The WTCC saw its first North African driver participate in an event when Mehdi Bennani joined the grid in an Exagon Engineering run SEAT León 2.0 TFSI.
The race debuted in 2012; the first race saw the Lukoil Racing SEAT León driver Gabriele Tarquini take victory after the qualifying winner Norbert Michelisz slipped down in the field, only to be pushed out by Yvan Muller.
While in the past Sunred had participated in GT races with the SEAT Cupra GT, in the WTCC they made their debut with another SEAT car at the start of the 2008 season, running Tom Coronel in a SEAT León TFSI for the full season.
Leon Trotsky | León | SEAT | Kings of Leon | seat | Nuevo León | Leon Russell | León, Guanajuato | Jean-Léon Gérôme | Kingdom of León | county seat | Leon | Saint-Pol-de-Léon | Leon René | Leon Lai | Léon Blum | Leon Redbone | León, Nicaragua | Angelu de Leon | Province of León | Leon County, Florida | Leon Battista Alberti | León, Spain | Leon Panetta | Kings Of Leon | Juan Ponce de León | family seat | André Leon Talley | Oscar D'León | Leon Ware |
He raced a SEAT Leon for Exagon Engineering to raise funds for the Portuguese League against Cancer.