sees the BMW drivers drop 10kg and the SUNRED’s new entry weight removed, with the León dropping 60kg for the Portuguese round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship.
Chevrolet will be the most ballasted car with the maximum compensation ballast applied of +40kg. This keeps the 1.6 litre turbocharged Cruzes of RML and Bamboo Engineering at 1,190kg.
BMW, after a quick performance at Hungary, had their weight increased by 30kg for Brno, but will now get 10kg of that back for the Portuguese street race onJuly 3rd.
SUNRED’s new 1.6 litre turbo engine upgrade at Hungary saw the car run with maximum weight for two races, but now has its ballast calculated based on its performance so far and drops to the minimum possible weight, to -20kg below the base weight.
Volvo will still run with the new car ballast for the second consecutive weekend around the streets of Porto before the Volvo gets a recalculation for the British round at Donington Park on July 17th.
Entry List for Porto including compensation weight
No – Driver – Team – Car – Ballast – Total Weight
1 – Yvan Muller – Chevrolet – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T – +40kg – 1190kg
2 – Robert Huff – Chevrolet – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T – +40kg – 1190kg
3 – Gabriele Tarquini – Lukoil-SUNRED – SR León 1.6T – -20kg – 1130kg
4 – Aleksei Dudukalo* – Lukoil-SUNRED – SR León 1.6T – -20kg – 1130kg
5 – Norbert Michelisz* – Zengö Motorsport – BMW 320 TC – +30kg – 1200kg
7 – Fredy Barth* – SUNRED Engineering – SR León 1.6T – -20kg – 1130kg
8 – Alain Menu – Chevrolet – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T – +40kg – 1190kg
9 – Darryl O’Young* – Bamboo Engineering – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T – +40kg – 1190kg
10 – Yukinori Taniguchi* – Bamboo Engineering – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T – +40kg – 1190kg
11 – Kristian Poulsen* – Liqui-Moly Team Engstler – BMW 320 TC – +30kg – 1200kg
12 – Franz Engstler* – Liqui-Moly Team Engstler – BMW 320 TC – +30kg – 1200kg
15 – Tom Coronel – ROAL Motorsport – BMW 320 TC – +30kg – 1200kg
17 – Michel Nykjaer* – SUNRED Engineering – SR León 1.6T – -20kg – 1130kg
18 – Tiago Monteiro – SUNRED Engineering – SR León 1.6T – -20kg – 1130kg
20 – Javier Villa* – Proteam Racing – BMW 320 TC – +30kg – 1200kg
25 – Mehdi Bennani* – Proteam Racing – BMW 320 TC – +30kg – 1200kg
30 – Robert Dahlgren – Polestar Racing – Volvo C30 1.6T – +40kg – 1190kg
35 – Urs Sonderegger* – Wiechers-Sport – BMW 320 TC – +30kg – 1200kg
74 – Pepe Oriola* – SUNRED Engineering – SR León 1.6T – -20kg – 1130kg
* Eligible for the Yokohama Independents’ Trophy
^ Eligible for the Jay-Ten Trophy
