Eight WTCC test sessions approved

Eight private test sessions for the 2011 season have been approved by the FIA Touring Car Commission.

The 30-minute private testing have been authorized to permit the teams shaking their cars down after overseas travelling or fixing the set up on those racetracks that are new to the championship or have been reincluded in the calendar after a break, like Porto.

Friday test sessions will be held at Curitiba, Zolder, Marrakech, Porto, Donington Park, Suzuka and Guangdong, while Macau’s test session as usual will take place on Thursday, with free practices and qualifying on Friday.
One additional 90-minute session on Friday morning was also approved for the season’s opener at Curitiba.

According to article 116 of the WTCC Sporting Regulations, the Commission authorized an official test day on May 12th at Monza.