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<title>Nykjaer to make WTCC debut</title>
<description>Danish Touring Car racer Michael Nykjaer will make his World Touring Car Championship debut at Oschersleben in September</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:35:37 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lada confirms deal with Thompson</title>
<description>Lada has confirmed that James Thompson will join its World Touring Car Championship line-up from next weekend's round in Portugal</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:04:52 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Lada to run one Priora at Porto</title>
<description>Lada will introduce just one of its new Priora car in the next round of the World Touring Car Championship at Porto</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:11:24 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Spec engine for WTCC from 2011</title>
<description>The World Touring Car Championship will introduce a single-specification engine from the 2011 season onwards</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:44:26 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>WTCC to Zolder and Algarve in 2010</title>
<description>Zolder and the Algarve circuit have been added to the World Touring Car Championship's calendar for the 2010 season</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:50:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Hernandez takes maiden victory</title>
<description>Sergio Hernandez scored his first outright World Touring Car win in today's second race at Brno</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:59:41 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Zanardi grabs Brno race one victory</title>
<description>Alex Zanardi capitalised on carnage at the first corner to take his first World Touring Car victory of the season at Brno this afternoon</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:37:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Farfus grabs another pole at Brno</title>
<description>Augusto Farfus followed up his first win of the year last time out at Valencia by claiming his third pole position of the season for tomorrow's first race at Brno</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 13:50:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Farfus fastest in second Brno practice</title>
<description>Augusto Farfus set the best time of the Saturday's second and final World Touring Car practice session at Brno, ahead of this afternoon's qualifying</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:43:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Priaulx tops first session at Brno</title>
<description>Andy Priaulx went quickest in the first World Touring Car free practice session at Brno this morning, as BMW locked out the first five places with a half-second cushion over the quickest of the SEATs</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 07:12:11 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Farfus scores first BMW win of 2009</title>
<description>Augusto Farfus scored his and BMW's first win of the World Touring Car season at Valencia this afternoon</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 13:39:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Yvan Muller wins first Valencia race</title>
<description>Yvan Muller scored his third World Touring Car victory of the season in today's first race at Valencia</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 11:27:06 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tarquini takes first pole of the season</title>
<description>Gabriele Tarquini dug deep on his final qualifying lap to pip his SEAT team-mate Yvan Muller to pole position for this weekend's first World Touring Car race at Valencia</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 14:17:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Monteiro fastest in final practice</title>
<description>Tiago Monteiro set the fastest time in today's second World Touring Car free practice session at Valencia</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 10:24:19 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SEAT leads first Valencia practice</title>
<description>SEAT looks set to return to form in this weekend's World Touring Car round at Valencia after dominating Saturday's first practice session</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 07:36:38 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>BMW considering its future in WTCC</title>
<description>BMW Motorsport is considering quitting the World Touring Car Championship, following on-going disputes over the technical regulations</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 12:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SEAT granted break for diesels</title>
<description>The turbo diesel SEAT Leons have been granted an increased boost pressure for the next round of the World Touring Car Championship at Valencia next weekend</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 12:38:55 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Menu wins incident-packed race two</title>
<description>Alain Menu took Chevrolet's fourth straight World Touring Car victory in a manic second race at Pau today</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 14:35:15 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Huff wins race one at Pau</title>
<description>Rob Huff scored his second victory of the World Touring Car season at Pau this afternoon</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 11:46:05 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Nine drivers penalised after qualifying</title>
<description>Nine drivers have had their times disallowed from yesterday's World Touring Car qualifying session at Pau, including pole-sitter Andy Priaulx</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 08:35:17 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SEAT critical of FIA after Pau qualifying</title>
<description>The factory SEAT World Touring Car team has criticised the championship's governing body, the FIA, after today's qualifying session at Pau in which the highest-placed of its turbo diesel Leons was 15th</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 18:56:50 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Priaulx snatches pole at Pau</title>
<description>Andy Priaulx claimed his first pole position of the season in today's qualifying session for this weekend's World Touring Car round at Pau</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 14:02:34 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Priaulx leads final practice at Pau</title>
<description>Andy Priaulx set the pace in today's second World Touring Car free practice session at Pau as BMW dominated again</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 10:16:09 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Jorg Muller fastest in first Pau practice</title>
<description>Jorg Muller set the fastest time in the opening practice session of this weekend's World Touring Car round at Pau</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 08:36:16 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Proteam down to one car for Pau</title>
<description>Felix Porteiro will be the Proteam BMW squad's only representative at this weekend's World Touring Car Championship rounds at Pau</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 14:10:13 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Monteiro penalised after BMW protest</title>
<description>Tiago Monteiro is the only driver to have been penalised as a result of BMW's protest against the SEATs in the Marrakesh World Touring Car Championship round.</description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 09:01:20 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SUNRED adds Cayrolle for Pau</title>
<description>The SUNRED SEAT team is to add triple French touring car champion Eric Cayrolle to its line-up for this weekend's Pau rounds of the World Touring Car Championship</description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 12:39:02 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Chevrolets gain ballast for Pau</title>
<description>The three RML Chevrolets will be given the maximum additional compensation weight of 40kg for the next World Touring Car Championship round at Pau next weekend</description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 09:35:18 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Cazenave rejoins Wiechers for Pau</title>
<description>French driver Laurent Cazenave will rejoin the Wiechers-Sport team for the World Touring Car Championship's race at Pau.</description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 12:55:39 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Larini scores maiden WTCC victory</title>
<description>Nicola Larini celebrated his maiden World Touring Car win by completing a double for Chevrolet in Morocco this afternoon</description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 15:00:41 GMT</pubDate>
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