PREVIEW // SEAT CONFIDENT AHEAD OF WTCC FINALE

With the final race of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship taking place at Macau this weekend the SEAT team are in a confident mood. Taking a lead to the far eastern street circuit in both the drivers and manufacturer's standings, the Spanish squad are in line for their second consecutive title.

With Italian Gariele Tarquini and reigning champion Yvan Muller holding a healthy advantage in the drivers championship over the chasing BMW of Augusto Farfus, this weekend should be all about staying 'out of trouble' for the experianced pair. But with SEAT and BMW being seperated by just three points in the manufacturers standings, the battle for that crown should be much harder to predict... [read more]

As always at Macau nothing is guaranteed however and with the narrow undulating nature of the famous street circuit certain as ever to play its part in the proceedings, their may well be a final twist to the 2009 drivers championship.

The record books are a surprise when looking back at previous Macau races as Seat are still actually to register a win around the sinuous circuit. As usual on street circuits qualifying will be crucial and with the "Guia" circuit's extensive straight an element of slip-streaming team tactics will play it's part.

Going into the weekend, Seat Sport's boss Jaime Puig commented "In such a close-run championship as this one, with ten cars all within a second of each other, winning one title is a great achievement in itself. But the full team will go all out to win the two, and in view of the rule changes brought in during the year, that would be an absolutely outstanding result. I am convinced that teamwork will enable Gabriele Tarquini and Yvan Muller to strengthen their positions against Augusto Farfus in order to carry off the drivers’ title.”

Photo: SEAT Sport Media
Editorial: Neil Tozer