Lada Sport’s Nicky Catsburg has said he is disappointed after having re-signed to drive for Lada for 2017, to now find himself out of a drive, with the Russian manufacturer pulling the plug on its WTCC programme. Lada has reportedly told its staff that it will no longer continue to compete in the World Touring … More »
Pierre-Yves Corthals says he plans to be back on the grid for the 2017 TCR Benelux season to win the drivers’ title, after he and co-driver Frédéric Caprasse narrowly missed out on winning with the new Opel Astra at Mettet. Corthals and Caprasse has a strong latter part of the season and slowly nipped away … More »
WTCC front-runner Tiago Monteiro and 2016 ADAC TCR Germany series champion Josh Files have been officially confirmed by WestCoast Racing and Target Competition respectively to compete in the Guia Race 2.0T at Macau in a pair of Honda Civic TCRs. Monteiro already featured on the provisional entry list for the famous street race when it … More »
DG Sport Opel driver Frédéric Caprasse took victory in the second sprint race of the day at Mettet, overtaking Race 1 winner Benjamin Lessennes’ Honda at the start and went on to win by over four seconds. Caprasse got the jump on Lessennes at the rolling start and swung his Astra TCR into the lead … More »
Norbert Michelisz and Stéphane Lémeret have extended their championship lead after a lights-to-flag victory in the qualifying long race at Mettet, with the Boutsen-Ginion Honda pair defeating Opel rivals Pierres-Yves Corthals by three seconds. Michelisz took the first stint, while WTCC rival Grégoire Demoustier started alongside him in the Team WRT Volkswagen Golf. Demoustier made … More »
Following the reveal of STARD’s new Kia Cee’d TCR touring car at Circuit Jules Tacheny today near Mettet, the Austrian firm have released the full technical details of their new-for-2017 challenger, which is being made available to customers from January 2017. Vehicle Vehicle Type – FWD Touring Car according to TCR regulation Safety cell – … More »
Rob Huff has taken pole position for the BAIC Senova team in their Saab-based D60, outqualifying fellow international wild card and CTCC debutant Alex Fontana in the new Kia K3 2.0T by almost three-tenths of a second. The Briton is making his second appearance in the China Touring Car Championship in the Super Cup 2.0T … More »
The seventh and penultimate round of the 2016 China Touring Car Championship takes place this weekend, with European stars Rob Huff, Adam Morgan, Alex Fontana and Tomas Engström all competing as wild card entries among the Chinese regulars. Former WTCC drivers’ champion Huff will be behind the wheel of the BAIC Senova D60 2.0T for … More »
Norbert Michelisz will pair up with Stéphane Lémeret at Boutsen-Ginion Racing in the Honda Civic at the TCR Benelux season finale at the Circuit Jules Tacheny near Mettet, while fellow WTCC driver Grégoire Demoustier will make his debut with Team WRT this weekend. Lémeret leads the standings by 81.5 points over the DG Sport Opel … More »
The new TCR specification Audi RS 3 LMS has made its racing debut in the VLN season finale at the Nürburgring Nordschleife last weekend. Two cars were entered with former WTCC driver Jordi Gené driving together with Kelvin van der Linde and former DTM driver Rahel Frey driving with Christopher Haase, finishing third and fourth … More »