Urs "Ursinho" Sonderegger (born 28 April 1964 in

Glarus Glarus (; ; ; ; ) is the capital of the canton of Glarus in Switzerland. Since 1 January 2011, the municipality of Glarus incorporates the former municipalities of Ennenda, Netstal and Riedern.Swiss Swiss most commonly refers to: * the adjectival form of Switzerland * Swiss people Swiss may also refer to: Places * Swiss, Missouri * Swiss, North Carolina * Swiss, West Virginia * Swiss, Wisconsin Other uses * Swiss Café, an old café located ...

entrepreneur and racing driver. He currently competes in the

World Touring Car Championship The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a sing ...

, driving a

BMW 320 TC The BMW 320 TC is a racing car built under Super 2000 specifications, which competed in the FIA World Touring Car Championship from 2011 to 2014. The car came into use as a customer car, after BMW ended their WTCC factory program at the end of t ...

for the Wiechers-Sport team. Sonderegger runs an architecture and property firm called Atelier2000 Look GmbH.

Racing career

Sonderegger began his racing career in 2006. In 2007 he began competing in the

SEAT León Supercopa The SEAT León Supercopa was a one-make racing series, organised by SEAT Sport, the motorsport division of Spanish car manufacturer SEAT. It used a modified version of the SEAT León road car, and championships have been run in Spain, Germany, Italy ...

in both Germany and Spain. In 2008 he began competing in the

SEAT León Eurocup The SEAT León Eurocup was a one-make touring car racing series which uses SEAT Leóns, run by SEAT Sport. Background The championship began in 2008, making its debut at Circuit de Valencia, as a support series for the World Touring Car Champi ...

. In 2011 he began racing in the

, driving a

for the Wiechers-Sport team. Urs and the Wiechers team agreed to part company part way through the 2011 WTCC season.

Racing record

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sonderegger, Urs 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Glarus Swiss businesspeople Swiss racing drivers World Touring Car Championship drivers SEAT León Eurocup drivers European Touring Car Cup drivers ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship drivers