Honda and Lada will both benefit from the latest calculations of compensation weight by the FIA for the next round of the World Touring Car Championship in Russia. While the championship leading Citroëns will all carry 80kg for the sixth time this year, the Honda Civics will drop to their lowest weight since Slovakia based … More »
After qualifying at the Hungaroring weekend, it emerged there was investigation taking place by the FIA into the legality of the four Civics entered by Honda. This included the three factory cars driven by Rob Huff, Tiago Monteiro and Norbert Michelisz, as well as the privateer entry of Ferenc Ficza which is run by Zengo … More »
Sébastien Loeb Racing’s Tom Chilton had his strongest weekend of the 2016 season to date, finishing second to the fellow Citroën of José María López in the opening race and taking third in the second, holding off a race-long challenge from countryman Rob Huff’s Honda Civic. Chilton showed impressive pace throughout the weekend and was … More »
Citroën’s José María López completed a perfect weekend at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, winning race two from pole position in the main race in a depleted field following a dramatic first race which eliminated two of his main championship rivals. After both Citroën team-mate Yvan Muller and Honda’s Tiago Monteiro were eliminated following a collision in … More »
Lada Sport’s Hugo Valente has vented his frustration with the World Touring Car Championship tyre supplier Yokohama after qualifying at the Nürburgring, with the 23-year-old experiencing his second puncture of the weekend and crashing out, relegating him to 13th on the grid. Valente experienced a puncture in Free Practice 1 on Thursday which saw him … More »
Two-time WTCC champion José María López claimed pole position for the fifth round of the 2016 World Touring Car Championship at the Nürburgring Nordschleife with a time of 8:35.541, over 3.5 seconds clear over his Citroën team-mate Yvan Muller. López managed to set three laps during the 60-minute session, each time emerging as the fastest … More »
Petr Fulín has claimed pole position for the European Touring Car Cup’s first race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife by just 0.012 seconds ahead of Rikli Motorsport’s Kris Richard at the legendary track. In the dry conditions, Fulín held the top spot through the qualifying session, which was officially 60 minutes long, but due to a … More »
Honda driver Rob Huff will be forced to start the opening race of the weekend at the Nürburgring from the back of the grid along with Volvo’s Fredrik Ekblom, after the team were forced to change his engine following Free Practice 1. The Briton also crashed out in the final minutes of Free Practice 2 … More »
The European Touring Car Cup cars are going to skip the last 30 minutes of the combined WTCC and ETCC qualifying session this afternoon at the Nürburgring as part of a gentleman’s agreement due to concerns over the speed differential between the WTCC’s TC1 and the ETCC’s second tier Super 1600 class cars. The usual … More »
The cars of Honda have been excluded from the results of the last two rounds of the World Touring Car Championship following an investigation by the technical delegate and the stewards at the Nürburgring, which found the team’s flat floors and rear hatch not in compliance with the technical regulations. The investigation which was first … More »