FIA WTCC Race of Morocco

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.

FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
Marrakech Street Circuit
Race information
Number of times held9
First held2009
Last held2019
Most wins (drivers) G. Tarquini (3)
Most wins (constructors) Chevrolet (7)
Last race (2019)
Race 1 Winner
Race 2 Winner
Race 3 Winner

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]

Moroccan driver 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
2019 Race 1 Esteban Guerrieri Honda Marrakech Report
Race 2 Gabriele Tarquini Hyundai
Race 3 Thed Björk Lynk & Co
2018 Race 1 Gabriele Tarquini Hyundai Report
Race 2 Jean Karl Vernay Audi
Race 3 Gabriele Tarquini Hyundai
2017 Opening Race Esteban Guerrieri Chevrolet Report
Main Race Tiago Monteiro Honda
2016 Opening Race Tom Coronel Chevrolet Report
Main Race José María López Citroën
2015 Race 1 José María López Citroën Report
Race 2 Yvan Muller Citroën
2014 Race 1 José María López Citroën Report
Race 2 Sébastien Loeb Citroën
2013 Race 1 Michel Nykjær Chevrolet Report
Race 2 Pepe Oriola SEAT
2012 Race 1 Alain Menu Chevrolet Report
Race 2 Yvan Muller Chevrolet
2010 Race 1 Gabriele Tarquini SEAT Report
Race 2 Andy Priaulx BMW
2009 Race 1 Robert Huff Chevrolet Report
Race 2 Nicola Larini Chevrolet

References
  1. 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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