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The '''World Touring Car Championship''' ('''WTCC''') is an international [[touring car racing|Touring Car]] championship organized by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]].
 
The '''World Touring Car Championship''' ('''WTCC''') is an international [[touring car racing|Touring Car]] championship organized by the [[Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile|FIA]].
  
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The first WTCC, which was open to [[Group A]] Touring Cars, was held in 1987 concurrent to the long-running [[European Touring Car Championship]] (ETCC). Additional rounds were held outside Europe at [[Bathurst 1000|Bathurst]] in Australia, [[Calder Park Raceway]] in Australia(using both the road course and the then newly constructed Thunderdome), Wellington in New Zealand and [[Fuji Speedway|Mount Fuji]] in Japan. The Drivers Championship was won by [[Roberto Ravaglia]] in a [[BMW M3]] and the Entrants Championship was won by the Eggenberger Texaco Ford No 7 entry, which was a Ford Sierra. The WTCC lasted only one year and was a victim of its own success - the FIA feared it would take money away from Formula 1 and stopped sanctioning the Championship.
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The first WTCC, which was open to [[Group A]] Touring Cars, was held in [[1987 World Touring Car Championship season|1987]] concurrent to the long-running [[European Touring Car Championship]] (ETCC). Additional rounds were held outside Europe at [[Bathurst 1000|Bathurst]] in Australia, [[Calder Park Raceway]] in Australia (using both the road course and the then newly constructed Thunderdome), [[Nissan Mobil 500|Wellington]] in New Zealand and [[Fuji Speedway|Mount Fuji]] in Japan. The Drivers Championship was won by [[Roberto Ravaglia]] in a [[BMW M3]] and the Entrants Championship was won by the Eggenberger Texaco Ford No 7 entry, which was a Ford Sierra. The WTCC lasted only one year and was a victim of its own success - the FIA feared it would take money away from Formula 1 and stopped sanctioning the Championship{{Fact|date=June 2008}}.
  
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In 1993, with the high popularity of the [[Supertouring]] category, the FIA hosted the Touring Car World Cup - an annual event for touring car drivers hailing from national championships all over the world. The 1993 race at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]] was won by [[Paul Radisich]]. The race was run for two more years, (won by Radisich again in 1994 at [[Donington Park]], and [[Frank Biela]] in 1995 at [[Paul Ricard]]) before disappearing into obscurity.  
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In 1993, with the high popularity of the [[Supertouring]] category, the FIA hosted the FIA World Touring Car Cup - an annual event for touring car drivers hailing from national championships all over the world. The 1993 race at [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]] was won by [[Paul Radisich]], at the wheel of a Ford Mondeo with no manufacturer title awarded. The race was run for two more years, (won by Paul Radisich again in 1994 at [[Donington Park]] in a Ford Mondeo, manufacturer title went to BMW, and [[Frank Biela]] in 1995 at [[Paul Ricard]] in an Audi A4 Quattro, and manufacturer title went to Audi). A similar event was planned for 1996 at the [[A1 Ring]], [[Austria]], but was cancelled due to a low number of provisional entries (10 cars). It was never brought back thereafter.
  
 
In 2001, the ETCC was resumed with support from the FIA. At the request of interested manufacturers, it was changed to the current WTCC beginning with the 2005 season, and is now considered the third most important FIA championship after [[Formula One]] and the [[World Rally Championship]].  
 
In 2001, the ETCC was resumed with support from the FIA. At the request of interested manufacturers, it was changed to the current WTCC beginning with the 2005 season, and is now considered the third most important FIA championship after [[Formula One]] and the [[World Rally Championship]].  
  
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With rounds at major prestigious circuits, the series is heavily supported by car manufacturers [[BMW]], [[Alfa Romeo]], [[Chevrolet]] and [[SEAT]]. [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]], [[Peugeot]] and [[Honda]] are also involved. It features compact and midsize cars based on [[Group N]] rules, yet modified to [[Super 2000]] regulations, an intermediate level between the slightly modified Superproduction cars and the extinct Supertouring class.
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With rounds at major prestigious circuits, the series is heavily supported by car manufacturers [[BMW]], [[Chevrolet]] and [[SEAT]], with [[Honda]] also involved, but some manufacturers like [[Lada]] and [[Volvo]] are interested in the championship and they could enter in a future. It features compact and midsize cars based on [[Group N]] rules, yet modified to [[Super 2000]] regulations, an intermediate level between the slightly modified Superproduction cars and the extinct Supertouring class.
  
 
Following the trend of recent FIA rules, cost control is a major theme in the technical regulation. Engines are limited to 2000 [[cubic centimetre|cc]]. Many technologies that have featured in production cars are not allowed, including [[variable valve timing]], [[Variable Length Intake Manifold|variable intake geometry]], [[Anti-lock braking system|ABS brakes]] and [[traction control]].
 
Following the trend of recent FIA rules, cost control is a major theme in the technical regulation. Engines are limited to 2000 [[cubic centimetre|cc]]. Many technologies that have featured in production cars are not allowed, including [[variable valve timing]], [[Variable Length Intake Manifold|variable intake geometry]], [[Anti-lock braking system|ABS brakes]] and [[traction control]].
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[[Guernsey|Guernseyman]] [[Andy Priaulx]] won the 2005 championship for [[BMW]], ahead of [[Dirk Müller]] and [[Fabrizio Giovanardi]].
 
  
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==Previous champions==
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[[France|Frenchman]] [[Yvan Muller]] is the current series champion, winning a first major title for Spanish manufacturer SEAT, breaking the dominance BMW has held over the title since its inception. Also it was the first FIA sanctioned world championship, in any category, won by a diesel powered racing car in the [[SEAT León|SEAT León TDI]].
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The series are based in Europe (with races in [[Great Britain]], [[Germany]], [[Spain]], [[France]], [[Italy]], [[Portugal]] and [[Czech Republic]] and former races in [[Sweden]], [[Belgium]], [[Netherlands]] and [[Turkey]]) but the [[FIA]] is extending the championship internationally: now there are races in [[Brazil]], [[Mexico]], [[China]] and [[Japan]]; in [[2009 World Touring Car Championship season|2009]] there will be a new race in [[Morocco]] and there are some rumours of a race in [[Russia]] for 2010 season.
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==Series champions==
 
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!Year
 
!Year
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!colspan="2"|Driver
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!Driver
 
!Team
 
!Team
 
!Car
 
!Car
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2007 World Touring Car Championship season|2007]] 
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|[[2008 World Touring Car Championship season|2008]]
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|
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|{{flagiconFrance}} [[Yvan Muller]]
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|''TBC''
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|SEAT Sport
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|[[SEAT_León#SEAT_Le.C3.B3n_in_motorsport|SEAT León TDI]]
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|-
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|[[2007 World Touring Car Championship season|2007]]
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|{{flagiconUK}} [[Andy Priaulx]]
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|BMW Team UK/Racing Bart Mampaey
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|[[BMW]] [[BMW E90|320si]]
 
|-
 
|-
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|[[2006 World Touring Car Championship season|2006]]
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|{{flagiconUK}} [[Andy Priaulx]]
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|BMW Team UK/Racing Bart Mampaey
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|[[BMW]] [[BMW E90|320si]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2006 World Touring Car Championship season|2006]]
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|[[2005 World Touring Car Championship season|2005]]
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| {{flagiconUK}} 
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|{{flagiconUK}} [[Andy Priaulx]]
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| [[Andy Priaulx]]
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|BMW Team UK/Racing Bart Mampaey
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| BMW Team UK/Racing Bart Mampaey 
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|[[BMW]] [[BMW E46|320i]]
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| [[BMW]] [[BMW E90|320si]] 
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2005 World Touring Car Championship season|2005]]
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|[[1987 World Touring Car Championship season|1987]]
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| {{flagiconUK}}
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|{{flagiconItaly}} [[Roberto Ravaglia]]
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| Andy Priaulx
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|[[Schnitzer Motorsport]]
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| BMW Team UK/Racing Bart Mampaey
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|[[BMW M3]]
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| BMW [[BMW E46|320i]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[1987 World Touring Car Championship season|1987]]
 
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| {{flagiconItaly}}
 
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| [[Roberto Ravaglia]] 
 
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| [[Schnitzer Motorsport]]
 
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| [[BMW M3]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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==Independents champions==
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%" border=1 cellpadding=3
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|- tr BGCOLOR="darkred"
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!colspan="6" align="center"|WTCC Independents' Champions
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|-
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!Year
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!Driver
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!Team
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!Car
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|-
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|[[2008 World Touring Car Championship season|2008]]
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|{{flagiconESP}} [[Sergio Hernandez]]
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|Proteam Motorsport
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|[[BMW]] [[BMW E90|320si]]
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|-
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|[[2007 World Touring Car Championship season|2007]]
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|{{flagiconItaly}} [[Stefano D'Aste]]
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|Wiechers Sport
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|[[BMW]] [[BMW E90|320si]]
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|-
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|[[2006 World Touring Car Championship season|2006]]
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|{{flagiconNetherlands}} [[Tom Coronel]]
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|[[GR Asia]]
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|[[SEAT_León|SEAT León]]
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|-
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|[[2005 World Touring Car Championship season|2005]]
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|{{flagiconGER}} [[Marc Hennerici]]
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|Wiechers Sport
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|[[BMW]] [[BMW E46|320i]]
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|-
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|}
  
 
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|- tr BGCOLOR="darkred"
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!colspan="4" align="center"| WTCC Manufacturers' Champions 
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!colspan="4" align="center"|WTCC Manufacturers' Champions
 
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|-
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! Year 
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!Year
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!colspan="2"| Manufacturer 
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!colspan="2"|Manufacturer
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|-
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|[[2008 World Touring Car Championship season|2008]]
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|{{flagiconESP}} [[SEAT]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2007 World Touring Car Championship season|2007]]
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|[[2007 World Touring Car Championship season|2007]]
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| ''TBC''
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|{{flagiconGER}} [[BMW]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2006 World Touring Car Championship season|2006]]
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|[[2006 World Touring Car Championship season|2006]]
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| BMW
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|{{flagiconGER}} [[BMW]]
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[2005 World Touring Car Championship season|2005]]
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|[[2005 World Touring Car Championship season|2005]]
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| BMW
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|{{flagiconGER}} [[BMW]]
 
|}
 
|}
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!Car
 
!Car
 
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| [[1987 World Touring Car Championship season|1987]]
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|[[1987 World Touring Car Championship season|1987]]
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| {{flagiconSwitzerland}}
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|{{flagiconSwitzerland}}
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| Eggenberger Texaco Ford No 7
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|Eggenberger Texaco Ford No 7
 
|[[Ford Sierra|Ford Sierra RS Cosworth]]<br/>[[Ford Sierra|Ford Sierra RS 500]]
 
|[[Ford Sierra|Ford Sierra RS Cosworth]]<br/>[[Ford Sierra|Ford Sierra RS 500]]
 
|}
 
|}
  
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|- tr BGCOLOR="darkred"
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!colspan="5" align="center"|FIA World Touring Car Cup (1993-1995)
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!Year
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!Winning driver
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!Winning car
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!Winning manufacturer
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!Track
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|1995
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|{{flagiconGermany}} [[Frank Biela]]
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|[[Audi A4|Audi A4 quattro]]
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|[[Audi]]
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|{{flagiconFrance}} [[Circuit Paul Ricard|Paul Ricard]]
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|-
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|1994
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|{{flagiconNew Zealand}} [[Paul Radisich]]
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|[[Ford Mondeo]]
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|[[BMW]]
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|{{flagiconUK}} [[Donington Park]]
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|1993
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|{{flagiconNew Zealand}} [[Paul Radisich]]
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|[[Ford Mondeo]]
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|''no title''
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|{{flagiconItaly}} [[Autodromo Nazionale Monza|Monza]]
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|-
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|}
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== See also ==
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* [[European Touring Car Championship]]
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* [[WTCC cars and teams]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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* [http://www.fiawtcc.com/ WTCC Official website]
 
* [http://www.fiawtcc.com/ WTCC Official website]
 
* [http://www.touringcartimes.com/index.php Touring Car Times]
 
* [http://www.touringcartimes.com/index.php Touring Car Times]
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*[http://www.spotterguides.com/ 2008 WTCC Spotters Guide PDF Download]
 
* [http://www.f1automotori.com/category/wtcc/ F1automotori.com]
 
* [http://www.f1automotori.com/category/wtcc/ F1automotori.com]
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* [http://www.wtcc-racing.com/ WTCC-Racing.com]
 
 
* [http://www.use-photos.com/Cars-WTCC/ WTCC Photos (Creative Commons Licenses)]
 
* [http://www.use-photos.com/Cars-WTCC/ WTCC Photos (Creative Commons Licenses)]
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* [http://www.mstworld.com/ MST Systems - WTCC Official Timekeepers]
 
  
 
{{World Touring Car Championship results}}
 
{{World Touring Car Championship results}}
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{{WTCC circuits}}
  
 
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[[Category:FIA]]
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[[Category:World Touring Car Championship| ]]
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[[Category:Auto racing series]]
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[[Category:Touring car racing series]]
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[[Category:Touring car racing]]
 

Revision as of 09:11, 3 February 2009

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WCCR
Category Touring cars
Inaugural 1987
Drivers 50 (2006)
Teams 21 (2006)
Constructors 7 (2006)
Engines
Country/region International
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Champion driver 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.png Andy Priaulx
Champion team N/A
Manufacturer BMW
Website fiawtcc.com

The World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) is an international Touring Car championship organized by the FIA.

The first WTCC, which was open to Group A Touring Cars, was held in 1987 concurrent to the long-running European Touring Car Championship (ETCC). Additional rounds were held outside Europe at Bathurst in Australia, Calder Park Raceway in Australia (using both the road course and the then newly constructed Thunderdome), Wellington in New Zealand and Mount Fuji in Japan. The Drivers Championship was won by Roberto Ravaglia in a BMW M3 and the Entrants Championship was won by the Eggenberger Texaco Ford No 7 entry, which was a Ford Sierra. The WTCC lasted only one year and was a victim of its own success - the FIA feared it would take money away from Formula 1 and stopped sanctioning the ChampionshipTemplate:Fact.

In 1993, with the high popularity of the Supertouring category, the FIA hosted the FIA World Touring Car Cup - an annual event for touring car drivers hailing from national championships all over the world. The 1993 race at Monza was won by Paul Radisich, at the wheel of a Ford Mondeo with no manufacturer title awarded. The race was run for two more years, (won by Paul Radisich again in 1994 at Donington Park in a Ford Mondeo, manufacturer title went to BMW, and Frank Biela in 1995 at Paul Ricard in an Audi A4 Quattro, and manufacturer title went to Audi). A similar event was planned for 1996 at the A1 Ring, Austria, but was cancelled due to a low number of provisional entries (10 cars). It was never brought back thereafter.

In 2001, the ETCC was resumed with support from the FIA. At the request of interested manufacturers, it was changed to the current WTCC beginning with the 2005 season, and is now considered the third most important FIA championship after Formula One and the World Rally Championship.

With rounds at major prestigious circuits, the series is heavily supported by car manufacturers BMW, Chevrolet and SEAT, with Honda also involved, but some manufacturers like Lada and Volvo are interested in the championship and they could enter in a future. It features compact and midsize cars based on Group N rules, yet modified to Super 2000 regulations, an intermediate level between the slightly modified Superproduction cars and the extinct Supertouring class.

Following the trend of recent FIA rules, cost control is a major theme in the technical regulation. Engines are limited to 2000 cc. Many technologies that have featured in production cars are not allowed, including variable valve timing, variable intake geometry, ABS brakes and traction control.

Frenchman Yvan Muller is the current series champion, winning a first major title for Spanish manufacturer SEAT, breaking the dominance BMW has held over the title since its inception. Also it was the first FIA sanctioned world championship, in any category, won by a diesel powered racing car in the SEAT León TDI.

The series are based in Europe (with races in Great Britain, Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Portugal and Czech Republic and former races in Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands and Turkey) but the FIA is extending the championship internationally: now there are races in Brazil, Mexico, China and Japan; in 2009 there will be a new race in Morocco and there are some rumours of a race in Russia for 2010 season.


Series champions

WTCC Drivers' Champions
Year Driver Team Car
2008 22px-Flag of France.png Yvan Muller SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI
2007 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.png Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK/Racing Bart Mampaey BMW 320si
2006 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.png Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK/Racing Bart Mampaey BMW 320si
2005 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.png Andy Priaulx BMW Team UK/Racing Bart Mampaey BMW 320i
1987 3dflagsdotcom italy2bs.gif Roberto Ravaglia Schnitzer Motorsport BMW M3

Independents champions

WTCC Independents' Champions
Year Driver Team Car
2008 22px-Flag of Spain.svg.png Sergio Hernandez Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si
2007 3dflagsdotcom italy2bs.gif Stefano D'Aste Wiechers Sport BMW 320si
2006 22px-Flag of the Netherlands.png Tom Coronel GR Asia SEAT León
2005 22px-Flag of Germany.png Marc Hennerici Wiechers Sport BMW 320i
WTCC Manufacturers' Champions
Year Manufacturer
2008 22px-Flag of Spain.svg.png SEAT
2007 22px-Flag of Germany.png BMW
2006 22px-Flag of Germany.png BMW
2005 22px-Flag of Germany.png BMW
WTCC Entrants' Champions (1987)
Year Entrant Car
1987 20px-Flag of Switzerland.png Eggenberger Texaco Ford No 7 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS 500
FIA World Touring Car Cup (1993-1995)
Year Winning driver Winning car Winning manufacturer Track
1995 22px-Flag of Germany.png Frank Biela Audi A4 quattro Audi 22px-Flag of France.png Paul Ricard
1994 22px-Flag of New Zealand.png Paul Radisich Ford Mondeo BMW 22px-Flag of the United Kingdom.png Donington Park
1993 22px-Flag of New Zealand.png Paul Radisich Ford Mondeo no title 3dflagsdotcom italy2bs.gif Monza


See also

References

Autosport, January 14, 1988

External links


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1987
2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008


WTCC (World Touring Car Championship) circuits

Curitiba • Puebla • Valencia • Pau • Brno • Estoril • Brands Hatch • Oschersleben • Anderstorp • Monza • Okayama • Guia Circuit

Former circuits (2005 - 2007) :
Magny-Cours • Silverstone • Imola • Spa-Francorchamps • Istanbul • Zandvoort • Boavista

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