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WTCC APPOINTS PERMANENT SAFETY CAR DRIVER
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Bruno Correia has been appointed as permanent safety car driver for the FIA World Touring Car Championship.
Correia, 32-year old from the Algarve region in Portugal, boasts a successful racing CV that includes titles in the Portuguese Formula Ford Championship (1994) and the Spanish Formula Renault 2000 Championship (1996).
He also spent seasons in the Americas, taking part in the USA’s Formula Dodge Barber Pro-Series and becoming vice-champion in the Brazilian Superturismos. Since last year he started acting as safety car driver for the Club ACDME at the Estoril and Algarve racetracks.
Correia was successfully tested during the WTCC event in Brno, where he performed a number of interventions in WTCC, F2 and the support races.
DRIVERS' CHAMPIONSHIP
1.
Yvan Muller
199 pt.
2.
Gabriele Tarquini
194 pt.
3.
Andy Priaulx
183 pt.
4.
Robert Huff
167 pt.
5.
Alain Menu
116 pt.
6.
Tiago Monteiro
113 pt.
7.
Augusto Farfus
109 pt.
8.
Tom Coronel
101 pt.
9.
Colin Turkington
60 pt.
10.
Fredy Barth
45 pt.
MANUFACTURER' S CHAMPIONSHIP
