Honda’s Tiago Monteiro claimed his first pole position since Portimao in 2010 in a thrilling top five shootout, which saw mistakes made by all four of his rivals, with Monteiro’s clean benchmark of 1:56.633 enough to score him pole position for the main race on Sunday. The three factory Hondas and the two Citroëns had … More »
Citroën’s José María López was fastest of all in the second and final practice session at Vila Real, breaking his own qualifying record from last year with a time of 1:56.365, leading the two Hondas of Norbert Michelisz and Tiago Monteiro. The championship leader showed more pace in this session than he’d shown all weekend … More »
Rob Huff led an all Honda top three in the first free practice session on Saturday at the Vila Real street circuit, grabbing the top spot from team-mate Norbert Michelisz just after the chequered flag fell. Honda dominated the bulk of the session, with Michelisz jumping to the fore just before the ten-minute mark, coming … More »
Honda Racing Team JAS driver Norbert Michelisz has said conclusions about Honda’s relative pace to the competition should not be drawn after the testing session at Vila Real on Friday, where Michelisz and team-mate Rob Huff finished first and third, with only Citroën’s Yvan Muller within a second of the Hungarian. Michelisz finished the test … More »
Honda driver Norbert Michelisz was fastest of all in the first test session at the Vila Real circuit, finishing just under a tenth of a second ahead of Yvan Muller’s Citroën, with the fight for the top close between the ballast-laden French and Japanese marques. Michelisz set the early pace in the session in his … More »
Honda Racing will present an art car at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, within the frame of the new ‘Art Car Contest’ to be held at the famous annual event in England. The livery was designed by Dominique Graton, Art Director at the Jean Graton Foundation, and Philippe Ghielmetti, and is inspired to the famous … More »
James Thompson will be back behind the wheel of the Münnich Motorsport prepared Chevrolet Cruze for this weekend’s WTCC races in Portugal. The Brit will drive his fourth WTCC weekend this season, currently placed 14th in the drivers’ championship and sixth in the WTCC Trophy for independents, with sixth place in the final race in … More »
After being replaced by Tom Chilton in the Russian WTCC races, Mehdi Bennani is back on MAC3 duty for Citroën in this weekend’s races at Vila Real in Portugal. Bennani drove the first five MAC3 runs for Citroën where the French manufacturer claimed two and a half (tied on time with Honda in Slovakia) victories. … More »
Lada Sport have paid the heaviest price for their fast pace in the wet at their home race in Moscow Raceway, with the Russian manufacturer acquiring an additional 50kg of compensation weight, putting them on the maximum ever base weight of 1,170kg for the next round of the World Touring Car Championship in Vila Real. … More »
Top Run will miss the German round of the TCR International Series in Oschersleben as they continue to work on the WRX STI TCR. After a trip to Japan, Top Run received renewed support from Subaru, which meant the engine was fitted with parts engineered by the manufacturer. After Estoril, the team withdrew in an … More »