Krenek Motorsport’s Petr Fulín was fastest of all in the second test of the day, shared with the WTCC field, which was red flagged following a crash for the factory Honda driver Rob Huff with two minutes to go. The top spot in the session was contested throughout, with first Sébastien Loeb Racing driver Teddy … More »
Citroën’s José María López was fastest in the second session of the day at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, with the Argentinian’s first run of 8:44.236 keeping him on top of the time sheets throughout the session, which was red flagged with two minutes to go following a crash for Honda’s Rob Huff. The session was not … More »
ETCC Super 2000 points leader Peter Rikli was fastest of all in the first testing session of the weekend, running alongside the WTCC field at the Nürburgring circuit. The Honda driver finished ahead of his Rikli Motorsport team-mate Kris Richard, while Sébastien Loeb Racing’s Teddy Clairet proved to be the closest challenger to the Hondas … More »
Citroën’s Yvan Muller finished the first one-hour test session of the Nürburgring weekend fastest of all, in a session where the lead was contested throughout by Muller, his team-mate and championship leader José María López and Honda’s Rob Huff. Muller set down the first benchmark of 8:52.604 after his first run as drivers slowly re-accustomed … More »
Renaud Kuppens won the third of four races at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, taking a comfortable win ahead of Boutsen Ginion Honda team-mate Stéphane Lémeret. At the start, Pierres-Yves Corthals made a poor getaway in the DG Sport Opel Astra from pole and fell to fifth position, while the two Boutsen Ginion Honda Civics of Renault … More »
Alessandra Neri has been drafted in at the last minute to replace Diego Rominani at BD Racing, pairing up with Carlotta Fedeli behind the wheel of one of the team’s two SEAT León Cup Racers. The 28-year-old former sportscar driver is a commentator for Formula 1 in Italy for Sky, as well as for the … More »
Tiago Monteiro and Stéphane Lémeret have won the qualifying race for the season opening round of the TCR Benelux series at Spa-Francorchamps, but faced an early challenge from DG Sport’s Opel Astra, driven by Pierre-Yves COrthals and Frédéric Caprasse, who led the early phase of the race. Lémeret started from pole position in the Boutsen … More »
Jonas Lundin, the managing director of the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship, has stated that it is a question of when, not if, the championship is going to switch to TCR regulations. The plan is for an announcement to take place after the next round of the STCC at the end of the month at Mantorp … More »
The fifth round of the 2016 World Touring Car Championship at the Nürburgring Nordschleife will see very few changes in compensation weight, with just Lada gaining 10kg ahead of the WTCC’s landmark event at the 25km circuit. The FIA have calculated the weights based on the last three events, with Citroën again the reference car, … More »
Hugo Valente and Gabriele Tarquini came together on the fifth lap going out of Turn 1 in the main race in Morocco, with the Italian sliding his Lada Vesta WTCC to the outside and closing the door on the twin car driven by the Frenchman, who vented his frustration with his team-mate’s behaviour post-race. Hugo … More »