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UAE Touring Car Championship

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UAE Touring Car Championship
CategoryTouring cars
CountryUnited Arab Emirates
Drivers' championGreece Costas Papantonis / Alexandros Annivas
Official websitedubaiautodrome.ae

The UAE Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series that takes place each year in the United Arab Emirates.

The UAETCC consists of three classes. Class 1 uses cars built to Super 2000 or BTC Touring regulations. Class 2 uses Super Production regulations for cars with engine capacities of not more than 2000 cc. Class 3 is a 1600 cc class and is the most production-based of the three. From the season 2011-2012 Class 3 became Clio Cup class using the Clio Cup 195 & 200 Cup cars based on the X85 chassis, while from the season 2018–19, the national championship introduced a TCR class in races and whole Championship renamed in 2019-2020 season as UAE Procar Championship in order to accommodate GT Cars in the same grid.

Alexandros Annivas (#9) and Costas Papantonis (#1) of Mouhritsa Racing by Dragon

Champions

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Season Class 1 Champion Class 2 Champion Class 3 Champion Class 4 Champion
2008–09 United Arab Emirates Karim Al-Azhari United Arab Emirates Raed Hassan Greece Costas Papantonis United Arab Emirates Mohammed Al Owais
Season Class 1 Champion Class 2 Champion Class 3 Champion
2009–10 United Kingdom Jonathan Simmonds Pakistan Umair Ahmed Khan United Arab Emirates Rupesh Channake
2010–11 United Arab Emirates Khalid Bin Hadher Pakistan Umair Ahmed Khan India Mario Dias
2011–12 Jordan Nader Zuhour Pakistan Umair Ahmed Khan Greece Alexandros Annivas
2012–13 Greece Costas Papantonis Sri Lanka Rupesh Channake United Kingdom Ramzi Moutran
2013–14 Greece Costas Papantonis Republic of Ireland Jonathan Mullan Greece Alexandros Annivas
Season Class 1 Champion Class 2 Champion Clio Cup Champion
2014–15 Greece Costas Papantonis Greece Alexandros Annivas Greece Alexandros Annivas
2015–16[1] Greece Costas Papantonis Saudi Arabia Al-Qassim Hamidaddin Greece Alexandros Annivas
2016–17 Greece Costas Papantonis Sri Lanka Ashan Silva United Kingdom Wille Morisson
2017–18 Greece Costas Papantonis
Greece Alexandros Annivas
Republic of Ireland Jonathan Mullin
Pakistan Umair Ahmed Khan
United Kingdom Wille Morisson
Season Class 1 Champion Class 2 Champion TCR Champion Clio Cup Champion
2018–19 Greece Alexandros Annivas Greece Costas Papantonis United Kingdom Wille Morisson
2019–20 Greece Alexandros Annivas Greece Costas Papantonis United Arab Emirates Mohammed Abdulghaffar Hussain
2020–21 United Kingdom Johnathan Mullan / Ricky Coomber Greece Alexandros Annivas United Arab Emirates Ahmad Al Moosa
2020–21

References

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  1. ^ "TAG HEUER CELEBRATES THE DUBAI AUTODROME 2015-16 RACING CHAMPIONS WITH A CHEQUERED FLAG RECEPTION – Arab Watch Guide". arabwatchguide.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-23.