Polestar Cyan Racing’s Thed Björk will start from the back of the grid for the opening race of the WTCC weekend following an engine change after Friday testing. The Volvo S60 TC1’s engine has been changed following an evaluation by the Cyan Racing team after temperatures ran high late in the race at the Slovakiaring … More »
Hungarian Honda driver Norbert Michelisz headed a Honda 1-2-3 in the first test session of the FIA World Touring Car Championship weekend at the Hungaroring. Michelisz was 0.369 seconds faster than team mate Rob Huff and 0.724 seconds ahead of team mate Tiago Monteiro. Chevrolet privateer Tom Coronel was best of the rest in fourth … More »
Sébastien Loeb Racing will also run a pair of Peugeot 308 Racing Cup cars at the famous Nürburgring Nordschliefe in May, once in the VLN endurance series, and also in the joint WTCC/ETCC race as part of the Nürburgring 24 Hours weekend. The new 1.6 litre car will be run in the ETCC’s TCN2 class … More »
Swedish privateer team Nika Racing have announced they will miss this weekend’s race in Hungary, the third round of the World Touring Car Championship season, citing sponsorship issues as the cause of the delay. The team announced a one-car entry for John Bryant-Meisner at the start of the season in a Honda Civic WTCC, but … More »
Honda and Lada have gained weight for this weekend’s FIA World Touring Car Championship races as the compensation weight calculation comes into force. Honda gain 70kg and Lada gain 50kg while Citroën remain on the maximum weight of 80kg. The Volvos of Polestar Cyan Racing remains on 0kg of compensation weight, as well as the … More »
Sébastien Loeb Racing’s Mehdi Bennani made full use of the reversed grid in Slovakia, ending up as the top-scoring Citroën in the opening race by claiming second. The Moroccan led the race until Honda Racing’s Tiago Monteiro overtook him and went on to win. “I always had to be defensive,” admitted Bennani to TouringCarTimes. “I … More »
Nicky Catsburg was very close to victory in the main race in Slovakia on Sunday, but lost out to Citroën’s José María López on the final lap. The Lada Sport driver was disappointed after having lost the victory, but was still glad to take third, which he regards as a very good result, his best … More »
Norbert Michelisz lost a chance to be on the podium in the main race when he suffered from a puncture, and was even passed by Thed Bjork, who was later disqualified. Although the Polestar Cyan Racing driver gave him a minor push, the Hungarian says it was not Bjork’s fault: “To be honest I don’t … More »
Polestar Cyan Racing’s Thed Bjork has been disqualified from both races at Slovakiaring due to an excessive expansion of the metal in the air restrictor. As per WTCC technical regulations, the part must adhere to the rules under all circumstances. “The temperature of the engine and air restrictor was considerably higher when measured after the … More »
The two protagonists of the weekend at Slovakiaring were Honda Racing’s Tiago Monteiro and Citroën Racing’s José María López, who took one win apiece. The Portuguese now leads the championship, whereas the defending champion took an unexpected win despite a problem on the rear left of his C-Elysée. “It was an amazing weekend,” commented Monteiro. … More »