World Touring Car Championship
| World Touring Car Championship | |
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| Vehicle type | Touring car |
| Country or region | World Championship |
| Current name | FIA World Touring Car Championship |
| First season | 1987 and 2005 respectively |
| Last season | 2017 |
| tires | Yokohama |
| Official website | www.fiawtcc.com |
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The FIA - World Touring Car Championship (German for World Touring Car Championship , shortly WTCC ) was an advertised by the FIA World Cup series for touring cars in the years 1987 and between 2005 and 2017 . For the 2018 season, the WTCC merged with the TCR International Series to form the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) and consequently lost the FIA World Championship status.
history
1987
The touring car world championship emerged in 1987 from the then European Touring Car Championship. The series was a farce with only six cars in the end to collect points. The winner was BMW driver Roberto Ravaglia , who was able to boast the prestigious - albeit worthless - title of World Touring Car Champion for almost 20 years . This racing series was discontinued after only one year.
1993-1995
In the years from 1993 to 1995 the FIA proclaimed the Touring Car World Cup . Similar to the European Touring Car Cup until 2009, this was only a once-a-year event. The class 2 regulations of the super touring cars , which were used in many national racing series at the time, served as the basis here. In 1993 the race took place in Monza , in 1994 in Donington and 1995 in Le Castellet .
1997
Ten years after the last World Touring Car Championship, another World Championship was to be announced in 1997. The German Touring Car Championship developed more and more internationally. Therefore, the International Touring Car Championship (ITC) was announced in 1995 , which existed alongside the DTM. In 1996 there was only the ITC with races overseas. The official FIA World Championship was planned for 1997, but costs exploded in 1996, so that two of the three manufacturers ( Opel and Alfa Romeo ) announced their retirement from the racing series at the end of the season. What remained was Mercedes-Benz , which could not host a World Cup on its own.
2005
It was not until 2005 that a world championship for touring cars took place again. On June 30, 2004, the World Automobile Federation in Paris decided to convert the previous European Touring Car Championship (ETCC) into a World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). Events outside of Europe were nothing new, as the ETCC finals were held in Dubai as early as 2004. New in the calendar were Puebla (Mexico), the Grand Prix course near Istanbul (Turkey) and the famous street circuit of Macau (to China), which after the guest appearance in 2004 was now officially part of the calendar. In contrast to the ETCC 2004, when they drove in Hockenheim and Oschersleben, the only event in Germany took place in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben near Magdeburg .
The new world championship status aroused interest from several manufacturers: In order to better market the brand Chevrolet (previously Daewoo ), which had recently been renamed in Europe, General Motors decided to enter motorsport for the WTCC. Together with the British tuner Ray Mallock Limited , the company sent a works team to a World Cup stage for the first time in its history. In addition to the two experienced touring car drivers Nicola Larini , who competed in the ETCC for Alfa Romeo , and Alain Menu , who was active in the DTM for Opel , the young Robert Huff was also hired to drive the three Chevrolet Lacetti .
Even Ford now entered the factory in a touring car racing. Before the season, Ford had to clarify internally whether they would continue to drive in the World Rally Championship or switch to the WTCC. It was decided to go two ways. However, the Cologne-based company was not fully committed to the WTCC, but made the newly developed Super 2000 touring car available on the basis of the new Ford Focus customer team. One of Ford's partners in the World Touring Car Championship was Hans Hotfiel's racing team. As early as 2004, East Westphalia developed the old Focus model, which was used by the RS-Line team in the European Touring Car Championship . In the first season, however, there was little success from the new Focus.
At Seat there was a German-German place swap. Peter Terting replaced Frank Diefenbacher from the 2005 season . Terting had already worked as a racing driver in the VW group in the years before. In addition to the VW Lupo Cup and the Seat León Supercopa, he has also competed in the DTM for Audi . Frank Diefenbacher returned to the WTCC for the World Championship run in Magny-Cours . In the RS-Line team, he drove a previous year's Focus. However, it was only a short guest appearance because he broke a lumbar vertebra in an accident.
On the occasion of the Motor Show in Barcelona, Seat presented the Super 2000 version of the new León , which was developed in close collaboration with Audi Sport. The León celebrated its premiere in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben . At the Seat home game in Valencia, Jordi Gené celebrated León's first victory.
The Danish Peugeot sports troop also tried their hand at this year, this time with the Peugeot 407 . However, due to the disappointing results in the tests in Spa and Oschersleben, she withdrew after two races.
Alessandro Zanardi celebrated his first victory in the top touring car league in the Motorsport Arena Oschersleben after his horror crash in September 2001 at the EuroSpeedway Lausitz , where he lost both legs.
The world title went to the reigning European champion Andy Priaulx , who, as in the ETCC, was able to prevail in the title duel against Dirk Müller . Furthermore, BMW also secured the manufacturer's rating. Marc Hennerici became the first winner of the Independents Trophy. This could be followed in Germany in addition to the well-known broadcast on Eurosport also in the ZDF sports report, which reported on the races in summary.
2006
The event package of the LG SRW ( Super Racing Weekend ), in which the WTCC held their races together with the FIA GT Championship , had changed in 2006 . The two series went their separate ways from this year. This also changed the racing calendar: the races in Curitiba ( Brazil ), Brands Hatch ( Great Britain ) and Brno ( Czech Republic ) were added. The Spa-Francorchamps tracks in Belgium , Imola in Italy and Silverstone in Great Britain had to give way. Yokohama won the tire equipment for the WTCC from this year, replacing Michelin .
Alfa Romeo surprisingly got out of the WTCC this season. There were a lot of rumors in advance about a new touring car based on the Alfa Romeo 147 with a diesel engine, but this did not come true. N.technology continued to field the Alfa Romeo 156 in the WTCC. Despite the exit, Alfa transferred the amount for the registration in the manufacturers' championship to the FIA. Thus, N.technology did not score in the Independents Trophy, the special ranking for private drivers, but in the manufacturers' ranking. N.technology only kept Augusto Farfus as driver . Gabriele Tarquini and James Thompson moved to Seat. There they were an enormous reinforcement. In addition to the previous drivers, they also signed on Yvan Muller , who had already supported the team in some races in previous years.
In addition to Alfa Romeo, Ford also left the WTCC after a very modest year. In 2006 they wanted to support the Ford teams only technically, but not financially. The result was that no Ford at all competed in the WTCC. The Ford works team fully concentrated on the World Rally Championship .
BMW entered this season with the new 3 Series based on the E90 . For the first time, this had a four-cylinder instead of a six-cylinder under the hood. This was made possible by the special 320si model especially for the Super 2000 touring car . Andy Priaulx was able to defend his world title with this model . This was still very open until the last race in Macau , because there still nine drivers had theoretical chances for the world title. Tom Coronel became the champion in the private driver classification .
2007
In 2007 the rules changed again. Because of BMW's starting advantage (because of the rear-wheel drive), the first race of a run was started in the so-called Indy start. That means, first of all an introductory lap is driven and then started "on the fly". The second rule change that year was weight distribution. The maximum handicap weight was reduced to 40 kg, now the first eight vehicles were loaded with weights.
There was a special route in 2007. With Pau (France) and Porto (Portugal) two city routes were added. The former Formula 1 courses in Zandvoort (Netherlands) and Anderstorp (Sweden) were also new . Monza (Italy) as the traditional start of the season was now the penultimate stop, Macau remained as the season end.
Augusto Farfus moved to BMW Team Germany in 2007 . Dirk Müller left the team. This was the first time there was an international pairing in this team. Another new feature was that Team Germany drove without the numbers 42 and 43. With Augusto Farfus there were also new numbers, 2 and 3. At BMW Team Italy-Spain , the former GP2 driver Félix Porteiro replaced Marcel Costa . The Seat team got Michel Jourdain (ex-IndyCar driver) and Tiago Monteiro (from Zandvoort) as new members. For that went Peter Terting , James Thompson and Rickard Rydell , but Terting had a guest start in Oschersleben and Rydell a guest appearance in Sweden for Chevrolet and one in Macau for Seat. Alfa Romeo signed Olivier Tielemans alongside Thompson for 2007 . The Dutchman had driven a customer team's Audi in the DTM last year.
In the middle of the season there were two fuel premieres in the WTCC. From the 13th round in Anderstorp, Sweden, Seat equipped its Leóns with a 2000 cm³ turbo diesel engine for the pilots Jordi Gené and Yvan Muller . According to the FIA Super 2000D regulations , the Seat León TDI must be 30 kilograms heavier than the petrol-powered model. At the next race in Oschersleben, Yvan Muller won the first run and made history as the first ever winner with a diesel vehicle at an FIA World Championship event. Also at the start in Anderstorp was an Ethanol E85-powered Volvo S60 from the Polestar team.
At the beginning of the season, BMW dominated very strongly, and the top of the drivers' standings only changed from race to race between Andy Priaulx , Augusto Farfus and Jörg Müller . But in the middle of the season the BMWs were slowed down by the FIA. At the same time, Seat could boast with the turbodiesel. The new narrow street circuits met the narrow Chevrolet Lacetti . Chevrolet driver Alain Menu was even the most successful driver of the year with five wins. For BMW it was now only possible to win in the second run due to the reversed starting order. The big point advantage that the BMW drivers had in the middle of the season was equalized by the competition by the time the final race in Macau. Andy Priaulx and Yvan Muller both had 81 points before the race. While Yvan Muller tackled the first run from second position and took the lead right at the start, Priaulx only drove outside of the points. But on the penultimate lap, Muller dropped out due to a loose fuel pump . Andy Priaulx inherited eighth place and thus pole position for race two. Andy Priaulx secured his fourth championship and his third in the world championship in a row with a win. The private driver classification went to Stefano d'Aste .
2008
New in the 2008 calendar were the tracks in Estoril (Portugal), Imola (Italy), Okayama (Japan) and also Puebla (Mexico), where there was no race in 2007. In 2008 a total of 24 World Championship races took place. Seat and Yvan Muller won the title . Sergio Hernández was the private driver champion in a BMW.
2009
A new route was added to the calendar on the first weekend in May, Marrakech , Morocco . Instead, Monza was omitted. Seat and Gabriele Tarquini became world champions in the last race . Tom Coronel won the private driver championship in a SEAT León .
2010
The economic crisis did not stop at the WTCC either. Seat did without a factory run, Lada left the series completely and BMW only used two vehicles at the factory. However, the departure of the works teams was compensated by many private teams.
2011
In the 2011 season there was now de facto no manufacturer rating at all, as Chevrolet was the only manufacturer to remain in this rating. Numerous Seats (named " Sunred " after the team that took part) and BMW as well as a single Volvo completed the field. All manufacturers are now using a new 1.6-liter turbo engine to be closer to the vehicles sold in the street versions.
2012
Qualifying was modified for the 2012 season. In addition, only the 1.6-liter turbo engines were now allowed. At the beginning of the season, however, the TDI was registered again because SEAT could not deliver enough engines. Seat again competed with the León. BMW developed the E90 further. Volvo no longer competed in 2012. Honda and Lada started for development and test purposes in order to each sound out a factory deployment for 2013. As expected, Chevrolet drove ahead of the competition for most of the time. With the Slovakiaring , Salzburgring and the Sonoma Raceway , three new routes were added. Chevrolet with Rob Huff was world champion in the last race .
2013
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2014
The cornerstones of the 2014 regulations stipulated that the vehicles should have around 50 hp more power. In return, the weight of the racing cars fell by 50 kg. Instead of the 17-inch rims previously used, the vehicles started on 18-inch rims. Instead of the previous two, qualifying now comprised three sessions. The flying start (Indy start) was replaced by a standing start. Citroën joined the WTCC as a new manufacturer .
2015
2016
2017
The 2017 season was the last season of the WTCC with world championship status. It was won by Thed Björk and Volvo .
As of 2018
The World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) has been held since the 2018 season. This emerged from the merger of the WTCC with the TCR International Series . The technical regulations for touring cars have been changed from TC1 to TCR (TCN2) regulations.
Manufacturer
The factory participating manufacturers in the WTCC have changed almost every year since the series began. In the history of the racing series, vehicles from nine manufacturers have been used by the factory. In addition, there were numerous so-called "private drivers" who used vehicles of these brands as well as in-house developments based on other vehicles.
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In order to keep costs stable, the FIA Super 2000 regulations continue to apply . This means that the racing cars must comply with the FIA regulations for Group A and be equipped with an additional Super 2000 kit. The series vehicle must have been produced at least 2500 times in identical units. A minimum weight of 1140 kg is required for front-wheel drive vehicles and at least 1170 kg for rear-wheel drive vehicles. Vehicles with four-wheel drive and electronic driving aids such as ABS and ESP are not permitted.
Since the approval of turbo engines with a maximum displacement of 1600 cm³ (maximum output currently approx. 279 kW (380 PS)) in 2011, the 2000 cm³ naturally aspirated engine with speed limitation that was required up to then have become obsolete. The four-cylinder had a speed limit of a maximum of 8500 revolutions per minute, five-cylinder and six-cylinder of 8750 of more than 9000 min -1 . Alternatively, the FIA Super 2000D regulations also apply, which permit a 2000 cc turbo diesel engine . An engine must last at least four racing weekends in a row and must not be exchanged during this time. If damage occurs or the engine is changed prematurely, the affected vehicle must start at the end of the field and is moved ten places back on the starting grid in the following race.
Sequential transmissions instead of the usual H-shift are allowed, but these vehicles are subject to a penalty weight of 30 kg. The number of standard tires from the manufacturer Yokohama is strictly limited for practice, qualifying and racing. The one-piece light alloy rims in the dimensions 10 × 18 inches must be made of cast aluminum.
Set of rules
Racing format
The racing format of the WTCC has been slightly modified several times over the years. An essential characteristic of the WTCC has always been that a race started with a reversed starting order. At the beginning, the top 8 of the first race started in race 2 in the reverse order. In race 1, however, this often resulted in the top 8 drivers falling back to 8th place with no prospect of victory in order to start from pole position in race 2. That is why the starting grid for the second race has been determined via qualifying since 2011, but in the reverse order. Tactical slow driving in qualifying should be avoided since 2012 by awarding points according to the 5-4-3-2-1 scheme. In the first few years, qualifying was determined in a 30 minute timed practice . Later, qualifying became a multi-part elimination process in which the top 5 from section 2 are now fighting for pole position in an individual time trial .
In order to minimize the advantage of the dynamic wheel load distribution of a rear-wheel drive vehicle at the start of the race, the first race was started on a rolling basis between 2007 and 2013 . Since according to the TC1 regulations only front-wheel drive cars currently exist, the standing start is now again valid for all races .
In the early years, both races were the same length at 50 kilometers. In the following years the race distance was increased to 60 kilometers. Since 2016 there has been an opening race and a main race, which is 2 laps longer than the opening race. The reversed starting order of the qualifying result will now be used for the opening race.
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| 2005 to 2006 | Qualifying result | standing | 50 km | Result race 1 top 8 reversed tire order |
standing | 50 km |
| 2007 to 2010 | Qualifying result | rolling | 50 km | Result race 1 top 8 reversed order |
standing | 50 km |
| 2011 | Qualifying result Q2 | rolling | 50 km | Result Qualifying Q1 Top 10 reversed order |
standing | 50 km |
| 2012 to 2013 | Qualifying result | rolling | 50 km - 60 km | Result of qualifying top 10 reversed order |
standing | 50 km - 60 km |
| 2014 to 2015 | Qualifying result | standing | 60 km | Result of qualifying top 10 reversed order |
standing | 60 km |
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| Starting grid | begin | Race distance | Starting grid | begin | Race distance | |
| 2016 | Result of qualifying top 10 reversed order |
standing | 60 km | Qualifying result | standing | 60 km + 1 lap |
| 2017 | Result of qualifying top 10 reversed order |
standing | 60 km | Qualifying result | standing | 60 km + 2 laps |
Team time trial MAC3
For the 2016 season , the WTCC introduced the so-called team time trial MAC3 ( Manufacturers against the clock , in German: Manufacturers against the clock ), which is based on the team time trial in road cycling , but is new in motorsport. Only brands that are registered in the manufacturer rating are allowed to participate in MAC3. They have to nominate three drivers who may come from both the factory and private teams. The format stipulates that the three vehicles of the respective manufacturer line up next to each other at the start line. After a standing traffic light start, two laps are driven and the time is counted until the entire team has crossed the finish line. For the manufacturer rating, points are awarded for the MAC3 time. If only two vehicles cross the finish line, or if the gap between the first and third car is more than 15 seconds, no points will be awarded in the manufacturers' classification.
Joker round
The WTCC Joker Round is a tactical element in the race that is borrowed from rallycross and is used for the first time in a circuit race at the WTCC. There is an alternative route on the racetrack, which is usually a few seconds slower than the regular route. Every driver is obliged to drive this alternative route once per race. The driver can decide for himself in which race lap he drives the joker section. The procedure is similar to a compulsory pit stop, with the difference that the time loss when driving in the joker section is significantly less with 2s to 3s than when driving in the pit lane with a stop to change tires with around 20s to 30s. The WTCC Joker lap is intended to be used on street circuits where overtaking in the regular race proves difficult. This is to avoid a procession and create additional tension in the race.
The first realization of the joker round took place on the street circuit in Vila Real 2017 . For this purpose, in the last bend, where one half of the roundabout is driven through on the right, the left half of the roundabout was used for the joker section and slowed down with an additional chicane. The two route variants are separated from each other with a blue line and, for safety reasons, the vehicles must not drive over them from any direction. Apart from the Vila Real street circuit , no other WTCC circuit currently offers the conditions for a joker round. This is also being considered in Marrakech , but no solution has yet been presented here.
Point system
There is a driver and a brand championship. While the same point system was used for both races in the beginning, from 2017 the main race was rated higher than the opening race, in which the top 10 start in reverse order to the qualification result. In the brand championship, the points of the two best placed drivers of a brand are counted, as well as the result of the team time trial MAC3. In addition, there is the so-called “Independents Trophy” for the private teams, which pays out plenty of prize money.
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| Points 1987 | 20th | 15th | 12 | 10 | 8th | 6th | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| placement | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 |
| Points 2005 to 2009 | 10 | 8th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 10 | 8th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Points 2010 to 2015 | 25th | 18th | 15th | 12 | 10 | 8th | 6th | 4th | 2 | 1 | 25th | 18th | 15th | 12 | 10 | 8th | 6th | 4th | 2 | 1 |
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| Points 2016 | 25th | 18th | 15th | 12 | 10 | 8th | 6th | 4th | 2 | 1 | 25th | 18th | 15th | 12 | 10 | 8th | 6th | 4th | 2 | 1 |
| Points since 2017 | 25th | 18th | 15th | 12 | 10 | 8th | 6th | 4th | 2 | 1 | 30th | 23 | 19th | 16 | 13 | 10 | 7th | 4th | 2 | 1 |
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| Points since 2012 | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||
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| Points | 10 | 8th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
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| Points 2016 | 10 | 8th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Points 2017 | 12 | 8th | 6th | 5 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
Performance-related additional weights
Since the touring cars of the WTCC are based on mass-produced vehicles, there are differences in performance due to the vehicle concept used, which cannot be completely offset by the series-related regulations. Therefore, since the WTCC was re-established, additional weights have been calculated for the vehicles after each race. However, this is not the system known as Balance of Performance (BoP) in many other racing series . The regulations and calculations of the additional weight have changed again and again over the years.
In the early years there was a driver-related handicap weight or success ballast system, which was calculated from the result of the previous event (in which both races on a weekend were averaged) and the world championship score.
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| Additional weights 2005 | +5 kg per 10 pts. | +40 kg * | +30 kg * | +20 kg * | +10 kg * | ± 0kg * | -5 kg * | -10 kg * | -15 kg * | -20 kg * | +40 kg | ± 0kg | +60 kg | ± 0kg | |||
| Additional weights 2006 | +5 kg per 10 pts. | +40 kg * | +30 kg * | +20 kg * | +10 kg * | ± 0kg * | -5 kg * | -10 kg * | -15 kg * | -20 kg * | +60 kg | ± 0kg | +80 kg | ± 0kg | |||
| Additional weights 2007 | +5 kg per 10 pts. | +20 kg * | +15 kg * | +10 kg * | +10 kg * | +10 kg * | +5 kg * | +5 kg * | +5 kg * | -5 kg * | -10 kg * | +40 kg | ± 0kg | +60 kg | ± 0kg | ||
| Additional weights 2008 | +1 kg per 1 point | +30 kg ** | +25 kg ** | +20 kg ** | +15 kg ** | +10 kg ** | +5 kg ** | ± 0kg ** | +30 kg | ± 0kg | +70 kg | ± 0kg | |||||
| * Weights of previous events have been added. ** Weights of previous events have been canceled |
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For the 2009 season , the system was fundamentally changed and called the compensation weight. The calculation here is not individual for a driver, but relates to the vehicle model and is the same for all pilots of this vehicle model. To determine the compensation weight, the FIA uses the best lap times of the two fastest drivers of a vehicle model from the previous events from qualifying and the race and uses a calculation key to determine an average lap time for each vehicle model. The FIA scaled the lap times to a standard lap time of 114 seconds in order to take into account the different route lengths in the calendar. In addition, the times from qualifying are weighted higher for the averaging with a factor of 1.5. The fastest vehicle model serves as a reference vehicle and receives the maximum additional weight. The additional weight of the other vehicle models is determined by the time interval to the reference vehicle.
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| 0.0s | + 0.1s | + 0.2s | + 0.3s | + 0.4s | + 0.5s | + 0.6s | + 0.7s | + 0.8s | > + 0.9s | Max | min | |
| Additional weights from 2009 to 2013 | +40 kg | +30 kg | +20 kg | +10 kg | ± 0kg | -10 kg | -20 kg | +40 kg | -20 kg | |||
| Additional weights from 2014 to 2015 | +60 kg | +50 kg | +40 kg | +30 kg | +20 kg | +10 kg | ± 0kg | +60 kg | ± 0kg | |||
| Additional weights since 2016 | +80 kg | +70 kg | +60 kg | +50 kg | +40 kg | +30 kg | +20 kg | +10 kg | ± 0kg | +80 kg | ± 0kg | |
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Supporting program
The European Touring Car Cup starts at selected events in Europe as part of the WTCC's supporting program. This racing series is designated by the FIA as the 2nd league in touring car racing and serves as a substructure for the WTCC. In contrast to the WTCC, no TC1 vehicles start in this racing series, but touring cars in the Super 2000 (TC2, TC2-T, TCN2) and Super 1600 categories.
Racetracks
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 Sonoma
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 Marrakech
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 Bathurst
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Melbourne
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Overall winner
World Touring Car Cup
| Touring Car World Cup | ||||||||||
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| Driver ranking | Manufacturer rating | Nations ranking | ||||||||
| year | route | driver | team | vehicle | Manufacturer | vehicle | nation | |||
| 1993 |
Monza
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Paul Radisich
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Ford Team Mondeo
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 Ford Mondeo
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- | - |
Italy
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| 1994 |
Donington
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Paul Radisich
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Ford Team Mondeo
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Ford Mondeo
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BMW
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BMW 318i
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Germany
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| 1995 |
Le Castellet
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Frank Biela
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Racing Organization Course
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 Audi A4 Quattro
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Audi
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Audi A4 Quattro
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- | |||
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| Driver ranking | Team evaluation | |||||||||
| year | driver | team | vehicle | team | vehicle | |||||
| 2018 |
Gabriele Tarquini
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BRC Racing Team
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 Hyundai i30 N TCR
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M Racing-YMR
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Hyundai i30 N TCR
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| 2019 |
Norbert Michelisz
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BRC Racing Team
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Hyundai i30 N TCR
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Cyan Racing
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Lynk & Co 03 TCR
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World Touring Car Championship
Design engineer title WTCC
| Design engineer title | constructor | Year (s) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 |
BMW
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2005, 2006, 2007 |
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Chevrolet
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2010, 2011, 2012 | |
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Citroën
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2014, 2015, 2016 | |
| 2 |
 Seat
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2008, 2009 |
| 1 |
ford
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1987 |
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Honda
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2013 | |
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Volvo
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2017 |
driver
Former Formula 1 drivers Gabriele Tarquini , Alessandro Zanardi , Nicola Larini , Jan Magnussen , Gianni Morbidelli and Tiago Monteiro competed in the WTCC . With Maria de Villota and Sabine Schmitz , two women also started in this series. Other prominent participants were the multiple rally world champion Sébastien Loeb and the rally Dakar winner Nasser Al-Attiyah .
Media presence
Television broadcasts
Under the WTCC motto “Real Cars, Real Racing” , the races were broadcast live on Eurosport and Eurosport 2 , moderated by Dirk Adorf and Uwe Winter.
Computer games
For the 2006 season , the title Race - The WTCC Game by the developer SimBin was released , followed by the Race07 series, in which the 2007 , 2008 and 2010 seasons were also processed. The 2011 season was now in the third set Free2Play - racing simulation Simeraceway playable. From 2013 to 2017 the official WTCC extensions for RaceRoom Racing Experience of the SimBin successor Sector 3 Studios appeared .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Markus Lüttgens & Jack Cozens: Change to TCR regulations: WTCC loses World Championship status. Motorsport-Total.com, December 6, 2017, accessed February 4, 2018 .
- ↑ Michael Bräutigam / Reiner Kuhn: One year mixed field in Motorsport aktuell, MSA 29/2013, from July 2, 2013, p. 18.
- ↑ Stefan Ziegler: The new qualifying rules: "A good step forward". motorsport-total.com, March 18, 2012, accessed March 30, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d Stefan Ziegler: The history of the WTCC. motorsport-total.com, March 18, 2013, accessed March 30, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Stefan Ziegler: FIA specifies a racing distance of 60 kilometers. motorsport-total.com, December 5, 2013, accessed March 30, 2016 .
- ^ Roman Wittemeier & Markus Lüttgens: New racing format from 2016: Second race will be more important. motorsport-total.com, November 27, 2015, accessed on March 30, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Markus Lüttgens: WTCC season 2017: The new racing year introduces itself. motorsport-total.com, January 1, 2017, accessed April 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Markus Lüttgens: WTCC 2016: This is how the MAC3 team time trial works. motorsport-total.com, March 29, 2016, accessed May 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Markus Lüttgens: WTCC: WTCC Joker Round: The details of the premiere in Vila Real. motorsport-total.com, June 7, 2017, accessed July 7, 2017 .
- ↑ Markus Lüttgens: WTCC Vila Real: The wild card stands out. motorsport-total.com, March 30, 2017, accessed June 26, 2017 .
- ↑ Markus Lüttgens: WTCC: No joker round in Marrakech. motorsport-total.com, March 30, 2017, accessed July 7, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Stephan Carls: Handicap weight reduced. speed-magazin.de, December 22, 2006, accessed on March 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Pete Fink: FIA introduces the "ballast of success". motorsport-total.com, December 17, 2007, accessed on March 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Markus Lüttgens: WTCC explains: This is how the compensation weight is calculated. motorsport-total.com, April 22, 2016, accessed May 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Stefan Ziegler: Background: The compensation weight. motorsport-total.com, April 14, 2009, accessed on March 22, 2016 .
- ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Up to 80 kilograms: WTCC changes compensation weight. motorsport-total.com, April 14, 2009, accessed on March 22, 2016 .
- ↑ WTCC Experience - Store - RaceRoom Racing Experience. Retrieved July 4, 2017 .