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The 2007 World Touring Car Championship season is the 4th World Touring Car Championship season. Scheduled to begin on March 11, it will end on November 16, after twenty-two races.

Drivers and teams

Entry list as of October 2007 [1] and entry list for 2007 Guia Race [2].

No.	Driver	Team	Car
1	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si
2	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si
3	Augusto Farfus Jr.	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si
4	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si
5	Félix Porteiro	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si
6	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti
7	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti
8	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti
9	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León
9	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León TDI
10	Michel Jourdain	SEAT Sport	SEAT León
11	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	SEAT León
11	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	SEAT León TDI
12	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	SEAT León
12	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	SEAT León TDI
14	Fredrik Ekblom	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si
15	James Thompson	N.Technology	Alfa Romeo 156
16	Olivier Tielemans	N.Technology	Alfa Romeo 156
18	Tiago Monteiro	SEAT Sport	SEAT León
19*	Roberto Colciago	SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT León
20	Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT León
21*	Emmet O'Brien	GR Asia	SEAT León
22*	Maurizio Ceresoli	GR Asia	SEAT León
23*	Pierre-Yves Corthals	Exagon Engineering	SEAT León
24*	Anthony Beltoise	Exagon Engineering	SEAT León
25	Duncan Huisman	Team RAC / Aviva	BMW 320si
26*	Stefano D'Aste	Wiechers Sport	BMW 320si
27	Colin Turkington	Team RAC / Aviva	BMW 320si
28	Carl Rosenblad	Elgh Motorsport	BMW 320si
30*	Luca Rangoni	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si
31*	Sergio Hernández	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si
32*	Davide Roda	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si
33*	Miguel Freitas	Racing for Belgium	Alfa Romeo 156
34*	Massimiliano Pedalà	SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT León
35*	Timur Sadredinov	GR Asia	SEAT León
36*	María de Villota	Maurer Motorsport	Chevrolet Lacetti
37*	Phillip Geipel	TFS Yaco Racing	Toyota Corolla T-Sport
39*	TBA	GR Asia	SEAT León
40	Peter Terting	SEAT Sport	SEAT León
43*	Franz Engstler	Engstler Motorsport	BMW 320i
44*	Andrey Romanov	Engstler Motorsport	BMW 320i
45*	Sergey Krylov	GR Asia	SEAT León
50*	Lev Fridman	Russian Bear Motorsport	BMW 320i
51*	Evgeny Zelenov	Russian Bear Motorsport	BMW 320i
52*	Viktor Shapovalov	Russian Bear Motorsport	BMW 320i
54*	Alexander Lvov	Golden Motors	Honda Accord Euro R
55*	Andrey Smetsky	Golden Motors	Honda Accord Euro R
60	Robert Dahlgren	Polestar Racing	Volvo S60 Flexifuel
62*	Ao Chi Hong	Ao's Racing Team	BMW 320i
63	Henry Lee Jr.	Avtodom Racing	BMW 320i
66	André Couto	N.Technology	Alfa Romeo 156
77*	Luís Pedro Magalhães	Exagon Engineering	SEAT León
88	Rickard Rydell	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti
88	Rickard Rydell	SEAT Sport	SEAT León

* drivers eligible for the Yokohama Independents' Trophy

2007 Calendar

Four circuits (Zandvoort, Pau, Porto and Anderstorp) newly joined the category.
Image: an advertisement for the race at Zandvoort, one of them, by the car of Tom Coronel at the opening races in Curitiba.

A provisional calendar was released on January 15, 2007.[3][4]. On 27 February 2007, the FIA announced that the 13th and 14th races of the series originally scheduled to be run in Istanbul would instead would take place at the Anderstorp circuit.[5]

Each race weekend contains two races of 50 kilometres. If safety car is deployed during the race, first two laps under it won't be counted towards the distance.

First race starting grid is determined by qualifying and will commence with a rolling start. The second race grid by first race result with top eight reversed and with a standing start.

Race	Date	Country	Track	Winning driver
1	March 11	Brazil	Curitiba	Jörg Müller
2	March 11	Brazil	Curitiba	Augusto Farfus Jr.
3	May 6	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Alain Menu
4	May 6	Netherlands	Zandvoort	Gabriele Tarquini
5	May 20	Spain	Valencia	James Thompson
6	May 20	Spain	Valencia	James Thompson
7	June 3	France	Pau	Alain Menu
8	June 3	France	Pau	Augusto Farfus Jr.
9	June 17	Czech Republic	Brno	Félix Porteiro
10	June 17	Czech Republic	Brno	Jörg Müller
11	July 8	Portugal	Boavista (Porto)	Alain Menu
12	July 8	Portugal	Boavista (Porto)	Andy Priaulx
13	July 29	Sweden	Anderstorp	Robert Huff
14	July 29	Sweden	Anderstorp	Rickard Rydell
15	August 26	Germany	Oschersleben	Yvan Muller
16	August 26	Germany	Oschersleben	Augusto Farfus Jr.
17	September 23	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Alain Menu
18	September 23	Great Britain	Brands Hatch	Andy Priaulx
19	October 7	Italy	Monza	Yvan Muller
20	October 7	Italy	Monza	Jordi Gené
21	November 18	Macau	Guia Circuit
22	November 18	Macau	Guia Circuit

Championship standings, after round 10 of 11

Drivers

Pos	Driver	Team	Car	Wins	Points
1	Andy Priaulx	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si	2	81
2	Yvan Muller	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	2	81
3	Augusto Farfus	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	3	71
4	James Thompson	N. Technology	Alfa Romeo 156	2	69
5	Jörg Müller	BMW Team Germany	BMW 320si	2	66
6	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	0	61
7	Alain Menu	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	4	59
8	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	1	54
9	Robert Huff	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	1	51
10	Jordi Gené	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	1	50
11	Félix Porteiro	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	1	30
12	Tiago Monteiro	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	0	30
13	Tom Coronel	GR Asia	SEAT León	0	25
14	Luca Rangoni	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	0	15
15	Alessandro Zanardi	BMW Team Italy-Spain	BMW 320si	0	14
16	Rickard Rydell	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	1	10
17	Roberto Colciago	SEAT Sport Italia	SEAT León	0	6
18	Michel Jourdain	SEAT Sport	SEAT León	0	3
19	Pierre-Yves Corthals	Exagon Engineering	SEAT León	0	3
20	Sergio Hernández	Proteam Motorsport	BMW 320si	0	1

Point system: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for top eight finishers.

Dead-heat

81p: 1st Priaulx (1st x 2, 2nd x 4), 2nd Y. Muller (1st x 2, 2nd x 1)
30p: 11th Porteiro (1st x 1), 12th Monteiro (2nd x 1)
3p: 18th Jourdain (6th x 1), 19th Corthals (7th x 1)

Manufacturers

Pos	Manufacturer	Car	Wins	Points
1	BMW	BMW 320si	8	237
2	SEAT	SEAT León, SEAT León TDI	4	227
3	Chevrolet	Chevrolet Lacetti	6	194
4	Alfa Romeo	Alfa Romeo 156	2	111

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 | {{flagiconItaly}} [[Davide Roda]]
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 | {{flagiconGermany}} [[Franz Engstler]]
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 | [[BMW E46|BMW 320i]]
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 | {{flagiconRussia}} [[Andrey Romanov]]
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 | {{flagiconRussia}} [[Sergey Krylov]]
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