Video: Calm before the storm; Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4

Video: Calm before the storm; Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4
STCC: Disappointing season start for Biogas.se Volkswagen
WTCC: First victory for SEAT and Gabriele Tarquini

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 09:49 AM PDT

Aventador LP700-4

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The new Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 is one hell of a beast. With the 6th Gen V12 model putting out 700hp to all four wheels, it’s easy to see how it can do battle against the forces of nature.

Lamborghini Aventador LP700-4 snapshots surface

STCC: Disappointing season start for Biogas.se Volkswagen

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 07:58 AM PDT

STCC Biogas.se

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The two Team Biogas.se Volkswagen drivers Fredrik Ekblom and Patrik Olsson struggled in the first Scandiavian Touring Car Championship race weekend. The pair only managed to get two points.

“It was a long time since I had such a bad race weekend. This day was unfortunately a disappointment,” said Ekblom.

Olsson finished 10th in the first race with team mate Ekblom in 11th. The second race saw Ekblom scoring one point in 10th while Olsson retired due to an overheating engine.

“I might have hit a concrete edge, because the front splitter suddenly collapsed under the car. My engine temperature then suddenly rose and I had to park the car,” said Olsson.

Team manager Tommy Kristoffersson was disappointed after the races and hopes for a strong return at Knutstorp in less than two weeks.

“We did not have our stuff together this time and that just unacceptable at this level of racing. Our goal is to be back on to at Knutstorp,” said Kristoffersson.

Results of the Scandinavian Touring Car Cup, Jyllandsringen, Denmark, April 23.

Race 1.
1) Jason Watt, Denmark, Seat Leon, 230.07,231
2) Tommy Rustad, Norway, Volvo C30, 20.07,573
3) James Thompson, UK, C30, 20.08,260
4) Rickard Rydell, Sweden, the Chevrolet Cruze, 20.08,546
5) Roger Eriksson, Sweden, Seat Leon, 20.09,067
10) Patrik Olsson, Sweden, VW Scirocco, 20.15,119
11) Fredrik Ekblom, Sweden, VW Scirocco, 20.15,908

Race 2.
1) Johan Stureson, Sweden, BMW 320si, 19.15,794
2) Colin Turkington, Northern Ireland, BMW 320si, 19.18,296
3) Roger Eriksson, Sweden, Seat Leon, 19.22,392
4) Mattias Andersson, Sweden, Alfa Romeo 156, 19.24,768
5), Rickard Rydell, Sweden, the Chevrolet Cruze, 19.28,989
10) Fredrik Ekblom, Sweden, VW Scirocco, 19.36,946
Patrik Olsson, Sweden, VW Scirocco, broke
- TouringCarTimes

STCC: Team biogas.se looks to take back the points lead in Karlskoga

WTCC: First victory for SEAT and Gabriele Tarquini

Posted: 25 Apr 2011 07:17 AM PDT

WTCC, Zolder

Belgian fans flocked to the Zolder track in a sunny Easter Sunday and were rewarded by two close races that saw Rob Huff and Gabriele Tarquini sharing victories in WTCC round 2.

The second race was one of the most exciting ever with Gabriele Tarquini and his SEAT León TDi being able to interrupt Chevrolet’s supremacy.

WTCC, Zolder

“This has been a great and unexpected result. Zolder is a very technical track, maybe the one in the championship that suits better to our car, and this helped me today. It is difficult to overtake here and when I managed to stay ahead after the first lap I said myself that it was my opportunity to go for a victory. I knew that Rob (Huff) would have hesitated to take great risks not to jeopardize his championship hopes, but when he did it I was ready to take an even greater risk, because today for me it was a matter of victory or nothing!”

After being forth in the first race in Zolder, Gabriele Tarquini (SEAT Leon 2.0 TDI) put in a fantastic effort to claim his first victory of the season in the second race and stop Chevrolet winning streak after three consecutive successes.

Having inherited pole on the reverse grid as Fredy Barth was unable to make the field, Tarquini took a great start and managed to keep the Chevrolet trio behind. In the first half of the race the Italian did not offer Rob Huff any opportunity for overtaking and when the Briton tried to muscle his way past him, Tarquini proved he still has enough grit to defend the lead.

WTCC, Zolder

Tiago Monteiro finished the first race as fifth, in the second race he climbed the podium with third place. Michel Nykjaer (SEAT) finished eighth and fifth.

The championship will resume at Monza, Italy, on May 15th for rounds 5 and 6.
- Volkswagen Group