The entry list for the 2011 FIA World Touring Car Championship that will kick off on March 20th at Curitiba, Brazil, was released today; this list remains subjected to the FIA approval.
Twenty-one competitors entered for the full season plus Carlos "Cacá" Bueno’s Chevrolet Cruze that will take part in the Brazilian event.
The list is formed by drivers coming from sixteen countries at the wheel of cars built from four different manufacturers: BMW, Chevrolet, SEAT and Volvo.
"We are satisfied because we retain a solid twenty-one car grid in spite of the recession that keeps on affecting motorsport activities worldwide. This makes us trustful in the near future, especially when we look at the first full season participation of Polestar Racing with a Volvo car. It is also very rewarding to see that all the represented Manufacturers are investing on the new 1.6-litre turbo engine. And this will enable all the teams to switch to the new engines sometimes during this season," Promoter Marcello Lotti commented, adding:
"I want to say that we have signed two-year agreements with most of the teams, which provides already a solid basis of twenty cars again for 2012; a minimum guaranteed that we are trying to enhance further through the negotiations currently ongoing with other Manufacturers."
| # | competitor | driver | car |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevrolet | Yvan Muller (FRA) | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
| 2 | Chevrolet | Robert Huff (GBR) | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
| 3 | Lukoil - SUNRED | Gabriele Tarquini (ITA) | SEAT León 2.0 TDI |
| 4 | Lukoil - SUNRED | Aleksei Dudukalo (RUS) | SEAT León 2.0 TDI |
| 5 | Zengö-Dension Team | Norbert Michelisz (HUN) | BMW 320 TC |
| 6 | Chevrolet | Carlos "Cacá" Bueno (BRA) | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
| 7 | SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED | Fredy Barth (CHE) | SEAT León 2.0 TDI |
| 8 | Chevrolet | Alain Menu (CHE) | Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T |
| 9 | bamboo-engineering | Darryl O’Young (HKG) | Chevrolet Lacetti |
| 10 | bamboo-engineering | Yukinori Taniguchi (JPN) | Chevrolet Lacetti |
| 11 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Kristian Poulsen (DNK) | BMW 320 TC |
| 12 | Liqui Moly Team Engstler | Franz Engstler (DEU) | BMW 320 TC |
| 14 | Deteam KK Motorsport | Marchy Lee Ying Kin (HKG) | BMW 320 TC |
| 15 | ROAL Motorsport | Tom Coronel (NLD) | BMW 320 TC |
| 17 | SUNRED | Michel Nykjær (DNK) | SEAT León 2.0 TDI |
| 18 | SUNRED | Tiago Monteiro (PRT) | SEAT León 2.0 TDI |
| 20 | Proteam Racing | Javier Villa García (ESP) | BMW 320 TC |
| 21 | Proteam Racing | Fabio Fabiani (ITA) | BMW 320si |
| 25 | Proteam Racing | Mehdi Bennani (MAR) | BMW 320 TC |
| 30 | Polestar Volvo | Robert Dahlgren (SWE) | Volvo C30 |
| 35 | Wiechers-Sport | Urs Sonderegger (CHE) | BMW 320 TC |
| 74 | SUNRED | Pepe Oriola (ESP) | SEAT León 2.0 TDI |