Honda driver Tiago Monteiro has been ruled out of competing in the WTCC at this weekend’s race at Motegi on medical advice. It’ll be the second race in a row that Monteiro has missed, following his testing crash in Barcelona at the start of September. The former championship leader was forced to miss last weekend’s … More »
The Citroën C-Elysée cars will only carry 40kg of compensation weight for the WTCC Race of Japan next weekend, the lowest weight since the French manufacturer entered the championship in 2014. Honda will remain on maximum weight of 80kg as the Japanese manufacturer is calculated to be the fastest car on average over the three … More »
The second season of the TCR Benelux Touring Car Championship comes to a close this weekend, with six drivers in contention for the 2017 TCR Benelux drivers’ title at the TT Circuit Assen, in The Netherlands. Due to the unique car sharing method of Benelux, that’s effectively four ‘groups’ of drivers, with last year’s champion … More »
WTCC driver Yann Ehrlacher is one of six drivers chosen by Audi Sport to take part in their annual Young Driver Test, which takes place at the Lausitzring from the 24th-26th of October. The Frenchman, the nephew of the WTCC’s most successful driver Yvan Muller, made his debut in the WTCC this season at the … More »
2017 was the dawn of a new age for the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship, a re-birth if you will. The introduction of the TCR regulations allowed the STCC to start over, and it may just have succeeded in saving the series. PWR Racing’s Robert Dahlgren took his – and the team’s – first championship title … More »
Campos Racing’s Esteban Guerrieri became a chief contender for the WTCC independents’ fight after a sensational second overall win in the WTCC at Ningbo in China in the rain, and with all three of the independents’ leading Citroëns crashing out, has made significant gains in the privateers’ class. The Argentinian dropped a spot to the … More »
Rob Huff was given a ten-second penalty by the CTCC officials for overtaking under a yellow flag in the very wet second Super Cup race of the weekend at Ningbo, which drops the SAIC VW333 Racing driver to third in the classification after crossing the line second. The penalty puts Huff behind the BAIC Senova … More »
Néstor Girolami has been classed as the winner of the second WTCC race in China, after the race was aborted after four laps behind the safety car due to heavy rainfall at the Ningbo circuit. Between the break between races, the rain had begun to intensify, with the officials opting to start the race behind … More »
Campos Racing’s Esteban Guerrieri took his second win of the season is a crash-heavy first race in China, with Volvo’s leading championship challenger Thed Björk taken out in an early collision with the Citroën of Mehdi Bennani. The race started behind the afety car as persistent rain continued to fall at the Ningbo International Speedpark, … More »
Ryo Michigami will drop to the back of the grid for the first race today at the Ningbo International Speedpark, due to an engine change on his Honda Civic WTCC. The Japanese driver had qualified in 11th position in the Honda, just missing the top ten cut-off for the reversed grid, but the team have … More »