Tarquini wins the ETCC
Gabriele Tarquini scored a fantastic victory the European Touring Car Championship on the wheel of his Alfa Romeo 156 GTA. After two very hard races, the Italian takes a fourth and a third places overall that ensured him enough points to takes the final lead of the ETCC, with 107 points, 1 more than German Bmw driver Jörg Muller, that won the last single race. The fight was very hard during all both races in Monza, with a lot of crash that did the show very interesting for the enormous crowd on the race track: more than 30’000 people were in Monza during the Sunday’s ETCC races. British Alfa Romeo’s new driver James Thompson won the first race of the day. With this triumph, Thompson gave to the reliable and very powerful Alfa Romeo 156 the 60th victory of his racing history, started in 1998.
Race 1:
1.J. Thompson (Alfa Romeo 156 GTA) 9 laps in 18’26”052, 168,69 Km/h
2.A. Priaulx (BMW 320i) at 0,806
3.T. Coronel (BMW 320i) at 1,986
4.G: Tarquini (Alfa Romeo 156 GTA) at 6,806
5.D. Huisman (BMW 320i) at 17,329
6.F. Giovanardi (BMW 320i) at 19,166
7.A. De Micheli (Alfa Romeo 156 GTA) at 33,130
8.T. Engström (Honda Civic Type-R) at 34,416
9.S. Sardelli (Volvo S60) at 37,534
10.N. Larini (Alfa Romeo 156 GTA) at 1 lap
Race 2:
1.J. Müller (BMW 320i) 9 giri in 18’30”665, 167,99 Km/h
2.T. Coronel (BMW 320i) at 0,207
3.G. Tarquini (Alfa Romeo 156 GTA) at 1,066
4.N. Larini (Alfa Romeo 156 GTA) at 1,571
5.F. Giovanardi (BMW 320i) at 1,828
6.A. Priaulx (BMW 320i) at 15,127
7.A. Zanardi (BMW 320i) at 15,306
8.A. De Micheli (Alfa Romeo 156 GTA) at 15,689
9.F. Francia (Alfa Romeo 156 GTA) at 15,89
10.J. Gené (Seat Toledo Cupra) at 22,199
FIA ETCC 2003. Driver Championship:
1.Tarquini (Alfa Romeo 156 GTA ) points 107 (6 vittorie)
2.J.Muller (Bmw) 106
3.Prialux (Bmw) 100
4.Larini (Alfa Romeo 156 GTA) 92
5.Colciago (Alfa Romeo 156 GTA) 66
6.D.Muller (Bmw) 66
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