2007
2007-12-10 Nicola Larini Wins the Eurotouring Exhibition Race in Bologna
BOLOGNA - ZURICH, 10 December 2007 - The Chevrolet team has added one more cup to its 2007 collection of trophies: Nicola Larini won yesterday the ...
2007-12-03 ART CONTEST CHOOSES DECORATING A LACETTI WTC AS ONE OF ITS 2008 THEMES
ZURICH, 3rd December 2007 - In 2008 the Chevrolet WTCC team will be closely associated with "Young? Creative? Chevrolet!", the art contest promoted by Chevrol ...
2007-11-18 CHEVROLET RULES THE STREETS: ALAIN MENU WINS FIFTH 2007 WTCC RACE
MACAU, 18th November 2007 - For the fifth time this season, Chevrolet Lacetti driver Alain Menu converted his pole position into a race win, an all-time record in the history of the World Touring Car Championsh ...
2007-11-17 ALAIN MENU SCORES RECORD FIFTH 2007 POLE POSITION
MACAU, 17th November 2007 - Alain Menu again rewrote the WTCC statistics by scoring his fifth pole position of the season, more than anybody else has ever managed in the World Touring Car Championship ...
2007-11-16 CHEVROLET AND ALAIN MENU FASTEST IN FIRST TESTING SESSION
MACAU, 16th November 2007 - Chevrolet Lacetti driver Alain Menu was fastest in this afternoon's first testing session for the final round of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship in Macau ...
2007-11-09 STREET FIGHTERS: AFTER PAU AND PORTO, CHEVROLET WANTS WIN IN MACAU
Z?RICH / WELLINGBOROUGH, 9th November 2007 - At the end of next weekend, one of a possible six drivers will be the 2007 World Touring Car Champion. ...
2007-10-23 CORVETTE Z06 CHOSEN BY WTCC TEAM DRIVERS
Z?RICH, 23rd October 2007 - Alain Menu, Nicola Larini and Robert Huff, the Chevrolet WTCC team racing drivers, have each purchased a Corvette Z06 for their personal use ...
2007-10-07 SECOND PLACE FOR LARINI KEEPS WORLD TITLE BID ALIVE
MONZA. In front of a record 52,000 spectators, Nicola Larini and Chevrolet concluded the last European race of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship with a podium finish, putting the Italian driver back in the hunt for the world title. The weekend ...
2007-10-06 CHEVROLET TRAIN NETS FOURTH AND FIFTH GRID
MONZA, 6th October 2007 ? Qualifying for tomorrow, the final European round of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship, was all about slipstreaming at Monza, today. The second free practice session and the qualifying session saw the Chevrolet Lacettis of Alain Menu, Nicola ...
2007-10-04 CHEVROLET WTCC DRIVER ALAIN MENU JOINS VAUXHALL BTCC EFFORT
Z?RICH / WELLINGBOROUGH, 4th October 2007 - Chevrolet, Vauxhall's sister-brand, has offered the services of its star driver and multiple touring car champion Alain Menu... ...
2007-10-02 CHEVROLET CONFIRMS WTCC PARTCIPATION
Z?RICH / WELLINGBOROUGH, 2nd October 2007 - Chevrolet Europe has re-signed an agreement with UK-based Ray Mallock Limited to extend the current agreement and WTCC commitment beyond the 2007 season. ...
2007-09-28 CHEVROLET TOPS THE STATS AS CHAMPIONSHIP MAKES LAST EUROPEAN STOP
Next weekend the 2007 World Touring Car Championship will close its European tour with the round number ten at Italy's legendary motorsports temple of Monza ...
2007-09-23 ALAIN MENU SCORES CHEVROLET'S SIXTH 2007 WIN; HUFF ON PODIUM
BRANDS HATCH, 23rd September 2007 - Alain Menu scored Chevrolet's sixth win of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch today, thus becoming the most successful driver in this year's championship ...
2007-09-22 ALAIN MENU ON POLE POSITION
BRANDS HATCH, 22nd September 2007 ? Swiss Chevrolet driver Alain Menu scored his fourth pole position of the season in a fiercely fought qualifying session for tomorrow?s ninth round of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch, England. Menu achieved his time in the dying minutes of the session ...
2007-09-13 BRANDS HATCH, ONE YEAR LATER: CHEVROLET LOOKING FOR MORE 2007 WINS
Z?RICH / WELLINGBOROUGH, 13th September 2007 - Next weekend, the 2007 World Touring Car Championship returns to the very track where last season Alain Menu scored Chevrolet's very first touring car win ...
2007-08-26 ROB HUFF SOLE POINTS-SCORER IN ACCIDENT-MARRED WTCC WEEKEND
OSCHERSLEBEN, 26th August 2007 ? A superior drive by Rob Huff in the second race of the Oschersleben round of the World Touring Car Championship turned out to be the highlight of an accident-marred weekend. The most important ? and innocent ? victims of the incidents at the start of both races were Alain Menu and Nicola Larini, Chevrolet?s ...
2007-08-25 MENU FASTEST CHEVROLET IN MOST COMPETITIVE WTCC QUALIFYING EVER
OSCHERSLEBEN, 25th August 2007 ? The 2007 World Touring Car Championship witnessed its most competitive qualifying session ever at the German Oschersleben track near Magdeburg, today ...
2007-08-18 AFTER WINS, CHEVROLET NOW LOOKS FOR CONSISTENCY AND FINISHES IN POINTS
Z?RICH / WELLINGBOROUGH, 18th August 2007 - At next weekend's WTCC races in Oschersleben, Germany, Chevrolet marks another first in its third year of touring racing ...
2007-07-29 ANOTHER FIRST FOR CHEVROLET: VICTORY IN BOTH RACES IN ANDERSTORP!
ANDERSTORP (ROUND 13 & 14), 29 July 2007 - Chevrolet lived another unforgettable day today in Sweden, winning both races of the seventh event of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship. Rob Huff achieved a light-to-flag victory in Race 1, while local hero Rickard Rydell, racing exceptionally this week-end in a fourth Lacetti, claimed victory in Race 2, ahead of Nicola Larini and Alain Menu, in what is the second one-two-three of the season for Chevrolet. ...
2007-07-28 THREE CHEVROLETS IN THE TOP FIVE IN ANDERSTORP'S GRID
ANDERSTORP, 28 July 2007 - It was again a memorable qualifying in Anderstorp, ahead of tomorrow's Race of Sweden, the 13th and 14th rounds of the WTCC, as weather conditions changed dramatically during the 30-minute decisive session. It started under heavy rain and ended with an almost dry track and a superb battle for pole position. ...
2007-07-27 RICKARD RYDELL FASTEST IN HOME DEBUT WITH THE LACETTI
ANDERSTORP, 27 July 2007 - The Scandinavian Raceway, nested in the forest of Southern Sweden, welcomed today the WTCC teams in typical Nordic style: showers, wind and cool temperatures but smiling faces all around! As the second half of the season starts, it is time to take stock and to note that Chevrolet tops the table by number of pole positions (3) and is second by number of victories (3). ...
2007-07-21 FOURTH CHEVROLET WIN AT FOURTH NEW 2007 TRACK?
Z?RICH / WELLINGBOROUGH, 21st July 2007 - For the first time since Chevrolet launched its WTCC programme three years ago, ...
2007-07-08 CHEVROLET RULES THE STREETS: TRIPLE VICTORY IN PORTUGAL
PORTO (RACES 11 & 12), 8 July 2007 - Chevrolet continued its dominance in the streets of Porto by scoring a historic triple victory in the first of today's races. Alain Menu, Rob Huff and Nicola Larini finished the incident-packed race in the order they had started in, letting none of their competitors even have a look at the podium. It ...
2007-07-07 CHEVROLET DOMINATES WTCC QUALIFYING IN STREETS OF PORTO
PORTO (QUALIFYING), 7 July 2007 - On a hot summer's afternoon in Porto, Chevrolet drivers Alain Menu, Rob Huff and Nicola Larini scorched the opposition by qualifying in first, second and third for tomorrow's Portuguese round of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship. Alain Menu - winner of the previous street race in Pau - had been fastest throughout ...
2007-07-06 CHEVROLET'S ALAIN MENU FASTEST IN PORTO
PORTO (TESTING), 6 July 2007 - Swiss Chevrolet Lacetti driver, Alain Menu, led the way at the first official test session on Porto's new 4.2-kilometre street course today. The 2007 World Touring Car Championship visits the seaside street track for the first time this year in the championship's endeavor to bring the WTCC to the people. Menu, running a car with only 10kgs of ...
2007-06-28 WTCC Heads To Portugal For Novel Street Race In Porto
Z?RICH/WELLINGBOROUGH, 28 June 2007 - The 2007 World Touring Car Championship will reach the halfway mark in Portugal next weekend, with races 11 and 12 held at the street course in Porto. ...
2007-06-17 RICKARD RYDELL JOINS CHEVROLET FOR THE ANDERSTORP RACE !
ZURICH / WELLINGBOUROUGH, 17 June 2007 - The Chevrolet team will enter a fourth Lacetti WTC in the Race of Sweden (Anderstorp, 28-29 July 2007), the seventh round of the WTCC for local hero Rickard Rydell ...
2007-06-17 LARINI BACK UP TO FOURTH POSITION IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP
BRNO (ROUND 9 & 10), 17 June 2007 - The seven points gained in the Czech round of the WTCC allow Nicola Larini to catch again the fourth position in the WTCC drivers' overall standings (and the first among front-wheel drive cars): this is the main take-away for Chevrolet of today's races in Brno. ...
2007-06-16 CHEVROLET'S AIMS AT GOOD RESULTS IN BRNO
BRNO (QUALIFYING), 16 June 2007 - Today's qualifying for the Race of the Czech Republic, the fifth event of the season, ended with Alain Menu 6th in the grid, Nicola Larini 11th and Rob Huff 19th. These are not bad positions at all to start the racing day tomorrow, especially when we think about what happened last year, when Rob was last in the grid of Race 1 and managed to win Race 2... ...
2007-06-08 AFTER SECOND WIN IN PAU, CHEVROLET LOOKING FORWARD TO BRNO
Z?RICH/WELLINGBOROUGH, 8 June 2007 - The 2007 World Touring Car Championship will next stop in Brno for the Race of the Czech Republic next weekend ...
2007-06-03 ALAIN MENU SCORES SECOND WIN OF THE SEASON WITH HAT-TRICK IN PAU
PAU (ROUND 7 & 8), 3 June 2007 - It has been another happy day for the Chevrolet colors, a jour de gloire as a matter of fact, as Alain Menu scored the second victory of the season in Race 1 of the French event of the WTCC. The Swiss driver and the Chevrolet Lacetti were absolutely sovereign in the morning race: starting from the pole, Menu led from lights to flag, leaving no option to the competition and setting also the fastest lap time. ...
2007-06-02 MENU IN POLE AND THREE CHEVROLET IN THE TOP FIVE IN PAU
PAU (QUALIFYING), 2 June 2007 - In the friendly atmosphere and the unique scenery of the Pau circuit, the Chevrolet team signed a fantastic performance in the qualifying session for tomorrow's WTCC Race of France. Alain Menu scored the second pole position of the 2007 season, with a 4 tenths advantage over the competition, while Nicola Larini was an impressive fifth despite the 45 kg success ballast in his car and Rob Huff an excellent sixth. ...
2007-06-01 CHEVROLET AHEAD OF COMPETITION IN WTCC PREMIERE IN PAU
PAU, 1st June 2007 - The Chevrolet Lacetti WTC of Alain Menu set the fastest time in today's free testing session in Pau, ahead of the seventh and eight rounds of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) ...
2007-05-20 NICOLA LARINI SCORES SECOND CONSECUTIVE PODIUM FINISH
VALENCIA (RACES 5 & 6), 20 May 2007 - Chevrolet driver, Nicola Larini moves up to a strong fourth place in the points standings after he scored another podium finish in today's Spanish round of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship. A blinding start in the first race saw the Italian move up from sixth on the grid to second in Turn 1 and stayed in that position until the finish. In the second race he again finished in the points. ...
2007-05-19 NICOLA LARINI, ALAIN MENU, ROB HUFF QUALIFY IN TOP TEN
VALENCIA (QUALIFYING), 19 May 2007 - All three works Chevrolet Lacettis qualified inside the top ten for the third round of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship at the Circuito Ricardo Tormo in Valencia, today. Nicola Larini qualified in sixth, just three tenths off the pole position and this ...
2007-05-14 CHEVROLET LOOKING FOR MORE WINS IN SPAIN
ZURICH/WELLINGBOUROUGH, 11 May 2007 - Still celebrating the make's first ever 1-2-victory, the Chevrolet WTCC team is ...
2007-05-06 BEACH PARTY: CHEVROLET SCORES DOUBLE DUTCH WIN
ZANDVOORT (RACES 3 & 4), 6 May 2007 - Alain Menu scored the first win of the season for Chevrolet in the 2007 World Touring Car Championship at Zandvoort today ...
2007-05-05 CHEVROLET DOMINATES QUALIFYING IN DUTCH DUNES
ZANDVOORT (QUALIFYING), 5 May 2007 - The Chevrolet WTCC team dominated today's qualifying proceedings for tomorrow's second round of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship at the Dutch seaside track of Zandvoort ...
2007-05-04 CHEVROLET LEADS THE WAY IN ZANDVOORT
ZANDVOORT (TESTING/FREE PRACTICE), 4 May 2007 - The first competitive outing of the definitive 2007-spec Chevrolet Lacetti WTC in Zandvoort today was a success. Alain Menu set the fastest time in the early afternoon Testing session, while the Chevrolets set fourth ...
2007-04-27 TEAM BUOYED BY TESTING PERFORMANCE AND NEW AERODYNAMICS
ZURICH/WELLINGBOUROUGH, 27 April 2007 - After a seven-week break since the Brazilian opening rounds, the teams and drivers of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship ...
2007-03-11 HUFF SCORES FIRST POINTS FOR CHEVROLET
CURITIBA (RACE 1 & 2), 11 March 2007 - Rob Huff scored Chevrolet's first points with a fifth place in the first race in Curitiba, Brazil, today. It was the high point of the weekend, as both Alain Menu and Nicola Larini were victim of race incidents in the first race, while Rob suffered the same bad luck in ...
2007-03-10 Huff Qualifies Sixth For Opening 2007 Round
CURITIBA (QUALIFYING), 10 March 2007 - Rob Huff qualified fastest Chevrolet in Curitiba, Brazil today. In a last-lap effort, Huff managed to set the sixth fastest time. Both Nicola Larini and Alain Menu were unfortunate in their runs, both being slowed down by traffic. Strategy might come into play for tomorrow's races, since the first eight finishers of race 1 will start in reverse order for race 2. For tomorrow's first round of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship ...
2007-03-10 CHEVROLET CONFIRMS EXCELLENT WINTER FORM
CURITIBA (TESTING), 9 March 2007 - The 2007 World Touring Car Championship kicked off in earnest at the Brazilian track of Curitiba today ...
2007-03-02 ALL SYSTEMS GO: CHEVROLET LOOKING FOR MORE WINS IN 2007
Z?RICH-WELLINGBOROUGH, 2 March 2007 - Next weekend, the 2007 World Touring Car Championship will kick off in the southern hemisphere ...
2007-02-23 CHEVROLET CONCLUDES WINTER TEST PROGRAMME
Chevrolet concluded its intensive winter test programme at the Dutch track of Zandvoort this week ...
2007-01-25 CHEVROLET ON SCHEDULE AFTER BUSIEST EVER WINTER PROGRAMME
VALENCIA (WINTER TEST), 22-24 January 2007 - Chevrolet has completed its 07 car winter test programme at Valencia, Spain yesterday ...