The FIA World Touring Car Championship began on March 2 under the heat of the Brazilian sun and poker fans can be in the thick of the action with free tournaments from fun.PokerRoom.com and the FIA WTCC - poker at the most exciting racetracks in the world!

The start of the FIA WTCC season in Curitiba, Brazil, was also the location for the first semi-final race of the spectacular Poker Race Trophy.

This involves playing poker trackside during the race. Besides the fun.PokerRoom.com, qualifiers who are fighting for entry to the final in Vienna with a prize pool of $500,000, there is also the possibility for everyone to experience stirring action at the tables through the poker school in the Entertainment Area.

Here's how it works. To take part in the trackside semi-final races, register for free on fun.PokerRoom.com and qualify in the freeroll tournaments. If you master the online qualification, you will go directly to the online final. The best players in the online finals will then be flown to one of

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