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The WTCC grid as of today

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The deadline for entry in this year’s World Touring Car Championship closed last week. With RML’s announcement this morning that Yvan Muller and Tom Chilton will drive two of the team’s Chevrolet Cruzes this season the majority of the field is in place.

Here’s how it currently looks:

Driver – Nat – Team – Car
Rob Huff – GBR – Münnich Motorsport – SEAT León WTCC
Marc Basseng – GER – Münnich Motorsport – SEAT León WTCC
René Münnich – GER – Münnich Motorsport – SEAT León WTCC
Yvan Muller – FRA – RML – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
Tom Chilton – GBR – RML – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
Gabriele Tarquini – ITA – Honda Racing Team JAS – Honda Civic Super 2000 TC
Tiago Monteiro – POR – Honda Racing Team JAS – Honda Civic Super 2000 TC
James Thompson – GBR – LADA Sport Lukoil – Lada Granta Sport WTCC
Aleksei Dudukalo – RUS – LADA Sport Lukoil – Lada Granta Sport WTCC
Alex MacDowall – GBR – bamboo-engineering – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
James Nash – GBR – bamboo-engineering – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
Tom Coronel – NED – ROAL Motorsport – BMW 320 TC
Darryl O’Young – HKG – ROAL Motorsport – BMW 320 TC
Franz Engstler – GER – Liqui Moly Team Engstler – BMW 320 TC
Charles Ng – HKG – Liqui Moly Team Engstler – BMW 320 TC
Pepe Oriola – SPA – Tuenti Racing Team – SEAT León WTCC
Norbert Michelisz – HUN – Zengõ Motorsport – Honda Civic Super 2000 TC
Stefano D’Aste – ITA – PB Motorsport – BMW 320 TC
Mehdi Bennani – MOR – Proteam Racing – BMW 320 TC
Fredy Barth – SWI – Wiechers-Sport – BMW 320 TC
TBC – TBC – Nika Racing – Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
TBC – TBC – Special Tuning Racing – SEAT Leon WTCC
TBC – TBC – Special Tuning Racing – SEAT Leon WTCC

Special Tuning Racing and Wiechers-Sport have confirmed they will be on the grid but are yet to announce their drivers. STR are expected to run up to two SEAT Leóns whilst it will be just the one BMW 320 TC for Wiechers-Sport.

The Tuenti Racing Team will likely run additional cars as well as Pepe Oriola’s, with Fernando Monje expected to be one of the team’s drivers.

A few other teams (which would be new to the WTCC, or at least new full time entrants) have also been working towards competing this season and may still be on the grid.

Update: 5th March
And that’ll be the news that Swedish team Nika Racing will now join the grid with one Chevrolet Cruze this year. Added above

Update: 6th March
News is out that Fredy Barth will drive the Wiechers-Sport BMW this season.