In the day yesterday, the WTCC published the provisional list of participants with regard to the 2011 season. We can say that surprises there were rather few, while honoring the truth is what we expected.
Chevrolet will be the only team of the Championship. RML hand, brand, track will be up to four units of the new Chevrolet Cruze 1.6 Turbo. A more than expected. The pilots will be the current champion, Yvan Muller, along with Robert Huff, Alain Menu and novelty, Brazilian Carlos "Caca" Bueno. To be able to vote this post you must login or register here.
To vote this post connect with Facebook ConnectWho should be their main rivals are the SUNRED SEAT Leon TDI. But before saying anything be see capados who has left the FIA to diesel engines. Gabriele Tarquini will be spearheading the Spanish team to be in addition to Tiago Monteiro, Aleksei Dudukalo, Fredy Barth, Michel Nykjaer and Pepe Oriola. Although also Andre Couto, increasing to seven SUNRED entredas is present in the list.
Privately, BMW has seven units of BMW 320, six with the new engine 1.6 Turbo TC, and another one with the atmospheric engine 2.0 from previous years. Main drivers that will defend the Bavarian brand are Tom Coronel, ROAL, the newcomer Javi Villa and Mehdi Bennani Proteam and two usual contest, Kristian Poulsen and Franz Engstler who have joined forces in Liqui Moly Team Engstler.
Note color comes from Scandinavia.Volvo landed in the WTCC for his first full season. A stone of touch for a possible landing more. Behind the wheel of Volvo C30, Robert Dahlgren.
1 - Yvan Muller - Chevrolet – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
2 Rob Huff - Chevrolet – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
3 Gabriele Tarquini - Lukoil-SUNRED - SEAT Leon TDI
4 - Aleksei Dudukalo - Lukoil-SUNRED - SEAT Leon TDI
5 - Norbert Michelisz - Zengo-Dension Team - BMW 320 TC
6 - Carlos 'Caca' Bueno - Chevrolet – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
7 - Fredy Barth - SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED - SEAT Leon TDI
8 - Alain Menu - Chevrolet – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
9 - Darryl O'Young - bamboo-engineering - Chevrolet Lacetti
10 - Yukinori Taniguchi - bamboo-engineering - Chevrolet Lacetti
11 - Kristian Poulsen - Liqui Moly Team Engstler - BMW 320 TC
12 Franz Engstler - Liqui Moly Team Engstler - BMW 320 TC
14 Marchy Lee Ying Kin - Deteam KK Motorsport - BMW 320 TC
15 Tom Coronel - ROAL Motorsport - BMW 320 TC
17 - Michel Nykjaer - SUNRED Engineering - SEAT Leon TDI
18 - Tiago Monteiro - SUNRED Engineering - SEAT Leon TDI
20 - Javier Villa Garcia - Proteam Racing - BMW 320 TC
21 Fabio Fabiani - Proteam Racing - BMW 320si
25 - Mehdi Bennani - Proteam Racing - BMW 320 TC
30 Robert Dahlgren - Polestar Racing - Volvo C30
74 Pepe Oriola - SUNRED Engineering - SEAT Leon TDI
107 Andre Couto - Lukoil-SUNRED - SEAT Leon TDI
