Zsolt Szabo has taken his first win in the European Touring Car Cup in the second race at Vila Real, in which just one full racing lap was completed with offs for Norbert Nagy and Christjohannes Schreiber. Szabo kept the lead from pole position into the first corner in his Zengo SEAT, while Mladen Lalusic … More »
The WTCC’s first joker lap, due to take place this afternoon at Vila Rael, will be modified following an expression of concern filed with the FIA by all of the teams in the championship yesterday, with an extra session to try out modifications scheduled for this afternoon. The team managers have raised concerns over the … More »
Norbert Michelisz says his main focus is quickly switching to the reversed grid opening race tomorrow, which will also feature the new joker lap concept for the first time in the WTCC, after securing his third pole position in a row at Vila Real. Michelisz’s pole is his second of the season in the WTCC, … More »
Norbert Michelisz led a Honda 1-2 in the first free practice session at the Vila Real street circuit, but all the focus was on an incident mid-session for Dutch driver Tom Coronel, who slid off down an escape road and hit a parked fire truck. Sébastien Loeb Racing’s Mehdi Bennani set the early pace, but … More »
Dan Lloyd will make his second China Touring Car Championship appearance of the year, taking over the #97 BAIC Senova D60 of Darryl O’Young at the Guizhou Chun Chi International Circuit this weekend, as the Hong Kong driver has clashing commitments. O’Young will be racing at Suzuka in the third round of the inaugural Blancpain … More »
The World Touring Car Championship returns to the Portuguese Vila Real circuit for the third time this weekend, with the race marking the half-way point of the 2017 championship season, with just ten rounds on the shortened calendar this year. Extra spice is being added to the race which, despite delivering a fantastic home victory … More »
Although Honda was hit with a 10kg increase in Balance of Performance (BoP) ahead of the weekend, and Volkswagen and SEAT being given a 10kg break, with Norbert Michelisz sailing to pole position in a Honda and with team-mate Attila Tassi third, drivers at the Comtoyou Audi team and Team WRT Volkswagen have hit back … More »
Portuguese driver Manuel Fernandes will make his World Touring Car Championship debut next weekend at Vila Real, driving a third Lada Vesta for RC Motorsport. Fernandes had a successful weekend at his home circuit last year, winning the first race in a privately-run SEAT León in the supporting European Touring Car Cup race. He will … More »
Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina’s Matías Rossi has expressed his satisfaction over receiving three-time WTCC champion José María López as team-mate for the Super TC 2000 round in October. “We are already having great expectations,” said Toyota driver Rossi to TouringCarTimes.com at Termas de Río Hondo. “It’s been many seasons since he left Argentina, but ’Pechito’ … More »
Rob Huff qualified in seventh, sixth after Attila Tassi’s engine change penalty, at the Salzburgring in a typically frenetic qualifying session in Austria, with the 2012 World Touring Car champion astonished at the driving standards after the session. The Team WRT Volkswagen driver hasn’t raced at the Salzburgring since 2014 in the WTCC, but just … More »