The Wheel Turns Full Circle: Chevrolet’s Current Race Team

19.12.2010

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While the latest models in Chevrolet's product range, the all-new Spark city car, the Cruze sedan and the Captiva SUV, take their cue from classic Chevrolet designs, the company picked up on another of its traditions: exactly 100 years after the first race successes by the company's founder, Chevrolet again entered its own race team in the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC).

Chevrolet's manager of motor sports, Eric Nève, formed a team that successfully established itself in its first season and reached the podium already in November 2005. The second season saw the newcomer winning two races and finishing 3 times on the podium. Today's international team of drivers includes Alain Menu from Switzerland, Yvan Muller from France and Rob Huff from the United Kingdom. In 2010, Chevrolet became world champions by winning the drivers' and manufacturers' title in WTCC. Chevrolet won 7 victories and 33 podiums in WTCC in 2010.