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COUNTDOWN: - 53 DAYS to the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco - 1st / 2nd May, in MarrakechThe FIA World Touring Car Championship is delighted to announce an important deal with leading German commercial channel RTL, covering the broadcasting of the 2010 season.RTL will show a 10-minute highlights programme of WTCC races before the broadcast of F1 qualifying sessions, within a captive motorsport fan audience. The first programme will be aired on March 13th alongside the F1 season opener in Bar
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13.03.2010
COUNTDOWN: - 53 DAYS to the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco - 1st / 2nd May, in MarrakechThe FIA World Touring Car Championship is delighted to announce an important deal with leading German commercial channel RTL, covering the broadcasting of the 2010 season.RTL will show a 10-minute highlights programme of WTCC races befor
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13.03.2010
The FIA WTCC will not visit Puebla this year because of security issues The FIA, in agreement with promoter KSO, has decided to cancel as a case of Force Majeure the second race meeting of the 2010 FIA World Touring Car Championship scheduled to take place in Puebla, Mexico, on April 11th.The FIA's decision is based on security reports from the region an
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10.03.2010
Am vergangenen Wochenende absolvierte das Nienburger Team Wiechers Sport die Läufe eins und zwei der FIA World Touring Car Championship (FIA WTCC) im brasilianischen Curitiba.
Mehdi Bennani aus Marokko bereitete sich bereits am Donnerstag auf den Renneinsat
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10.03.2010
The FIA, in agreement with promoter KSO, has decided to cancel the second event in the 2010 FIA World Touring Car Championship scheduled to take place in Puebla, Mexico, on April 11th.The FIA’s decision is based on security reports from the region and follows close consultation and guidance from OMDAI, the Mexican National Sporting Authority. FIA,
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08.03.2010
Le pilote SR-Sport dans le top 10 du WTCC
Tiago Monteiro a marqué ses premiers points dans le Championnat des Voitures de Tourisme FIA WTCC 2010, aujourd'hui sur le circuit de Curitiba, au Brésil, qui accueillait les deux premièr
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08.03.2010
Fantastic 1-2-3 Of Muller, Huff And Menu In Race 1, More Heavy Points In Race 2: Chevrolet On Top Of Both Driver And Manufacturer StandingsIt has been the sweetest possible start of the 2010 WTCC season for Chevrolet: a triple win in race 1, ano
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08.03.2010
WTCC HSBC Race of Brazil - Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba - 6 / 7 March 2010
History repeated in Brazil with Yvan Muller and Gabriele Tarquini taking a victory apiece for the second year in succession in Curitiba and leaving
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08.03.2010
2010 FIA World Touring Car ChampionshipCuritiba Circuit Length = 3.6950 km.Start: 15:33 End: 15:53 Sunday, 07 March 2010Car 18, Drive-through penalty applied, ref Stewards decision 12.1 1 Gabriele TARQUINI ITA SEAT Leon TDI 20:13
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07.03.2010
Reigning champion Gabriele Tarquini led SR-Sport team mate Jordi Gené across the line for a SEAT León TDI one-two, over 5-seconds ahead of the rest of the field. Chevrolet’s Alain Menu rounded out the podium.After the earlier downpour, Race 2 was a different story with a dry track and bright sunshine. Poleman Tom Coronel had a terrible start ending in the gravel
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07.03.2010
2010 FIA World Touring Car ChampionshipCuritiba Circuit Length = 3.6950 km.Weather/Track: Rain>Sun 18°/Wet 24° Start: 14:15 End: 14:41Subject to Technical Scrutineering. 1 6 Yvan MULLER FRA Chevrolet Cruze 26:57.181 16 131.60 1:34.4002 7 Robert HUFF GBR Chevrolet Cruze 26:58.234 16 1.053 131.52 1:33.9043 8 Alain MENU SU
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07.03.2010
WARM UP 2010 FIA World Touring Car ChampionshipCuritiba Circuit Length = 3.6950 km.Weather/Track: Bright 20°/Drying 39° Start: 10:15 End: 10:281 11 Andy PRIAULX GBR BMW 320si 1:24.658 8 157.122 10 Augusto FARFUS BRA BMW 320si 1:24.936 8 0.278 156.613 1 Gabriele TARQUINI ITA SEAT Leon TDI 1:24.988 8 0.330 156.514 6 Yvan MUL
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07.03.2010
The SR-Sport cars of Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro sport the sticker “www.saveafonso.com” in support of the website established by Macau driver André Couto to find a donor for a bone marrow transplant for his son Afonso.The 6-year old boy is currently hospitalized at Porto’s Oncological Hospital after he was diagnosed with leukaemia last November. The
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06.03.2010
The three Cruzes obtain a terrific team result in the first qualifying session of the season The Chevrolet Cruzes are off to an excellent start of the 2010 season, as they dominated the qualifying session of the Race of Brazil, the opening event
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06.03.2010
Former champion Yvan Muller will be on pole for Race 1 in Curitiba tomorrow, for the second year in succession. In a closely fought session the top seven cars ended within 0.2 seconds of each other. Chevrolet dominated the session with Alain Menu (1:23.829) and Rob Huff (1:23.833) being placed third and fourth. Only Jordi Gené in his SEAT León TD
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06.03.2010
FIA WTCC Curitiba Practice 2Defending champion Gabriele Tarquini and his SR-Sport SEAT León TDI set the pace for the first time this weekend, posting a lap of 1:24.664 early in the session that was never beaten. BMW Team RBM’s Augusto Farfus (1:24.713) and Andy Priaulx (1:24.798) have been consistently at the top of the time sheets and narrowly mi
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06.03.2010
The BMW Team RBM duo of Augusto Farfus (1:24.578) and Andy Priaulx (1:24.590) remained on top after the first practice of the day in Curitiba. Despite SEAT, Chevrolet and BMW cars exchanging the top spot throughout the session it was Farfus who posted the quickest time before
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06.03.2010
Menu 2nd- fastest in Curitiba’s testing session, with Muller 4th and Huff 5th
The Chevrolet team had a very promising start of the WTCC season, as the three Cruzes made it in the top five in today’s testing session in Curitiba. Alain Menu was second-faste
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06.03.2010
FIA WTCC promoter KSO has launched the new WTCC Rookie Challenge.All the drivers who entered in the championship's full season for the first time are eligible for the Challenge: Norbert Michelisz, Michel Nykjær, Fredy Barth, Harry Vaulkhard, Darryl O'Young and Mehdi Bennani.Points will be awarded according to the following scale: 1st: 1
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06.03.2010
Official proceedings to the 2010 WTCC season got underway yesterday in the centre of Curitiba that hosts the championship's opening meeting this weekend. The promotional day began with the drivers meeting the fans in two crowded autograph sessions in front of the HSBC palace, on the central Ruas das Flores. Three FIA WTCC racing cars - Tom Coronel's SEAT, Augusto Farfus'
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06.03.2010
FIA WTCC - RACE OF BRAZIL CURITIBA FRIDAY TEST
Augusto FARFUS: “I am happy. We took advantage of the red flag and pitted to make some changes to the car, which were very effective. It was a good feeling to drive around so quickly. Now I have set the pace. I’m sure that from tomorrow the others will be c
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06.03.2010
Local man Augusto Farfus posted the fastest lap during today’s test as the 2010 WTCC season officially got underway at the Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba. The Brazilian topped the timesheets in his BMW 320si at the halfway point, before the session was briefly halted when Stefano D’Aste lost the back end of his BMW 320si and ended beached in the gravel at turn four.
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02.03.2010
Le WTCC ouvre ses portes au Brésil Tiago Monteiro se rend au Brésil pour participer au premier week-end de course du Championnat du Monde des Voitures de Tourisme FIA WTCC, les 6 et 7 mars. Le Portugais entame sa 3ème année dans la spécialité mais 2010 sera une nouvelle expérience pour lui. En effet,
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28.02.2010
COUNTDOWN: - 8 DAYS to the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil - 6th / 7th March, in CuritibaSwiss driver Fredy Barth lodged a last minute entry and will make his maiden appearance in the FIA WTCC at the Race of Brazil that will take place next week in Curitiba.Barth, a 31-year old from Lucerne, will drive a SUNRED Engineering SEAT León TDI car.
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28.02.2010
COUNTDOWN: - 8 DAYS to the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil - 6th / 7th March, in CuritibaZengö-Dension Team and Norbert Michelisz are the first team and driver from Hungary to commit full season to an FIA World Championship.Michelisz, who won the 2009 SEAT León Eurocup, will be at the wheel of a SEAT León TDI, a car he already drove succe
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28.02.2010
COUNTDOWN: - 8 DAYS to the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil - 6th / 7th March, in CuritibaTRW, one of the world's leading providers of automotive safety and partner to the leading car manufacturers has entered into a multi-year partnership to become the first ever sponsor of the FIA WTCC Safety Car. "We are very excited about the agreement of the safety car
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28.02.2010
The German event of the 2010 FIA European Touring Car Cup that was due to be held at the Oschersleben Motorsport Arena on April 18th, has been post-poned to September 5th on the same racetrack.Meaning that the FIA ETCC rounds 5 and 6 will take place within the FIA World Touring Car Championship race meeting.The FIA ETCC competitors will take part on Sunday in two separat
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28.02.2010
COUNTDOWN: - 8 DAYS to the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil - 6th / 7th March, in CuritibaFor the fourth consecutive year the WTCC Race of Brazil will give an aid to the starving people of Brazil. Together KSO
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27.02.2010
COUNTDOWN: - 8 DAYS to the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil - 6th / 7th March, in CuritibaThe Compensation Weight system (art. 79 of the Sporting Regulations) that was introduced in 2009 will determine the running weight of the WTCC cars again, on the basis of lap time calculation.The best lap times of the two fastest cars of each model in qualifyin
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27.02.2010
FIA WTCC COUNTDOWN: - 8 DAYS to the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil - 6th / 7th March, in CuritibaFollowing a fax vote by the competitors in the FIA World Touring Car Championship and subject to the fax vote confirmation by the members of the World Motor Sport Council, an amendment will be made to the points system to align with the FIA Formula One World and World Rall
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27.02.2010
COUNTDOWN: - 8 DAYS to the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil - 6th / 7th March, in Curitiba
Brazilian fans flock every year to Curitiba for the FIA WTCC races The start of the 2010 FIA World Touring Car Championship
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27.02.2010
Muller, Huff And Menu Confident About 2010 Ahead Of Season-Opener In Brazil
The long wait for WTCC fans is about to finish, as teams, drivers and cars head to Brazil for the first event of the 2010 season. The Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba
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27.02.2010
The 2010 FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) is ready to kick-off in Curitiba, Brazil, on 7 March, for yet again another highly-competitive season. In its fifth year as exclusive WTCC tyre supplier, YOKOHAMA will assist the championship to become more eco-friendly with the introduction of its new orange oil racing tyres.
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22.02.2010
Dear Friends, a few days later than what I told you, here I am writing to you some news which are not exactly positive. I am sorry to tell you that my relation with BMW has definitively interrupted and every chance to take part in any championship with
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20.02.2010
Huff, Menu And Muller Took Part In Last Winter Test In Valencia
Chevrolet team has concluded the winter testing programme with a two-day session in Valencia on Wednesday and Thursday. This was the last track test before the start of the 2010 sea
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20.02.2010
COUNTDOWN: - 16 DAYS to the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil - 6th / 7th March, in Curitiba
Twenty full season competitors entered in the 2010 FIA WTCCThe full season entry list for the 2010 FIA World Touring Car Championship that will
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20.02.2010
COUNTDOWN: - 16 DAYS to the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil - 6th / 7th March, in Curitiba
SR-Sport will field four SEAT León TDI cars for Tarquini, Coronel, Monteiro and GenéThe newly established SR-Sport, emanatio
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20.02.2010
COUNTDOWN: - 16 DAYS to the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil - 6th / 7th March, in CuritibaFor the fourth consecutive year, Tiago Monteiro will take part in the FIA WTCC with a SEAT car under the banner of the
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20.02.2010
COUNTDOWN: - 16 DAYS to the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil - 6th / 7th March, in CuritibaAfter becoming the oldest World Champion in motorsport history,, at the age of 47 in 2009, Gabriele Tarquini returns to defend his FIA WTCC crown with a SEAT León TDI run by SR-Sport."I am really pleased that I was given the opportunity to stay in the cham
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20.02.2010
COUNTDOWN: - 16 DAYS to the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil - 6th / 7th March, in CuritibaTeam principal Franz Engstler and Russian driver Andrei Romanov will be team-mates again in the 2010 FIA WTCC, as they were two years ago.The Liqui Moly Team Engstler face their third season in the FIA World Touring Car Championship and again will field two BMW 3
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20.02.2010
COUNTDOWN: - 16 DAYS to the 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil - 6th / 7th March, in CuritibaSpanish driver Sergio Hernández will join Stefano D'Aste at Proteam Motorsport for the new season.Hernández who spent the 2009 as factory driver at BMW Team Italy-Spain and claimed his first WTCC victory at Brno, returns to the Italian outfit for which he
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