WTCR races set for Italy and Alsace following calendar updates

The WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup is returning to Italy and embarking on a race of discovery in Alsace after the updated 2022 schedule was ratified by an electronic vote of FIA World Motor Sport Council members. Following WTCR Race of Portugal on the streets of Vila Real (July 2-3), the all-action series heads to Vallelunga for the second running of WTCR Race of Italy, but the first time the venue close to Rome has hosted FIA World Touring Car racing.

Ad/> Scheduled from July 23-24 as the fifth event of the season, the WTCR is part of an exciting double-header with the FIA ETCR — eTouring Car World Cup, the all-electric, multi-brand touring car series from WTCR promoter Discovery Sports Events. WTCRFocus firmly on even better racing during WTCR season fiveA DAY AGO After Vallelunga it’s off to Anneau du Rhin in eastern France for the inaugural WTCR Race of Alsace GrandEst from August 6-7, a region new to the WTCR but of significant importance to the automotive and motorsport industries both now and in the past.

WTCR Race of Italy replaces WTCR Race of Czech Republic with WTCR Race of Alsace GrandEst added to the calendar in place of WTCR Race of Russia. The remainder of the schedule, approved by the FIA World Motor Sport Council last November and listed below, is unchanged although Discovery Sports Events continues to monitor travel and quarantine restrictions relating to the events in South Korea, China and Macau in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, hopes remain that all three events can take place in 2022. Commenting on the updated calendar, Jean-Baptiste Ley, WTCR Director, Discovery Sports Events, said: “When we announced we wouldn’t be racing in Czech Republic and Russia this year, we pledged to put in