Norbert Michelisz has won the second race of the weekend in Motegi, which featured just four laps of green flag racing as the rain continued to lash the Japanese circuit, with the officials calling it after 75% of the scheduled distance was completed. The Hungarian started from pole position in the Honda and led the … More »
Polestar Cyan Racing have made a precautionary engine change on the #63 Volvo S60 TC1 of Nicky Catsburg in Japan, which relegates the Dutchman to the back of the grid for the opening race. Catsburg has qualified in second position for the main race, but with the reversed grid for the opening race, Catsburg was … More »
Honda’s tumultuous weekend at their home race in Japan continues, as home hero Ryo Michigami has been forced to change his engine, which relegates him to the back of the grid for the opening race at Motegi. The Honda Racing Team JAS squad have made a formal request to change the engine in the #34 … More »
Honda’s Norbert Michelisz led the way in an unusual late-afternoon first practice session at Motegi, with the weekend’s schedule heavily compressed due to the late arrival of the cars and equipment from China late on Friday night. The session went from damp to very wet during the 45 minutes, with Sébastien Loeb Racing’s John Filippi … More »
Honda Racing Team JAS has been excluded from all results from the last round of the World Touring Car Championship at the Ningbo circuit in China, after an investigation by the championship’s technical delegate ruled the team’s fuel injectors were not compliant with the technical regulations. The exclusion is the second for the Japanese manufacturer … More »
16 cars have been revealed so far for the first ever TCR European Trophy race at the Adria Raceway this weekend, with drivers from the German, Benelux, Russian, Portuguese and Italian national series all taking part. There will be eight different manufacturers in competition as well, with Volkswagen and SEAT the most represented with four … More »
Three-time British Touring Car champion Gordon Shedden will join Team WRT for the season finale of the TCR International Series, supporting Jean-Karl Vernay’s championship bid in their second Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR. The 48-time race winner in the BTCC will get his first real taste of international racing after a call-up by the Belgian squad, … More »
Honda Racing Team JAS have confirmed that Esteban Guerrieri will take over from Tiago Monteiro this weekend at Motegi in Japan, joining Ryo Michigami and Norbert Michelisz in the three-car effort. “I was sorry to hear that Tiago would not be able to race this weekend, but I’m extremely excited to have been given the … More »
Kris Richard has replaced Esteban Guerrieri for this weekend’s Japanese round of the WTCC, which paves the way for the Argentinian to move to Honda to deputise for Tiago Monteiro. Swiss driver Richard won a one-off race appearance in the WTCC as a prize for winning the 2016 European Touring Car Cup last year with … More »
A 20-car entry list has been revealed for this year’s Guia Race of Macau, with the WTCC fielding its biggest entry of the season to-date. The grid has been expanded with the addition of an extra Citroën C-Elysée WTCC for Ma Qing Hua by Sébastien Loeb Racing, and a pair of Chevrolets for two Hong … More »