This Wednesday in Paris the FIA World Motor Sport Council approved the draft for the 2008 World Touring Car Championship. Eleven meetings are listed, including one in Japan on October 26th that will be hosted by the Okayama International Circuit, formerly known as Aida Tanaka International Circuit. The track, located mid-way between Hiroshima and Osaka on the Honshu island, was home to the Formula One Pacific Grand Prix in 1994 and 1995. Like in 2007, the next season will start in Curitiba, Brazil, and end in Macau.

 2008 FIA WTCC CALENDAR

 Date                         Country                         Venue

02 March                  BRAZIL                          Curitiba

18 May                     SPAIN                            Valencia

01 June                    FRANCE                         Pau

15 June                    CZECH REPUBLIC        Brno

06 July                     PORTUGAL                    Estoril

27 July                     GREAT BRITAIN            Brands Hatch

31 August                GERMANY                     Oschersleben

21 September         SWEDEN                        Anderstorp *

05 October              ITALY                              Monza

26 October              JAPAN                            Okayama

16 November          MACAU                           Macau

* subject to the ASN confirmation and the FIA homologation of the circuit