The WTCC held its 10th meeting in the country of the rising sun with Fernando Monje fighting in the Yokohama Drivers'Trophy.

The characters that make up Japan's name mean " the sun's origin " , which is why the country is also known as the Land of the Rising Sun . In this remote and populated place this weekend -21 and September 22 - 10th will be held the appointment of FIA World Touring Car Championship , with Spanish Fernando Monje (Seat Leon WTCC ) at the start struggling like all season for the points of the Yokohama Drivers ' Trophy.

The Suzuka track , a circuit of nearly 6 km long and very hauling, is one of the few in the world who has an 8- shaped path . However, the World Touring uses only a section thereof , of 2,243 meters and a very long straight where slipstreaming will be important.
It is the eastern most part of it and used less than half of the track , number of laps per race amounts to 26 , nearly twice what is normal at each meeting .

'In 2012 I ran for the first time at Suzuka' explains Fernando Monje , who leaves for Japan today .
'In this season, the Japanese GP is ahead on the calendar and competition days will debut fall. According to the weather forecast , we expect good weather and temperatures at this station. I remember our visit to Suzuka in 2012 , managed to finish the first race and had engine temperature problems in the second , so our goal is to qualify for the points in the two tests this year as they continue scoring is central to the independent championship ' . This season, Fernando plays for Campos Racing team , with Joan Orus engineer (photo).
Between Barcelona and Wed Prefecture Suzuka where there are more than 10,355 miles away , which is the farthest quote all the world for Chic & Basic Pilot .
This causes that the times will pass this test which differ in seven hours over the Spanish time zone . Given the hour of our country, Suzuka respect this program :

Friday, 20 Test between 6.30 and 7.00 hours
Saturday, 21 free trials at 02.00 hours and 05.00 hours (30 minutes per batch )
Rated at 8.30 am (35 minutes)
Sunday, 22 Warm up to 01.50 hours (15 minutes)
Race 1 at 07.35 hours ( 26 laps )
Race 2 at 08.35 hours ( 26 laps )

Japan marks the start of Asian tour closes WTCC 2013 , missing only a test in China ( 2 and November 3 ) and another in Macao ( 15 and 17 November ) . In October, the world will be inactive.