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FIA WTCC
Chevrolet's Robert Huff topped the qualifying session of the FIA World Touring Car Championship season finale at Macau, clinching pole position in some very difficult conditions on the streets of the aforementioned city.
The qualifying session was simply chaotic ...
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The FIA World Touring Car Championship will be left without one of its most prominent figures next year, in the person of Chevrolet driver Nicola Larini. The Italian driver today announced that the 2009 season finale at Macau will be his last race in the series, as ...
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The German manufacturer had a great weekend in Japan for the penultimate race of the season, managing to secure a fantastic double win at the Okayama circuit. Amid a cloudy and rainy weather, BMW cars seemed to have the best setup for the track as Priaulx and ...
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The International Automobile Federation (FIA) yesterday announced the official calendar for the 2010 FIA WTCC championship. Following a meeting of the FIA Motor Sport Council on Wednesday, in Paris, the officials decided to bring Belgium (Zolder) back on the WTCC ...
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Tarquini and Muller Give SEAT Perfect Weekend at ImolaFIA WTCCAfter a dominant weekend by BMW at Oscherslebern, SEAT Sport fought back at Imola to further increase their lead in the overall classification. Gabriele Tarquini and Yvan Muller both made it a perfect weekend for the Spanish manufacturer, as they dominated both races on Sunday ahead of Chevrolet. There was plenty of action in the WTCC field during the first race at Imola, but none of it concerned race winner Gabriele Tarquini. The Italian led his home race from beginning to end, while also in control over his fight with 2nd placed Yvan Muller. Title rival Augusto Farfus was involved in a racing incident early in the race which eventually led to his DNF shortly after. Chevrolet's Robert Huff managed to keep his cool and secure his team their first podium of the weekend, finishing the ... >> Read more |
The 37-year-old Dutch could miss the last two races of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) from Okayama and Macau.
The SEAT Holland Team's entry has been withdrawn from the competition by its sponsor, the Dutch Seat importer Pon Car. Their ...
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The International Automobile Federation (FIA) yesterday announced that its International Court of Appeal (ICA) has rejected SEAT's appeal regarding the changing of the technical regulations inside the FIA WTCC series.
Earlier this year, the FIA decided to ...
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BMW's Augusto Farfus moved closer to the top of the FIA WTCC standings thanks to his impressive win in Race 2 at Brands Hatch, after Alain Menu had previously won Race 1 in a commanding style.
The Swiss driver managed to hold on to the lead after starting from ...
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Volvo has confirmed participation in the Brands Hatch event of this year's FIA World Touring Car Championship through Swedish team Polestar. This will be a one-off from the Nordic car maker in the touring series, as they aren't expected to make the field in any of ...
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Following a chaotic win from SEAT Sport's Gabriele Tarquini in Race 1 of the Porto weekend, BMW's Augusto Farfus converted his pole position in Race 2 into his second win of the season and 100th of the FIA WTCC series.
As expected, the racing weekend in Portugal was ...
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When the FIA World Touring Car Championship will travel to Porto this weekend, it will mark BMW's 100th start in the series. The German manufacturer will contest for the 99th and 100th time respectively inside the FIA WTCC – race 1 & 2 of the Portuguese event ...
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The World Motor Sport Council yesterday agreed that the 2011 FIA World Touring Car Championship will see a single-specification engine inside the sport. This way, the ruling body made sure no disputes over engine equalization between the WTCC manufacturers will ...
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After reigning champions SEAT and UK-based Chevrolet, it was finally time for German manufacturer BMW to become a race winner in this year's FIA World Touring Car Championship. And it was Brazilian driver Augusto Farfus Jr. to clinch that first win for Schnitzer ...
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Following the multitude of penalties handed by the FIA to the World Touring Car Championship drivers during the last few rounds of the 2009 schedule, the ruling body has decided to change some of the rules in order to avoid situations such as the one at Pau (when 9 ...
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Chevrolet scored an impressive double win at Pau this weekend, with Robert Huff and Alain Menu scoring taking the chequered flag in Race 1 and Race 2 respectively. Following no less than 9 penalties handed by the FIA World Touring Car Championship after the ...
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Lada are finally ready to introduce their new Priora model in the FIA World Touring Car Championship. According to a press release by the Russian manufacturer, the new car will be ready to debut in the series on July 5th, during the Portugal event in ...
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SEAT Sport is on the verge of turning the FIA World Touring Car Championship into a one-manufacturer deal. After taking a double win at the season opener in Curitiba, the Spanish manufacturer kept their perfect winning percentage in Mexico too, thanks to reigning ...
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Nobody messes with SEAT Sport this season! This seems to be the message coming from the Spanish manufacturer following their dominant performance at Curitiba this weekend, as the Seat Leon TDI proved a way too better of a car to be challenged in the season opener. ...
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The FIA World Touring Car Championship has announced its teams' and drivers' entry list for the 2009 season. As reported by our site throughout the offseason, the two manufacturers that have chosen not to change their driver lineups in any way ahead of their 2009 ...
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It is now official. The 2009 edition of the FIA World Touring Car Championship will be much eco-friendlier as compared to the past seasons, as all cars will be running on second generation bio-fuel supplied by PANTA. Although the intention to switch to bio-fuel in 2009 ...
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