The FIA World Touring Car Championship will go from the shortest track in Marrakech to the longest of them all when the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife hosts WTCC Race of Germany for the second time next week (26-28 May). It’s also the biggest challenge of them all with 64 heart-stopping turns lying in wait over the […]
Polestar Cyan Racing drivers Thed Björk and Fredrik Ekblom will battle for FIA World Touring Car Championship success at the Nürburgring Nordschleife next week without the hindrance of carrying compensation weight in their Volvo S60 Polestar TC1s. Under rules designed to equalise performance between the various World Touring Cars, a system of adding success ballast […]
Van der Linde intent to add more wins following spectacular double Audi Sport TT Cup debut victories Double-debut winner, 17-year old South African Audi Sport TT Cup wunderkind Sheldon van der Linde is ready to pick up where he left off when the series heads for its second round that the Nurburgring in Germany […]
Rob Huff has led home Honda’s dream 1-2-3 finish in the main race at Marrakech after mastering the wet conditions, with Nobert Michelisz claiming third ahead of Tiago Monteiro. The Castrol Honda driver had been faced with the daunting prospect of being the first one into the unknown after a sudden downpour drenched the revised […]
Citroën Racing drivers José María López and Yvan Muller expressed their concerns over the new layout of the Moulay El Hassan Circuit in Marrakech. The fast street track used up to 2015 by the FIA World Touring Car Championship has been turned into a permanent but shorter circuit, measuring just under 3 kilometres and is […]
José María López won the main race at Slovakiaring after a thrilling final lap, overtaking Lada’s Nicky Catsburg, who had looked set to secure his first win in the WTCC until he lost ground to both López and Monteiro. The Citroën driver finished the race ahead of Honda Racing’s Tiago Monteiro, who leaves Slovakia with […]
Citroën’s José María López held on to win a thrilling main World Touring Car Championship race in France, after Honda’s Tiago Monteiro closed the gap to the reigning champion in the latter stages of the race. A thrilling race saw López lead from the start, whilst his team-mate Yvan Muller moved from third to second […]
This weekend the 12th season of the World Touring Car Championship kicks off at the Paul Ricard circuit in the south of France, the home round of reigning manufacturers’ champions Citroën, but the almighty C-Elysées of Yvan Muller and José María López will have a hard fight from three full manufacturer entries from Volvo, Lada […]
The 2016 World Touring Car Championship season kicks off in a week’s time at the Circuit Paul Ricard in the south of France, and despite being the all-conquering Citroën team’s home race, drivers Yvan Muller and José María López expect it could be difficult to stay ahead carrying an unprecedented 80kg of compensation weight. […]
Only 10 days until the 2016 WTCC season opener in France. The man everybody is chasing is Double World Champion Jose Maria Lopez. Will anybody be able to end his reign? Defending champion José María López says it won’t be until qualifying for WTCC Race of France that he will know how much of a […]
Peugeot’s 308 Racing Cup car has taken part in the TCR Balance of Performance test in Valencia, in order for the car to be assessed and ready to race in the various TCR series, but the French manufacturer has moved to clarify Sébastien Loeb Racing’s participation in the test. SLR, which will run three Citroën […]
Given the changes during the off-season, the 2016 World Touring Car Championship could be the most unpredictable in recent seasons.Despite the uncertainties, several drivers are a dead-cert to be in the running for the title, including all of the past eight WTCC champions. José María López (2014, 2015 champion) Probably the hands-down favourite to win […]
Volvo Polestar chose the World Touring Car Championship over the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters due to its global ambitions, according to the marque’s Commercial Director of Motorsport Alexander Murdzevski.Volvo will return to the WTCC in 2016 with a two-car works effort, competing with its Polestar performance brand under the ‘Polestar Cyan Racing’ banner. The decision to […]
The official entry list for the 2016 FIA World Touring Car Championship has been revealed, with Tom Coronel confirming his return and John Bryant-Meisner set to make his debut. Though most of the grid had been confirmed, with several driver changes taking place over the course of the winter, the entry list has revealed touring […]
SEAT is continuing its intense and long-standing commitment to motorsport as it prepares for the 2016 season of the SEAT Leon Eurocup to take to some of the continent’s most fascinating race tracks. Two sprint races will be held on each of seven race weekends in six European countries. On the starting line is the […]
Thed Bjork says his lack of experience at World Touring Car Championship level will not present too much of a hindrance as he and Volvo return to the international series in 2016. The 35-year-old Swedish driver is preparing to step up to WTCC with Volvo who makes its comeback in the series with Polestar Cyan […]
World Touring Car Championship chief Francois Ribeiro said he was left speechless by Citroen’s decision not to retain Sebastien Loeb for the 2016 season.Citroen’s parent PSA group announced last November that the manufacturer would exit the championship at the end of this year, when it will switch its focus solely to its World Rally Championship […]
The category for privateer racers in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) will be rebranded as the ‘WTCC Trophy’ from the 2016 season, with twice as much prize money on offer to competitors. Formerly known as the Yokohama Trophy, the independents category has been rebranded for 2016. The category will now offer €500,000 of prize […]
Although Citroën are slimming down to a two car factory effort next season, the plans are for there still to be five cars on the grid in 2016 with Sébastien Loeb Racing running three cars, while Citroën Racing team principal Yves Matton says the door is open for SLR to expand and run up to […]
Swedish duo Thed Bjork and Fredrik Ekblom will spearhead Volvo’s return to the World Touring Car Championship with the factory-backed Polestar Cyan Racing project in 2016. The pair have been involved in the development of Polestar’s new TC1-spec S60, along with Robert Dahlgren, who will continue with WTCC test duties while returning to the Scandinavian […]
Sebastien Loeb Racing has bolstered its entries for the 2016 World Touring Car Championship to become a three car attack as Gregoire Demoustier joins the already announced Mehdi Bennani. The French driver endured a steep learning curve in his rookie year in WTCC after finishing 20th in the overall standings and seventh in the Yokohama […]
Zengő Motorsport’s Norbert Michelisz secured his second Yokohama Trophy for independents in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) races in Qatar, pipping Moroccan Mehdi Bennani to the title. Despite being outscored by rival Bennani in the first of Friday evening’s races, Michelisz was able to hold on to a podium finish in race two to […]
Coming into the final event of the 2015 Australian GT season, Audi was primed to achieve two championship victories, with Audi Sport customer racing Australia team-mates locked into a title fight in both the outright [Championship] and Trophy classes. Ultimately Audi claimed both title wins, with German factory star Christopher Mies, and team-mates Greg Taylor […]
José María López found the perfect way of rounding off the FIA World Touring Car Championship season that has seen him crowned world champion for the second time*, picking up the seventh pole position and tenth race win of his 2015 campaign. Yvan Muller won the very last race of the year to snatch the […]
Mehdi Bennani will continue to race with Sebastien Loeb Racing in the 2016 World Touring Car Championship.Sebastien Loeb Racing has confirmed Mehdi Bennani will continue with the team in the World Touring Car Championship next season. The Moroccan joined the Loeb’s eponymous team as it made the switch from sportscars to touring cars this year, […]
Citroën will decide within the next two weeks whether it will continue in either the World Rally Championship or World Touring Car Championship from 2017 onwards The twice-drivers and manufacturers’ champion have been given a directive to focus on just one motorsport programme from 2017 onwards from PSA Peugeot-Citroën’s head office, along with sister marque […]
Jose Maria Lopez has claimed the FIA World Touring Car Championship title in style with victory in race one at the Chang International Circuit, with his only last-standing championship contender Yvan Muller crashing out.The Argentine driver produced a flawless lights-to-flag victory from pole position in Thailand to successfully defend his WTCC title with three races […]
Yvan Muller has called his FIA World Touring Car Championship title battle as ‘a little far-fetched’ as he attempts to overhaul a 75-point deficit to Jose Maria Lopez with two rounds remaining. The four-time WTCC champion feels his title charge is effectively over with a steep order to hunt down his Citroen team-mate Lopez. With […]
The second race of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) meeting in Thailand will be run as a sunset race, with the race taking place under the Chang International Circuit floodlights. The penultimate meeting of the season will thus come an hour short of being the WTCC’s first-ever night race, which will take place in […]
Championship-winning rally driver and Olympic medalist Nasser Al-Attiyah will compete at the WTCC Race of Qatar in November.Al-Attiyah recently secured his 11th FIA Middle East Rally Championship title, having won the FIA World Cup for Cross Country Rallies for the second time just a few weeks earlier. He is also a double winner of the […]
After five grueling events, the 2015 GT Asia Series has come down to the wire, with four teams – all race winners this season – locked in a titanic battle for the top spot. Regardless of which team takes the crown on the series’ maiden visit to Thailand, they will be first time winners in […]
The TCR International Series grid will increase to 25 cars for its first trip to Thailand, with the championship once again combining with the TCR Asia Series. Two teams will make their first appearances on the international series grid, with the Asia Racing Team joining from China and Niza Racing from Malaysia. Asia Racing Team […]
The Asia Racing Team will return to action in the final two events of the TCR International Series and the TCR Asia Series in Thailand and Macau, having missed the previous round in Singapore.The team, who are managed by Frenchman Philippe Descombes, dominated the opening meeting in Malaysia at the beginning of September, where drivers […]
It was a perfect end to the season for Bentley Team HTP: For the final with the Bentley Continental GT3 in 2015 HTP Motorsport won the Blancpain Sprint Series. The victory of Bentley Tea HTP marks the first championship win for the Bentley Continental GT3 since the competitive debut of the Bentley in late 2013. […]
Volvo has announced it will be making a full-scale return to the World Touring Car Championship next season with a pair of S60 saloons prepared by its tuning arm Polestar. The Swedish manufacturer has a long history in touring car competition, most notably in British Touring cars and – most recently – in the Australian […]
With just three point-scoring races left in the 2015 GT Asia Series, race two at Shanghai was always going to provide a foundation from which the title challengers could build a championship advantage heading into relatively unchartered waters in Thailand in four weeks time. As it was, all of the title contenders made the podium, […]
Yvan Muller has completed a dream weekend for Citroën in the FIA World Touring Car Championship for Citroën by winning the second ROSNEFT WTCC Race of China and put the French make’s second WTCC Manufacturers’ title success beyond doubt subject to confirmation of the final results. Honda’s Gabriele Tarquini had led for eight laps but […]
FIA: September 22, 2015 – José María López might be 74 points to the good in his quest for back-‐to-‐back FIA World Touring Car Championship crowns, but his rivals aren’t about to let the Argentine start his title celebrations early when the Shanghai International Circuit hosts ROSNEFT WTCC Race of China (25-‐27 September). With Honda […]
Citroën closes in on WTCC Manufacturers’ Championship glory José María López might be 74 points to the good in his quest for back-to-back FIA World Touring Car Championship crowns, but his rivals aren’t about to let the Argentine start his title celebrations early when the Shanghai International Circuit hosts Rosneft WTCC Race of China next […]
Jose Maria Lopez says he is ‘quietly confident’ about the defence of his World Touring Car Championship title after further extending his lead in the drivers’ standings. The Citroen driver notched up a dominant victory in race one at the Japanese round of WTCC in Motegi but suffered his first retirement of the year in […]