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WTCC Curitiba races HLTS

History repeated in Brazil with Yvan Muller and Gabriele Tarquini taking a victory apiece for the second year in succession in Curitiba and leaving Brazil as joint leaders of the Drivers Championship, the only difference being the teams they are competing for.

Track action C29

BMW Sauber F1 Team with drivers Pedro de la Rosa and Kamui Kobayashi at the wheel of the C29 getting ready for the start of the season with action on track and in the garage, beauty shots of the Circuit de Catalunya and pit stop practice.

Auto Mundial 10-10

Crisis? What crisis. Just twelve months after the car industry fell on its collective swords, the Geneva Motor Show is back as if nothing ever happened.

Featuring in the show:

• Porsche 918
• Rinspeed
• Toyota
• Ford Focus
• Chevrolet Spark
• Opel Meriva
• Saab

IRC Curitiba

Kris Meeke celebrated his second successive victory on Rally Internacional de Curitiba with by taking to the city’s race circuit in his Peugeot 207 Super 2000.

The Intercontinental Rally Challenge counter was based at the track, which will host the opening two rounds of the World Touring Car Championship. The races were televised live on Eurosport.

After completing his lap of the circuit and performing a series of donuts for the crowd, Meeke credited his win to Peugeot UK, which is supporting his IRC title campaign with Kronos Racing.

WTCC Curitiba Race 1 Edited feature with commentary

The Chevrolet team commanded Race 1 in Curitiba with all three of their drivers filling the podium. The good points haul means the USA brand comes away from Curitiba leading the Manufacturers’ Championship with 70 points.

Cosworth return to Formula One in 2010

One of the best known and most well respected names in Formula One makes its return this year as Cosworth supplies four teams on the grid after a three-year sabbatical.

Tags: Cosworth , Formula 1 , Virgin Racing , At & T Williams , Lotus , Formula One , Mark Gallagher , Tim Routsis , teams , returns , returns to , engine , CA2010

Motorsport Mundial 10-10

On this week's show were at the Southern 100 for some super close road racing action, we're in the Algarve for FIAGT3 action, and we've got pictures from the unveiling of Red Bull's new Formula One car.

WTCC 2010 Curitiba

The start of the 2010 FIA World Touring Car Championship is just one week away.

The series' sixth season will get underway once again at the Autodromo Internacional de Curitiba, Brazil.

This will be the fifth time the 3.7 km circuit has hosted the WTCC. The championship visited Curitiba for the first time in July 2006; a crowd of 34,000 attended the races that were won by Jordi Gene (SEAT Leon) and Andy Priaulx (BMW 320si).

From 2007 the Brazilian event was moved to March and given the honour of opening the season. BMW Team Germany fellow drivers Jorg Muller and local boy Augusto Farfus shared victories and the attendance was even larger, with 45,000  spectators. In 2008 SEAT won both races with Yvan Muller and Gabriele Tarquini.

Last year SEAT's Muller and Tarquini managed to replicate the previous year's good results.

Auto Mundial 09-10

We're going luxury class all the way in part one with Audi's new A8 executive saloon, and amazingly down market again, with a Lexus SUV that should be a crossover but isn't.

Back upscale at once in part two with Mercedes and Lincoln, and down to earth with a bit of a bump - that's the Mini Countryman. But we start off with the news headlines as always.

Featuring on the show this week:

Audi A8
Lexus GX460
Mercedes E350/350 CGi
Lincoln M-K-X
Mini Countryman

Official launch of the 2010 FIA GT1 World Championship

A new chapter in the history of motorsport begins this year with the launch of the FIA GT1 World Championship.

The championship will feature iconic marques including Aston Martin, Corvette, Ford, Lamborghini, Maserati and Nissan.

Renowned motorsport teams have signed up to race and they will compete with the most talented sports car drivers around. The cars are extremely similar in performance so it is down to the driver and his team to make the difference on the track.

GT1  World will also visit some of the world legendary circuits including Spa-Francorchamps, Interlagos, Silverstone, Nurburgring, San Luis and the Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi. The championship will run one-hour races, 12 independent teams with two cars each in the same livery.

The FIA GT1 World Championship launch takes place in Paris with the cars being unveiled at the Place Vendome, and speeches from series promoter Stephane Ratel and FIA President Jean Todt. Previously unseen footage of the new cars testing at Paul Ricard will also be included.