2007 World Touring Car Championship season
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The 2007 World Touring Car Championship season is the 4th World Touring Car Championship season. Scheduled to begin on March 11, it will end on November 16, after twenty-two races.
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Drivers and teams
Entry list as of October 2007 [1] and entry list for 2007 Guia Race [2].
* drivers eligible for the Yokohama Independents' Trophy
2007 Calendar
Image: an advertisement for the race at Zandvoort, one of them, by the car of Tom Coronel at the opening races in Curitiba.
A provisional calendar was released on January 15, 2007.[3][4]. On 27 February 2007, the FIA announced that the 13th and 14th races of the series originally scheduled to be run in Istanbul would instead would take place at the Anderstorp circuit.[5]
Each race weekend contains two races of 50 kilometres. If safety car is deployed during the race, first two laps under it won't be counted towards the distance.
First race starting grid is determined by qualifying and will commence with a rolling start. The second race grid by first race result with top eight reversed and with a standing start.
| Race | Date | Country | Track | Winning driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 11 |  Brazil
| Curitiba |  Jörg Müller
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| 2 | Augusto Farfus Jr.
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| 3 | May 6 |  Netherlands
| Zandvoort |  Alain Menu
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| 4 |  Gabriele Tarquini
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| 5 | May 20 |  Spain
| Valencia |  James Thompson
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| 6 | James Thompson
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| 7 | June 3 |  France
| Pau | Alain Menu
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| 8 | Augusto Farfus Jr.
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| 9 | June 17 |  Czech Republic
| Brno | Félix Porteiro
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| 10 | Jörg Müller
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| 11 | July 8 |  Portugal
| Boavista (Porto) | Alain Menu
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| 12 | Andy Priaulx
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| 13 | July 29 |  Sweden
| Anderstorp | Robert Huff
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| 14 | Rickard Rydell
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| 15 | August 26 | Germany
| Oschersleben | Yvan Muller
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| 16 | Augusto Farfus Jr.
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| 17 | September 23 | Great Britain
| Brands Hatch | Alain Menu
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| 18 | Andy Priaulx
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| 19 | October 7 | Italy
| Monza | Yvan Muller
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| 20 | Jordi Gené
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| 21 | November 18 |  Macau
| Guia Circuit | |
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Championship standings, after round 10 of 11
Drivers
| Pos | Driver | Team | Car | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andy Priaulx
| BMW Team UK | BMW 320si | 2 | 81 |
| 2 | Yvan Muller
| SEAT Sport | SEAT León | 2 | 81 |
| 3 | Augusto Farfus
| BMW Team Germany | BMW 320si | 3 | 71 |
| 4 | James Thompson
| N. Technology | Alfa Romeo 156 | 2 | 69 |
| 5 | Jörg Müller
| BMW Team Germany | BMW 320si | 2 | 66 |
| 6 | Nicola Larini
| Chevrolet | Chevrolet Lacetti | 0 | 61 |
| 7 | Alain Menu
| Chevrolet | Chevrolet Lacetti | 4 | 59 |
| 8 | Gabriele Tarquini
| SEAT Sport | SEAT León | 1 | 54 |
| 9 | Robert Huff
| Chevrolet | Chevrolet Lacetti | 1 | 51 |
| 10 | Jordi Gené
| SEAT Sport | SEAT León | 1 | 50 |
| 11 | Félix Porteiro
| BMW Team Italy-Spain | BMW 320si | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Tiago Monteiro
| SEAT Sport | SEAT León | 0 | 30 |
| 13 | Tom Coronel
| GR Asia | SEAT León | 0 | 25 |
| 14 | Luca Rangoni
| Proteam Motorsport | BMW 320si | 0 | 15 |
| 15 | Alessandro Zanardi
| BMW Team Italy-Spain | BMW 320si | 0 | 14 |
| 16 | Rickard Rydell
| Chevrolet | Chevrolet Lacetti | 1 | 10 |
| 17 | Roberto Colciago
| SEAT Sport Italia | SEAT León | 0 | 6 |
| 18 |  Michel Jourdain
| SEAT Sport | SEAT León | 0 | 3 |
| 19 |  Pierre-Yves Corthals
| Exagon Engineering | SEAT León | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Sergio Hernández
| Proteam Motorsport | BMW 320si | 0 | 1 |
Point system: 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 for top eight finishers.
- Dead-heat
- 81p: 1st Priaulx (1st x 2, 2nd x 4), 2nd Y. Muller (1st x 2, 2nd x 1)
- 30p: 11th Porteiro (1st x 1), 12th Monteiro (2nd x 1)
- 3p: 18th Jourdain (6th x 1), 19th Corthals (7th x 1)
Manufacturers
| Pos | Manufacturer | Car | Wins | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BMW | BMW 320si | 8 | 237 |
| 2 | SEAT | SEAT León, SEAT León TDI | 4 | 227 |
| 3 | Chevrolet | Chevrolet Lacetti | 6 | 194 |
| 4 | Alfa Romeo | Alfa Romeo 156 | 2 | 111 |
| 1987 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
