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Chevrolet Starts The Season As Championship Leader!

2010-03-07

Curitiba - It has been the sweetest possible start of the 2010 WTCC season for Chevrolet: a triple win in race 1, another podium in race 2 and six finishes in the points in total have put the team in the lead of the Manufacturers’ standings, while Yvan Muller tops, together with Tarquini, the Drivers’ ranking ...

All Three Cruzes In The Top Five In The First Taste Of 2010 WTCC

2010-03-06

CURITIBA – The Chevrolet team had a very promising start of the WTCC season, as the three Cruzes made it in the top five in today’s testing session in Curitiba. Alain Menu was second-fastest behind local hero Augusto Farfus, while Yvan Muller was 4th and Rob Huff 5th.

Pole For Yvan Muller While Menu And Huff Share Second Row

2010-03-06

Curitiba – The Chevrolet Cruzes are off to an excellent start of the 2010 season, as they dominated the qualifying session of the Race of Brazil, the opening event of the WTCC. Yvan Muller, in his debut with Chevrolet, took the pole position, while Alain Menu (3rd) and Rob Huff (4th) trusted the second row.

The Cruze Eager To Take Up The Challenge Of New WTCC Season

2010-02-26

WELLINGBOROUGH / ZURICH, 26th February 2010 – The long wait for WTCC fans is about to finish, as teams, drivers and cars head to Brazil for the first event of the 2010 season. The Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba, in the Southern state of Paraná, is again hosting the season-opener of the world’s leading touring car series ...

Cruze And Chevy Boys Ready For The Start Of The 2010 Season

2010-02-19

VALENCIA – The Chevrolet team has concluded the winter testing programme with a two-day session in Valencia on Wednesday and Thursday. This was the last ...

Two Chevrolets To Race In the 2010 WTCC Independents’ Trophy

2010-02-04

WELLINGBOROUGH / ZURICH, 4th February 2010 – Alongside the Cruzes of Rob Huff, Alain Menu and Yvan Muller, there will be two more Chevrolets competing full-time in the World Touring Car Championship ...

Alain Menu And The Cruze, Guests Of Honor At Swiss Race Event In June

2010-02-01

WELLINGBOROUGH / ZURICH - Alain Menu, as all Swiss drivers, has not many opportunities to race in his home country. Despite a great motorsport tradition ...

THE CRUZE GETS A TASTE OF ALL WEATHER CONDITIONS IN PORTIMÃO

2010-01-22

PORTIMÃO – The winter testing programme of Chevrolet Racing ahead of the 2010 World Touring Car Championship, which will start in Curitiba in six weeks from now, brought the Cruze and the team to the Circuito do Algarve this week ...

ATS, New Technical Partner Of Chevrolet In The WTCC

2010-01-15

VALENCIA – The Chevrolet WTCC team successfully completed all the work scheduled for the two-day testing session held on Monday and Tuesday on the Ricardo Tormo ...

MULLER AND HUFF SATISFIED WITH THE CRUZE’S PROGRESS AFTER TWO DAYS OF TESTING AT VALENCIA

2010-01-13

VALENCIA – The Chevrolet WTCC team successfully completed all the work scheduled for the two-day testing session held on Monday and Tuesday on the Ricardo Tormo ...

FIRST DAY AT THE WHEEL OF THE CRUZE IN VALENCIA FOR YVAN MULLER

2010-01-11

New Chevrolet driver and former WTCC World Champion Yvan Muller today drove the Chevrolet Cruze for the first time in 2010 during a test session in Valencia ...

CRUZE UNDERGOES INTENSE WINTER TESTING PROGRAMME AHEAD OF 2010

2009-12-21

WELLINGBOROUGH / ZURICH – There is no “dead season” for the Chevrolet Cruze in-between the 2009 and 2010 seasons of the World Touring Car...

THE CRUZE CONCLUDES ITS FIRST WTCC SEASON WITH A WIN

2009-11-22

MACAU – The Chevrolet Cruze finished its first racing season in the WTCC conquering the seventh win of its young career, as Rob Huff mastered a flag-to-flag win in race 1 in the last event of the 2009 calendar ...

WTCC CHAMPION YVAN MULLER TO RACE FOR CHEVROLET IN 2010

2009-11-22

MACAU / ZURICH – Last year’s WTCC Champion Yvan Muller will drive a Chevrolet Cruze in the 2010 World Touring Car Championship ...

ROB HUFF CONQUERS POLE IN CHAOTIC QUALIFYING IN MACAU

2009-11-20

MACAU, 20th November 2009 – Rob Huff emerged fastest man of the day after a chaotic qualifying in Macau, giving the Cruze its third pole of the season ...

NICOLA LARINI TO RETIRE FROM WTCC RACING AFTER MACAU

2009-11-20

MACAU, 20 November 2009 – Touring car star and Chevrolet WTCC driver Nicola Larini today announced that he will retire from WTCC racing at the end of this season, after the championship’s two last races in Macau on Sunday ...

SMOOTH START FOR THE CRUZES IN COOL MACAU

2009-11-19

MACAU, 19th March 2009 – The last event of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship in Macau started today with the traditional testing session, which allowed the Chevrolet team ...

YOUNG SWISS-FRENCH DRIVER YANN ZIMMER GETS TEST WITH INTERNATIONAL FORMULA MASTER THANKS TO ALAIN MENU AND CHEVROLET

2009-11-17

ZURICH / MISANO, 17 November 2009 – Young Swiss-French driver Yann Zimmer had the possibility to participate in one of the tests of the International Formula Master ...

THE CRUZE EAGER TO FINISH THE SEASON IN STYLE IN MACAU

2009-11-13

WELLINGBOROUGH – The 2009 World Touring Car Championship is coming to an end, as it heads to the closing event in Macau ...

GREAT TEAM RESULT FOR CHEVROLET IN RAIN SOAKED OKAYAMA

2009-11-02

OKAYAMA – The Chevrolet team achieved an excellent team result in today’s Race of Japan, in a day that will be remembered in WTCC history for the dreadful weather conditions ...

Great Team Result For Chevrolet In Rain Soaked Okayama

2009-11-01

OKAYAMA – The The Chevrolet team achieved an excellent team result in today’s Race of Japan, in a day that will be remembered in WTCC history for the dreadful weather conditions, as poring rain almost flooded the Okayama circuit. In this difficult conditions, all three Cruzes finished both races ...

The Three Cruzes Well Placed For Race 2 In Japan

2009-10-31

OKAYAMA – The The three Chevrolet Cruzes are well-placed for Race 2 in tomorrow’s Race of Japan, the penultimate round of the 2009 WTCC, as Rob Huff and Alain Menu finished 9th and 10th respectively in today’s qualifying, while Nicola Larini is 14th ...

CRUZE TAKES FIRST JAPANESE LESSON IN OKAYAMA

2009-10-30

OKAYAMA – The Chevrolet Cruze today took the track for the first time on the Asian continent, as it started the WTCC Race of Japan in Okayama with the traditional Friday testing session ...

THE CRUZE STARTS IN JAPAN ITS FIRST ASIAN TOUR

2009-10-23

WELLINGBOROUGH / ZURICH, 23rd October 2009 – The 2009 World Touring Car Championship is entering in its final laps, as the teams, cars and ...

THE THREE CRUZES WELL-PLACED FOR RACE 2 IN JAPAN

2009-10-23

OKOYAMA – The three Chevrolet Cruzes are well-placed for Race 2 in tomorrow’s Race of Japan, the penultimate round of the 2009 WTCC ...

MICHEL VAILLANT PAYS TRIBUTE TO LOUIS CHEVROLET

2009-10-20

ZURICH / BRUSSELS, 20 October 2009 - The figure of Louis Chevrolet, his adventurous life, and his long-lasting contribution to the automobile industry and motorsports, which has a modern materialization in the...

ARABADZHIEV GETS PRIZE TEST WITH THE CRUZE IN PEMBREY

2009-10-15

PEMBREY, 15 October 2009 – The Chevrolet WTCC team was in Pembrey this week, for a one-day test session with the Cruze. Rob Huff conducted further validation ...

2010 ADAC Cruze Cup: Motorsport for everyone

2009-10-12

ZURICH – OSCHERSLEBEN, 12th October 2009 - After a successful introduction of the Chevrolet Cruze in the World Touring Car Championship, the ADAC Weser-Ems will adopt a newly developed ...

CRUZE CUP TO BE LAUNCHED IN GERMANY NEXT WEEK-END AT OSCHERSLEBEN

2009-10-02

ZURICH, 2nd October 2009 – Next Saturday, 10th October, will see the official reveal of the Cruze Cup, the new racing series of the ADAC Weser-Ems, Germany’s largest motorist club and motorsports ...

CRUZE CONTINUES TESTING PROGRAMME IN THE ALGARVE

2009-10-01

PORTIMÃO, 1st October 2009 – While the WTCC cars are traveling to Asia by sea for the final two rounds of the 2009 season, the Chevrolet team is continuing in Europe ...

TWO MORE PODIUM FINISHES FOR THE CRUZE IN IMOLA

2009-09-20

IMOLA, 20th September 2009 – The Chevrolet Cruzes finished twice on the podium in today’s Race of Italy, the last WTCC event in the European continent this season. Rob Huff ...

THE THREE CRUZES AGAIN IN THE TOP TEN IN IMOLA

2009-09-19

IMOLA, 19th September 2009 – Once again, the three Chevrolet Cruzes achieved their goal to be in the top ten of the qualifying session. At the fast and technical track of Imola, ...

ITALY TO WELCOME THE CRUZE FOR THE FIRST TIME

2009-09-11

WELLINGBOROUGH / ZURICH – Following on from a frustrating week-end in Oschersleben, where the unpredictable rain, race incidents and penalties prevented the Cruzes to benefit ...

Two Points Finishes For Larini In Oschersleben

2009-09-06

Nicola Larini took a 5th and a 6th position after two solid performances in today’s WTCC Race of Germany in Oschersleben. The result of the Cruzes would have been much better if Rob Huff ...

Cruze Take Third Row In Oschersleben

2009-09-05

The two Cruzes of Nicola Larini and Rob Huff are in a good position to fight for podium finishes tomorrow in the WTCC’s Race of Germany, after taking the third row in today’s qualifying ...

LAST THIRD OF CRUZE'S FIRST WTCC SEASON KICKS OFF AT OSCHERSLEBEN

2009-08-28

WELLINGBOROUGH / ZURICH – The Summer holidays are now over for the World Touring Car Championship, as race activity resumes next week-end with the German round of the series, ...

PERFECT TESTING DAYS FOR THE CRUZE AT MAGNY-COURS

2009-08-21

MAGNY-COURS – The testing and development programme of the Chevrolet Cruze WTCC continues apace. After the testing session at Zolder earlier this month, the team was at Magny-Cours ...

THE CRUZE AND LARINI GO TO ZOLDER FOR A ONE-DAY TESTING SESSION

2009-08-08

ZURICH / ZOLDER, 6th August 2009 – The Chevrolet WTCC team will be conducting today a testing session in the circuit of Zolder, in Belgium. Nicola Larini will be the driver at the wheel ...

Hat-Trick In Brands Hatch For Chevrolet And Menu

2009-07-19

The Chevrolet team and Alain Menu achieved winning for the fourth year in a row one of the WTCC races in Brands Hatch, one of the most legendary tracks in the world. The Swiss driver gave ...

For The First Time, The Cruzes Conquer The Entire Front Row

2009-07-18

It was a perfect day for the Chevrolet Cruzes in Brands Hatch, as Alain Menu and Rob Huff ended today’s qualifying in the top two positions, thus ensuring a completely blue front row ...

FIRST HOME RACE FOR THE CRUZE AT FRIENDLY BRANDS HATCH

2009-07-10

WELLINGBOROUGH / ZURICH, 10th July 2009 – Brands Hatch, is where the eighth event of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship will take place, is not only one of the most revered venues of international ...

2009 Young? Creative? Chevrolet! competition winner Britt Raes' work on prominent display at WTCC races in Porto

2009-07-06

Britt Raes, the 22-year-old student of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts (KASK) in Ghent, Belgium, who won 1st prize in the Visual Arts discipline of the 2009 edition of the Young? Creative? Chevrolet! applied ...

One Podium Finish And 15 Points In Total For The Cruze In Porto

2009-07-05

One podium finish and 15 points in total: the Chevrolet team can be satisfied with the overall result obtained by the Cruzes in the streets of Porto, in two races (the 99th and 100th of the WTCC) ...

Cruzes Ideally Placed For Both Races In Porto

2009-07-04

Confirming that the Cruze has inherited the predilection for urban tracks that has become a defining characteristic of Chevrolet in the WTCC, the Chevy boys will be ideally placed ...

Three Cruzes In Top Six In First Taste Of Porto

2009-07-03

Three Cruzes in the top six and the first one only one position away from the top of the rankings: this was the first verdict in Porto, where the Race of Portugal will take place this ...

Chevrolet WTCC car to dress up for milestone race in Porto

2009-06-29

Alain Menu's Chevrolet Cruze race car will clearly stand out from the crowd at the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) races in Porto, Portugal, this coming weekend, ...

CRUZE SEEKS IN PORTO TO CONFIRM ITS EXCELLENT RECORD ON STREET CIRCUITS AS WTCC CELEBRATES MILESTONE OF 100TH RACE

2009-06-26

WELLINGBOUROUGH / ZURICH, 26th June 2009 – The Circuito da Boavista in Porto, which hosts the WTCC’s Race of Portugal every other year, will be an even more special ...

All Three Cruzes, Innocent Victims Of First Corner Accident In Brno

2009-06-21

The Chevrolet team lived its most frustrating Sunday of the 2009 season, as all their efforts were ruined in a multiple car accident in the very first corner of race 1, in which the three ...

Larini Puts The Cruze On Second Row In Brno

2009-06-20

Nicola Larini will start from the second row in tomorrow’s Race of the Czech Republic, the sixth round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship. The Italian driver set the 4th best ...

CRUZE AIMS AT PROVING FURTHER PROGRESS IN BRNO

2009-06-12

WELLINGBOUROUGH / ZURICH – Next week-end will not only mark the end of spring and the beginning of summer, but also the end of the first half of the World Touring Car Championship ...

MENU TO RACE THE THREE ENDURANCE EVENTS OF THE TC2000

2009-06-02

ZURICH / BUENOS AIRES - Alain Menu will have a busier season in 2009: alongside taking part in the World Touring Car Championship with the Chevrolet Cruze, the Swiss driver will ...

Cruze Pays Toll To Weight And Race Incidents

2009-05-31

Incidents during the first lap of race 1 and the handicap ofrunning with high weight influenced the overall result of the Chevrolet Cruzesin the Race of Spain, the fifth round of the World Touring ...

The Three Cruzes In The Top Ten At The Challenging Valencia Track

2009-05-30

For their first qualifying session at a European traditional circuit, the three Cruzes managed to secure a place for themselves in the top ten, a result that pleased the Chevrolet team, ...

 

VALENCIA TO BE FIRST RACE ON A TRADITIONAL CIRCUIT IN EUROPE FOR THE CRUZE

2009-05-22

WELLINGBOUROUGH / ZURICH, 22nd May 2009 – Round 5 of the World Touring Car Championship will take the WTCC circus to the Circuit Ricardo Tormo on the outskirts of Valencia, ...

Second Double Win In A Row For The Cruze!

2009-05-17

It was another glorious day for the Cruze, as the Chevrolet team obtained the second double win in a row, in the extremely demanding street circuit of Pau. Just two weeks after triumphing ...

 

Cruze Set To Seize Heavy Points And Any Opportunity In Pau

2009-05-16

With the three cars in the top seven, the Cruze has started its European racing career in nice style and is in good position to obtain results in tomorrow’s Round 7 and 8 of the 2009 World ...

CRUZE TO START ITS EUROPEAN RACING CAREER IN FRIENDLY PAU

2009-05-08

WELLINGBOUROUGH / ZURICH, 8th May 2009 – From the newest to the oldest: the World Touring Car Championship is continuing to visit street circuits, but the next stop in France for Round 4 ...

Historic Double Win For The Cruze In Africa!

2009-05-03

Chevrolet wrote history today in Morocco, as the Cruze obtained the first two wins of its racing career, in the first-ever WTCC event held in Africa: Rob Huff took the maiden win, dominating ...

Huff GivesThe Cruze Its First Pole Position!

2009-05-03

The Chevrolet Cruze obtained its first WTCC pole position in today’s qualifying for the Race of Morocco. Rob Huff sat the fastest time in a thrilling afternoon in the narrow and technical Marrakech ...

Two Cruzes In Top Five In WTCC's First Taste of Africa

2009-05-01

With two Cruzes in the top five, the first testing session in Marrakech confirmed the progress made by the Chevrolets and their predilection for street circuits. Alain Menu was a mere 4 thousandths ...

THE CRUZE READY TO SHINE IN MOROCCAN HISTORIC EVENT

2009-04-24

WELLINGBOUROUGH– The World Touring Car Championship is bound to live as historic event, as it heads to Marrakech, Morocco for the fifth and sixth rounds of the 2009 ...

THE CHEVROLET CRUZE WTCC TO STAR IN FRENCH TV MOVIE

2009-04-21

ZURICH – The Chevrolet Cruze WTCC is soon to become a movie star in France, as it will feature in a spectacular stunt to be included in “Aveuglement” (‘Blindly’, in English), a TV movie produced by French TV channel TF-1 and currently being shot.

CHEVROLET WTCC DRIVERS TO SERVE AS CORVETTE INSTRUCTORS

2009-04-14

ZURICH - To help any Corvette owner to take full advantage of the C6’s 437 BHP and Z06’s 512 BHP, nothing can match driving it on a track to its limits, with the best mentors one can imagine ...

2009 IFM DRIVERS TO TEST THE CHEVROLET CRUZE WTCC

2009-03-24

ZURICH - International Formula Master (IFM) and Chevrolet have signed a partnership, which will provide IFM drivers the chance to test a FIA World Touring Car Championship ...

The Three Cruzes Qualify Just Out The Top Ten In Puebla

2009-03-23

It was afrustrating day for the Chevrolet team in today’s qualifying in Puebla for the secondround of the 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship, as the three Cruze’s narrowly missed out qualifying in the top ten ...

Chevrolet Cruze Scores First WTCC Points Of Its Career

2009-03-23

The new Chevrolet Cruze scored today the first point of its racing career in the WTCC, thanks to Nicola Larini’s brilliant 8th position in Race 1 of the Mexican round of the Championship ...

Cruze Finds Good Balance In First Taste Of Puebla

2009-03-21

The three Chevrolet Cruze WTCC cars used today’s testing session at the Amozoc circuit in Puebla as a working session ahead of tomorrow’s free practice and qualifying for the Race of Mexico ...

NEW CRUZE TARGETS WTCC POINTS HAUL IN MEXICO

2009-03-13

WELLINGBOUROUGH / ZURICH, 13th March 2009 – After the season’s inaugural races in Brazil, the World Touring Car Championship is climbing further, both in the map and in altitude ...

Chevrolet Cruze Shows Good Pace In Unlucky Debut

2009-03-08

The Race of Brazil that opens the World Touring Car Championship once again did not bring luck to the Chevrolet team, as a number of race circumstances prevented the team to score points in Curitiba ...

Two Cruzes In The Top Ten In The Season's First Starting Grid

2009-03-07

The ChevroletCruze will start its racing career in the WTCC tomorrow with two cars in thetop ten positions in the starting grid: Alain Menu was eighth and Nicola Larinininth, although they scored exactly the same lap time (1m24s831) in the Q2session ...

The New Chevrolet Cruze Off To An Encouraging Debut In Brasil

2009-03-07

The new Chevrolet Cruze WTC made its first official outing today in Curitiba, as it took the track for the testing session that opened the 2009 edition of the World Touring Car Championship. In a dry and hot afternoon, both Nicola Larini (9th) and Alain Menu (10th) managed to be ...

"FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL" FEELING AHEAD OF THE CHEVROLET CRUZE'S WORLD RACE DEBUT

2009-02-27

WELLINGBOUROUGH / ZURICH – It’s time to go back to the class rooms for all involved in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), and not only because the new season starts next week ...

 

CHEVROLET WTCC DRIVERS GET READY FOR ACTION IN WINTER CAMP

2009-02-13

GRANGÄRDE / ZURICH - The 2009 World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) will take off soon, on 7-8 March, in Curitiba, but before preparing themselves to adjust to late summer conditions in Brazil ...

NEW CHEVROLET CRUZE WTCC COMPLETES WINTER TESTING IN VALENCIA

2009-02-06

VALENCIA / WELLINGBOROUGH - The Chevrolet WTCC team will conclude today in Valencia, Spain the intensive winter tests program that the new Cruze WTCC has undergone ahead of its race debut ...

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