Fredy Barth moves to Wiechers BMW for 2013 World Touring Car season
Fredy Barth will stay in the World Touring Car Championship to drive Wiechers-Sport's BMW this season
The 33-year-old Swiss driver contested the 2010 and '11 campaigns in SEATs, before returning with the Spanish brand in last year's Macau finale.
Barth now takes the Wiechers seat vacated by Stefano d'Aste's move to his own PB team.
"After last year's successful comeback in the season's finale at Macau, I am more than happy of having the possibility to take part in the full season again," said Barth.
"I am convinced that with the BMW and Wiechers-Sport we have the right package to successfully challenge not only for points, but for race victories."
2013 WTCC line-up so far: Team Car Driver(s) Honda (JAS) Honda Civic WTCC Gabriele Tarquini/Tiago Monteiro Zengo Motorsport Honda Civic WTCC Norbert Michelisz Lada (Russian Bears) Lada Granta James Thompson/Aleksei Dudukalo Bamboo-Engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T James Nash/Alex MacDowall ROAL Motorsport BMW 320 TC Tom Coronel/Darryl O'Young Proteam Motorsport BMW 320 TC Mehdi Bennani/tba Team Engstler BMW 320 TC Franz Engstler/Charles Ng Wiechers Sport BMW 320 TC Fredy Barth PB Motorsport BMW 320 TC Stefano d'Aste Munnich Motorsport SEAT Leon WTCC R Huff/M Basseng/R Munnich RML Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T Yvan Muller/Tom Chilton Tuenti Racing SEAT Leon WTCC Pepe Oriola Special Tuning SEAT Leon WTCC TBA/TBA NIKA Racing Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T TBA
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