Equipo Fiat Petronas driver José Manuel Urcera has claimed pole position for the 2016 edition of the 200km of Buenos Aires at the Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez. Urcera, who will share his Linea with Valdeno Brito in tomorrow’s endurance event of the Argentinian Super TC 2000 Championship, lapped the circuit with a time of … More »
James Thompson will continue to be behind the wheel of the Münnich Motorsport-prepared Chevrolet Cruze in the World Touring Car Championship races in Argentina next weekend. “We are happy to continue with James in Argentina as René (Münnich) is busy in Canada,” said team manager Dominik Greiner. Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo will be the … More »
Tom Coronel will be the only non-South American driver taking part in this weekend’s endurance event of the Argentinian Super TC 2000 Championship, driving for the privateer Escudería FE Peugeot team at the Buenos Aires 200km, and is looking forward to his adventure in the tough race. Coronel ended his holiday early in the Dutch … More »
Lada has completed a three-day test at the Spanish circuit Aragon with drivers Gabriele Tarquini and Nicky Catsburg. The test was focussed on chassis work and ”other development tests” in dry and hot weather. Catsburg is the best placed Lada driver in the FIA World Touring Car Championship, currently holding third place, just four points … More »
Honda is going to expand to a fourth car for Ryo Michigami at the Japanese FIA World Touring Car Championship race at Motegi on September 2-4th. ”I will be racing with my heart and soul at Motegi and putting all my experience to best use. Honda and JAS Motorsport have given me a wonderful opportunity; … More »
Argentinian racer Esteban Guerrieri is going to join Campos Racing for the coming World Touring Car Championship races at Circuito Termas de Río Hondo in Argentina. “It’s a great opportunity and to be part of an FIA world championship is not something that happens every day,” said Guerrieri. The 31-year-old currently races for Toyota Team … More »
A cursory glance at the British Touring Car Championship points table will tell you that West Surrey Racing led the 2016 standings heading into Oulton Park, and still led it when they left the track on Sunday night. But that small piece of information doesn’t begin to do justice to the many highs and lows … More »
World Touring Car Championship front-runner Tiago Monteiro is the latest driver to show his interest in the burgeoning electric racing Formula E Championship, with TouringCarTimes understanding that the Portuguese driver tested for Mahindra Racing at the Circuit de Calafat in Spain last week. TouringCarTimes has sourced photos of Monteiro, currently second in the WTCC drivers’ … More »
Tiago Monteiro has lost his sixth place result from Race 2 at Zandvoort following a 30-second penalty handed down by the stewards for being out of position at the rolling start, dropping him out of the points. The Portuguese driver started Race 1 from pole position in the Boutsen Ginion Honda Civic, but a disconnected … More »
A Honda Civic touring car, carrying the livery which won the World Touring Car Championship’s art car project at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last month, will make its racing debut this weekend in the TCR Benelux series, driven by WTCC stalwart Tiago Monteiro, and the director of the Jean Graton Foundation Jean-Louis Dauger. Dauger, … More »