The seventh and eighth rounds will take place on the historical street circuit of Pau. It is the Championship's second visit to the old city on the Pyrenées, home of the Grand Prix de Pau since 1930.

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.

Jordi Gené (39 kg), Jörg Müller (35 kg) and Alain Menu (34kg) are the other drivers with more than 30kg of ballast.

Rickard Rydell and Yvan Muller, who are joint second 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 15 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.

Last year, Alain Menu and his Chevrolet Lacetti dominated the first race with a lights to flag victory after setting pole position.

The second race was won by BMW Team Germany's Augusto Farfus, who completed an amazing recovery after having rolled his car in qualifying at the infamous Monument bend.

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