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This year's season of the FIA World Touring Car Championship could be reduced to only 11 rounds, as it was confirmed that the Mexico round of the 2010 series, initially scheduled to take place on April 11, was cancelled.
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Yvan Muller started off great during last weekend's season opening Curitiba event, as the Frenchman led Chevrolet's trio into an impressive 1-2-3 finish at the end of Race 1. With the race being influenced by heavy rain, Muller's pole position counted a lot in ...
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The FIA World Touring Car Championship (FIA WTCC) announced a new points format for the 2010 season. And it seems the new point-scoring system adopted by the Formula One championship a few weeks back is quite trendy, as some FIA-sanctioned series have also picked it up ...
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The FIA World Touring Car Championship today confirmed the official entry list for the 2010 season. Despite the bad news regarding some of the championship's leading manufacturers in recent months, it was now confirmed that both SEAT and BMW will continue their ...
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SEAT Supports Tarquini, Monteiro for 2010 FIA WTCCFIA WTCCWe know we've told you that Spanish manufacturer SEAT will quit the FIA World Touring Car Championship for the 2010 season, but the latest news coming from SUNRED Engineering proves otherwise. Indeed SEAT Sport will not be listed as a team in the 2010 FIA WTCC series, but the Spanish carmaker will continue to support several cars fielded by SUNRED this season. Tiago Monteiro and Jordi Gene will be the ones driving a SEAT Leon turbo diesel each through the duration of this season, as they will join reigning champion Gabriele Tarquini and Dutch privateer Tom Coronel in the team's lineup for 2010. The semi-works outfit will run the TDIs under the SR-Sport name. “I am really enthusiastic to race the SEAT TDI cars, because I think we will be able to fight for the WTCC title with ... >> Read more |
Following SEATs official withdrawal for the World Touring Car Championship, British BMW driver Andy Priaulx said he still expects strong competition for the private fielded SEATs.The Spanish carmaker announced on Wednesday it will exit WTCC racing series as a ...
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Spanish car manufacturer SEAT yesterday evening announced their official quit from the FIA World Touring Car Championship. Although it was initially believed that SEAT Sport will only reduce their WTCC programme to fewer cars for the 2010 season, it now seems the ...
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Yvan Muller finally got to test his brand new car for the 2010 FIA World Touring Car campaign, none other than the Chevrolet Cruze he signed to compete on a few months ago. With Italian Nicola Larini announcing his departure from the championship following the 2009 ...
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Italian world touring car driver Stefano D'Aste confirmed his return to Proteam Motorsport for the 2010 edition of the FIA World Touring Car Championship. The former winner of the 2007 independent title will therefore make his 3rd appearance in the Proteam garage ...
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In a time when most motor racing series out there are losing sponsors due to the tough economic climate worldwide, the FIA World Touring Car Championship did just the opposite, managing to extend a fruitful partnership with suspension company Monroe.
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What has been only a rumor in recent weeks has now become certainty inside the FIA World Touring Car Championship. The pinnacle of touring racing on the European continent will benefit from the presence of only two factory-prepared BMWs during the 2010 championship ...
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The FIA World Touring Car Championship will not only lose two of its most important and highly-rated drivers next season – Chevrolet's Nicola Larini and BMW's Alessandro Zanardi – but also a bunch of works' cars on the grid. As revealed by Autosport ...
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After Nicola Larini, the FIA World Touring Car Championship will lose one more veteran driver next year. BMW works driver Alex Zanardi today announced his definitive retirement from the sport, but insisted that he won't give up racing for good.
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Yvan Muller’s failure to defend his world title in the FIA World Touring Car Championship had an immediate effect on his contractual commitments with SEAT Sport. Meaning the French driver will no longer drive for the Spanish marque in the series, but switch ...
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Italian driver Gabriele Tarquini became the oldest world champion in the FIA World Touring Car Championship on Sunday, after securing his first crown in the aforementioned series. Although he didn’t end up race winner in the season finale at Macau ...
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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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After 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 ...
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