After the previous round in Mexico, Yvan Muller was tied at the top of the drivers' standings with SEAT Sport teammate Rickard Rydell.
Hugues de Chaunac has revealed many drivers with Oreca, most of them French, such as Jacques Laffite, Patrick Tambay, René Arnoux, Alain Prost or also Yannick Dalmas, Jean Alesi and Yvan Muller.
Adolfo Müller-Ury | Max Müller | Johannes Peter Müller | Heiner Müller | Renate Müller | Gerhard Müller (rower) | Gerhard Müller | Johannes Müller | Herta Müller | Gerd Müller | Müller | Sophie Muller | Max Muller | George Müller | Bobby Muller | Yvan Muller | Johann Wilhelm von Müller | Hermann Joseph Muller | Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfahrt | Der Müller und sein Kind | Thomas Müller-Pering | Richard R. Muller | Richard Müller | Otto Friedrich Müller | Müller-Thurgau | Marcia Muller | Lucian Müller | Kröller-Müller Museum | John Muller | Johannes von Müller |
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.