Bentley Team Absolute drivers Adderly Fong and Keita Sawa extended their lead in the GT Asia Series after successfully defeating challenges from both their rivals and the elements to take a well-deserved second-place finish at the 3 Hours of Sepang in Malaysia. The successful weekend at the Malaysian F1 track saw Bentley Team Absolute […]
Citroën Total WTCC driver Sébastien Loeb told the Belgian media at the weekend that a return to the World Rally Championship is not part of his plan, even if the French manufacturer does call time on its WTCC programme in 2017 and continue only in the WRC. Citroën Total WTCC driver Sébastien Loeb told the […]
Brian Gush, Bentley’s director of motorsport, knows the Continental GT very well. He began working on the development of the car not long after VW Group acquired the storied British luxury brand in 1998. Over the years, he’s also served as Bentley’s powertrain and chassis development chief, and now the genial South African, who collects […]
A new form of tin-top racing has sprung up. It’s called the TCR International Series, it just kicked off its inaugural championship this season, and it’s already getting manufacturers lined up. Volkswagen signed on just a few weeks ago with a new Golf-based touring car, and now its cross-town rivals at Opel are following suit. […]
Defending World Touring Car Championship champion Jose Maria Lopez is open to driving in Formula E in the future following DS Automobiles’ tie in with Virgin Racing.In a press conference at the London ePrix in June, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson announced that his team would be joining forces with DS, a subsidiary of Citroen, […]
Despite a dramatic opening lap and conditions that were constantly changing, Fuji International Speedway provided yet another outstanding round of the GT Asia Series, and with it, the fifth different race winning combination of the year, although the round was undeniably the domain of Ferrari, with the Italian marque claiming a podium lockout. Ultimately it […]
Citroën Racing expect to make a decision on whether they will continue on in just the World Touring Car Championship or the World Rally Championship from 2017 onwards by the end of this year, with logistics, level of competition and the Chinese market the key factors for the French manufacturer. On target to take their […]
As the inaugural season of the TCR Asia Series approaches and final logsitics are set in place organisers have been forced to change the originally scheduled start date in Zhuhai, to the second round at Sepang after it became clear that new customs procedures in Zhuhai could see cars stranded in China ahead of the […]
José María López and Ma Qing Hua helped Citroën extend its winning tally in the FIA World Touring Car Championship to 31 by taking it in turns to triumph on the challenging Vila Real streets as OSCARO.com WTCC Race of Portugal delivered action and drama aplenty. In ambient temperatures approaching 30 degrees centigrade and in […]
First appearance, first win: The new Volkswagen Golf for the racetrack made its debut in the Touringcar Racer International Series (TCR) and promptly claimed its first victory. The Golf run by cooperation partner Liqui Moly Team Engstler triumphed at the Red Bull Ring in Austria. Spain’s Pol Rosell won race two, finishing ahead of his […]
On an ultra-fast track snaking between the Armco and stone walls, the “fearless” could make the difference.Begun at the Circuit Paul Ricard, the second-half of the FIA World Touring Car Championship continues in Portugal. Before the Asian swing, which will make stops in Japan, China, Thailand and Qatar; this is the last chance of the […]
Sebastien Loeb started from pole position for the first time in his WTCC career at Paul Ricard and converted it into his third victory of the season, but leaves him home race disappointed after he failed to finish race two after he hit a tyre stack at Turn 4. The tyre stacks were placed on […]
Sébastien Loeb scored his second World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) victory of the season in race two in Slovakia, as Citroën again secured a clean-sweep of the podium positions, with José María López in second and Yvan Muller. The three leading works’ Citroën drivers all got off to scintillating starts from the lower reaches of […]
The Bridgestone BMW Club Racing Series will head to the rustic Midvaal Raceway on 20 June for the fourth round of the 2015 racing season. With three exciting rounds behind them, this ever popular racing series will be joining the Northern Regions Racing Tour for an action packed race day with no less than eight […]
Citroën’s World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) leaders José María López and Yvan Muller head to the Slovakiaring this weekend with confidence, with the latter citing recent changes for his upturn in performance. Muller reeled in 13 points on leader López to close the gap to 35 points after the races in Moscow, where the Frenchman […]
Honda’s Tiago Monteiro scored his first World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) win since China in November 2013, beating LADA’s Rob Huff and Zengő Motorsport’s Norbert Michelisz in the second race on the Moscow Raceway. Monteiro started the race from pole position and was never headed, getting a strong start to lead into the first corner. […]
Eight action-packed races run, four winners and a whole heap of drama – the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship is proving to be a big hit and the chase for more success continues apace at the Moscow Raceway next week (5-7 June) with ROSNEFT WTCC Race of Russia. A new addition to the […]
Eight action-packed races run, four winners and a whole heap of drama – the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship is proving to be a big hit and the chase for more success continues apace at the Moscow Raceway next week (5-7 June) with ROSNEFT WTCC Race of Russia. A new addition to the […]
Motorsport.com can exclusively reveal that the racing version of the all-new Ford GT car ran on track for the very first time earlier this month.The Multimatic-designed car, which will be revealed at the Le Mans 24 Hours next month, was driven by Scott Maxwell at the Calabogie Motorsports Park in Ontario. An initial test took […]
Romain Monti secured the win in Race 2 at the second round in the Maserati Trofeo World Series. At Spielberg, Austria, the Frenchman repeated his victory at Paul Ricard, again in the second race. In doing so, Monti hit back at Marcos Martinez after the Spaniard claimed yesterday’s event. Monti now leads overall on 58 […]
In only his second season in the championship, rally legend Sebastien Loeb is already taking the fight to the touring car specialists in the WTCC.Although he lags behind reigning champion Jose Maria Lopez in the standings, the nine-time WRC champion remains ahead of his other Citroen teammate – quadruple WTCC champion Yvan Muller. Last […]
Sabine Schmitz, competing with the support of the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission, made history at the weekend by becoming the first woman to score points in a modern era FIA World Touring Car Championship event. The German – making her debut in the series at the Race of Germany – claimed 10th and one […]
Yvan Muller held a charging Jose Maria Lopez at bay to clinch victory in the second World Touring Car Championship race of the day at the Nordschleife. The Frenchman took the lead at the end of the 14 mile first lap from pole sitter Tiago Monteiro and held station for the remaining two laps, despite […]
Jose Maria Lopez has extended his lead in the World Touring Car Championship after a storming start saw him get the better of team-mate Yvan Muller at the Hungaroring. Title chaser Muller had qualified from pole position, but third place Lopez got the better getaway to squeeze up alongside his Citroen team-mate into turn one […]
Citroën Racing Team Principal Yves Matton says his team have “written a new chapter in Citroën motorsport history” after drivers for the marque secured a 1-2-3-4-5 in the first World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) race in Marrakech. Race one saw José María López claim his second win of the season, finishing ahead of team-mates […]
Sebastien Loeb feels he has rescued his race weekend from a frustrating position to grab two rostrum appearances in the second round of the World Touring Car Championship at the Marrakech street circuit. The nine-time World Rally champion struggled in qualifying and started race one in eighth on the grid, but a lightning-quick sprint off […]
The Castrol Honda squad head to Morocco this weekend for the second round of the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship season, and are hoping that a recent test in driver Tiago Monteiro’s home country of Portugal will have further closed the gap to the almighty Citroën team this weekend. Monteiro was the closest threat […]
The 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship heads to Morocco for the second round of the season after more than a month since the season opener in Argentina last month, and with now a race-winner Mehdi Bennani behind the wheel of the dominant Citroën C-Elysée WTCC, expectations of the 31-year-old will be high this weekend. […]
Toyota has announced it is consolidating a number of its individual motorsport programs around the globe under the Gazoo Racing banner. The automaker says the move will help clarify its motorsports efforts and hopefully foster a better link between its cars designed for racing and those designed for the road. Engineers from the production […]
The Extreme Festival Racing show performed at the Western Cape Killarney circuit on Saturday, and it was a huge success.A large Capetonian crowd showed up on a perfect day for racing to be rewarded with a day of close competition, varied winners and championship leader changes. The bill-topping National Production Car races saw three separate […]
A 28.5-litre Fiat record-breaker from 1911 makes its first public run in more than 100 years. The Fiat S76, unofficially the fastest car in the world in 1911, will make its first public run for more than 100 years when it tackles the Goodwood Festival of Speed hillclimb on June 25-28 as part of a […]
Sebastien Loeb produced a classy drive to stay out of trouble in race two of the opening World Touring Car Championship round to take victory ahead of Jose Maria Lopez, while Tiago Monteiro secured Honda’s first podium of the new season. Loeb took the lead from Ma Qing Hua in a furious opening two laps […]
Sebastien Loeb says his eponymous team is braced for a big test when the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship hits the track in Argentina this week. Although the French squad has experience in GT and sportscar racing, the WTCC is unchartered territory and Loeb – who made his driving debut in the series with […]
Four months after the curtain came down on WTCC season 10, Planet Earth’s finest touring car racing heroes will resume their battle for on-track glory when Argentina hosts round one of the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship season from 6-8 March. And what a season-opener it promises to be with 17 star performers intent […]
Sebastien Loeb says he hopes to have learned the lessons of 2014 and use the experience to challenge for the this year’s World Touring Car Championship title. Last year marked the Frenchman’s debut in the series after switching from WRC, where he claimed nine world championships between 2004-2012. Loeb, who celebrated his 41st birthday yesterday […]
Jose Maria Lopez is expecting a much trickier task trying to defend his World Touring Car Championship crown due to the stronger competition expected in 2015. The Citroen Racing driver stormed to his maiden WTCC title in his first full year last season with a record-breaking 10 victories. But the Argentine is preparing for a […]
Tom Coronel will focus on his FIA World Touring Car Championship ambitions for the remainder of 2015 after conceding that his days of being Rambo are over. Dutchman Coronel completed the 9,111-kilometre Dakar Rally route alone last month and likened his heroics to the fictional film character John Rambo, who is skilled in many aspects […]
World Rallycross (WRX) championship promoter IMG has reached an agreement with FIA and ITR to include an event in the 2015 calendar, to be held as a support race at the DTM season opener in Hockenheim.A purpose built circuit will be set in the iconic stadium area of the German track, featuring tarmac sectors, off […]
After shining in testing, lapping the Circuit de Catalunya less than a second behind Citroën counterpart and his own team owner Sébastien Loeb, Bennani hopes for strong results in 2015 despite the tough benchmark which will be set by having three world champion drivers competing in the same specification of car. Bennani, who is in […]
Lada says its new World Touring Car Championship challenger has met all its expectations following the maiden test with the car last week.The new Vesta TC1, which replaces the Granta with which the team has competed in the WTCC over the past years, took to the Magny Cours circuit with Rob Huff, James Thompson and […]