Tom Coronel Got Less Than He Hoped For in World Touring Car Championship
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May 07, 2007
Tom Coronel
With the car back in race condition Coronel noticed the rain drops on his windscreen as he drove his SEAT Leon to his grid position. The few rain drops were enough for the organisation to declare the race as a wet race. This meant that the lights had to be switched on and that the race would not be stopped when the real rain would come. As this was still not the case all drivers started the race on slick tyres. Tom started from the back of the grid, together with the other drivers that did not finish the first race. ‘Once more I had a very good start. Immediately I was behind Rob Huff and we started to move up through the field together. Towards the end I was losing ground on him, so I finished in a lonely 14th place. Really a shame that we did not score any points after our initial good showing, especially here in front of all the fans that came to see us. Bad luck however is also a part of racing. We will now focus on the next race at Valencia in two weeks time. This is a real SEAT track, so we will continue our aim for a podium place there”, Tom Coronel concluded.
The participation of Tom Coronel in the FIA WTCC is made possible by: SEAT importer Pon Car, McGregor, ATP The Advanced Travel Partner, Auto Trader, TW Steel watches, Wielengids.nl, Vakantiegoed.nl and Hertz.
Results race 1 FIA-WTCC Zandvoort:
1. Alain Menu (Chevrolet Lacetti) 13 laps 25.12.863;
2. Nicola Larini (Chevrolet) at 0.651;
3. Luca Rangoni (BMW) at 0.987;
4. Tiago Monteiro (SEAT) at 2.358 ;
5. Augusto Farfus (BMW) at 3.005 and Tom Coronel (SEAT Team Holland) did not finish.
Results race 2 FIA-WTCC Zandvoort:
1. Gabriele Tarquini (SEAT) 12 laps in 22.06.11 (SEAT);
2. Augusto Farfus (BMW) at 0.449; 3. Jorg Muller (BMW) at 0.674 ;
4. Nicola Larini (Chevrolet) at 0.978; 5. Andy Priaulx (BMW) at 1.714
14. Tom Coronel (SEAT Team Holland Leon) at 12.192
