Sabine Schmitz has been confirmed at Münnich Motorsport for the fifth round of the World Touring Car Championship at the Nürburgring, replacing team owner-driver René Münnich who will again step aside due to commitments in the World Rallycross Championship. Schmitz became the first driver to score points in the World Touring Car Championship at the … More »
Nika Racing have again announced that they will not make the upcoming round of the World Touring Car Championship, this time electing to skip the Moroccan round, again citing commercial and logistics as the catalyst. The privateer Swedish squad lodged a full season entry for young Swede John Bryant-Meisner, but after missing Morocco will have … More »
Polestar Cyan Racing driver Robert Dahlgren leaves Skövde with a 28-point lead in the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship standings after a strong weekend behind the wheel of the Volvo S60, topping every session except the final race, where he drove from tenth to second, finishing behind team-mate Richard Göransson. The 36-year-old secured victory on his … More »
Robert Dahlgren put on a dominant performance throughout all of Saturday’s running for the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship opener at the Skövde airport circuit, and the 36-year-old is delighted with the performance of the Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 on his return to competitive racing. Dahlgren sat out the 2015 season after leaving the V8 … More »
The 2016 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship gets underway this weekend with a number of top name drivers making a last minute return to the series, bolstering the fledgling grid and seeing four manufacturer-backed programmes on the grid at the potential start of a resurgence. The Swedish series has had a tough time in recent years … More »
Both Honda and Lada will benefit in the FIA’s latest calculation for compensation weight for the round of the World Touring Car Championship at the revised Marrakech street circuit. After being awarded the near-maximum with 70kg at the last race in Hungary, following strong performances running ballast-free for the first two rounds, Honda will now … More »
Reigning manufacturers’ champions Kia Racing will return to the China Touring Car Championship to defend their crown this season, again employing Hexathron Racing as its technical partners, and switching from the K3S hatchback to the K3 saloon, matching the shape of its rivals FRD Sport and Donfeng Honda with their Changan Ford Focus and Honda … More »
Honda driver Rob Huff has called for the reintroduction of a driving standards adviser for the World Touring Car Championship, following a controversial incident in the main race on Sunday at the Hungaroring. The 2012 champion received a drive-through penalty for an incident with Citroën’s Yvan Muller driver on lap 10 of the race, which … More »
British driver James Thompson will again substitute for René Münnich at the next round of the World Touring Car Championship at Marrakech on May 8th, driving the German’s Chevrolet RML Cruze at the African street circuit, while Münnich himself will be on World Rallycross Championship duties in Hockenheim. Thompson was asked to take over at … More »
After a tough start to the year, Sébastien Loeb Racing’s Tom Chilton scored his best results of the season in the two races at the Hungaroring, with second overall in the opening race, followed by fifth overall and an independents’ class win in the main race, maximising the performance of the team’s Citroën C-Elysée WTCC … More »