José María López took his seventh pole from ten races in the 2016 WTCC Season at the Shanghai International Circuit, outqualifying Lada Sport’s Nicky Catsburg by just under two-tenths of a second, helping Citroën to secure their third manufacturers’ title on Saturday. López threw down the gauntlet in each part of qualifying, topping the first … More »
Polestar Volvo’s Fredrik Ekblom topped the time sheets in the second free practice session at the Shanghai International Circuit, leading Campos Chevrolet driver John Filippi by almost half a second, with team-mate Thed Björk completing the top three. After Björk had led the way in Free Practice 1, it was Ekblom’s turn on his WTCC … More »
Juan Carlos Zhu claimed the first pole position for the BAIC Senova team in the China Touring Car Championship at the Shanghai International Circuit, while 2012 WTCC champion Rob Huff also took part in the session for the Chinese manufacturer. Zhu lapped the circuit which saw both the Super Cup 2.0T and 1.6T classes combined … More »
The Scandinavian Touring Car Championship will switch to new rules for the third time in its 21-year history in 2017 when it adopts TCR. The debate is ongoing whether this is the right move, and how successful the previous Solution-F (TTA) regulation has actually been. Join us as we take a look at the stats … More »
Fredrik Ekblom will return to the grid for this weekend’s round of the World Touring Car Championship at the Shanghai International Circuit in China, taking the car back over from Néstor Girolami. Ekblom last raced in the WTCC at Moscow Raceway, before test and development driver Robert Dahlgren took over in Portugal and Argentina, while … More »
The Macau Grand Prix organisers have opened up the entry for the Guia Race 2.0T for 2016 to cars conforming to British and China Touring Car Championship (BTCC/CTCC) specifications, in addition to the TCR class cars which were already permitted during last year’s race. The race became the final round of both the TCR International … More »
The Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo team will move quickly to choose its driver for the next round of the WTCC in Shanghai, with Néstor Girolami in the frame after a strong debut for the Swedish marque in Japan. Thed Björk will continue to race the #62 car, while Robert Dahlgren is set to race at … More »
Tom Coronel could be on the 2017 World Touring Car Championship grid behind the wheel of a privateer Citroën C-Elysée WTCC, now that the French manufacturer has decided to make available their championship winning cars to the independent teams. Coronel, a two-time race winner this season in the venerable but undeveloped Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1, … More »
The boss of the Honda WTCC team has said they won’t be implementing team orders to ensure Tiago Monteiro or any of their drivers get the full focus for points in the battle for second in the drivers’ championship, after Citroën’s Yvan Muller drew level with Monteiro in Japan after José María López handed the … More »
Lada Sport’s Nicky Catsburg has hit out at the driving standards of some of his competitors at the most recent round of the World Touring Car Championship at Twin Ring Motegi, Japan, though the Dutchman was in fact the only driver to receive a reprimand for driving standards over the weekend. Catsburg was caught up … More »