The mistakes of BMW

The opening meeting of the season, in Curitiba, has spent the power of SEAT TDI and highlighted the mistakes of BMW. Imperial last year on the same route, the German manufacturer of Brazil leaves with the satisfaction of a half-successful weekend of his nugget Andy Priaulx. Effacée domination outrageous March 2007. At that time BMW had crushed the competition by placing all its pilots on the steps of the podium in Curitiba. The circuit including Brazilian had smiled at her local hero Augusto Farfus. However, SEAT were still in petrol and last weekend, it is the Spanish mark which has been the law in the heat and roar of 50,000 spectators gathered on the South American route. Yvan Muller, Gabriele Tarquini and Rickard Rydell mainly dominated white machines to bring big things to their manufacturer. Video: Curitiba 1: Summary After this first rendezvous of the season, the home Spanish leaves with two wins in its currently enjoyed - first Muller then Tarquini - and the advantage of making the race leading the championship with eight points better than its rival German. What has particularly struck minds is the power of SEAT. A little more difficulty with the technical and ballasted weight of a naturally higher (about 80 kilos), the TDI literally have filed competing in the long line (980 metres). An important intrinsic superiority that will no doubt talk in the paddock but especially delight Muller and Tarquini at the top of the championship. One for all Even the advanced tyre wear, especially visible in the second round, have slightly embarrassed the SEAT. It is especially noteworthy resistance experienced pilots, as Muller, Tarquini and Rydell, in the face of pressure from their opponents including direct and Farfus. "Gabriele (Tarquini) has done a superb job in the first race to hamper prosecutors' Rydell noted. The duel at loggerheads between Muller and Farfus was indeed a highlight of the second race. The French finally showed the most pugnace pocketing the points for the fifth place. Video: Curitiba 2: summary The feeling on the SEAT was also unanimous. "It was impossible to overcome" to Farfus. "The SEAT is really brilliant" noted for its part Tarquini. The BMW have yet shown themselves fast enough during the various test sessions. The fault would it fail to pilots? Probably, when you see the departures very steps taken by Farfus and Jörg Müller. The members of Team Germany, known for their love of contact, had been on the verge of cancel each other out in the last loop of the first leg. Instead, Felix Porteiro and especially Andy Priaulx were more realistic on both sleeves. The Briton, the penalty for most of the weekend, was speaking the science of the race. He took advantage of the various skirmishes to climb the twelfth to fourth place on Race 1 before playing the reverse grid and start afresh from Brazil with a single point behind Muller. The bargain! Same for Spanish, the party behind Priaulx on the first starting grid and glane nine points throughout the meeting. The championship offers all the same variant of further nothing at all to a weekend of competition to another and it will be very interesting to discover the scenario of Puebla in early April. The Mexican circuit will be even more technical than Curitiba and ballast made by Muller, Tarquini and Rydell will be a real challenge for drivers SEAT. BMW will take advantage of these parameters theoretically in its favour to get the record.