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Encyclopedia > Yvan Muller
Yvan Muller

Yvan Muller in 2006, as a WTCC driver
BTCC record
Nationality France
Teams Audi, Vauxhall
Drivers championships 1
Wins 36
Podium finishes 79
Poles 17
Fastest laps 28
Debut season 1998
First win 1999
Best championship position 1st (2003)
Final season (2005) position 2nd (273 points)
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Yvan Muller (born August 16, 1969) is a French auto racing driver. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1712x2288, 761 KB) Information File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Yvan Muller Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... WTCC redirects here. ... The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Audi is a German automobile maker with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. ... Vauxhall Motors is a British car company, a subsidiary of General Motors. ... The title of BTCC champion is awarded to the driver who scores the most points overall in a British Touring Car Championship season. ... The 2005 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 48th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. ... August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, autosport or motorsport) is a psuedo-sport involving racing automobiles. ...

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Biography

Muller was born in Altkirch (Alsace). Altkirch is a commune situated in the department of Haut-Rhin and the region of Alsace. ... Capital Strasbourg Land area¹ 8,280 km² Regional President Adrien Zeller (UMP) (since 1996) Population  - Jan. ...


He has won the Andros Trophy Ice Racing Championship 10 times, but primarily races in touring cars, although he won the British Formula 2 and European Formula 3000 titles early in his career. He won the French Touring Car championship in 1995, and has also raced in the German and Italian championships, and has also raced at Le Mans, and a one-off in the ETCC. In 2005 he also competed in selected rounds of the Australian V8 Supercar series, winning the 2005 Sandown 500 with Craig Lowndes. The Andros Trophy (Trophée Andros) is the French national Ice Racing championship. ... Ice racing, with cars, motorcycles or snowmobiles, takes place on frozen lakes or rivers, or on carefully groomed frozen lots. ... Touring car racing is a general term for a number of distinct automobile racing competitions in heavily-modified street cars. ... While Formula One has generally been regarded as the pinnacle of open-wheeled auto racing, the high performance nature of the cars and the expense involved in the series has always meant that there has needed to be a path to reach this peak. ... Le Mans is a city in France, located at the Sarthe River. ... The European Touring Car Championship was an international motor racing competition organized by the FIA. It had two incarnations, the first one between 1963 and 1988, and the second on between 2000 and 2004. ... Greg Murphy in a Holden Commodore leads 3 other cars at Bathurst V8 Supercar is a touring car racing category, the most popular category of domestic motorsport in Australia and one of the worlds biggest and most professional racing championships. ... Craig Lowndes signing autographs at the 2006 Australian Grand Prix at Albert Park in Melbourne, Australia. ...


BTCC

For several years he primarily raced in the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), initially for Audi before joining Vauxhall and taking his first win in 1999. When the regulations changed for 2001 Vauxhall had the best car, and he won the 2003 title as well as finishing as runner up in 2001 (to team-mate Jason Plato), 2002 and 2004 (both to team-mate James Thompson. and 2005 (to Matt Neal in a Honda Integra). The current BTCC logo The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ... Audi is a German automobile maker with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. ... Vauxhall Motors is a British car company, a subsidiary of General Motors. ... The 2001 theAA.com British Touring Car Championship season was the 44th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season and marked the beginning of a new era of lower-cost rules and regulations for the series. ... Jason celebrating on the podium Jason Plato is a British auto racing driver, born in 1968 in Oxford and currently living in Monte Carlo. ... The 2002 Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 45th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. ... The 2004 Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship season was the 47th British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) season. ... James Thompson (often known as Jimmy, or Thommo) is a British auto racing driver from York. ... Matt Neal is a British motor racing driver, best known for his success in the British Touring Car Championship, although he has also won an ETCC race. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...


WTCC

On November 12, 2005 it was officially announced that he would be switching to the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), driving for SEAT Sport. This made him one of three drivers called Muller in the championship, alongside BMW drivers Jorg and Dirk. A pair of 2nd places in the opening meeting showed that he was a likely frontrunner, his first win then coming in round 5 at Brands Hatch. After 8 rounds he is joint leader of the championship alongside double champion Andy Priaulx of Guernsey. November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... WTCC redirects here. ... For other uses, see BMW (disambiguation) BMW AG (an acronym for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, or in English, Bavarian Motor Works), is an independent German company and manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles. ... Jörg Müller, (born in Kerkrade, Netherlands on September 3, 1969) was the 1996 Formula 3000 Champion (RSM Marko Lola-Zytek). ... Dirk Müller (born 18 November 1975 in Burbach) is a German race driver, driving for BMW. His team-mate Jörg Müller is unrelated, as is French driver Yvan Muller. ... Brands Hatch is a British motor racing circuit. ... Andrew Priaulx (born Guernsey, 8 August 1976) is a racing driver. ...


External links

  • Website
  • Profile from btccinfo.co.uk

  Results from FactBites:
 
BTCC Pages - 2005 - Yvan Muller: 61 not out! (1115 words)
That is the remarkable record of Yvan Muller in the BTCC.
It is not 61 race victories (not even Yvan is that good, although with 35 to his name he is currently the joint-third most successful BTCC driver of all time, and needs just one more to equal Alain Menu).
The top ten finishers in the second race of the day are reversed to form the grid for the third race and it soon became clear that Muller had tenth, and therefore pole, in his sights.
HRT - Holden Racing Team - Yvan Muller (346 words)
From karts, formula cars, touring cars and ice racing, France's Yvan Muller has had success in all categories and with that background, will be an asset to the Holden Racing Team's attack on this year's FAI 1000 at Bathurst.
From a season in Formula 3000 in 1993, Muller made the move to touring cars with BMW in France from 1994 to 1995, culminating in the Championship that year.
Yvan is the current king of the unique Andros trophy Ice Racing Series, having won the title for each of the past five years.
  More results at FactBites »


 

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