SEAT starts the 2008 Touring Car World Championship with two victories

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BMW had to settle for best of the rest behind Seat

Weather: sunny and hot with a dry track.

SEAT Sport drivers Yvan Muller and Rickard Rydell held off the BMW Team Germany's attack of Augusto Farfus and Jorg Muller, to win the first race in Curitiba.

Tarquini takes the win on his birthday

Weather: cloudy and hot with a dry track.

Crowd: 45,000 over the weekend

On the day of his 46th birthday Gabriele Tarquini gave himself an outstanding present by winning the second race in Brazil and also got his payback for helping out his team-mates (Yvan Muller, who leaves Brazil as the championship co-leader with Tarquini, and Rickard Rydell) in the first race.

The Audi set the pace in testing

Morning Session
First practice session Sunday 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

At the end of the first morning testing in Le Castellet, no problem for drivers who took the wheel. We can note three cars returned to their stands after accidents and the best time for the Audi n° 1 of Mc Nish.

The Charouz Aston Martin Lola was on track

The first day of the 2008 Le Mans series heralded perfect weather conditions for the contenders who took part in the now traditional pre- season test at the Paul Ricard High Tech Test facility in southern France. For many teams it was the first time that they ran their new cars against their season-long competitors, and for some, it was the first time that the cars ran at all.

HTTT: More Photos from Day 1 of the Test

Van Merksteijn Motorsport0 Porsche RS Spyder

Could one of these be Pierre Bruneau's next car?

Pierre Bruneau and Marc Rostan tested the Rollcentre Pescarolo Judd at the preseason test at Paul Ricard HTTT.