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, it was later dropped entirely from the schedule.
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
Year Race Driver Manufacturer Location Report 2022 Race 1 Gilles Magnus AudiAragónReport Race 2 Mikel Azcona Hyundai 2021 Race 1 Gabriele Tarquini HyundaiReport Race 2 Frédéric Vervisch Audi 2020 Race 1 Jean-Karl Vernay Alfa RomeoReport Race 2 Mikel Azcona Cupra Race 3 Thed Björk Lynk & Co 2012 Race 1 Yvan Muller ChevroletValenciaReport Race 2 Alain Menu Chevrolet 2011 Race 1 Yvan Muller ChevroletReport Race 2 Yvan Muller Chevrolet 2010 Race 1 Gabriele Tarquini SEATReport Race 2 Tiago Monteiro SEAT 2009 Race 1 Yvan Muller SEATReport Race 2 Augusto Farfus BMW 2008 Race 1 Rob Huff ChevroletReport Race 2 Alain Menu Chevrolet 2007 Race 1 James Thompson Alfa RomeoReport Race 2 James Thompson Alfa Romeo 2006 Race 1 Augusto Farfus Alfa RomeoReport Race 2 Jörg Müller BMW 2005 Race 1 Jordi Gené SEATReport Race 2 Jörg Müller BMW
FIA WTCR Race of Aragón
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. The race was held on 14–15 November 2020.
Winners
Year Race Driver Manufacturer Location Report 2020 Race 1 Esteban Guerrieri HondaMotorLand AragónReport Race 2 Yvan Muller Lynk & Co Race 3 Santiago Urrutia Lynk & Co
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