Tom Coronel will start the opening race at Motegi from the back of the grid after his ROAL Motorsport team were forced to change the engine after the second free practice. The Dutch driver, who has had most of his WTCC success in Japan at what he refers to as his home circuit after many … More »
Néstor Girolami set the pace on his return to the World Touring Car Championship, with the Argentinian fastest of all on his first flying lap in the Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60, finishing the 30-minute session nearly a second-and-a-half clear of his nearest rival, Lada’s Nicky Catsburg. Girolami, returning to the championship after a year … More »
This year’s WTCC Race of Thailand is certain to be cancelled at the next FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting, after the Thailand National Sporting Authority (ASN) failed to make a new deal with the WTCC promoter Eurosport Events. The Buriram International Circuit was set to host the penultimate round of the 2016 WTCC calendar … More »
Andy Yan won the second Super Cup 2.0T race at the Guandong International Circuit ahead of Changan Ford FRD team-mate Martin Cao, as Teamwork’s Sunny Wong retired from the lead on the final lap. Zheng Zhen Dong started from pole position as a result of the top eight reversed grid, was passed by the Ford … More »
Petr Fulín finished the first free practice session in Thailand in sixth position in the Mulsanne Racing Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR, showing great pace in the much-improved Alfa as the European Touring Car Cup regular races in Asia for the first time. Mulsanne Racing are fielding just the one car for Fulín this weekend as … More »
Robert Dahlgren will get to drive the final two Scandinavian Touring Car Championship races instead of the FIA World Touring Car Championship in order to fight for the title with Polestar Cyan Racing team-mate Richard Göransson. ”It feels great. The mission I have had is to bring home the STCC title and that has always … More »
Honda is going to carry the maximum compensation weight for the first time in the upcoming World Touring Car Championship race weekend at Motegi, Japan. The Japanese manufacturer will be on the same level, plus 80kg, as Citroën has been for the entire season, based on the average lap times from the past three race … More »
Robert Dahlgren was hospitalised with a stomach bug following his trip to Argentina with the WTCC last weekend, but managed to fight his way back to victory in today’s STCC races at Karlskoga. ”I have never had anything like it, I was completely knocked out. I didn’t think I was going to win earlier this … More »
Polestar Cyan Racing driver Robert Dahlgren was on his own in the first test of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship weekend at Karlskoga, beating Flash Engineering driver Björn Wirdheim by close to two tenths of a second. Dahlgren was fastest despite suffering from a stomach virus he got while racing WTCC in Argentina last weekend … More »
Esteban Guerrieri led both free practice sessions and effectively scored pole position before his lap time was disallowed for a pit lights infringement at Termas de Río Hondo, Argentina. The home hero had looked like a strong possibility for a surprise win, or at least to challenge for it, but a series of problems on … More »