Rickard Rydell and Tiago Monteiro have been victorious at the sixth meeting of the World Touring Car Championship staged this weekend at the Portuguese racetrack of Estoril. The SEAT drivers took the victory in both races, with Yvan Muller finishing third and second respectively. With this result, SEAT keep three drivers in the top three positions of the drivers’ championship and increase their advantage in the constructors’ championship.

Both in the first and second races, the SEAT Sport drivers had to fight hard for the victory, having their rivals at their wheels at all times. Rydell opened a gap of at least one second to Larini (Chevrolet) in the first race, whilst Monteiro had to overtake Porteiro (BMW) who stayed in his slipstream almost until the finish, when he was overtaken by Muller and Priaulx (BMW), who were less than three tenths apart. With the SEAT León TDI driver crossing the finish line before the BMW, Muller achieved the third one-two finish of the season for the Spanish make, after Brazil and Mexico.

Jordi Gené also managed to score after a first excellent race and a hard fight with Robert Huff (Chevrolet) and Andy Priaulx (BMW), thus getting valuable points for the championship, whilst Gabriele Tarquini was not able to finish in the points in none of the races. Pierre Yves Corthals rounded-off SEAT’s success taking the Independents' Trophy in the first race.

Tiago Monteiro (SEAT León TDI no. 18), 7th/1st: “ A phantastic weekend and a very special one for me. After the victory in Mexico I’ve had a run of average results. I want to thank the team for their help and their great job. They have allowed me and the whole team to get this excellent result in Estoril with Rickard’s victory, mine and both podium finishes of Yvan. I’m very happy”.

Rickard Rydell (SEAT León TDI no. 10), 1st/8th: "A very good weekend for the team and for me, and I’m happy with my performance, both in practice and in the first race with my first victory of the season. It wasn't as good in the second race, but I think that we can be happy all together".

Così all'arrivo di Gara 1:

1 Rickard RYDELL - SEAT Leon TDI - 12 giri in 22'05.135
2 Nicola LARINI - Chevrolet Lacetti - a 0.816
3 Yvan MULLER - SEAT Leon TDI - a 8.160
4 Robert HUFF - Chevrolet Lacetti - a 10.681
5 Jordi GENE - SEAT Leon TDI - a 12.316
6 Andy PRIAULX - BMW 320si - a 12.605
7 Tiago MONTEIRO - SEAT Leon TDI - a 13.222
8 Felix PORTEIRO - BMW 320si - a 13.662
9 Jorg MULLER - BMW 320si - a 13.847
10 Tom CORONEL - SEAT Leon - a 14.866
11 Alain MENU - Chevrolet Lacetti - a 16.611
12 I Pierre-Yves CORTHALS - SEAT Leon -a 22.834
13 Gabriele TARQUINI - SEAT Leon TDI - a 24.956
14 I Kristian POULSEN - BMW 320si - a 38.911
15 I Jaap van LAGEN - Lada 110 - a 39.114
16 I Andrei ROMANOV - BMW 320si - a 39.925
17 I Ibrahim OKYAY - BMW 320si - a 50.265
18 I Franz ENGSTLER - BMW 320si - a 59.521
19 I Stefano D'ASTE - BMW 320si - a 1'06.335
20 Alessandro ZANARDI - BMW 320si - a 1'35.186
Non classificati
I Sergio HERNANDEZ - BMW 320si
Augusto FARFUS - BMW 320si
I Olivier TIELEMANS - BMW 320si
I Viktor SHAPOVALOV - Lada 110
I Tom BOARDMAN - SEAT Leon 2.0 TFSI

Così all'arrivo di Gara 2:

1 Tiago MONTEIRO - SEAT Leon TDI - 12 giri in 22'06.495
2 Yvan MULLER - SEAT Leon TDI - a 12 2.635
3 Andy PRIAULX - BMW 320si - a 2.921
4 Felix PORTEIRO - BMW 320si - a 3.578
5 Robert HUFF - Chevrolet Lacetti - a 4.028
6 Nicola LARINI - Chevrolet Lacetti - a 4.466
7 Jorg MULLER - BMW 320si - a 6.242
8 Rickard RYDELL - SEAT Leon TDI - a 7.495
9 Jordi GENE - SEAT Leon TDI - a 9.833
10 Augusto FARFUS - BMW 320si - a 10.042
11 Gabriele TARQUINI - SEAT Leon TDI - a 11.130
12 Tom CORONEL - SEAT Leon - a 12.848
13 Alessandro ZANARDI - BMW 320si - a 15.007
14 Alain MENU - Chevrolet Lacetti - a 15.154
15 I Sergio HERNANDEZ - BMW 320si - a 16.043
16 I Stefano D'ASTE - BMW 320si - a 18.126
17 I Tom BOARDMAN - SEAT Leon 2.0 TFSI - a 22.318
18 I Franz ENGSTLER - BMW 320si - a 23.096
19 I Pierre-Yves CORTHALS - SEAT Leon - a 24.048
20 I Andrei ROMANOV - BMW 320si - a 32.211
21 I Jaap van LAGEN - Lada 110 - a 32.554
22 I Kristian POULSEN - BMW 320si - a 37.856
23 I Ibrahim OKYAY - BMW 320si - a 42.899
24 I Viktor SHAPOVALOV - Lada 110 - a 45.867

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