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Fast and from France: five French WTCC drivers

In Yvan Muller, France produced the most successful driver in the history of the FIA World Touring Car Championship with nobody yet coming close to surpassing his record of wins, poles, fastest laps, laps led and titles. However, another 13 Frenchmen have raced in the WTCC since its relaunch in 2015. Here are five.

Laurent Cazenave (pictured): With experience in sportscar and GT racing, Cazenave made a one-off WTCC appearance at Pau in his native France in 2008. Hooked, he returned for two more Pau starts in 2009.

John Filippi: Made his name in TC2 machinery with Campos Racing, progressed to TC1 with the Spanish squad in 2015 taking the reverse-grid pole in Qatar, a feat he repeated in Argentina and China in 2016.

Nicolas Lapierre: Joined the factory LADA team for the season-closing races of 2015 and showed potential but was undone by limited experience of front-wheel drive. Has since returned to WEC.

Sébastien Loeb: A winner in only his second WTCC race, the multiple world rally champion got better and better during his two-year stint in the championship as a factory Citroën driver.

Hugo Valente: So impressive was Valente's 2015 season as a privateer, LADA snapped him up for its factory effort in 2016. The results didn't always come but luck was rarely on the youngster's side.

Zdroj: fiawtcc.com