Suzuka: A field of 30 cars for the 200th race

The second race at Suzuka will mark a special moment for the FIA World Touring Car Championship, as it will be the 200th since the series was launched in 2005.

An occasion that will be celebrated with a seasonal record field of 30 cars.

So far 190 drivers from thirty-four countries and at the wheel of cars built by ten different manufacturers have taken part in at least one race.

Thirty drivers have won at least one race, thirty-six have been in the led for at least one lap and sixty-seven have scored points.

The championship has visited thirty-two race tracks in twenty-three countries, over four continents.

The WTCC celebrated its 100th race at Porto in 2009; Augusto Farfus won it in his BMW.