Lada Sport driver Nicky Catsburg took his first win in the World Touring Car Championship in the main race at Moscow Raceway, leading a second consecutive Lada 1-2 ahead of team-mate Gabriele Tarquini, and leaps to joint-second in the drivers’ championship. The Dutchman had a great start from pole position ahead of his two Lada … More »
Lada have followed up their best career qualifying result of a 1-2-3 with their first win in the MAC3 time trial event at Moscow Raceway, securing another ten points towards the manufacturers’ championship. Lada were up first in the post-qualifying team pursuit, after their drivers had just participated in the top five shootout. Even though … More »
Volvo would welcome a return to the USA on the World Touring Car Championship calendar, with North America a key market for the Swedish marque’s new performance brand Polestar, but WTCC boss Francois Ribeiro is sceptical it could happen without a strong, local wild card entry. The WTCC last visited the USA in 2013, racing … More »
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 … More »
WTCC promoter Francois Ribeiro has also stated that he believes that the return of an experienced driving standards adviser to the stewards would be a good move following former champion Rob Huff’s comments at the Hungaroring, when the Honda driver received a penalty after contact with Citroën’s Yvan Muller. Muller himself backed the suggestion by … More »
The World Touring Car Championship is aiming to have agreement with the teams and the FIA this summer to modify the technical regulations this year, with the aim of reducing costs by around 200,000 EUR per season, as the championship works to rebuild its independent base. The WTCC has a four-manufacturer strong entry this season … More »
The two Polestar Cyan Racing drivers Fredrik Ekblom and Thed Björk raced to fourth place in the two WTCC races on Sunday at the Hungaroring, scoring their personal best results and matching Robert Dahlgren’s best result for Volvo in Oschersleben 2011. Björk then left the circuit straight after the race to be with his wife … More »
Tiago Monteiro will make a one-off appearance in the new-for-2016 TCR Benelux series at Spa-Francorchamps on May 20th-21st, driving a Boutsen Ginion Racing-run Honda Civic TCR along with Stéphane Lémeret. The team will run the car with Monteiro’s famous number 18, the number with which Monteiro carried throughout his two seasons in Formula 1 as … More »
James Thompson is back in the FIA World Touring Car Championship, deputising for René Münnich at Münnich Motorsport. The Brit is back after almost one year off the track, driving the new-for-him Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 “I love the feeling of driving the car,” said Thompson to TouringCarTimes. “Obviously I need a bit more track … More »