Norbert Michelisz won the final race of the weekend at Circuit TT Assen, finishing just ahead of his Boutsen-Ginion Honda team-mate Tom Coronel, and scored the maximum points possible in the championship for co-driver Stéphane Lémeret. Michelisz started from pole position ahead of Coronel courtesy of his Race 3 victory, and after a short safety … More »
Norbert Michelisz put co-driver Stéphane Lémeret’s championship challenge back on track after a lights-to-flag victory in the third sprint race of the day at the Circuit TT Assen, while trouble for chief rival, Opel driver Pierre-Yves Corthals. saw the Belgian failing to score. Michelisz led the way in his Boutsen-Ginion Racing Honda Civic TCR ahead … More »
Renaud Kuppens followed up on his win in Sprint Race 1 at Assen with a victory in the second race, while it was not all smiles for Boutsen-Ginion Racing, as their other two cars, including championship leader Stéphane Lémeret, retired on the first lap. Kuppens won the race, again held in wet conditions, ahead of … More »
Renault Sport driver Facundo Ardusso set the pole position for Round 10 of the Super TC 2000, as the series returned to the threatening “El Zonda” circuit in San Juan. The title challenger qualified ahead of Toyota Team Argentina’s Matías Rossi and Renault Sport’s Leonel Pernía. The session started with Group B on track, the … More »
Eight-time Guia Race of Macau winner Rob Huff will lose out on the chance to compete in this year’s race after a new rule resulted in the Briton’s entry being rejected by the event’s organisers. The Honda factory driver was set to compete in this year’s race in a Honda Civic TCR, as he had … More »
The entry list for the 2016 Macau Guia Race has been released, featuring a joint TCR and CTCC grid of 35 cars. 26 cars from the TCR International Series cars will take part in the race that is the season finale for the championship. Notable entries include WTCC driver Tiago Monteiro for Honda team WestCoast … More »
WMSC confirms the cancellation of the Race of Thailand, with José María López confirmed champion The FIA World Motor Sport Council has ratified the request of the Touring Car Commission to cancel the Thailand round of this year’s championship with no replacement, which effectively confirms José María López as a three-time champion of the WTCC. … More »
The Volvo team Polestar Cyan Racing could move from the STCC to the support class Swedish GT next year following the switch to TCR regulations in 2017. Richard Göransson claimed the 2016 STCC title, his fifth, in the season finale at Knutstorp this weekend and while his contract ends this season, the team is keen … More »
Bernardo Llaver earned his second win of the season at La Pampa, after flying to victory from pole position in Toay. José Manuel Urcera followed him, while Toyota’s Esteban Guerrieri completed the podium after being dropped from second by the stewards. The heat races held earlier in the morning helped place Llaver on pole, followed … More »
Thed Björk’s last lap pass around Norbert Michelisz may have helped the Polestar Volvo squad secure their first WTCC victory, but it didn’t escape the attention of the stewards, who gave the 35-year-old Swede a reprimand for the move. The Volvo driver is believed to have escaped a time penalty after Honda driver Norbert Michelisz … More »