Tom Chilton was the best-placed of Sébastien Loeb Racing’s drivers in qualifying at Ningbo in China, despite all three drivers struggling to find pace in the wet conditions with their Citroën C-Elysée WTCCs. The 32-year-old managed to hustle his Citroën into sixth, just missing out on the top five, after working on the set-up throughout … More »
Torrential rain forecast for Sunday in the Zhejiang province in China where this weekend’s WTCC race takes place near Ningbo have a number of drivers concerned that the races may be red-flagged or cancelled. Although there have been a number of wet races in the WTCC’s history, the current TC1-specification cars have problems when large … More »
RC Motorsport Lada driver Yann Ehrlacher believes it was possible to make the top five shootout in qualifying today at Ningbo, but a call by his engineer made sure instead that he grabbed the tenth in qualifying, which gives him pole position for the reversed top ten opening race tomorrow in China. Ehrlacher, who took … More »
Honda’s Gabriele Tarquini says he’ll be working to help Norbert Michelisz in the drivers’ championship and score as many points as possible in the manufacturers’ championship for Honda on race day, admitting “he has nothing to lose”. The Italian was fast on his WTCC return, a week after victory in the TCR International Series in … More »
Polestar Cyan Racing driver Néstor Girolami has claimed his first pole position in the WTCC at the Ningbo circuit in China, outqualifying the Honda of championship contender Norbert Michelisz by three-tenths of a second in the qualifying shootout. Girolami had topped the first practice session on Saturday morning, but after Münnich Citroen driver Rob Huff … More »
Münnich Motorsport’s Rob Huff was fastest of all in the final practice session for the WTCC at Ningbo in China, leading the way throughout the 45-minute session, where the rain had intensified since this morning’s first practice session. The 2012 champion had taken pole position in the supporting CTCC Super Cup race inbetween the WTCC … More »
Rob Huff has taken his second straight pole position in the China Touring Car Championship at Ningbo, displacing fellow Briton Dan Lloyd in the final moments of the session in his SAIC VW333 Racing Volkswagen Lamando. The CTCC qualifying session started immediately after the WTCC’s first practice session, with Huff missing the first few minutes … More »
Polestar Cyan Racing’s Néstor Girolami was fastest of all in a wet first free practice session at the Ningbo International Speedpark, leading his Volvo team-mate Thed Björk in the 45-minute session. The Argentinian took over from Yann Ehrlacher, driving the RC Motorsport Yann Ehrlacher, with just 15 minutes to go after Münnich Motorsport’s Rob Huff … More »
Polestar Cyan Racing’s Thed Björk has a strong chance of leaving this weekend in China with the lead of the drivers’ championship, going in just 12 points behind the absent points leader Tiago Monteiro, but the Swede admits that’s not how he’d want to take the lead. Björk returns to the country where he took … More »
Rob Huff led the way in the first free practice session for the China Touring Car Championship at the Ningbo International Speedpark, finishing just over 1.3 seconds clear in his SAIC VW333 Racing Volkswagen Lamando of Kia driver Leo Yi Hong Li. The WTCC driver displaced Leo Yi at the top of the time sheets … More »