Published on: March 8th, 2010 by ufficio.stampa - Categories: company and products, races and drivers our partners - Tags:chevrolet, Muller, seat, Tarquini, wtcc
A Chevrolet hat-trick in the first race of the 2010 WTCC in Curitiba (Brazil). The victory in race 1 went to Yvan Muller, who always managed to maintain the first position; the second place went to Robert Huff, whereas the third place went to Alain Menu. The victorious Chevrolet Cruzes in the 2010 debut race had the brand new OMP safety belts – 812 Turismo mounted, which derive from the ones devised for the F1.
In race 2 we highlight the victory for Gabriele Tarquini, and the second place for Jordi Gene, both driving the Seat Leon TDIs of the Sun Red Sport Team; the third place went to the Chevrolet of Alain Menu. At the top of the placings there are Yvan Muller and Gabriele Tarquini, equal with 37 points.
Among the independent drivers, there are two victories for Sergio Hernandez on a BMW 320si Proteam.
Published on: March 8th, 2010 by ufficio.stampa - Categories: company and products, races and drivers our partners
After a day as the absolute protagonist, with 5 victories on the 9 special races, Petter Solberg has managed to conquer the second place at the end of a hard-fought Mexico rally, the second test of the world WRC 2010 (final victory for Sébastien Loeb). The worth of the podium (the first since he has been racing with the French cars of the WRT Petter Solberg) is even greater, as the powerful Norwegian driver races with a non official Citroen.
We are pleased that our new seat HTE ONE, approved according to the most recent regulations FIA 8862-2009, the lightest in the world with the carbon shell, and a level of safety equal to the one of the F1 single-seater.
Within the PWRC (Production World Rally Championship) placings, we would like to mention the first place overall for Armindo Araujo with the Mitshubishi Lancer of the RalliArt Italy team.
Published on: March 3rd, 2010 by ufficio.stampa - Categories: races and drivers our partners
The FIA World Touring Championship starts again this week end (5th – 7th March) with the Curitiba race (Brazil), and it will unfold over 12 events around the world; it will finish at the end of November with the race in Macau.
With the Seat of Yvan Muller in 2008 and of Gabriele Tarquini in 2009; OMP has been the speciality world champion for the past two years; it will be present with different partnerships, first of all with the Chevrolet Team, which confirms its official participation with the cars: Chevrolet Cruze LT- and the drivers: Rob Huff, Alain Menu and Yvan Muller.
On the contrary, the official Seat team will not take part in the races of the 2010 championship; the drivers: Gabriele Tarquini, Tiago Monteiro and Jordi Gené will be at the starting line as independent drivers, with the Seat Leon 2.0 TDIs of the Sun Red Sport Team.
We would also like to mention the participation of Stefano D’Aste among the indepent drivers, with his BMW 320 Si of the ProTeam Motorsport Team.
OMP will provide the above mentioned drivers with fire retardant sportswear.
Published on: February 25th, 2010 by ufficio.stampa - Categories: races and drivers our partners - Tags:accordo, f1, Formula 1, Scuderia Toro Rosso
After the agreement with Renault F1, OMP Racing reconfirms the attendance to the Formula 1, signing a partnership with the Italian Team “ Scuderia Toro Rosso”.
On the following 14th March, which is the official beginning of the 2010 Season of the Formula 1 FIA World Championship (Bahrain Gp), Sebastian Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari, the very young official drivers of the Faenza team, and all the team’s mechanics will wear the technical gear realized by OMP: fire-retardant suits, boots, gloves, underwear .
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Published on: February 18th, 2010 by ufficio.stampa - Categories: races and drivers our partners - Tags:Araujo, pwrc, ralliart, rally Svezia
Armindo Araujo and Miguel Ramalho, PWRC 2009 world champions, came third in their category during the Swedish Rally (14/2/10), first test of the PWRC 2010 World Championship, with the Mitsubishi Lancer Evo X by RalliArt Italy. Read the rest of this entry »
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