Honda Racing Team JAS are unfazed by their performance at the Monza season launch event two weeks’ ago, recognising both that the track doesn’t suit the Civic WTCC, and that they weren’t chasing lap times during the two day test. Tiago Monteiro finished sixth after two days, with team-mate Norbert Michelisz seventh fastest, both just … More »
New Craft-Bamboo recruit Hugo Valente is settling into his new team in the TCR International Series, and says he’s finding it a more comfortable environment than his last WTCC outing at Lada, but knows that it’ll be a tough and competitive year alongside Pepe Oriola and James Nash. The Frenchman missed out on much of … More »
Argentina’s Esteban Guerrieri has stated he hopes to be able to take part in the full 2017 World Touring Car Championship season, after being confirmed so far for just the first five rounds. During his debut weekend for new Citroën Total Racing team at Argentinian Super TC 2000 Championship last weekend in Buenos Aires, Guerrieri … More »
The third season of the TCR International Series gets underway this weekend in an all-new territory for motorsport. The Rustavi International Motorpark in Georgia plays host to six different manufacturers and a relatively sparse but high quality grid of 16 cars, as Swiss star Stefano Comini seeks to prove he can win the title again … More »
Citroën Total Racing started the 2017 Argentinian Super TC 2000 Championship season perfectly, with José Manuel Urcera scoring pole position, the sprint race victory and with a win on Sunday in the feature race, after a tough battle with French rival Renault’s Leonel Pernía. Under a dark sky and with packed grandstands at the Autódromo … More »
Zengõ Motorsport will be back for the 2017 World Touring Car Championship season, with 18-year-old Daniel Nagy from Hungary now joined by the first non-Hungarian to race for the team, Aurélien Panis, with the duo looking forward to the challenge ahead as the sole privateer Honda squad. Nagy will be taking part in his first … More »
Zengo Motorsport were included in the TCR International Series entry list for the 2017 season today, with the Hungarian team joining the series full-time after a few tastes back in 2015. The team will field a pair of Kia Cee’d TCRs, which are built by STARD. “I am very proud to announce that STARD and … More »
The TCR International Series has unveiled a 23-car entry list for its third season, which gets underway in just over a week’s time at the Rustavi circuit in Georgia, with a number of surprise last-minute announcements. Just yesterday, double champion Stefano Comini confirmed he will be on the grid after all after being released from … More »
2012 champion Rob Huff has talked up his chances of a second world title this year after a successful two-day test at Monza last week, where he topped the time sheets in all four sessions. Huff emerged over seven-tenths of a second faster than anyone else with a transponder over the two days, with Volvo … More »
Gabriele Tarquini has been signed by Hyundai as their lead test driver for their new TCR programme, working with their customer racing team to develop the new i30 TCR. Tarquini joins Hyundai from Lada, where he was instrumental in pushing the development of the Vesta WTCC forward last season, with the car taking three race … More »