FIA WTCC Race of Brazil

The FIA WTCC Race of Brazil was a round of the World Touring Car Championship, it was held at the Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba near the city of Curitiba in the Brazilian state of Paraná.

FIA WTCC Race of Brazil
Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba
Race information
Number of times held7
First held2006
Last held2012
Most wins (drivers) Yvan Muller (4)
Most wins (constructors) SEAT (6)
Last race (2012)
Race 1 Winner
Race 2 Winner

The race was run every year between 2006 and 2012. It was the fifth round of the 2006 season, running in July, although it was then run in March as the opening round of the season every year since 2007. The race was sponsored by HSBC from 2006 until 2010. The 2011 Race of Brazil had originally been scheduled to be held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo but reverted to Curitiba a month before the event owing to renovation works being carried out at the Interlagos circuit.[1] A Brazilian round was published on the schedule for the 2013 season published in December 2012, however in March 2013 a revised calendar was released with the Brazil round replaced by two TBA events.[2] A slot on the 2013 calendar was kept open for a Brazilian round in the event a round could not be held in Argentina with the hope that both events would be run in 2014.[3] In June 2013 it was confirmed that the Brazilian event would be replaced on the 2013 schedule by the 2013 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina.[4]

Augusto Farfus is the only Brazilian driver to have won their home race, crossing the line first in race two of the 2007 Race of Brazil.

Winners
Year Race Driver Manufacturer Location Report
2012 Race 1 Yvan Muller Chevrolet Curitiba Report
Race 2 Robert Huff Chevrolet
2011 Race 1 Robert Huff Chevrolet Report
Race 2 Alain Menu Chevrolet
2010 Race 1 Yvan Muller Chevrolet Report
Race 2 Gabriele Tarquini SEAT
2009 Race 1 Yvan Muller SEAT Report
Race 2 Gabriele Tarquini SEAT
2008 Race 1 Yvan Muller SEAT Report
Race 2 Gabriele Tarquini SEAT
2007 Race 1 Jörg Müller BMW Report
Race 2 Augusto Farfus BMW
2006 Race 1 Jordi Gené SEAT Report
Race 2 Andy Priaulx BMW
  • The first FIA WTCC Race of Brazil in 2006
  • Andy Priaulx on his way to victory in 2006

References
  1. O'Leary, Jamie (7 February 2011). "WTCC opener reverts to Curitiba". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
  2. Allen, Peter (8 March 2013). "Two Spaces Remain On Latest Iteration Of 2013 WTCC Calendar". The Checkered Flag. BlackEagleMedia Network. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
  3. Hudson, Neil (25 March 2013). "Argentina could replace Brazil on the calendar this year". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
  4. "WTCC TO VISIT ARGENTINA FOR THE FIRST TIME". World Touring Car Championship. Kigema Sport Organisation. 4 June 2013. Archived from the original on 25 February 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2013.

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