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On 14 May 2020, it was announced that the Cupra Leon Competición TCR would compete in the championship, with teams and drivers yet to be named. [32] On 30 May 2020, it was announced that Zengő Motorsport would return to the WTCR, running two new León Competición TCR cars, for Bence Boldizs and a yet-to-be-named driver. [ 15 ]
In December 2020, The new SEAT León was voted "AUTOBEST 2021", the European accolade for the "Best Buy Car of Europe 2021". [89] In January 2021, the Seat Leon 1.5 TSI 130 Evo FR was named Family Car of the Year by What Car? magazine. [90] What Car? awarded the León five stars out of five in its review of the car. [91]
1 Citroën C-Elysée WTCC: 57 2 Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T: 55 3 BMW 320si: 43 4 Honda Civic WTCC: 19 5 SEAT León 2.0 TDI: 17 6 Alfa Romeo 156: 14 Chevrolet Lacetti: 14 SEAT León TDI: 14 9 Chevrolet Cruze LT: 13 10 BMW 320i: 9 11 BMW 320 TC: 8 12 Chevrolet Cruze TC1: 6 13 Volvo S60 WTCC: 5 14 Lada Vesta WTCC: 4 SEAT León: 4 SEAT León WTCC: 4 17 ...
It was marketed as a cost-effective spin-off of the WTCC, targeted at C-segment hatchbacks production-based touring cars. The title TCR follows the naming convention now used by the FIA to classify the cars that compete in touring car racing, with TC1 referring to the top tier as used by the FIA WTCC and TC2 referring to the legacy cars which ...
The team ran a SEAT León 2.0 TDI in their first WTCC season in 2010 for Norbert Michelisz under the Zengő–Dension Team banner. [1] The team was not eligible for the Yokohama Independent's Trophy because of a protest from other teams just before the season opener, claiming that the team has substantial factory support from SEAT Sport.
In 2009 he was the best scorer in the León Eurocup round at Porto, winning WTCC participation at Brands Hatch. He went on to win the León Eurocup title in September. [ 1 ] This won him a drive for SEAT Sport in a SEAT León TDI at the 2009 European Touring Car Cup .
The drive would allow him to assess a possible move for his Münnich Motorsport team to the WTCC in 2013, following the discontinuation of the FIA GT1 World Championship. [1] His best result of the weekend was 17th in race one. Münnich competing in the 2014 World Touring Car Championship.
Cupra Racing, formerly known as SEAT Sport, is the high-performance motorsport subsidiary of the Spanish automobile manufacturer SEAT, founded in 1985, [1] succeeding the "SEAT Special Vehicles department" which had been formed in 1971 with the mission to enforce the brand's participation in rally championships, followed by 11 titles between 1979 and 1983. [2]