Maurer Motorsport is a
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auto racing
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team based in
Roggwil. For over ten years the team has been a regular competitor in the
ADAC Procar Series
The Deutsche Tourenwagen Cup (DTC, formerly known as ADAC Procar Series) was a yearly motorsport series in Germany and some surrounding countries. The series has been running since 1995 and was folded in 2017.
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. They won the drivers title in 2005 with Mathias Schläppi in a former
BTCC
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works
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with assistance from
West Surrey Racing
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. The team again won the drivers title in 2006 with
Vincent Radermecker
Vincent Radermecker (born 5 July 1967) is a Belgian auto racing driver.
Racing career
Early years
After starting in racing through karting in his home land of Belgium in 1986, he drove in the Benelux Formula Ford Championship. He was champion in ...
, this time in a
Chevrolet Lacetti
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.
In 2006 the team also entered Radermecker in selected rounds of the
FIA
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World Touring Car Championship
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, along with
Rainer Bastuck and
María de Villota
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. De Villota, who was their sole driver in 2007, also returned for one round of the WTCC that season.
In 2008 Maurer Motorsport ran a car in the Italian based
Superstars Series
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for de Villota.
The team has also entered cars in the
European Touring Car Cup
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...
. In 2006 Lacetti's were entered for Radermecker and
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driver Hugo Godinho at
Estoril
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. They returned in 2009 at
Braga
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with Radermecker and another Portuguese driver José Monroy,
although only Monroy competed.
References
External links
Official website
{{WTCC teams
Swiss auto racing teams
World Touring Car Championship teams