Tom Coronel starts from pole position for the reversed grid opening race for the second time in a row this season, and the ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet driver says he’ll not make it easy for his pursuers on Sunday. Coronel will start the first race at Monza ahead of the privateer Citroën of Mehdi Bennani, with … More »
Thed Björk put together a perfect lap in qualifying to take Polestar Cyan Racing’s first pole positon in their third full season in the World Touring Car Championship, with the Swede tasked with fighting off points leader Tiago Monteiro for the victory in tomorrow’s main race. Björk, a race winner in the WTCC already in … More »
Tiago Monteiro led the first 45-minute practice session at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza for Honda, despite suffering a puncture half-way through the session, as did Münnich Citroën driver Rob Huff. The session was initially led by Huff, who had topped the time sheets at the pre-season at the test last month with a time of … More »
Hyundai Motorsport have had a successful first test of their new i30 TCR at the Motorland Aragon circuit in Spain, with former WTCC driver Gabriele Tarquini on hand for development duties for the South Korean manufacturer. The three-day test was the first official on-track running for the new i30, with the car only having completed … More »
Rob Huff and Jean-Karl Vernay leave Spa-Francorchamps third in the TCR Benelux series standings, despite the pair’s appearance being a one-off entry in the Belgian national series, with the two experiencing an up-and-down weekend. Running in the Volkswagen test car as the team’s race car is still on its way back from Bahrain, Team WRT … More »
The European Touring Car Cup is set to formally adopt TCR into its top tier ETCC 1 Cup class this year, with the FIA and TCR working on a last-minute agreement which will allow the cars to compete. In the previous two seasons, the ETCC has run FIA TCN2 cars as its top class. TCN2 … More »
Renault Sport’s Leonel Pernía has been excluded from the Super TC 2000 qualifying race in Potrero de los Funes following the technical scrutineering. His car was reported to have an illegal floor at the front. Former WTCC entrant has had his car ruled out after finishing fifth in the qualifying race, won by Toyota Gazoo … More »
The DG Sport Compétition Opel Astra TCR will start from pole position for Sprint Race 1 and Sprint Race 3 on Sunday at Spa-Francorchamps, after both Mat’o Homola and Fred Caprasse were fastest in each of their respective stints in the qualifying long race. Homola, who had claimed pole position for the long race, produced … More »
Tom Chilton held his position in the top ten of the drivers’ standings after a tricky weekend at Donington Park; retiring from the first race, but was able to go from from 28th to tenth in the second, picking up key points in the championship hunt. Chilton, in his third consecutive race meeting of the … More »
WestCoast Racing driver Gianni Morbidelli has hailed the burgeoning TCR format for professional level drivers in his situation, with manageable costs and hundreds of races across the world accessible. Morbidelli had great touring car success in the last decade in the Italian-based Superstars series with BMW and Audi, where he was a four-time champion, before … More »