Ciceley Motorsport have announced a change of personnel in its engineering department, with Lada’s Marco Calovolo replacing Paul Ridgway as Technical Director. Ridgway will leave his post at the head of Ciceley Motorsport’s engineering team after three seasons to pursue an opportunity with WestCoast Racing in the TCR International Series. He was working with WestCoast … More »
Top Run Motorsport have conducted a full test at the San Martino del Lago circuit near Cremona in Italy, with Luca Rangoni behind the wheel of the team’s Subaru WRX STi, which made its TCR International Series debut in Singapore last year. The car completed 150km without difficulty, with former front-running WTCC independent driver Luca … More »
John Filippi has confirmed his continued programme with Campos Racing in the FIA World Touring Car Championship and becomes the so far first privateer Chevrolet driver of the 2016 season. “My objective is to establish my legitimacy in this championship with my last performances in mind. I am very happy to continue working with the … More »
The FIA World Touring Car Championship season start which was planned to be held at Sochi on March 20th has now been dropped, and is set to change back to Moscow Raceway later in the year, reports motorsport.com. “We did not receive the guarantees of a commercially acceptable deal, so there will be no WTCC … More »
New Lada Sport team-mates Gabriele Tarquini and Hugo Valente are a highly-talented duo, but they have some history in 2015, with in the infamous discussion in Shanghai, with Hugo Valente telling Tarquini in a heated moment “You’re too old.” Although the Frenchman later recanted, some animosity still remained. “To be honest I don’t really believe … More »
The FIA European Touring Car Cup has revealed its new logo and colour scheme for the 2016 season, the 12th season of the series which was launched in 2005 following the birth of its “bigger brother”, the World Touring Car Championship. The 2016 ETCC, which will start at Paul Ricard, France on April 3rd, before … More »
Polestar Cyan Racing brings Volvo back to the FIA World Touring Car Championship this year and despite a modest approach from the team, experienced touring car racer Fredrik Ekblom says he would not be surprised if they stepped on top of the podium in 2016. ”I would be really disappointed if we are not in … More »
2012 and 2015 BTCC champion Gordon Shedden will turn down the option of racing with #1 for the 2016 British Touring Car Championship season, and instead race with his preferred lucky #52. Shedden took on #1 in 2013 after he won the title, but says as it didn’t bring him luck the following season, so … More »
Unsurprisingly, two-time champion José María López will not break with tradition when he races with the #37 on his Citroën C-Elysée WTCC in 2016, turning down the option of carrying #1 on his car. The 2014-15 champion has raced with #37 throughout much of his racing career, and was the first WTCC driver to turn … More »
Honda have confirmed they will expand to a three car programme for 2016, with Rob Huff and Norbert Michelisz joining Tiago Monteiro driving the Honda Civic WTCCs. Michelisz has been working with JAS Motorsport in developing the Honda Civic during the past two seasons while racing with the privateer Zengo Motorsport team, with which he … More »