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4 unusual facts about WTCC


WTCC

Wake Technical Community College a two-year college located in Raleigh, North Carolina USA

World Touring Car Championship, an international motor racing championship for Touring Cars, organised by the FIA

Wisconsin Technical College Conference, an athletic conference for the Wisconsin Technical College System

World Trade and Convention Centre, a convention centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada


2005 FIA WTCC Race of Italy

The 2005 FIA WTCC Race of Italy was the opening round of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship season, the first season of the revived World Touring Car Championship, after a previous season in 1987.

2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil

The 2008 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil was the opening round of the 2008 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of Brazil.

2009 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco

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.

2009 FIA WTCC Race of Portugal

Farfus completed the two laps after the stoppage to win the 100th WTCC race ahead of four SEATs.

2009 FIA WTCC Race of UK

Meanwhile, Swedish team Polestar Racing entered two Volvo C30s for Robert Dahlgren and WTCC newcomer Tommy Rustad, however both Volvos were ineligible to score championship points.

2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil

The 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil (formally the 2010 FIA WTCC HSBC Race of Brazil) was a World Touring Car Championship round held at Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba near Curitiba, Brazil on 7 March 2010.

Alfa Romeo 75

After qualifying 21st, co-driver Lucio Cesario destroyed the front of the 75 in a crash at the top of the mountain on lap 34 of the race which forced the cars withdrawal from the Calder Park and Wellington rounds of the WTCC.

Bamboo Engineering

Bamboo engineering stayed in the WTCC for the 2013 season with James Nash joining from Team Aon.

BMW 3 Series

Andy Priaulx and BMW Team UK won the ETCC in 2004, and continued the winning form in WTCC in 2005 in an E46 3 Series, while the E90 3 Series repeated this feat in 2006 and 2007.

BMW 320 TC

The BMW 320 TC is the further development of the BMW 320si WTCC, with which Andy Priaulx won the World Touring Car Championship for BMW in 2006 and 2007.

Diran Noubar

In 2009, Diran followed Portuguese ex-F1 and current WTCC driver Tiago Monteiro around the world for a whole year, shooting an extraordinary movie titled "Tiago Monteiro, The Man In Every Shot".

FIA WTCC Race of Europe

The FIA WTCC Race of Europe was a round of the World Touring Car Championship, which was held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari near Imola in Italy during the 2008 season.

FIA WTCC Race of France

The FIA WTCC Race of France was a round of the World Touring Car Championship which was held at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours and the Circuit de Pau between 2005 and 2009.

FIA WTCC Race of Italy

The Race of Italy was the first round of the WTCC after its return in 2005.

FIA WTCC Race of Mexico

The FIA WTCC Race of Mexico was a round of the World Touring Car Championship, held at the Autódromo Miguel E. Abed near the city of Puebla in Mexico.

FIA WTCC Race of San Marino

The FIA WTCC Race of San Marino was a round of the World Touring Car Championship, which was held at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari near Imola in Italy during the 2005 season.

FIA WTCC Race of Spain

The FIA WTCC Race of Spain is a round of the World Touring Car Championship, which is held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo near the city of Valencia in Spain.

FIA WTCC Race of Turkey

The race was run in the first season of the WTCC after its return in 2005.

Honda Civic

In 2002 JAS Motorsport entered the European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) with a Super 2000 spec Civic and was used until restart season of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) in 2005.

Racing Bart Mampaey

The ETCC became the WTCC in 2005 and Priaulx became world champion, before successfully defending his crown again in 2006 and 2007.

SEAT Sport

Jason Plato drove for the team for five years, while Rob Huff, James Pickford, Luke Hines, Darren Turner, James Thompson and WTCC regular Tom Coronel (as a one-off) also competed.

Sunred Engineering

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.


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