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FIA WTCR Race of Spain

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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]

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

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

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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

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  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

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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

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  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.