{"id":27371,"date":"2007-12-21T17:40:03","date_gmt":"2007-12-21T17:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/4778-the-mexican-weekend-reinstated-in-2008-calendar"},"modified":"2007-12-21T17:40:03","modified_gmt":"2007-12-21T17:40:03","slug":"4778-the-mexican-weekend-reinstated-in-2008-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/4778-the-mexican-weekend-reinstated-in-2008-calendar","title":{"rendered":"The Mexican Weekend reinstated in the 2008 calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The WTCC &#8211; World Touring Car Championship &#8211; has announced its official and final 2008 calendar. The main change compared to the previous one published just two weeks ago: the return of Mexico.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Mexico will once again host a round of the WTCC championship in 2008. After a year of absence, the 3.2 km Miguel E. Abed circuit in Puebla Amozoc will host the 3rd and 4th rounds of the championship on the weekend of April 6, 2008.<\/p>\n<p>The WTCC has already run two races in Puebla: Fabrizio Giovanardi (Alfa Romeo) and Peter Terting (SEAT) won in 2005, while Salvatore Tavano and Augusto Farfus achieved a double victory for Alfa Romeo the following year.<\/p>\n<p>It was also the most significant popular success of the WTCC with 71,000 and 76,000 spectators during the two editions.<\/p>\n<p>Regarding the weekend in Portugal, the Estoril circuit has indeed been confirmed. In 2008, the WTTC calendar will consist of 12 events and, consequently, 24 races.<\/p>\n<p><b>The WTCC 2008 Calendar<\/b><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"m4\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td width=\"25\" class=\"m1\"><strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m1\">Country<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m1\">Circuit<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m1\">Date<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m3\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Brazil<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Cutitiba<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">02 March 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m2\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Mexico<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Puebla Amozoc<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">06 April 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m3\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Spain<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Valencia<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">18 May 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m2\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">France<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Pau<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">01 June 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m3\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Czech Republic<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Brno<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">15 June 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m2\"><strong>6<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Portugal<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Estoril<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">06 July 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m3\"><strong>7<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Great Britain<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Brands Hatch<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">27 July 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m2\"><strong>8<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Germany<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Oschersleben<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">31 August 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m3\"><strong>9<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Sweden<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Anderstorp<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">21 September 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m2\"><strong>10<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Italy<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Monza<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">05 October 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m3\"><strong>11<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Japan<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">Okayama<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m3\">26 October 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"m2\"><strong>12<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Macau<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">Macau<\/td>\n<td width=\"140\" class=\"m2\">16 November 2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The WTCC &#8211; World Touring Car Championship &#8211; has announced its official and final 2008 calendar. The main change compared to the previous one published just two weeks ago: the return of Mexico. Indeed, Mexico will once again host a round of the WTCC championship in 2008. After a year of absence, the 3.2 km [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,1749],"tags":[75],"class_list":["post-27371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-f1","category-news","tag-autre-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Mexican Weekend reinstated in the 2008 calendar - Motorsinside English<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motorsinside.com\/en\/f1\/news\/4778-the-mexican-weekend-reinstated-in-2008-calendar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Mexican Weekend reinstated in the 2008 calendar - Motorsinside English\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The WTCC &#8211; World Touring Car Championship &#8211; has announced its official and final 2008 calendar. 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