Three-time World Touring Car Championship drivers’ champion José María López has been confirmed to race for Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina at this year’s Buenos Aires 200km in October, where he’ll co-drive with 2013 champion Matías Rossi in a Toyota Corolla. The 34-year-old Argentinian started his campaign in the World Endurance Championship this year, joining Toyota … More »
The latest compensation weight calculations for the World Touring Car Championship have the five Honda Civics running at 20kg less than at the Nürburgring two weeks’ ago, while Citroën and Volvo remain at full weight. The qualifying and fastest laps from the three races at Monza, the Hungaroring and the Nürburgring have been used to … More »
The memorable Salzburgring circuit hosts the fifth round of the 2017 TCR International Series season this weekend, and the championship is only just beginning to heat up. It’s the Austrian circuit’s third time on the calendar, and the short but fast circuit in the hills has been a favourite for Honda the past two years, … More »
The World Touring Car Championship races at Vila Real in Portugal on June 24-25th will mark the debut of joker laps in the championship. Turn 26 will have a joker lap route that is calculated to be approximately two seconds slower than the normal lap. All drivers have to take the joker lap once per … More »
Kia Racing’s Alex Fontana led a top three for the South Korean manufacturer in the qualifying session for the China Touring Car Championship Super Cup race at the Guangdong International Circuit. The Swiss driver lapped the circuit with a time of 1:19.756, just 0.029 seconds faster than team-mate Leo Yi, with Jason Zhang completing the … More »
Kissling Motorsport will run 23-year-old Austrian driver Thomas Jäger at the upcoming round of the TCR International Series at the Salzburgring, adding a third Opel Astra TCR to the grid. Jäger is the first Austrian driver confirmed for the race, and says his main challenge will be adapting to front-wheel drive after racing primarily in … More »
Grégoire Demoustier is going to join DG Sport Compétition for the TCR International Series races at Salzburgring next weekend alongside Mat’o Homola. The Frenchman, who raced for Sebastien Loeb Racing in the WTCC last year, is going to drive one of the team’s Opel Astra TCR race cars. “I’m going to split my time between … More »
Following months of development work, TouringCarTimes has unveiled a new site for touring car connoisseurs and fans around the world. TouringCarTimes was founded in 1995 and is one of the oldest motorsport websites in the world with more that 22 years of online time, having existed for three years more than Google. TouringCarTimes is run … More »
Yokohama have responded to criticism from a number of drivers after a series of punctures on Saturday, with Tiago Monteiro’s costing him the lead of the championship, and for Volvo’s Néstor Girolami, possibly costing him any hope of the championship. There were four punctures during the day’s two races, with Monteiro and Girolami’s failures coming … More »
Münnich Motorsport’s Rob Huff has vented his frustration with the level of race stewarding in the WTCC, after Volvo’s Nicky Catsburg received no action or investigation for an incident at the start of the main race at the Nürburgring into Turn 2. The Citroën driver picked up two third place finishes on race day at … More »