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]

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   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

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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)  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

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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

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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.