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WTCR Race of Spain - Did you know?, stats, facts and figures
17.06.2022: WTCR Race of Spain
MotorLand Aragon
25-26 June 2022
DID YOU KNOW?
*WTCR race distances have been changed for 2022 with Race 1 scheduled for 30 minutes + 1 lap and Race 2 for 25 minutes + 1 lap.
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WTCR Race of Spain
MotorLand Aragon
25-26 June 2022
DID YOU KNOW?
*WTCR race distances have been changed for 2022 with Race 1 scheduled for 30 minutes + 1 lap and Race 2 for 25 minutes + 1 lap.
*The allocation of points has also been adjusted for this season with more points on offer in Qualifying and Race 1.
*Esteban Guerrieri is the WTCR’s most successful driver in terms of race wins with the Honda-powered racer triumphing 10 times for ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport,
including once at MotorLand Aragón.
*Back in 2020 and in response to the challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, MotorLand Aragón became the first venue to host the WTCR not once but twice during the same season with WTCR Race of Spain followed by WTCR Race of Aragón just two weeks later.
*The three races that formed the WTCR Race of Spain weekend in 2020 and the two that ran in 2021 have been won by five different drivers in five different types of car.
*Twelve drivers won WTCR races during a wide-open 2021 season with all five customer racing brands winning more than once.
*Eleven nationalities are being represented by the drivers this season with a further two represented by teams and two more by manufacturers to underline the WTCR’s global appeal.
*Of the 17 all-season racers, only one driver, Dániel Nagy, has yet to take a WTCR race victory although he has finished second on one occasion.
*Yann Ehrlacher is the only two-time winner of the WTCR title. Meanwhile, his uncle and Cyan Racing Lynk & Co team-mate Yvan Muller won the FIA World Touring Car Championship four times.
*The Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition as the Official Safety Car of the WTCR for a third season. Richard Veldwisch from The Netherlands is on driving duty at WTCR Race of Spain.
HOW THEY STAND?
WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup for Drivers provisional standings
Goodyear #FollowTheLeader: Mikel Azcona, 85 points
2 Néstor Girolami, 75 points
3 Santiago Urrutia, 69 points
4 Yann Ehrlacher, 63 points
5 Esteban Guerrieri, 57 points
WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup for Teams provisional standings
1 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport, 132 points
2 BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse, 109
3 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, 105
4 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co, 101
5 Comtoyou Team Audi Sport, 72
WTCR Trophy provisional standings
1 Rob Huff, 40 points
2 Tom Coronel, 26
3 Mehdi Bennani, 19
4 Dániel Nagy, 15
Richard Rodgers, photos WTCR
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