Archive for August 26th, 2007
Leon TDI Has First Victory in World Touring Car Championship

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The two Swedish rounds of the FIA World Touring Car Championship witnessed an amazing debut for the groundbreaking new TDI-engined SEAT León WTCC. After Jordi Gené ran as high as 2nd in Race 1, Yvan Muller scored the new car’s first WTCC points by finishing in 6th place.



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Audi R10 TDI in Pole Position at Mosport

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- Dindo Capello fastest in the Audi R10 TDI in qualifying
- Audi R10 TDI on first and second rows
- Third outright pole position for Audi of the season

With a gap of only 0.09 seconds, Audi driver Dindo Capello (Italy) claimed the pole position for round nine of the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) at Mosport (Canada). Team mate Emanuele Pirro (Italy) drove the second Audi R10 TDI to the third fastest time overall and starts as the second fastest driver in the LM P1 category.

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