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    <pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 05:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[SEAT Sport keeps Tiago Monteiro for 2008]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/seat-sport-keeps-tiago-monteiro-for-2008/</link>
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SEAT Sport renews its confidence in Tiago Monteiro for the 2008 FIA World
Touring Car Championship (WTCC)


Tiago Monteiro will be part of  SEAT Sport's main assets in the 2008 FIA
World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). The Oporto born driver will be at
the wheel of a SEAT Leon TDI and will battle for the drivers' and
constructors' championships. For Tiago, who was totally integrated ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/seat-sport-keeps-tiago-monteiro-for-2008/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:35:24 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Series newsletter 2007-12-08]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/series-newsletter-2007-12-08/</link>
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WTCC CALENDAR APPROVED BY WMSC


During their meeting held yesterday in Monaco, the FIA World
Motor Sport Council have approved the 2008 FIA World Touring Car
Championship calendar.


The series will start at Curitiba, Brazil, on March 2nd and will come to
an end in Macau on November 16th.


The only change compared to the first draft approved by the WMSC last
October concerns the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/series-newsletter-2007-12-08/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 21:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[YCC Art Project For Chevrolet WTCC Livery]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/ycc-art-project-for-chevrolet-wtcc-livery/</link>
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ART CONTEST CHOOSES DECORATING A LACETTI WTC AS ONE OF ITS 2008 THEMES


"Young? Creative? Chevrolet!"



In 2008 the Chevrolet WTCC team will be closely associated with
"Young? Creative? Chevrolet!", the art contest promoted by Chevrolet. One of the themes for next
year's contest will be creating a special livery for the Lacetti WTC, which will be sported on one of
the cars at one of ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/ycc-art-project-for-chevrolet-wtcc-livery/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Alex Zanardi news 2007-12-01]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/alex-zanardi-news-2007-12-01/</link>
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Engines off... but Sandrino still on


Engines are already switched off but the good Sandrino is still on. In
this moment I am in Munich and I will shortly take part to the usual BMW
party concluding the season.


In a few days I will go back to the US: no marathons, but just a business
trip this time. This occasion will give me the chance to take part to the
Target Chip Ganassi ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/alex-zanardi-news-2007-12-01/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[N.Technology and Alfa Romeo part ways]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/n-technology-and-alfa-romeo-part-ways/</link>
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FINAL ALFA GOODBYE AND THANKS FROM N.TECHNOLOGY


Following 18 years of successful partnership, next week's 32nd
edition of the Bologna Motor Show will see the end of
N.Technology's sporting activities with Alfa Romeo and the Fiat
Group.





Featuring World Touring Car Championship driver James Thompson and MotoGP
Ducati rider Marco Melandri, the Motor Show marks N.Technology ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/n-technology-and-alfa-romeo-part-ways/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BMW interview with champion Andy Priaulx]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/bmw-interview-with-champion-andy-priaulx/</link>
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Only one week after celebrating his third consecutive
title in the FIA World Touring Car Championship, BMW Team UK's Andy Priaulx
(GBR) is a visitor at the Formula BMW World Final. In Valencia (ESP) he is following
the exciting contest with 35 young drivers from around the globe fighting for their
chance to test a BMW Sauber F1 Team car.


Q:
Andy, have you yet realised what you ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/bmw-interview-with-champion-andy-priaulx/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:51:46 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Series newsletter 2007-11-23]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/series-newsletter-2007-11-23/</link>
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RECORD CROWD ATTENDED MACAU EVENT


A record crowd attended the 54th Macau Grand Prix event that included the
FIA WTCC finale. According to the figures released by the Macau Grand Prix Committee last
Monday, 55,000 spectators gathered on the grandstands along the Guia
Track over the weekend, while an estimated 200,000 more watched the races
from hotel rooms, flats and restaurants' ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/series-newsletter-2007-11-23/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Macau: Tiago Monteiro weekend summary]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-tiago-monteiro-weekend-summary/</link>
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Tiago finishes a great 4th in the season final at Macau


Tiago Monteiro was one of the main protagonists in the final weekend of
the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), held on the Guia Circuit,
at Macau.  The Portuguese SEAT Sport driver finished the first race in
6th place, and the second in 4th place, following a bitter duel with one
of the title contenders, British driver ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-tiago-monteiro-weekend-summary/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 23:06:49 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Macau: RML Sunday races report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-rml-sunday-races-report/</link>
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RML Chevrolet rules the streets





Alain Menu completed a record-breaking World Touring Car season for RML
Chevrolet with his fifth pole position and victory of 2007 through the
torturous Macau streets.





Team-mates Rob Huff and Nicola Larini also put the icing on the cake for
the team, with the British-driver finishing third in race one, and the
Italian second in race ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-rml-sunday-races-report/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Macau: Tom Coronel weekend summary]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-tom-coronel-weekend-summary/</link>
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SEAT-driver Tom Coronel ends FIA-WTCC season with a fifth place


The final round of the FIA World Touring Car
Championship 2007 unfolded as a real thriller. At the start of the first
of the two races there were still six drivers in contention for the
championship. In the end it all came down again to Andy Priaulx, who took
his third consecutive world title. Tom Coronel upheld his ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-tom-coronel-weekend-summary/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Macau: BMW Sunday races report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-bmw-sunday-races-report/</link>
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BMW and Andy Priaulx successfully defend their WTCC titles in Macau.


Andy Priaulx (GBR) of BMW Team UK claimed his
third consecutive drivers' title in the FIA World Touring Car Championship. At
Macau's "Guia Circuit", he secured a perfect starting position by finishing eighth in
the first race. In race two, he converted pole position into a dominant victory. Having
92 points under ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-bmw-sunday-races-report/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Macau: Alex Zanardi weekend summary]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-alex-zanardi-weekend-summary/</link>
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Champions (but things could have gone better for me...)!


Dear friends,


The Macau weekend finished and an unlucky season with it. It is something
that happens. At the end of the day I think that the highest point of the
season was the New York marathon!


This weekend has been characterized by highs and lows: from the one side
I am really satisfied by the fact that BMW won the ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-alex-zanardi-weekend-summary/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 04:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Macau: ROAL Motorsport Sunday races report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-roal-motorsport-sunday-races-report/</link>
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BMW 320si number 4
Driver: Alex Zanardi
Qualifying: 10th (2.32.493)
Race 1 result: 10th
Race 2 result: retired


BMW 320si number 5
Driver: Felix Porteiro
Qualifying: 11th (2.32.497)
Race 1 result: 12th
Race 2 result: 7th


The FIA WTCC 2007 championship concludes in the best way for BMW Team
Italy-Spain. At Macau, the team led by Roberto Ravaglia and Umberto Grano
conquered, together ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-roal-motorsport-sunday-races-report/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:19:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Macau: SEAT Sport Sunday races report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-seat-sport-sunday-races-report/</link>
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Cruel luck robs SEAT of WTCC titles


Yvan Muller was just 8kms away from putting a firm hand on the 2007 FIA
World Touring Car Championship for Drivers' when the race leading SEAT Leon
TDI he was driving stopped near the end of the penultimate lap of the first
of two races at Macau. A problem inside the fuel system stopped his car
without warning, and the team were unable to fix it ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-seat-sport-sunday-races-report/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Macau: N.Technology race two report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-n-technology-race-two-report/</link>
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THOMPSON THIRD IN CHAMPIONSHIP



N.Technology Alfa Romeo came close to winning the Drivers FIA World
Touring Car Championship (WTCC) this weekend, following two stunning
races from James Thompson in the season finale at Macau.





A superb first race saw the British driver climb from eighth to a fifth
place finish within the last two laps at the wheel of his Alfa Romeo ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-n-technology-race-two-report/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Macau: Race 1 results]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-race-1-results-2007-11-19/</link>
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Pos Driver                 Car                         Laps/gap
--- ---------------------- -------------------- ---------------
 1. Alain Menu             Chevrolet Lacetti          23:10.276
 2. Gabriele Tarquini      SEAT Leon TDI                 +2.674
 3. Rob Huff               Chevrolet Lacetti             +4.418
 4. Jordi Gene             SEAT Leon TDI                +11.325
 5 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-race-1-results-2007-11-19/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Macau: N.Technology race one report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-n-technology-race-one-report/</link>
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FIFTH PLACE FINISH FOR THOMPSON


An electrifying end of today's first race saw N.Technology Alfa
Romeo and James Thompson keep their championship hopes alive with a
superb fifth place finish.





Thompson was running eighth when incidents at the front of the field
enabled the British driver to make up three places within the last two
laps of this season's penultimate race, promoting ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-n-technology-race-one-report/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Macau: Event race one report]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-event-race-one-report/</link>
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Weather: Hazy and dry


Menu wins dramatic FIA World Touring Car Championship race


Alain Menu took victory in a spectacular first FIA World Touring Car
Championship race at Macau on Sunday. But all eyes were on Andy Priaulx,
who took a crucial eighth place as his main title rivals hit trouble.


Yvan Muller led away at the start, moving ahead of pole position man Alain
Menu straight ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-event-race-one-report/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Macau: Race 2 results]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-race-2-results-2007-11-19/</link>
      <guid>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-race-2-results-2007-11-19/</guid>
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Pos Driver                 Car                         Laps/gap
--- ---------------------- -------------------- ---------------
 1. Andy Priaulx           BMW 320si                  23:19.249
 2. Nicola Larini          Chevrolet Lacetti             +0.842
 3. James Thompson         Alfa Romeo 156                +5.886
 4. Tiago Monteiro         SEAT Leon                     +6.069
 5 ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-race-2-results-2007-11-19/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Macau: Priaulx is world champion for the third time]]></title>
      <link>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-priaulx-is-world-champion-for-the-third-time/</link>
      <guid>http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-priaulx-is-world-champion-for-the-third-time/</guid>
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PRIAULX AND BMW CLAIM THIRD WTCC TITLE


For the third consecutive year Andy Priaulx and BMW
emerged as the winners of the ultimate fight for the FIA World Touring
Car Championship in Macau.


After two races full of drama in front of fully packed grandstands, Yvan
Muller's and SEAT's hopes disappeared on the penultimate lap of the first
race, when the diesel pump of the Frenchman's ... <a class="more" href="http://www.motorsport.com/wtcc/news/macau-priaulx-is-world-champion-for-the-third-time/">Keep reading</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 18 Nov 2007 04:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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