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OK, now it's official. Russian Bears Motorsport eneters this year's WTCC starting from Valencia race with two Lada 110 cars with 2-liter engines. To be mentioned, the engine and gearbox are taken from WTCC Lacetti. The car will be driven by Viktor Shapovalov (he entered touring races in Russia and Netherlands) and Jaap van Lagen from Netherlands (2006 Renault Megane Eurocup winner). RBM will spend the whole season in WTCC competing in Independents Cup. The car was in a process of homologation back in the end of February.
Another news for me is that Golden Motors team from Russian touring with a support from Artman Racing wants to enter WTCC this year too on their Honda Accord. Alexander Lvov and Alexander Smetskiy plan to start in five races: Valencia, Brno, Oschersleben, Anderstorp and Monza. They will begin a season starting in STCC in Knutstorp.