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2009-06-29 Chevrolet WTCC car to dress up for milestone race in Porto
Alain Menu's Chevrolet Cruze race car will clearly stand out from the crowd at the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) races in ...
2009-06-26 CRUZE SEEKS IN PORTO TO CONFIRM ITS EXCELLENT RECORD ON STREET CIRCUITS AS WTCC CELEBRATES MILESTONE OF 100TH RACE
WELLINGBOUROUGH / ZURICH - The Circuito da Boavista in Porto, which hosts the WTCC's Race of Portugal every other year, will be an even more special rendez-vous in 2009 ...
2009-06-21 All Three Cruzes, Innocent Victims Of First Corner Accident In Brno
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 Cruze drivers were all innocent victims. The team did a great job in repairing the cars for race 2, but starting from the back of the grid, there was no hope to achieve any great results. Rob Huff and Nicola Larini finished 12th and 13th respectively. ...
2009-06-20 Larini Puts The Cruze On Second Row In Brno
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 time of the qualifying session and was the quickest of the front-wheel drive cars. Alain Menu (8th) also made the top ten, while Rob Huff (14th) was slowed by vibrations in his fast lap. ...
2009-06-12 CRUZE AIMS AT PROVING FURTHER PROGRESS IN BRNO
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 ...
2009-06-02 MENU TO RACE THE THREE ENDURANCE EVENTS OF THE TC2000
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 ...
2009-05-31 Cruze Pays Toll To Weight And Race Incidents
Incidents during the first lap of race 1 and the handicap of running with high weight influenced the overall result of the Chevrolet Cruzes in the Race of Spain, the fifth round of the World Touring Car Championship, which took place today in the Circuito Ricardo Tormo in Valencia. All three cars managed to finish both races, although they were unable to score any drivers points. ...
2009-05-30 The Three Cruzes In The Top Ten At The Challenging Valencia Track
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, as the twisty and fast track of Valencia is not the best-suited to the characteristics of the Cruze. In the ten-minute decisive Q2 session, things changed little, with Menu finishing 6th in the day?s ranking, Huff 8th and Larini 10th, in a sunny and warm afternoon. ...
2009-05-22 VALENCIA TO BE FIRST RACE ON A TRADITIONAL CIRCUIT IN EUROPE FOR THE CRUZE
WELLINGBOUROUGH / ZURICH - Round 5 of the World Touring Car Championship will take the WTCC circus to the Circuit Ricardo Tormo on the outskirts of Valencia ...
2009-05-17 Second Double Win In A Row For The Cruze!
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 in Marrakech, the Cruze won both races of the Race of France, confirming its current excellent form. Rob Huff won Race 1 and Alain Menu did the same in Race 2, with Rob taking third position. With this great result, the Cruze positions itself as ?Queen of the city?. ...
2009-05-16 Cruze Set To Seize Heavy Points And Any Opportunity In Pau
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 Touring Car Championship (WTCC), which is in France, at the beautiful and historic street circuit of Pau. The three Cruzes easily made it to Q2, with Rob Huff even setting the best time in Q1. ...
2009-05-08 CRUZE TO START ITS EUROPEAN RACING CAREER IN FRIENDLY PAU
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 of the 2009 season has little in common with the previous event ...
2009-05-03 Historic Double Win For The Cruze In Africa!
MARRAKECH, 3rd May 2009 ? 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 race 1 from flag to flag, while Nicola Larini doubled the count when he clinched his first, long-awaited and well-deserved victory in a closely-fought race 2. It was a less lucky day for Alain Menu, who finished 7th in race 1 and suffered a race incident in race 2. ...
2009-05-03 Huff GivesThe Cruze Its First Pole Position!
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 street circuit. Nicola Larini was fifth and Alain Menu 10th. The Swiss had obtained the second best time on the track, but his times were cancelled after its car could not re-start on its own from the weighing station. ...
2009-05-01 Two Cruzes In Top Five In WTCC's First Taste of Africa
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 of a second short from the best lap time of the day. Rob Huff took an excellent fourth position while Nicola Larini could not do better than 14th as he did not have enough track time after changing his gearbox settings. ...
2009-04-24 THE CRUZE READY TO SHINE IN MOROCCAN HISTORIC EVENT
WELLINGBOUROUGH / ZURICH, 24th April 2009 - 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 season ...
2009-04-21 THE CHEVROLET CRUZE WTCC TO STAR IN FRENCH TV MOVIE
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" ...
2009-04-14 CHEVROLET WTCC DRIVERS TO SERVE AS CORVETTE INSTRUCTORS
ZURICH, 14th April 2008 - 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: professional racing drivers ...
2009-03-24 2009 IFM DRIVERS TO TEST THE CHEVROLET CRUZE WTCC
ZURICH, 24th March 2009 - 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 (WTCC) Chevrolet Cruze as part of the array of prizes lined-up ...
2009-03-23 Chevrolet Cruze Scores First WTCC Points Of Its Career
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, which represents a first reward for the hard work put together by the entire team. ...
2009-03-22 The Three Cruzes Qualify Just Out The Top Ten In Puebla
It was a frustrating day for the Chevrolet team in today?s qualifying in Puebla for the second round of the 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship, as the three Cruze?s narrowly missed out qualifying in the top ten. Nicola, Rob and Alain fought hard against the competition, but could do little against both the turbo and rear-wheel drive cars, on a track that suits both. ...
2009-03-21 Cruze Finds Good Balance In First Taste Of Puebla
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, the second round of the 2009 World Touring Car Championship, as reflected in the time sheet, which saw the three Chevrolet drivers lined up in 12th, 13th and 14th positions. ...
2009-03-13 NEW CRUZE TARGETS WTCC POINTS HAUL IN MEXICO
WELLINGBOUROUGH / ZURICH - After the season's inaugural races in Brazil, the World Touring Car Championship is climbing further, both in the ...
2009-03-08 Chevrolet Cruze Shows Good Pace In Unlucky Debut
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, but the good news is that the new Chevrolet Cruze showed good pace and excellent potential throughout the week-end. ...
2009-03-07 Two Cruzes In The Top Ten In The Season's First Starting Grid
The Chevrolet Cruze will start its racing career in the WTCC tomorrow with two cars in the top ten positions in the starting grid: Alain Menu was eighth and Nicola Larini ninth, although they scored exactly the same lap time (1m24s831) in the Q2 session. ...
2009-03-07 The New Chevrolet Cruze Off To An Encouraging Debut In Brasil
The new Chevrolet Cruze WTCC made its first official outing today in Curitiba. ...
2009-02-27 "FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL" FEELING AHEAD OF THE CHEVROLET CRUZE'S WORLD RACE DEBUT
WELLINGBOUROUGH / ZURICH - It's time to go back to the class rooms for all involved in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), and not ...
2009-02-27 Safer Driving: How to prepare and handle your car in winter
Zurich. This year, car drivers have been faced with a particularly fierce winter. With many people still having their ski vacation ahead of them and as winter dragging on, Chevrolet ...
2009-02-13 CHEVROLET WTCC DRIVERS GET READY FOR ACTION IN WINTER CAMP
GRANGÄRDE / ZURICH - The 2009 World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) will take off soon, on 7-8 March, in Curitiba, but before preparing ...
2009-02-06 NEW CHEVROLET CRUZE WTCC COMPLETES WINTER TESTING IN VALENCIA
VALENCIA / WELLINGBOROUGH - The Chevrolet WTCC team will conclude today in Valencia, Spain the intensive winter tests program that the new Cruze ...