John Filippi has unveiled the livery of his Campos Racing run Chevrolet Cruze ahead of the 2016 FIA World Touring Car Championship season. The 20-year-old tested at Barcelona last week in preparation of the official pre-season test at Vallelunga on March 2-3rd, releasing a video where we get a first look of his new livery. … More »
Polestar Cyan Racing driver Thed Björk says his objective in the World Touring Car Championship is to eventually win the drivers’ championship crown, but admits his target in the team’s first season with a two-car programme is to be regularly in the top three by the season end. Björk, a four-time Scandinavian Touring Car Championship … More »
The FIA World Touring Car Championship has issued an amended calendar for the 2016 season following the change in plans to start the season in Sochi, Russia. The WTCC Race of Russia has instead been moved to Moscow Raceway on June 10-12th, taking over the date previously held by the Race of Portugal at Vila … More »
Lada Sport’s new signing Hugo Valente thought his chances of being back on the grid in the World Touring Car Championship were almost over just a month ago, but the reshuffle of drivers at Honda and Lada led to the opportunity to make the move from a privateer to a factory driver. The 23-year-old Frenchman … More »
British driver Tom Chilton has been confirmed as the third signing for Sébastien Loeb Racing, as the French privateer team expands to three cars for the 2016 season. Chilton joins Mehdi Bennani, who will be in his second season with the team owned by the nine-time World Rally champion Sébastien Loeb and run by Dominique … More »
Lada Sport has confirmed Gabriele Tarquini, Nick Catsburg and Hugo Valente for the 2016 FIA World Touring Car Championship, as we reported in January. Tarquini joins the Russian manufacturer after having raced for Honda since 2013, finishing fifth overall last year with four podium finishes. The Italian is joined by 23-year-old Frenchman Valente who has … More »
The WTCC independents’ category, formerly named Yokohama Trophy, has changed name to the WTCC Trophy for 2016. The prize money has been increased for the 2016 season, as we have reported on previously, making for a total of 500,000 euros. ”Privateer drivers and teams play a vital role in the success of the WTCC and … More »
Volvo factory team Polestar Cyan Racing has unveiled the car numbers for its drivers Fredrik Ekblom and Thed Björk in the 2016 FIA World Touring Car Championship. Ekblom will race with #61 and Björk with #62. The team has selected the numbers based on the number 60 of the Volvo S60 model. Robert Dahlgren ran … More »
With Norbert Michelisz and joining the factory JAS Motorsport-run Honda team for this year’s World Touring Car Championship, the privateer Zengő Motorsport team hopes to find a new Hungarian star to take his place at the top-running independent team. In an interview for Hungarian national sports broadcaster MTV4, team principal Zoltán Zengő said the team … More »
2012 WTCC champion Rob Huff has tested the Honda Civic WTCC at an open test at the Jerez circuit in Spain, joined by new team-mate Norbert Michelisz, while Tiago Monteiro was behind the wheel earlier in the week. Michelisz has tested with the JAS Motorsport factory team before while he was also racing for Zengo … More »