The European Production Series is a touring car racing

Touring car racing

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 series which will run for the first time in 2011.

Background

The European Production Series was created as a support series for the European rounds of the World Touring Car Championship

World Touring Car Championship

For the video game, known as World Touring Car Championship in Japan, see TOCA World Touring CarsThe FIA World Touring Car Championship is an international Touring Car championship sanctioned by the FIA.-History:...

 (WTCC). It was launched in December 2010 by WTCC driver Jordi Gené

Jordi Gené

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, V-Line Org (organisers of the Spanish Endurance Cup) and Sunred

SUNRED Engineering

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 team manager Ian Planas. It was approved by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

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 (FIA) as an International Series. Planas is the president of the organising committee, with Gené and V-Line's Francesc Gutiérrez as stewards. The series will support six rounds of the 2011 WTCC season

2011 World Touring Car Championship season

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Eligible cars and classes

Admitted vehicles fit into five categories:

• D1: Vehicles with a maximum power of 400hp. Also included all vehicles of higher power as long as their weight/power ratio is not lower than 2.6Kg/hp
• D2: Vehicles with a maximum power of 320hp. Also included all vehicles of higher power as long as their weight/power ratio is not lower than 3.6Kg/hp.
• D3: Vehicles with a maximum power of 220hp. Also included all vehicles of higher power as long as their weight/power ratio is not lower than 4.5Kg/hp
• D4: Vehicles with a maximum power of 160hp. There are also included all vehicles of higher power as long as their weight/power ratio is not lower than 5.8Kg/hp.
• D5: SEAT León Supercopa
  SEAT León Supercopa
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All cars must use Yokohama Tyres

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Race format

There will be six race meetings each year. Each meeting consists of either two 50 minute races or a single "endurance" race of up to 3 hours of duration. Each car can have one or two drivers.