By: Jamie Klein Co-author: Julia Spacek World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier believes his performance on his DTM debut last weekend at the Red Bull Ring has shown he has the potential to race in the series full-time in future. Ogier joined the German tin-top series as a Mercedes guest driver in Austria, qualifying 19th and last in […]
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Red Bull Ring DTM: Rast takes record fourth straight win
By: David Gruz Rene Rast became the first driver to win four consecutive DTM races in the modern era of the championship, as he doubled up in the penultimate round of the season at the Red Bull Ring. Rast started only eighth on the grid but had a superb start to leave the Remus curve already […]
Golden times ahead as China prepares for double action from WTCR Oscaro racers
The WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup presented by OSCARO is back on track in China next week with the first part of a double-header that could begin to shape the outcome of the inaugural title battle that has produced 11 different winners from 18 action-packed races. Gabriele Tarquini is three points in front […]
MICK SCHUMACHER WAS HAVING FUN IN THE DTM CAR
Mick Schumacher has completed a few demonstration laps with the Mercedes-AMG DTM race taxi at the Nürburgring on Friday. For the son of septuple Formula 1 World Champion Michael Schumacher, it was the first time behind the wheel of a touring car. “I had great fun. It was quite an experience. Many thanks to Gerhard […]
Alex Zanardi: “They always believed that I could do it”
Alex Zanardi turned around a difficult DTM debut weekend in the treacherous conditions of the Misano night race weekend by finishing fifth in the final race. “Fifth place is the payoff for the whole weekend. I am very happy with this result and at my age, I won’t get too many more opportunities to celebrate […]
Alessandro Zanardi: “I’m looking forward to starting a spectacular race weekend”
Racing legend Alex Zanardi will be making his DTM debut this weekend in the seventh round of the season at Misano, which will also be the first ever series’ night races. The Italian and BMW Motorsport have prepared intensively for a special weekend of ‘firsts’ for both parties – with Zanardi delighted to hve the […]
WTCR – The second half of the season begins at Slovakia Ring
A late addition to the calendar for replacing the Argentine round, this week’s WTCR event at the Slovakia Ring marks the beginning of the second half of the season for the FIA World Touring Car Cup. It takes place three weeks after Vila Real that produced the most catastrophic incident in four years of TCR […]
Race against time for Sébastien Loeb Racing ahead of Slovakia
Both Sébastien Loeb Racing cars of Rob Huff and Mehdi Bennani were destroyed in the massive multi-car crash in the previous round at Vila Real, a smash that has left the team in a race a.gainst time to get two brand new Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR race cars ready for the Slovakia races “We missed out on […]
Yvan Muller wins carnage-hit Race 1 at Vila Real
Yvan Muller has launched back into the lead of the World Touring Car Cup standings after an unlikely victory in the first race of the weekend, which was red-flagged and restarted two hours later after a disastrous first start which decimated the field. Muller bogged down from sixth on the grid at the first start […]
Yann Ehrlacher defends his WTCR lead in Vila Real
After a one-month break, the WTCR – FIA Touring Car World Cup resumes this weekend in Portugal on street circuit of Vila Real. The event marks the end of the first half of the season. Münnich Motorsport’s Yann Ehrlacher will try to defend his lead in the Drivers’ standings at the wheel of his Honda […]
Newcomer to the ADAC GT Masters: The Honda NSX GT3
Honda is about to embark on its first ADAC GT Masters campaign. Team Honda Racing will field two NSX GT3s.The NSX made its race debut in North America towards the end of 2016, sporting the badge of Honda subsidiary Acura. Last year, in its first full season, the supercar registered several victories. This year, the […]
Sebastien Loeb Racing enter WTCR with two Golf GTI TCR
ENTRUSTED TO ROB HUFF AND MEHDI BENNANI After securing the 2016 and 2017 titles in the World Touring Car Championship Trophy category, capped with a third place finish overall in the WTCC Drivers’ Championship last year, Sébastien Loeb Racing has decided to extend its involvement at the highest level of international touring car racing by […]
Hyundai Motorsport deliver first i30 N TCR race cars to teams
Hyundai Motorsport has delivered the first i30 N TCR race cars to customer teams in the form of Italian team BRC Racing Team and Korean team KMSA.“The first deliveries of i30 N TCR to customers is obviously a major step in this very important project,” said Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing manager Andrea Adamo. ”It marks […]
World Touring Car Cup made official as WTCC, TCR combine in two-year deal
The new FIA World Touring Car Cup has been officially confirmed after a deal was reached to bring the World Touring Car Championship and the TCR International Series together. Approved at the latest meeting of the FIA’s World Motorsport Council in Paris, the new series will run for at least the next two years after […]
Thed Bjork wins WTCC title
Thed Bjork has won the 2017 World Touring Car Championship after a tough weekend for his only title challenger, Norbert Michelisz, in the final round in Qatar. Tom Chilton won the Opening Race after prevailing in a battle with team-mate Mehdi Bennani. The two Sebastien Loeb Racing Citroens ran one-two after passing pole-sitter Kevin Gleason […]
Preview: The most exciting WTCC finale lies ahead in Qatar
This Friday, everything is set for the most exhilarating season finale of the World Touring Car Championship to-date, when the short-lived TC1 era cars race under the floodlights at the Losail circuit in Qatar, as Volvo’s Thed Björk and Honda’s Norbert Michelisz go head-to-head for the 2017 drivers’ title. No matter what happens, we’re guaranteed […]
WTCC and TCR series set to merge in 2018
The FIA World Touring Car Championship and the TCR International Series are set to merge in 2018, with talks between TCR promoter the FIA and WTCC promoter Eurosport believed to be nearing completion after months of discussion. The WTCC has been looking for an alternative technical regulation after the loss of two manufacturers at the […]
DTM TEST FOR ABERDEIN
South Africa’s Formula 4 UAE champion and ADAC German Formula 4 frontrunner Jonathan Aberdein has been selected as one of six international drivers to test an Audi RS 5 DTM at the annual DTM Young Driver Test at the Lausitzring 24-26 October. Aberdein, whose father Chris will be remembered as an Audi driver in the […]
Néstor Girolami wins his maiden WTCC race in China
Néstor Girolami won his maiden WTCC race in very wet conditions at Ningbo International Speedpark in China as Thed Björk has claimed the World Championship lead by a mere half point for Polestar Cyan Racing. Pouring rain all day meant that the main race was started behind the Volvo V60 Polestar Safety Car and later […]
2017 WTCC season start brings podiums and championship lead for Polestar Cyan Racing
Polestar Cyan Racing drivers Thed Björk, Néstor Girolami and Nicky Catsburg secured a double podium finish and a joint World Championship lead for manufacturers in the Morocco season start of the 2017 FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). Following a victory in the pre-race MAC3 contest, Polestar Cyan Racing is now tied for the lead […]
Mehdi Bennani confirmed for third year at Sébastien Loeb Racing
Mehdi Bennani will continue with Sébastien Loeb Racing in the 2017 World Touring Car Championship, after the Moroccan put pen to paper on a new deal with the team.Bennani will enter his ninth consecutive year in the WTCC, his eight full-season, and his third with the French team, in 2017. The 33-year-old has consistently […]
Audi teams offered extra incentive to participate in GT Asia
Competitors in the one-make Audi R8 LMS Cup have been given some additional incentive to extend their 2017 competition schedules. Motorsport Asia Limited – the promoter of the GT Asia Series – will offer travel support including freight to and from the Series’ blue ribbon event in September. The program has attracted entries from within […]
WTCC boss heralds return to Macau for 2017
After just two years away, the World Touring Car Championship has included the Guia Race of Macau on its 2017 schedule, now as the penultimate event of the season, with Monza, a key race in the history of the championship also back on the calendar. Macau has played host to the TCR International Series finale […]
Yvan Muller signs off his career in the WTCC
Yvan Muller ended his World Touring Car Championship career in Qatar, securing second in the drivers’ championship behind his Citroën team-mate José María López, and added he has no regrets about his decision to retire from racing. The four-time WTCC drivers’ champion, also a ten-time Trophée Andros Ice Racing champion but also well known for […]
Honda gets weight advantage for Qatar
Honda will benefit from a 30kg weight drop in the 2016 FIA World Touring Car Championship finale in Qatar next week. The weights are calculated on an average lap time calculation over three events, and for the finale, Honda are the only manufacturer to benefit from a reallocation of weight.Citroën will remain, as they have […]
Lada set to leave the WTCC at the end of this year
Lada Sport are set to call time on their WTCC programme after five years, with the manufacturer pulling out of the championship after this year’s finale in Qatar, according to reports in the Russian media. The about-turn in Lada’s commitment to the championship is due to a change in the Russian marque’s global strategy, which […]
Unfinished business for Ekstrom at Bathurst 1000
The newly crowned FIA World Rallycross champion and two-time DTM title winner made his Great Race debut in 2013 when he guided a Triple Eight wildcard entry alongside Brit Andy Priaulx to 10th place. Since then the 38-year-old has finished second, third and seventh in the DTM touring car series, while expanding his racing commitments […]
Yvan Muller calls time on WTCC career
Touring car legend Yvan Muller has revealed that he will retire from the World Touring Car Championship at the end of the year.Muller, who recently turned 47, is the most successful driver in WTCC history, having amassed an impressive 48 wins, 126 podiums, 29 pole positions and 38 fastest laps during his 11-year career in […]
Van der Linde ready for Budapest
Audi Sport TT Cup star Sheldon van der Linde heads to Hungary this weekend hungry to bounce back following a disruptive weekend at the Nurburgring last time out. Despite scoring double pole positions last time out, Sheldon led and gamefully fought off his rivals’ robust driving for most of the first race, before succumbing to […]
Monteiro, Muller reveal their WTCC targets
Tiago Monteiro and Yvan Muller are targeting second place in the FIA World Touring Car Championship standings – starting from WTCC Race of China later this month. Monteiro, from Portugal, and Frenchman Muller are equal on 199 points following last week’s visit to Twin Ring Motegi in Japan. While second place would equal Muller’s […]
José María López secures third drivers’ title as he hands Yvan Muller the win in Japan
José María López has won his third World Touring Car Championship drivers’ title in Japan, while Citroën team-mate Yvan Muller secured his first win of the 2016 season after López allowed him past with one lap to go. López looked set to put on a showcase lights-to-flag victory in the main race at Twin Ring […]
Yvan Muller ‘not bothered’ about fight to finish runner-up
Yvan Muller says he is not bothered about the fight to finish as the runner-up in this year’s World Touring Car Championship, as Citroën team-mate José María López could clinch the overall title in Japan this weekend.Muller has endured a challenging weekend at the wheel of his Citroën C-Elysée this year, with the Frenchman having […]
Double Asian Le Mans victory for Team NZ Motorsport
Team NZ Motorsport enjoyed a superb weekend in the Malaysian heat with John Curran and Graeme Dowsett driving the #77 Porsche 997 GT3 Cup to clear cut victories in both 1-hour races that comprised the second round of the inaugural Asian Le Mans Sprint Cup, which was held at Sepang International Circuit. This was the […]
López battles to home WTCC glory in Argentina
José María López claimed a home FIA World Touring Car Championship victory in the Main Race at WTCC Race of Argentina, battling his way past early leader Norbert Michelisz.With a good start from second on the grid, Norbert Michelisz challenged López at Turn 1 and was able to make the lead his through the following […]
Honda to increase to four works’ Civics in Japan
Honda will increase its entry in the World Touring Car Championship to four cars for the Race of Japan in September, giving Japanese racer Ryo Michigami his début in the championship.Michigami will join regular works’ Honda drivers Rob Huff, Norbert Michelisz and Tiago Monteiro at the wheel of one of the marque’s Civic TC1 cars, […]
PEPPER MAN CHASING BORDER VICTORY
Shaun La Réserveé intent to make it three wins in three meetings Polo Cup winning ways in Port Elizabeth Pepper Racing’s Shaun La Réserveé heads to East London looking to make it three wins in three meetings following a race win in each of the recent Cape Town and Port Elizabeth Engen Volkswagen Polo Cup […]
Vila Real: Monteiro in emotional lights-to-flag home win
Tiago Monteiro has claimed a poignant race win at his home event at Vila Real thanks to a flawless lights-to-flag drive to fend off Yvan Muller. The Portuguese driver endured a post-race exclusion in Morocco before suffering a huge shunt at the Nurburgring Nordschleife which have come as heavy blows to his World Touring Car […]
BROTHER LEADER TREAD KTM’S TEASDALE AND LANDMAN TAKE VICTORY AT WINTERBERG NATIONAL ENDURO
Port Elizabeth once again played host to the annual Winterberg Enduro, forming round three of the 2016 Liquorland South African National Enduro championship. With a format closer to World Enduro standards, full distance riders had to complete five laps of the 32 km course which included a 2.8 km Extreme special, a 7 km Terrain […]
Gabriele Tarquini wins in the wet, leading a Lada 1-2 at home in Russia
Gabriele Tarquini put on a record breaking performance for the Russian manufacturer at their home circuit, leading home the team’s first 1-2 as the rain hit Moscow just ahead of the opening race. The 2009 champion drove from ninth to first to also score the first win for the Lada Vesta in the WTCC, followed […]
Preview: Nürburgring ready to deliver another spectacle for the WTCC
This weekend, the World Touring Car Championship will race at the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife for the second time at the event which has become the championship’s “jewel in the crown”, supporting Germany’s premier endurance race, the Nürburgring 24 Hours.Citroën still lead the way in the drivers’ and manufacturers’ standings, but have Honda hot on their […]