FIA WTCR Race of Spain
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]
| MotorLand Aragón (2020–2022) | |
| Race information | |
|---|---|
| Number of times held | 11 |
| First held | 2005 |
| Last held | 2022 |
| Most wins (drivers) | Yvan Muller (4) |
| Most wins (constructors) | Chevrolet (6) |
| Last race (2022) | |
| Race 1 Winner | |
| Race 2 Winner | |
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
| Year | Race | Driver | Manufacturer | Location | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Race 1 | Gilles Magnus | Audi | Aragón | Report |
| Race 2 | Mikel Azcona | Hyundai | |||
| 2021 | Race 1 | Gabriele Tarquini | Hyundai | Report | |
| Race 2 | Frédéric Vervisch | Audi | |||
| 2020 | Race 1 | Jean-Karl Vernay | Alfa Romeo | Report | |
| Race 2 | Mikel Azcona | Cupra | |||
| Race 3 | Thed Björk | Lynk & Co | |||
| 2012 | Race 1 | Yvan Muller | Chevrolet | Valencia | Report |
| Race 2 | Alain Menu | Chevrolet | |||
| 2011 | Race 1 | Yvan Muller | Chevrolet | Report | |
| Race 2 | Yvan Muller | Chevrolet | |||
| 2010 | Race 1 | Gabriele Tarquini | SEAT | Report | |
| Race 2 | Tiago Monteiro | SEAT | |||
| 2009 | Race 1 | Yvan Muller | SEAT | Report | |
| Race 2 | Augusto Farfus | BMW | |||
| 2008 | Race 1 | Rob Huff | Chevrolet | Report | |
| Race 2 | Alain Menu | Chevrolet | |||
| 2007 | Race 1 | James Thompson | Alfa Romeo | Report | |
| Race 2 | James Thompson | Alfa Romeo | |||
| 2006 | Race 1 | Augusto Farfus | Alfa Romeo | Report | |
| Race 2 | Jörg Müller | BMW | |||
| 2005 | Race 1 | Jordi Gené | SEAT | Report | |
| Race 2 | Jörg Müller | BMW |
FIA WTCR Race of Aragón edit
| MotorLand Aragón (with chicanes on backstraight) (2020) | |
| Race information | |
|---|---|
| Number of times held | 1 |
| First held | 2020 |
| Last held | 2020 |
| Most wins (drivers) | Nathanaël Berthon (1) Yvan Muller (1) Santiago Urrutia (1) |
| Most wins (constructors) | 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 | Esteban Guerrieri | Honda | MotorLand Aragón | Report |
| Race 2 | Yvan Muller | Lynk & Co | |||
| Race 3 | Santiago Urrutia | Lynk & Co |
References edit
- ^ O'Leary, Jamie (28 September 2012). "2013 WTCC calendar includes first Russian round". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ "WTCC confirms calendar for 2013 season". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. 21 December 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2014.
- ^ . FIA WTCR | World Touring Car Cup. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 15 August 2022.