As a consequence of his stretched championship lead, SEAT Sport's Gabriele Tarquini will carry the heaviest ballast in Pau. The Italian's León TDI will be loaded with 61 kilos of success ballast, 13 more than Robert Huff, who was the most successful driver in Valencia with 18 points scored.
Jordi Gené (39 kg), Jörg Müller (35 kg) and Alain Menu (34kg) are the other drivers with more than 30 kg of ballast. Rickard Rydell and Yvan Muller, who are joint seconds in the championship, will both have 28 extra kilos, only one more than Andy Priaulx, who is BMW's best placed man in the points.
A total of fifteen drivers will have success ballast in Pau, including the race-by-race entry Oscar Nogués who will receive 30 entra kilos according to article 79 c) of the Sporting Regulations.
Success ballast - France
61 kg G. Tarquini
48 kg R. Huff
39 kg J. Gené
35 kg J. Müller
34 kg A. Menu
30 kg O. Nogués
28 kg R. Rydell, Y. Muller
27 kg A. Priaulx
12 kg T. Monteiro
10 kg T. Coronel
9 kg F. Porteiro, N. Larini
3 kg A. Farfus
1 kg O. Tielemans