Yvan Muller will be laden by 70 Kilos
In Estoril SEAT Sport's Gabriele Tarquini was the first driver to receive the maximum 70-kg success ballast. But after remaining scoreless in Portugal the championship leader will go down to 58, leaving to his team-mate and closer chaser Yvan Muller the dubious honour to carry the maximum ballast. Another SEAT Sport man - Rickard Rydell, currently third in the points - will be laden by 68 extra kilos, with BMW's Andy Priaulx and Chevrolet's Nicola Larini the only other drivers to carry 50 or more kilos of ballast.
A total of twenty drivers will have success ballast in Estoril, including the race-by-race entries Robert Dahlgren, Aytaç Biter, Kristian Poulsen and Lourenço Beirão da Veiga who will receive 30 kilos each according to article 79 c) of the Sporting Regulations.
Success ballast - United Kingdom
70 kg Y. Muller
68 kg R. Rydell
58 kg G. Tarquini
53 kg A. Priaulx
50 kg N. Larini
49 kg T. Monteiro
46 kg R. Huff
34 kg J. Gené
30 kg K. Poulsen, R. Dahlgren, L. Beirão da Veiga, A. Biter
28 kg J. Müller, F. Porteiro
27 kg A. Farfus
23 kg A. Menu
18 kg A. Zanardi
10 kg T. Coronel
3 kg J. Thompson
1 kg O. Tielemans