Baporo Motorsport is a Spanish

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team based in

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. The team currently races in the

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TCR International Series

SEAT León Cup Racer (2016–)

The team will make its début in the

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fielding 2 cars (1 SEAT León Cup Racer and one SEAT León TCR) for Francisco Mora (León Cup Racer) and

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(León TCR).

European Touring Car Cup

SEAT León Supercopa (2013)

During the 2013 European Touring Car Cup the team entered a single

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for

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in the Single-makes Trophy. Hamilton competed in only 6 races, finishing 10th with 12 points.

SEAT León Cup Racer (2015–)

Following an hiatus the team return for

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running a single SEAT León Cup Racer for Kazakh driver Alexandr Artemyev. Artemyev competed only in

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finishing 7th and 11th. Artemyev and Baporo Motorsport joined forces again in the following season with the team again fielding a single León Cup Racer for the Kazakh driver.

External links

Baporo Motorsport official website

References

{{reflist Auto racing teams in Spain TCR International Series teams International GT Open teams