Spanish car manufacturer Seat could officially be back in the World Touring Car Championship next season. BMW has yet confirmed their involvement in the series.
Seat (a member of the Volkswagen group) left the WTCC at the end of last season but kept a foot in the series through its support to private teams. The Spanish car manufacturer this year is baking the S Sport team that runs Leon Tdis for Gabriele Tarquini, Tiago Monteiro and Jordi Gene.
Seat could be back officially in WTCC next year by using the 1.6-liter turbocharged engine that is being developed by Skoda for his 2011 Fabia S2000 IRC. Both brands belong to the same VAG group.
Rumours of a Seat return started at Oschersleben where Benoît Bagur, former Seat Sport chief engineer, visited team Sunred (which runs two private Leons) in Germany. Bagur is known to be working on the new Skoda Fabia IRC engine for next year.
At the same time, BMW has yet to confirm its participation to the WTCC next year. BMW, about to enter the DTM in 2012, will also develop a 1.6-litre turbocharged engine for its customer teams next year, even if no decisions has been taken yet about their official involvement.
Seat (a member of the Volkswagen group) left the WTCC at the end of last season but kept a foot in the series through its support to private teams. The Spanish car manufacturer this year is baking the S Sport team that runs Leon Tdis for Gabriele Tarquini, Tiago Monteiro and Jordi Gene.
Seat could be back officially in WTCC next year by using the 1.6-liter turbocharged engine that is being developed by Skoda for his 2011 Fabia S2000 IRC. Both brands belong to the same VAG group.
Rumours of a Seat return started at Oschersleben where Benoît Bagur, former Seat Sport chief engineer, visited team Sunred (which runs two private Leons) in Germany. Bagur is known to be working on the new Skoda Fabia IRC engine for next year.
At the same time, BMW has yet to confirm its participation to the WTCC next year. BMW, about to enter the DTM in 2012, will also develop a 1.6-litre turbocharged engine for its customer teams next year, even if no decisions has been taken yet about their official involvement.