FIA WTCR Race of Spain

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FIA WTCR Race of Spain
MotorLand Aragón (2020–2022)
Race information
Number of times held11
First held2005
Last held2022
Most wins (drivers)France Yvan Muller (4)
Most wins (constructors)United States Chevrolet (6)
Last race (2022)
Race 1 Winner
Race 2 Winner

The FIA WTCR Race of Spain is a round of the World Touring Car Championship, which was held at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo near the city of Valencia in Spain. The race ran at Valencia every year from the return of the series in 2005 season through to 2012. The event was initially kept on the 2013 calendar without a venue being confirmed,[1] it was later dropped entirely from the schedule.[2]

Jordi Gené is the only Spanish driver to win their home race. He won the first race in 2005 from pole position driving for native manufacturer SEAT.

This round has returned to WTCR from 2020, but the venue is MotorLand Aragón now.

Winners[edit]

Circuit Ricardo Tormo, which held races in 2005–2012
Year Race Driver Manufacturer Location Report
2022 Race 1 Belgium Gilles Magnus Germany Audi Aragón Report
Race 2 Spain Mikel Azcona South Korea Hyundai
2021 Race 1 Italy Gabriele Tarquini South Korea Hyundai Report
Race 2 Belgium Frédéric Vervisch Germany Audi
2020 Race 1 France Jean-Karl Vernay Italy Alfa Romeo Report
Race 2 Spain Mikel Azcona Spain Cupra
Race 3 Sweden Thed Björk Sweden Lynk & Co
2012 Race 1 France Yvan Muller United States Chevrolet Valencia Report
Race 2 Switzerland Alain Menu United States Chevrolet
2011 Race 1 France Yvan Muller United States Chevrolet Report
Race 2 France Yvan Muller United States Chevrolet
2010 Race 1 Italy Gabriele Tarquini Spain SEAT Report
Race 2 Portugal Tiago Monteiro Spain SEAT
2009 Race 1 France Yvan Muller Spain SEAT Report
Race 2 Brazil Augusto Farfus Germany BMW
2008 Race 1 United Kingdom Rob Huff United States Chevrolet Report
Race 2 Switzerland Alain Menu United States Chevrolet
2007 Race 1 United Kingdom James Thompson Italy Alfa Romeo Report
Race 2 United Kingdom James Thompson Italy Alfa Romeo
2006 Race 1 Brazil Augusto Farfus Italy Alfa Romeo Report
Race 2 Germany Jörg Müller Germany BMW
2005 Race 1 Spain Jordi Gené Spain SEAT Report
Race 2 Germany Jörg Müller Germany BMW

FIA WTCR Race of Aragón[edit]

FIA WTCR Race of Aragón
MotorLand Aragón (with chicanes on backstraight) (2020)
Race information
Number of times held1
First held2020
Last held2020
Most wins (drivers)France Nathanaël Berthon (1)
France Yvan Muller (1)
Uruguay Santiago Urrutia (1)
Most wins (constructors)Sweden Lynk & Co (2)
Last race (2020)
Race 1 Winner
Race 2 Winner
Race 3 Winner

Due to the cancellation of WTCR Race of Italy in 2020 World Touring Car Cup, another race was added after WTCR Race of Spain as season-finale of the 2020 WTCR season, which was called as WTCR Race of Aragón. In rder to make difference from the previous race, chicanes were used on the backstraight of circuit.[3] The race was held on 14–15 November 2020.

Winners[edit]

Year Race Driver Manufacturer Location Report
2020 Race 1 Argentina Esteban Guerrieri Japan Honda MotorLand Aragón Report
Race 2 France Yvan Muller Sweden Lynk & Co
Race 3 Uruguay Santiago Urrutia Sweden Lynk & Co

References[edit]

  1. ^ O'Leary, Jamie (28 September 2012). "2013 WTCC calendar includes first Russian round". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  2. ^ "WTCC confirms calendar for 2013 season". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
  3. ^ "WTCR Race of Aragón 2020 - 14-15/11/2020". FIA WTCR | World Touring Car Cup. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.