Chinese motorsports outfit Guangzhou Grid Motorsport have revealed the technical details of the Senova D50 TCR, a China-based TCR programme which was revealed last weekend in Shanghai. The team have revealed that although the Senova D50 TCR is built to TCR regulations, much like the Vesta TCR raced by Lada Sport in the TCR Russia … More »
Macanese driver Filipe de Souza will join the RC Motorsport team for the next two rounds of the World Touring Car Championship at Ningbo, China and Motegi, Japan, driving the team’s third Lada Vesta WTCC. The 40-year-old has been a regular in the WTCC in the past, taking part in a number of the Asian … More »
Renault Sport driver Leonel Pernía won the Super TC 2000 feature race at Oberá, followed on the podium by Chevrolet YPF’s Bernardo Llaver and Facundo Ardusso of Renault Sport. Qualifying race had placed Pernía, Llaver and Team Peugeot Total Argentina’s Facundo Chapur on the front of the grid following the exclusion of Fabián Yannantuoni, whose … More »
RC Motorsport’s Yann Ehrlacher has taken his first win in the World Touring Car Championship in Argentina, despite crossing the finish line second on the road, as Sébastien Loeb Racing’s Tom Chilton was given a five-second time penalty for an unfair pass on the Frenchman at the start of the race. Ehrlacher started from pole … More »
Norbert Michelisz and Tiago Monteiro are happy with their grid spots behind Polestar Volvo driver Nicky Catsburg for today’s races at Termas de Río Hondo, where the two drivers hope to make the most in the championship battle against Volvo’s Thed Björk. Championship leader Monteiro will start third, while Michelisz’s brief run of pole positions … More »
Polestar Cyan Racing’s Nicky Catsburg has kept his first pole of the season in Argentina, despite a lengthy investigation by the stewards, with the Volvo driver’s Q3 lap finally deemed legal. The 29-year-old had taken Volvo’s second pole position in the WTCC at the Termas de Río Hondo circuit, outpacing Honda’s Norbert Michelisz by just … More »
Honda driver Ryo Michigami has received a grid-drop penalty after being forced to change the engine in his Honda Civic WTCC prior to today’s qualifying session at Termas de Río Hondo. Michigami had technical issues that hampered his progress during the second free practice session where he finished in 11th place. Honda Racing Team JAS … More »
Honda’s Norbert Michelisz led a severely shortened first practice session at the Termas de Río Hondo circuit in Argentina, which was already delayed by almost an hour due to thick fog, which was then abandoned again when it returned. The session had started 45 minutes behind schedule due to the visibility issues, which were not … More »
There are two words that are sure to divide public opinion in motorsport. Team orders, they are a necessary evil for all involved but have an established and logical place in the sport. As the STCC passed the half-way stage of the season Falkenberg last weekend, the time came for Kristoffersson Motorsport to put such … More »
Delahaye Racing’s Guillaume Mondron will continue his title challenge this weekend at Zolder with his third co-driver of the season, racing with Lorenzo Donniacuo this weekend in the #4 Volkswagen Golf GTI, switching back from the SEAT León TCR. Mondron, second in standings on 214 points, trailing the Boutsen Ginion Honda of Benjamin Lessennes by … More »