Gabriele Tarquini visited the TCR International Series paddock this weekend, with the Italian attracting attention as both a popular driver and a representative for Hyundai Motorsport. The 2009 WTCC champion met with old friends and former rivals in the TCR paddock. “The TCR reminds me of the old days of the WTCC, when I was … More »
Mehdi Bennani took his first win of the season, holding off Nicky Catsburg in a race which contained drama early on after the two Volvos of Catsburg, Néstor Girolami and Münnich Citroën’s Rob Huff came together at Turn 2, with Huff given a drive-through. Rob Huff started from pole position in the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC, … More »
Local hero Norbert Michelisz delighted the fans standing in the wet grandstands at the Hungaroring, after setting the fastest time in the second and final practice session, two-tenths of a second clear of Honda team-mate Tiago Monteiro. The session began in very wet conditions after the rain fell or over an hour before the start. … More »
Münnich Motorsport’s Rob Huff was fastest of all in a mixed conditions practice session at the Hungaroring, with the Citroën driver finishing just under a tenth of a second clear of current points leader Tiago Monteiro Monteiro set the first marker in the now heavily ballasted Honda Civic WTCC, but almost as soon as the … More »
The Citroën C-Elysée WTCC race cars will carry 60kg of compensation weight this weekend in Hungary, instead of remaining on 50kg as previously announced. Although no formal announcement about the change has been made, it’s believed the adjustment is due to a calculation error of the original averaged fastest lap times for Citroën. This is … More »
The TCR International Series head to the Autodromo di Monza for the fourth round of the season this weekend, with the series presenting the closest competition yet in its short history. The series already visited the mythical Italian track back in 2015, with WestCoast Racing’s Gianni Morbidelli scoring a double victory. The entry list for … More »
The 2017 China Touring Car Championship gets underway this weekend, with five factory teams now competing in the combined 2.0 turbocharged main class, with the two-class structure now dropped from this season. The championship had begun to split in recent years with the 1.6T and 2.0T classes, with Kia and the Dongfeng Honda team in … More »
Dutch racer Jaap van Lagen will make his debut in the TCR International Series this weekend after being called up by Leopard Racing to replace Rob Huff. Huff joined the team for the third round of the season at Spa but is unable to complete at Monza due to his commitments with Münnich Motorsport in … More »
Kevin Gleason made his World Touring Car Championship debut at Monza two weeks ago and will be back with RC Motorsport for the third race weekend of 2017 at Hungaroring. “I don’t have any set expectations for this weekend. Now that I have some idea what this car is like, I hope to improve my … More »
Volvo and Honda have been given the maximum possible compensation weight for this weekend’s race at the Hungaroring, after the FIA’s calculations have been published after the first two rounds of the season. The best two lap times of each model of car during the first two race weekends in Morocco and Italy have been … More »