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Petrol SEAT gets heavier

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For the next round of the WTCC in Japan, 20kg will be added to the TFSI SEAT’s after a string of good performances.

This means that Yokohama Trophy championship leader Tom Coronel will no longer have the 60kg weight advantage he had over Felix Porteiro at the next round – it will only be 40kg.

All of the other cars will stay on the same weights they were running before.

The full breakdown

320si +40kg
Leon TDI +40kg
Cruze +30kg
Leon TFSI +0kg
320si Zanardi -20kg
Priora -20kg

After a massive points haul in the last two rounds, Tom Coronel, the top scoring petrol powered SEAT Leon goes to Japan with a 29 point lead over the BMW of Felix Porteiro.