Polestar Cyan Racing’s Nicky Catsburg has taken his second career victory in the WTCC, and his first for Volvo at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. With Tiago Monteiro not scoring after a disastrous race day, Catsburg has taken the lead of the drivers’ championship as well. Monteiro was unable to take his fourth place spot on the … More »
Norbert Michelisz is set to make his TCR International Series debut next month at a second home outing of the year at the Hungaroring, as the series moves its planned race at the circuit earlier to take place along with the DTM on June 17th-18th. The TCR race was originally scheduled for July 1st-2nd, but … More »
After a number of tyre issues, from vibrations, blisters to full-blown punctures at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, drivers have voiced their concerns over safety at one of the world’s most famous race tracks. The two Volvos of Nicky Catsburg and Thed Björk both suffered tyre blow-outs in the first 60-minute test session. Problems struck again in … More »
Honda’s Norbert Michelisz topped the 60-minute Free Practice 1 session on Thursday evening, at the Nurburgring, and was set to improve his time even further before a puncture on his last run nearly sent the Hungarian into the barriers. Michelisz topped the session with a time of 8:43.255 ahead of Citroën’s Rob Huff, while the … More »
Münnich Motorsport’s Rob Huff was fastest of all in the first 60-minute test session at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, leading the Honda Civic of Norbert Michelisz and the Volvo of Nicky Catsburg by less than a second around the 25km circuit. Huff set the first competitive benchmark in the session in his Citroën C-Elysée WTCC with … More »
WTCC driver Aurélien Panis faces an interesting challenge at Zandoort on Sunday afternoon, as the French driver will take part in the day’s final two sprint races with no time on track in the Boutsen Ginion Honda Civic TCR. The car suffered with electrical issues throughout Friday and Saturday, with co-driver Stéphane Lémeret able to … More »
The World Touring Car Championship has confirmed the latest compensation weights for the next round of the championship at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, with Chevrolet and Citroën gaining weight, while Honda get 10kg back. The five Hondas jumped from 0kg of ballast to 80kg for the most recent race at the Hungaroring, but after struggling in … More »
World Touring Car Championship driver Aurélien Panis will make his TCR Benelux debut at Zandvoort this weekend, driving a Honda Civic TCR for Boutsen Ginion Racing. The 22-year-old currently races a Honda Civic in the WTCC for Zengo Motorsport, and this weekend will team-up with reigning TCR Benelux series champion Stéphane Lémeret in the #1 … More »
Polestar Cyan Racing’s Nicky Catsburg left the Hungaroring second in the championship, continuing his run of points finishes, now with his first podium of the year in Race 2 with second, and is now also second in the standings, 38 points behind Honda’s Tiago Monteiro. “I’ve had no wins yet, but I hope there’s more … More »
Tom Chillton has blasted into the lead of the WTCC independent drivers’ standings after a strong weekend in Hungary, with the 32-year-old finishing on the podium in both of Sunday’s races despite problematic qualifying. The Sébastien Loeb Racing driver finished second in Race 1, harrying eventual race winner Tiago Monteiro’s Honda throughout, and then went … More »