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 Brno is popular with both fans and
drivers,
and you can always expect great
battles all around the track
when the WTCC cars visit the
Czech Republic. It's a wide
circuit with many overtaking
opportunities.
The circuit is
built in a natural bowl which is
banked in places to offer
 spectators an excellent view,
this also means that
Brno constantly changes in
elevation as it sweeps across
forested hillsides and its fast
undulating corners really test
driver
talent and engineering to the
limit.
The track
features many slow to midspeed
corners with varius radius, and
demands a setup that's well
balanced at those speeds, but
still able to navigate the very
fast sweeping first turn. Exit speed is key, as
almost all corners lead to a
potential overtaking possibility.
The 2006 WTCC event at Brno
was held in front of a record
crowd, the largest for a car
race since the new circuit was
inaugurated in 1987!!
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Robert HUFF –
Chevrolet
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8th in Race 1,
1st in Race 2 |
“After
Mexico the
team
re-built my
car in a
week. The
only thing
that
remained
from the
original was
the steering
wheel. This
win is for
them.””
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Jörg
MÜLLER – BMW
Team Germany
|
1st in
Race 1, 4th
in Race 2 |
“The
track
is
very
wide
in
Brno
so I
was
a
little
bit
scared
about
turn
3
because
everyone
was
getting
a
slipstream
and
it
was
a
big
mess.
I
was
happy
to
get
through
it
without
making
a
mistake
and
getting
overtaken.
It
is
difficult
to
overtake
the
front
wheel
drive
cars
coming
into
corners
so I
was
unable
to
overtake
Yvan
(Muller)
for
3rd
in
Race
2.
In
the
same
race
me
and
Alain
(Menu)
were
side
by
side,
we
touched
wheels
and
he
went
off.
I
was
lucky
I
continued
near
the
front
because
my
steering
was
like
a
banana!””
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Tom
CORONEL
– GR
Asia
|
6th
in Race
1, 23rd
in Race
2 |
“It
was
quite
funny
because
Menu
made
a
mistake
on
purpose
so
he
could
get
a
front
row
start
so I
just
took
6th
position,
why
not?
In
the
second
race
I
could
feel
the
performance
of
the
engine
going
down
then
I
saw
an
alarm
on
my
dashboard.
I
spoke
to
my
team
manager
who
said
‘You
are
racing,
do
not
stop’
but
in
the
end
the
car
made
the
decision
for
me.”!”
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Alessandro
ZANARDI
– BMW
Team
Italy-Spain
|
2nd
in Race
1, DNF
in Race
2 |
“...
my
tyres
deteriorated
and
Jörg
was
having
the
same
problem
but
he
either
drove
better
than
me
or
he
had
the
edge.
I
was
making
small
mistakes
and
every
time
I
did
he
got
a
few
metres
further
ahead...”
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Andy
PRIAULX
– BMW
Team UK
|
5th
in Race
1, 2nd
in Race
2 |
“We
struggled
in
the
first
two
sessions
to
find
balance
but
after
qualifying
we
found
a
solution
and
the
warm
up
was
great.
Then
it
was
a
question
of
remaining
clean
and
trying
to
finish
both
races
because
as I
have
proved,
winning
races
is
not
necessarily
the
way
to
win
the
championship.”
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Distance |
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5,403 m |
| Race |
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2 x 10 laps |
S2000
Lap record
-Qualifying |
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2:09.913
R. Rydell
SEAT Toledo
Cupra |
S2000
Lap record
-Race
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2:11.903
Andy Priaulx
BMW 320i |
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Technical data : |
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Length: 5
403,19m
(in
track
axis)
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Width: 15,00m
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Corners: 14
(6
left,
8
right)
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Straight
sections:13
min. length:
35,00m
max.
length:
636,56m
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Ascent:
max.
7,5%,
in
917,00m
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Descent:
max.
5%,
in
410,00m
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Difference
in
elevation:73,63m
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Sea
altitude:
450m
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Track
capacity:
40
cars |
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