Argentina’s Esteban Guerrieri started the 2017 World Touring Car Championship season on a high after winning the opening race at the Circuit Moulay El Hassan, also setting the fastest lap in the second race, collecting the Tag Heuer Trophy. Guerrieri made the most of his front row position in his Campos Racing Chevrolet Cruze, hounding … More »
Honda’s Tiago Monteiro leaves Morocco with the lead of the drivers’ championship after taking pole position and a comfortable victory in the main race at the Circuit Moulay El Hassan, but the Portuguese driver says the challenge from manufacturer rival Polestar is very clear. Monteiro secured his fourth career pole position, and his tenth WTCC … More »
ROAL Motorsport’s Tom Coronel was disappointed to miss out on a chance for a repeat victory in Marrakech, when a brake problem saw him fall out of the lead in Race 1, and struggle across the finish line in eighth. In searing heat in the African country, Coronel’s Chevrolet began to experience brake problems after … More »
Honda’s Tiago Monteiro took a lights-to-flag victory in the main race in Morocco, leading team-mate Norbert Michelisz to leave the African country with the lead of the WTCC drivers’ championship. Monteiro made a good getaway from pole position in the Honda Civic, while team-mate Michelisz leapt from third to second, passing the Polestar Volvo of … More »
Zengõ Motorsport driver Daniel Nagy, who turns 19 today, starts from 11th position for both of today’s races today at the Circuit Moulay El Hassan, and hopes to be able to break into the top ten and pick up his first championship points. The young Hungarian missed this race last year as the team were … More »
Zengõ Motorsport driver and WTCC newcomer Aurélien Panis has been excluded from qualifying in Morocco, after his Honda Civic WTCC was found to be underweight. The French driver had missed all of Free Practice 1 due to a radiator issue, and the team worked hard to replace this ahead of the second practice, which allowed … More »
The Chevrolet duo of Tom Coronel and Esteban Guerrieri are set to start tomorrow’s opening race in Morocco from the front row, after the Lada of Yann Ehrlacher and the Honda of Ryo Michigami were excluded from qualifying, however this is provisional as there’s an ongoing investigation into Sébastien Loeb Racing’s Mehdi Bennani’s Q2 lap … More »
RC Motorsport’s Yann Ehrlacher could be set to lose his provisional pole position for the reversed grid opening race tomorrow in Morocco, as there’s some question over whether the 20-year-old Frenchman might have missed a scrutineering check at the end of qualifying. The Lada Vesta driver was flagged into the weigh bridge in the pit … More »
Rob Huff was able to take part in the second practice session in Morocco after his Citroën C-Elysée WTCC passed scrutineering just minutes ahead of the session, with the team able to fit a replacement set of seat belts, with the original set having caused the car to fail scrutineering on Friday. The British driver … More »
Honda’s Norbert Michelisz led a Honda 1-2 in the second 45-minute practice session at the Circuit Moulay El Hassan in Marrakech, finishing just two-tenths of a second ahead of team-mate Tiago Monteiro, while Rob Huff was able to take part after being cleared by the scrutineers and finished third fastest. The two Hondas were on … More »