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Chevrolet returns to Marrakech as Championship Leaders
10.04.2012
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| Only African FIA track event saw first wins for Cruze in 2009
The FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) is heading to Africa for the third round of the season with Chevrolet leading in both Manufacturers’ and Drivers’ title races. weiter >> |
Eurosport TV programmes from Marrakech
06.04.2012
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| FIA WTCC TV PROGRAMMES FROM MARRAKECH *Sat, 14 April - 18.15/19.15: WTCC Qualifying LIVE on Eurosport 2Sun, 15 April - 11.00/11.30: WTCC Warm Up LIVE on Eurosport 2Sun, 15 April - 13.30/14.00: WTCC Warm Up on Eurosport 1Sun, 15 April - 14.00/15.00: WTCC Race 1 LIVE on Eurosport 1Sun, 15 April - 17.00/18.00: weiter >> |
Route to Morocco,Marrakech
06.04.2012
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| After a one-year break, the FIA WTCC returns to North Africa next week, for the 5th and 6th rounds that will take place at Marrakech.This is the third visit of the World Championship to Morocco’s street circuit that has been recently renamed after weiter >> |
Compensation weight comes into force at Marrakech
06.04.2012
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| The Compensation Weight system comes into force for the first time this season at Marrakech. The system determines the running weight of the cars on the basis of lap time calculation.The bestlap times of the two fastest cars of each model in qualifying and the two best lap times of the two fastest cars of each model in both races are averaged. weiter >> |
Mehdi Bennani targets more home victories
06.04.2012
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| Morocco’s motorsport hero Mehdi Bennani, looks forward to his home event, in which he hopes to repeat the Yokohama Trophy victory he scored back in 2009 on his maiden WTCC appearance.“I am delighted that WT weiter >> |
Pepe Oriola leads the Yokohama Trophy
06.04.2012
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| epe Oriola and Stefano D’Aste have dominated the Yokohama Trophy so far. In both the first events, at Monza and Valencia, Oriola and D’Aste shared wins, with the Spanish teen-ager victorious in Race 1 and the Italian in weiter >> |
Yokohama Trophy Packende Duelle bei den WTCC-Läufen in Valencia
04.04.2012
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| Auch 2012 geht es wieder um DRIVERS’ Trophy und TEAMS’ TrophyDie FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) zählt zu den wichtigsten und beliebtesten Rennserien weltweit. Auch 2012 ist YOKOHAMA deshalb im nunmehr siebten Jahr als exklus weiter >> |
Platz 3 für Stefano D’Aste und das Nienburger Team Wiechers Sport in Valencia
03.04.2012
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| D‘Aste weiterhin auf Erfolgskurs - Sieg in der Privatfahrerwertung
Am vergangenen Wochenende fanden bei sommerlichen Bedingungen die Läufe drei und vier zur FIA World Touring Car Championship im spanischen Valencia statt.
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Not much luck for Alberto Cerqui in Valencia
03.04.2012
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| Alberto Cerqui did not have much good luck in Valencia (E), theatre of the second round of the FIA WTCC 2012.ROAL Motorsport's driver set the thirteenth time in qualifying on Saturday (1'43.889) just missing on Q2 that would have allowed him to aim to the pol weiter >> |
Double podium and third place in the classification for Tom Coronel in Valencia
02.04.2012
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| Tom Coronel ever more competitive in the FIA WTCC 2012. After the positive opener in Monza, the Dutch driver has been a protagonist in Valencia (E) keeping his BMW 320TC constantly on top positions. Things looked like to be positive for t weiter >> |
Top 12 finish for Team Aon in Valencia
02.04.2012
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| Team Aon, operated by Arena, have finished the first race of the Spanish round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship in an impressive twelfth position, with James Nash at the wheel of his Ford Focus, and nineteenth for Tom Chilton. The second race of the weekend provided a top fi weiter >> |
Another Double for the Chevrolet Cruzes in Valencia
02.04.2012
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| Muller wins in Race 1 and Menu takes Race 2 It was an excellent weekend for Chevrolet in sunny Valencia as the Cruzes won both races in the second round of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC): Yvan Muller dominated Race 1 and Alain Menu took an actio weiter >> |
Championships standings after Valencia Race 2012
01.04.2012
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Drivers' Championship1. FRA MULLER Yvan 4 25 25 5 25 4 882. weiter >> |
Muller and Menu take one race apiece in Valencia
01.04.2012
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| WTCC Race of Spain - Circuito Ricardo Tormo, Valencia - 31 March / 1 April 2012Although SEAT and BMW are quickly closing the gap, Chevrolet is not prepared to abdicate their WTCC throne.The two races in Valencia said tha weiter >> |
Valencia race 2 provisional results
01.04.2012
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| 2012 FIA World Touring Car ChampionshipValencia Circuit Length = 4.0050 km.Weather/Track: Sun 20C/Dry 39C Start: 17:18 End: 17:40Sunday, 01 April 20121 8 Alain MENU CHE Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 23:03.207 13 135.50 1:44.2782 15 Tom CORONEL NLD BMW 320 TC 23:04.068 13 0.861 135.42 1:44.6323 26 Y Stefa weiter >> |
Valencia Race 1 provisional results
01.04.2012
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| 2012 FIA World Touring Car ChampionshipValenciaCircuit Length = 4.0050 km.Weather/Track: Sun 22C/Dry 43C Start: 14:33 End: 14:561 1 Yvan MULLER FRA Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 22:53.924 13 136.42 1:44.1942 3 Gabriele TAR weiter >> |
Tiago Monteiro se qualifie à une 11ème place positive à Valencia
31.03.2012
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| Tiago Monteiro participe ce week-end au deuxième rendez-vous du Championnat du Monde des Voitures de Tourisme FIA WTCC qui se déroule sur le circuit Ricardo Tormo de Cheste, à Valencia. Le pilote portugais a arraché la 11&egrav weiter >> |
Difficult start to WTCC Valencia for Team Aon
31.03.2012
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| The second race weekend of the 2012 FIA World Touring Car Championship in Valencia, Spain has seen Arena run Team Aon drivers James Nash and Tom Chilton qualify 16th and 21st respectively in their Ford Focus touring cars. Having already taken to the track earlier in the da weiter >> |
First Seasonal Pole for Chevrolet in Valencia
31.03.2012
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| Muller performs perfect lap in Q2, Menu in front row for Race 2Yvan Muller took the first pole position of the 2012 WTCC season for Chevrolet after posting a perfect lap Q2 in what was an exciting qualifying session in Valencia, Spain. Alain Menu will be on the fro weiter >> |
Yvan Muller beats Tarquini and Coronel for Valencia pole
31.03.2012
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| Chevrolet, SEAT and BMW filled the top three positions at the end of an exciting qualifying session at Valencia today. Yvan Muller claimed pole for tomorrow’s Race 1 surviving a sporting penalty that had risked to eliminate him at the end of Q1.Gabriele Tar weiter >> |
Michel Vaillant to join WTCC !
31.03.2012
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| The FIA World Touring Car Championship is ready to welcome a new driver and a new car manufacturer. Both are legendary names for motorsport fans worldwide: Michel Vaillant and Vaillante!WTCC will weiter >> |
Sunred cars for Monteiro, Barlesi and Monje
31.03.2012
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From this weekend's races at Valencia, Tiago Monteiro, Andrea Barlesi and Fernando Monje will all switch from the SEAT León TDi cars they had used at Monza in the season's opening meeting, to SUNRED León 1.6T machines.The three drivers will m weiter >> |
Media experience hot laps at Valencia
31.03.2012
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| A representation of media from the Valencia region attended the launch of the WTCC Race of Spain today at Valencia's Circuit Ricardo Tormo.The guests were welcome in the pit lane by Secretary for Tourism and Strategic Projects of the Comunidad Valenciana, Luis Lobón, WTCC General Manager Marcello Lotti and the newly appointed racetrack's General Manager weiter >> |
Alberto Cerqui aiming at the Yokohama Trophy in Valencia
28.03.2012
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| FIA WTCC will be back on track this coming weekend in Valencia (Spain) for the second round of the season.After the positive opener run held three weeks ago in Monza, when Alberto Cerqui ended both races within the top ten and harvested the first wo weiter >> |
WTCC and Golf to twin at Marrakech
23.03.2012
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| Golf is a very popular sport among the WTCC racers who have now the opportunity to challenge each others on the green before doing it on the racetrack. Marrakech's Al Maaden Golf will host the first edition of the Marrakech Grand Prix Golf Cup that will take place on April 12, only a few days before the race cars start running on the Circuit Moulay El Hassan. weiter >> |
Eurosport launches WTCC season in Munich
23.03.2012
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| photo: Charles Ng, Eric Nève, Marcello Lotti and Dominik Greiner during the Munich launchLike every year Eurosport Events invited more than 250 guests, including partners, weiter >> |
WTCC new official website is online
23.03.2012
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| Eurosport Events is proud to launch the new official website of the FIA World Touring Car Championship.The website has been radically redesigned with the aims of sporting a more dynamic and fan-friendly look, offering even more services to insiders and fans, including clips and highlights, and opening to social network activities. The ne weiter >> |
Chevrolet Team tested at Vallelunga
23.03.2012
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| In preparation of the Spanish event, the Chevrolet team spent two days testing at Vallelunga racetrack, nearby Rome.Project Manager Ron Hartvelt explained: "We did all our winter testing in Valencia, so we can say that we are well-p weiter >> |
Boardman and Monje to join the field
23.03.2012
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| The second race meeting of the season at Valencia will also mark Tom Boardman's and Fernando Monje's maiden appearance. For Boardman this will be a comeback, after the whole season in 2009 and a one-off outing in 2010. The Briton will be at the wheel of a SEAT León TDi car run by Special Tuning Racing. This until he will switch to SEAT Sport's new 1.6L weiter >> |
Route to Valencia, Spain for the WTCC
23.03.2012
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| Valencia's Circuit Ricardo Tormo will host WTCC's second meeting next week The 3rd and 4th rounds of the FIA WTCC will take place in Spain, at Valencia's Circuit Ricardo Tormo next week. This is th weiter >> |
Chevrolet Cruzes Get Ready For Challenges in Valencia
22.03.2012
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| Muller, Huff and Menu complete further testing in ItalyFollowing a terrific start to the season in Monza – where Chevrolet collected a double and triple podium finishes in the two races – the Cruzes are heading to another of the most popular venues weiter >> |
Valvoline new series partner for WTCC
16.03.2012
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| Valvoline, the world's first lubricant brand, signed a multi-year partnership with the WTCC. As an Official Series Partner, Valvoline will be promoted around all six European Events and the WTCC Race of Morocco via the Valvoline Grid Girls and Valvoline Winner's Enclosure."We are delighted to welcome a brand with such prestige and rich history as Valvoline to the world's premi weiter >> |
Barlesi and Weber watched by the stewards
16.03.2012
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| WTCC rookies Andrea Barlesi and Gábor Wéber will be thoroughly watched by the Stewards during the next three events as they both were given suspended penalties for causing incidents during the first race at Monza. In both cases the victims were Proteam Racing's drivers.SUNRED Engineering's Barlesi was deemed guilty for the collision that forced Mehdi Bennani out weiter >> |
Three abreast in the Yokohama Trophy
16.03.2012
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| The fight for top positions in the Yokohama Trophy is already incredibly close. At Monza a bunch of drivers provided breathtaking fights for the leadership and also challenged the top drivers for the overall positions.Eventually Pepe Oriola in a Tuenti Racing Team SE weiter >> |
Ford cars completed both races at Monza
16.03.2012
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| Chilton and Nash are optimist after their Ford cars completed both races at MonzaTeam Aon drivers Tom Chilton and James Nash completed both races at Monza, on their maiden appearance in the WTCC. weiter >> |
WTCC's strong support to action for Road Safety
16.03.2012
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Tarquini, Muller and Chilton with the group of Italian teenagers at Monza The FIA World Touring Car Championship is pushing further in support of FIA's Action for Road Safety campaign that aims for reducing the number of the victims of road inciden weiter >> |
Stefano D’Aste und Wiechers Sport siegen beim Saisonauftakt in Italien
13.03.2012
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| P1 und P5 im Königlichen Park von MonzaAm vergangenen Wochenende begann nach knapp vier monatiger Winterpause die achte Saison der FIA World Touring Car Championship (FIA WTCC) im Autodromo di Monza. Der knapp sechs Kilometer lange Formel-1 Kurs ist e weiter >> |
ROAL Motorsport started the season in a positive way at Monza
12.03.2012
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| ...stage of the opening round of the FIA WTCC 2012. Coronel protagonist in Monza, Cerqui into points tooThe team led by Roberto Ravaglia ended with the BMW 320TC into points in both races thanks to a strong Tom Coronel and an Alberto Cerqui autho weiter >> |
Premiere course de l'année ne répond pas aux attentes de Tiago Monteiro
12.03.2012
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| Pour Tiago Monteiro, le premier week-end de course du Championnat du Monde des Voitures de Tourisme FIA WTCC, disputé sur l'autodrome de Monza, s'est terminé comme il avait commencé, par de cruelles désillusions. Le pilote portugais weiter >> |
First world points for Alberto Cerqui in Monza
12.03.2012
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| Debut with points for Alberto Cerqui in Monza's opening round of the FIA WTCC (World Touring Car Championship) thanks to a solid performance that allowed him to finish the two races in tenth and ninth place, taking his BMW 320TC to the top ten.The driver from weiter >> |
Rikli Motorsport: Zweimal Platz 2 für Peter Rikli in Monza
12.03.2012
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| Mit einer taktischen Glanzleistung erzielte Peter Rikli beim Saisonauftakt des FIA ETCC in Monza zwei Podiumserfolge. Sein Teamkollege Christian Fischer setzte seinen Honda Accord Euro R nach einer Pole-Position gut in Szene.Früher als üblich und mit e weiter >> |
ATM-Racing: Saisonstart in Monza
12.03.2012
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| Einen erfolgreichen Saisonstart absolvierte Klaus Bingler für das Team ATM-Racing auf dem Autodromo di Monza. Das Team aus Marl verbuchte insgesamt neun Punkte beim Saisonauftakt des FIA ETCC in Italien.Für ATM-Racing begann die Saison in diesem Jahr so weiter >> |
ETCC Fernando Monje wins both opening races in Monza
11.03.2012
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| The first two races of the 2012 FIA ETCC were both won by Spain's Fernando Monje driving a SEAT León TDI, but with Monje planning to move to the WTCC for the next rounds in Valencia, it seems the fight for the ETCC title will be anything but predictable this year. weiter >> |
Chevrolet and Yvan Muller strike again
11.03.2012
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| FIA WTCC ROUNDS 1 & 2 - MONZAThe 2012 FIA WTCC kicked off just like the 2011 season had ended, and the opening weekend of was dominated by the Chevrolet team. A 1-2 in the first race was bettered in the second with one of the blue Cruze weiter >> |
Promising start to WTCC campaign for Team Aon
11.03.2012
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| Team Aon have ended their first FIA World Touring Car Championship weekend with a respectable race one finish of thirteenth for Tom Chilton and sixteenth for James Nash. While race two provided equally exciting racing and saw the Team Aon Global Ford Focus drivers finish thirteenth (Nash weiter >> |
Chevrolet Cruzes Dominate Season Opener in Monza
11.03.2012
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| A 1-2 in the first race and 1-2-3 in the second for the CruzesThe Cruzes had the best possible start of the 2012 season in Monza, dominating both races and claiming five of the six podium places.Reigning World Champion Yvan Mull weiter >> |
Monza WTCC Race 2 provisional result
11.03.2012
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| 2012 FIA World Touring Car ChampionshipMonza Circuit Length = 5.7930 km.Weather/Track: Sun 15C/Dry 20C Subject to Technical Scrutineering. Sunday, 11 March 20121 1 Yvan MULLER FRA Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 20:07.643 10 171.76 1:59.2382 8 Alain MENU CHE Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T 20:07.950 10 0.307 171.72 1:59.3543 2 Robert HUFF GBR Che weiter >> |
ETCC Monza Race 2 results
11.03.2012
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| 2012 FIA European Touring Car CupWeather/Track: Sun 16C/Dry 23CMonza Circuit Length = 5.7930 km. Sunday, 11 March 20121 8 S20 Fernando MONJE ESP SEAT Leon TDi 18:46.087 9 165.69 2:02.9222 23 SMTStia weiter >> |
ETCC Monza Race 1 provisional classification
11.03.2012
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| 2012 FIA European Touring Car Cup MONZAWeather/Track: Sun 16C/Dry 27C. Car 2 excluded, Stewards decision refers.Monza Circuit Length = 5.7930 km. Sunday, 11 March 20121 8 S20 Fernando MONJE ESP SEAT Leon TDi 25:26.357 11 149.56 2:02.0032 23 SMTStian PAULSEN NOR SEAT Leon Copa 25:44.671 11 18.314 147.79 2:04. weiter >> |
