# 36 - 16 SEPTEMBER 2011
WTCC CARS ARE SAILING FOR JAPAN
Hapag-Lloyd's vessel San Francisco Express weighed anchor Monday from Valencia's harbour with twenty-three WTCC racing cars and the relevant spare parts on board. The cargo ship is due to dock in Singapore on September 27.
WTCC cars are sailing for Japan on board an Hapag-Lloyd vessel
The operation - organized by DHL, WTCC official logistics partner, with support from Hapag-Lloyd - kicked off on Sunday, September 4, in the paddock of Valencia's Circuit Ricardo Tormo, immediately after the championship's Spanish event. Cars and spare parts were loaded on twenty-three highcube containers and then trucked to the harbour. The total weight to be shipped was 115 tons.
After the arrival in Singapore the containers will be loaded on another vessel, the NYK Venus that is due to leave on September 30 and dock on October 10 in Nagoya's harbour, from where the containers will be trucked to Suzuka circuit that is about 70 km away and will host the WTCC 19th and 20th round on October 23.
WTCC containers were packed in the paddock of Valencia racetrack
MENU AND HUFF VISIT FRANKFURT MOTOR SHOW
WTCC drivers Alain Menu and Rob Huff paid a visit to the Chevrolet stand at the 64th International Motor Show at Frankfurt, on the event's media day.
Huff and Menu posed for pictures with the WTCC Chevrolet Cruze champion car that is proudly exhibited, alongside the Corvette that won the GTE Pro class at the Le Mans 24 Hours.
The two racing cars fill a central spot of the stand that celebrates the American brand's one hundred years of activity and Wayne Brannon, President and Managing Director of Chevrolet Europe, proudly called Huff and Menu to the stage to share the applauses when he referred during his speech to the 2011 WTCC Manufacturers title secured a few days ago in Valencia.
HUFF TO RACE AT GOODWOOD HISTORIC REVIVAL
While waiting to fly to Japan for the next WTCC event, Rob Huff will compete this weekend in the St. Mary's Trophy at the historic Goodwood Revival in a 1963 Mini Cooper S.
"The Goodwood Revival is an iconic race meeting and it's something I've always been keen to do," explained Huff. "I've been invited along for the past four years, but unfortunately it's always clashed with the WTCC. I'm very excited to finally have the opportunity to compete, especially in a classic British car like the Mini."
MEDIA ACCREDITATION FOR SUZUKA
Rounds 19 and 20 of the 2011 FIA World Touring Car Championship will take place at Suzuka, Japan, 22nd and 23rd October.
The deadline to apply for media credentials is Tuesday, 11th October.
By order of the FIA, no media credentials will be allocated after the aforesaid deadline.
Accreditation forms may be downloaded at the website www.fiawtcc.com
- International Press must send applications to Fabio Ravaioli
tel +39 335 376260, fax +39 06 39729470, email: media@fiawtcc.com
- Japanese Press must send applications to Yoshihisa Ueno
tel: 03 32780731, fax: 03 32780733; email: media@mobilityland.co.jp
- TV and Radio must send applications to Antonios Argyropoulos
tel +33 1 40938517; email: antonios@eurosport.co
MEDIA ACCREDITATION FOR MACAU
Applications for Media Accreditation for the 58th Macau Grand Prix and final event of the FIA World Touring Car Championship are now open.
The deadline to apply for media credentials is Friday, 21st October.
Accreditation forms may be downloaded at the website www.fiawtcc.com
- International Press must send applications to Fabio Ravaioli
tel +39 335 376260, fax +39 06 39729470, email: media@fiawtcc.com
- Press, TV and Radio from China, Macau, Hong Kong and Taipei must apply on-line at: http://www.macau.grandprix.gov.mo
- International TV and Radio must send applications to Antonios Argyropoulos
tel +33 1 40938517; email: antonios@eurosport.com
COUNTDOWN: - 37 DAYS
WTCC RACE OF JAPAN - SUZUKA, OCTOBER 23
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Fabio Ravaioli - FIA WTCC Media Delegate
Mobile: +39 335 376260
Email: media@fiawtcc.com
