Citroën Racing’s José María López won the second race of the day at the Paul Ricard circuit, crossing the line just three-tenths of a second clear of the Honda of Tiago Monteiro, who had closed in on the reigning champion in the closing stages, forcing the 2014 and 2015 champion to put up a fight … More »
Rob Huff took his first victory in the WTCC since Macau 2014 in the opening race in France, jumping into the lead at the start and going to take the chequered flag with over a two second lead on his debut for the Honda, while battles raged behind in an intense reversed grid race. Hugo … More »
Tom Coronel put the ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet RML Cruze in fourth on the grid for Sunday’s Main Race for the opening round of the WTCC, qualifying ahead of the works Ladas and Volvos in the car which has had the least pre-season testing. The Dutch driver showed good pace in the wet on Friday, and … More »
Citroën driver José María López claimed his 15th career pole position at Circuit Paul Ricard, but the two-time champion said it was unexpected, after both Honda and Volvo led the way in free practice, and with Citroën carrying the new maximum 80kg of compensation weight this weekend. López’s pole position lap smashed the record set … More »
Citroën won the first MAC3 time trial event of the 2016 World Touring Car Championship by just three-hundredths of a second from Lada, while Honda’s attempt was almost literally stalled after Opening Race pole-sitter Rob Huff bogged down at the start. The three-car time trial pursuit race followed on from qualifying, with Lada taking up … More »
James Nash made it to the top three in his first TCR International Series Qualifying, completing a SEAT 1-2-3 for Craft-Bamboo Lukoil. The Brit is satisfied with the result, also taking into consideration the limited track time in Bahrain: “I’m very happy, it’s two years I haven’t been racing in touring cars, and need to … More »
Polestar Cyan Racing’s Thed Björk put his Volvo S60 fastest in the final practice session of the World Touring Car Championship at Paul Ricard, finishing ahead of the Honda of Tiago Monteiro and the Lada of Nicky Catsburg, with the best-placed Citroën that of Yvan Muller in fifth. The Swede jumped to the fore half-way … More »
René Münnich put a late charge in to leave the final practice session of the ETCC this weekend fastest of all in his Honda Civic TCR, finishing ahead of Norbert Nagy’s Zengő SEAT León, with Peter Rikli’s Honda completing the top three. Münnich, taking part in both ETCC and WTCC this weekend, jumped from his … More »
Honda’s Tiago Monteiro jumped to the top of the time sheets just after the chequered flag in the Saturday morning free practice session at Circuit Paul Ricard, where the top spot changed hands many times throughout on a drying track. For the majority of the session, the coveted P1 spot was disputed by all three … More »
Sébastien Loeb Racing’s Mehdi Bennani will join Citroën factory drivers José María López and Yvan Muller in the first Manufacturers Against the Clock session on Saturday, in the new cycling-based format which offers an additional ten points in the manufacturers’ championship. With Honda and Lada running three factory cars, their line-up was never in question. … More »