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World Touring Car Championship

World Touring Car Championship
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CategoryTouring cars
Inaugural21987
Constructors4
TyresYokohama
Country/regionInternational
Champion DriverFR Yvan Muller
ManufacturerUS Chevrolet
Current Season2011 World Touring Car Championship season

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For the video game, known as World Touring Car Championship in Japan, see TOCA World Touring CarsThe FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) is an international Touring Car championship sanctioned by the FIA.

World Touring Car Championship Video

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4.93 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Over 60000 views! This is a Touring Car Crash Compilation with BTCC, WTCC, V8 Supercars and DTM crashes. Music: "SWAT Theme" and "The Saints are Coming" I hope you`ll like it. Let's see if we can make the 60.000 views! Please send reactions.
7.48 min. | 4.59 user rating		 Fabrizio Nonis ospite del primo WTCC - Fia World Touring Car Championship Africano tenutosi a Marrakech. Interviste a Piloti ed organizzatori senza dimenticare gli eventi serali nei locali più glamour della città.
10.18 min. | 4.42 user rating		 Seat Leon Cupra R (265 pk) testdrive at circuit Zolder (Belgium) WTCC 2010 - Fia World Touring Car Championship Thanks to Garage Raes (www.garageraes.be)
4.65 min. | 4.82 user rating		 Ferrari History: During Ferrari's seasons of the World Sportscars Championship, they also gained more wins at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, with the factory team earning their first in 1954. Another win would come in 1958, followed by five consecutive wins from 1960 to 1964. Luigi Chinetti's North American Racing Team would take Ferrari's final victory at Le Mans in 1965 with the 240 Le Mans model. Ferrari has also became a GT cars manufacturer known worldwide. In 1967 the innovative 330 P4 models won World Sportscar Championship. In 1969, Enzo Ferrari concluded a deal with Gianni Agnelli and FIAT purchased controlling interests in Ferrari permitting a further development of racing and road cars.
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First win by Alex Zanardi in the World Touring Car Championship. Champion of Champions!
1.52 min. | 4.83 user rating		 www.rc-hollywood.de Historical RC-Car Videos about the IFMAR Large Scale Touring Car World Championship Finals 2005 in Lostallo (Switzerland) with many well known Pilots from all over the World. Filmed and directed by BERGYOGI RACING VIDEOS and www.rc-hollywood.de
5.75 min. | 0 user rating		 Steven Kane (Airwaves BMW 320Si) comes from absolutely nowhere to snatch 3rd place from the battling Tom Boardman (Special Tuning UK Seat Leon) and Paul O'Neill (Sunshine.co.uk Honda Integra) during Race 3 at Croft, British Touring Car Championship Croft. Fantastic action as always from the BTCC. Boardman & O'Neill fell from 3rd and 4th to 5th and 6th on the final lap! Andrew Jordan also achieved his first ever win in the series in the Pirtek Vauxhall Vectra VXR and TOC Tom Onslow-Cole finished 2nd in the Team AON Ford Focus.
4.68 min. | 5.0 user rating		 www.rc-hollywood.de RC-Car Action Movie about the legendary IFMAR 1to5 Touring-Car World Championship in Lostallo, Switzerland. Filmed and arranged by Bergyogi Racing Videos. Enjoy!
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Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Year Driver Team Car Manufacturer Car
1987 IT Roberto Ravaglia DE Schnitzer Motorsport BMW M3 CH Eggenberger Racing No. 7 Ford Sierra RS Cosworth
Ford Sierra RS 500
WTCC Drivers' Champions WTCC Manufacturers' Champions
Year Driver Team Car Manufacturer Car
2005 UK Andy Priaulx UK BMW Team UK BMW 320i DE BMW BMW 320i
2006 UK Andy Priaulx UK BMW Team UK BMW 320si DE BMW BMW 320si
2007 UK Andy Priaulx UK BMW Team UK BMW 320si DE BMW BMW 320si
2008 FR Yvan Muller ES SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI ES SEAT SEAT León TDI
2009 IT Gabriele Tarquini ES SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI ES SEAT SEAT León TDI
2010 FR Yvan Muller US Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze US Chevrolet Chevrolet Cruze

Independents' Trophy winners :
Year Driver Team Car
2005 DE Marc Hennerici DE Wiechers-Sport BMW 320i
2006 NL Tom Coronel HK GR Asia SEAT León
2007 IT Stefano D'Aste DE Wiechers-Sport BMW 320si
2008 ES Sergio Hernández IT Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si
2009 NL Tom Coronel ES SUNRED Engineering SEAT León 2.0 TFSI
2010 ES Sergio Hernández IT Proteam Motorsport BMW 320si

Independents' Trophy winners :
Year Winning driver Winning car Winning manufacturer Track
1993 New Zealand Paul Radisich Ford Mondeo BMW Italy Monza
1994 New Zealand Paul Radisich Ford Mondeo Ford Motor Company UK Donington Park
1995 Germany Frank Biela Audi A4 quattro Audi France Paul Ricard

World Touring Car Championship

1987
2005 * 2006 * 2007 * 2008 * 2009 * 2010

World Touring Car Champions

Roberto Ravaglia (1987)
Andy Priaulx (2005, 06 & 07) * Yvan Muller (2008) * Gabriele Tarquini (2009)

Circuits of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC)

Current (2010)Curitiba * Marrakech * Monza * Zolder * Algarve * Brands Hatch * Brno * Oschersleben * Valencia * Okayama * Macau
FutureSuzuka (2011)
FormerAnderstorp * Boavista * Estoril * Imola * Istanbul * Magny-Cours * Pau * Puebla * Silverstone * Spa-Francorchamps * Zandvoort

World championships between national teams/representatives

Team
TeamAmerican football * Association football (men - women) * Australian football * Bandy * Baseball (men - women) * Basketball (men - women) * Beach Handball * Beach Soccer * Beach Volleyball * Canoe polo * Cricket (men - women) * Curling * Fistball * Floorball * Futsal * Handball (men - women) * Field hockey (men - women) * Golf (men - women) * Ice hockey (men - women) * Inline Hockey * Korfball * Lacrosse (men - women) * Netball * Paddle Tennis * Polo * Ringette * Rink hockey (men - women) * Rugby league (men - women) * Rugby union (men - women - Sevens) * Softball * Volleyball * Water polo (men - women)
Mixed
MixedAir Games * Aquatic Sports * Badminton (team men - team women - team mixed - individual) * Basque Pelota * Equestrian (Equestrian Games - Dressage - Eventing - Show Jumping) * Mounted Games * Racquetball * Squash (individual - doubles - team) * Table tennis * Tennis (men - women - mixed - individual)
Individual
IndividualArchery * Athletics (Cross Country - Half Marathon - Indoor - Outdoor - Race Walking) * Biathlon * Bobsleigh and Skeleton * Boxing (Amateur - Professional) * Bowling * Bowls * Canoeing (Slalom - Sprint) * Cycling (BMX - Cyclo-cross - Mountain Bike Marathon - Mountain Bike & Trials - Road - Track) * Darts * Fencing * Gliding * Gymnastics (Acrobatic - Aerobic - Artistic - Rhythmic - Trampoline) * Ice skating (Figure - Speed - Synchronized) * Inline Speed Skating * Judo * Karate * Kendo * Luge (Artificial track - Natural track) * Modern Pentathlon * Orienteering (Foot - Ski - Mountain bike) * Powerlifting * Rowing * Sailing * Shooting * Skiing (Alpine - Freestyle - Nordic - Flying - Snowboarding) * Sky Mountaineering * Surfing * Taekwondo * Triathlon * Water Skiing * Weightlifting * Wrestling * Wushu
Cue Sports
Cue SportsCarom billiards (Three-cushion - Artistic billiards - Five-pins) * English billiards * Pocket billiards (Eight-ball - Nine-ball - Ten-ball - Straight pool) * Six-red snooker * Snooker
Board Games
Board GamesBackgammon * Chess * Crokinole * Go * Scrabble * Sudoku
Motor Sports
Motor SportsEnduro * F1 Powerboat * Formula One * Ice racing (individual - team) * Motorcycle Racing * Motocross * Radio Controlled Racing * Rally * Sidecar Motocross * Speedway motorcycle (individual - team) * Sports Car * Touring Car



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