Despite the first race being plagued by heavy rain, a large crowd was in attendance to watch Matt Emmens take two dominant victories for Alfa Romeo. After a merger between the German, French, Italian and Spanish Touring Car Championships in 2002, the championship continued to grow in 2003 off the back of officially being taken over by the FIA and the dissolution of the British Touring Car Championship.įor 2004, the series embarked on its first ever event outside of Europe when the championship visited the Okayama Circuit in Japan. The World Touring Car Championship was born on the back of the success of the recently rejuvenated European Touring Car Championship. It has had three incarnations, the first in 1987, the second between 19 as the World Touring Car Cup and the third will begin in 2008. The World Touring Car Championship is an international touring car racing series organised by the FIA.
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