FIA WTCC Race of Morocco

FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
	Marrakech Street Circuit
Race information
Number of times held	9
First held	2009
Last held	2018
Most wins (drivers)	G. Tarquini (3)
Most wins (constructors)	Chevrolet (7)
Last race (2018)
Race 1 Winner	Gabriele Tarquini; (BRC Racing Team);
Race 2 Winner	Jean Karl Vernay; (Audi Sport Leopard Lukoil Team);

The FIA WTCC Race of Morocco (سباق المغرب) is a round of the World Touring Car Championship, held on the temporary Marrakech Street Circuit in the city of Marrakech in Morocco.

The race was first run in May 2009 on a purpose-built track. It was the first international car race in Morocco since the 1958 Moroccan Grand Prix at the Ain-Diab Circuit in Casablanca. It is also the only WTCC race to ever take place in Africa. The race was scheduled to be the season opener for the 2014 season for the first time, taking the place of the FIA WTCC Race of Italy.^[1]

No Moroccan driver has ever won their home race although Mehdi Bennani has taken the independents' victory twice when he finished ninth in both race one in 2009 and race two in 2012.

Winners

Year	Race	Driver	Manufacturer	Location	Report
2018	Race 1	Gabriele Tarquini	Hyundai	Marrakech
	Race 2	Jean Karl Vernay	Audi
	Race 3	Gabriele Tarquini	Hyundai
2017	Opening Race	Esteban Guerrieri	Chevrolet		Report
2017	Main Race	Tiago Monteiro	Honda		Report
2016	Opening Race	Tom Coronel	Chevrolet		Report
2016	Main Race	José María López	Citroën		Report
2015	Race 1	José María López	Citroën		Report
2015	Race 2	Yvan Muller	Citroën		Report
2014	Race 1	José María López	Citroën		Report
2014	Race 2	Sébastien Loeb	Citroën		Report
2013	Race 1	Michel Nykjær	Chevrolet		Report
2013	Race 2	Pepe Oriola	SEAT		Report
2012	Race 1	Alain Menu	Chevrolet		Report
2012	Race 2	Yvan Muller	Chevrolet		Report
2010	Race 1	Gabriele Tarquini	SEAT		Report
2010	Race 2	Andy Priaulx	BMW		Report
2009	Race 1	Robert Huff	Chevrolet		Report
2009	Race 2	Nicola Larini	Chevrolet		Report

References

↑ Tremayne, Sam (5 November 2013). "Marrakech to open 2014 WTCC season for the first time". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

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[1] Tremayne, Sam (5 November 2013). "Marrakech to open 2014 WTCC season for the first time". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 8 November 2013.