The Nürburgring Nordschleife has been added to the 2016 European Touring Car Cup calendar, which will again feature six events. The ETCC will also combine the Super 2000 classes (TC2T and TC2) and the TCN2 class (formerly the SEAT León Eurocup class) into one tier, with the Super 1600 class as the second tier. The … More »
Sébastien Loeb Racing have confirmed that Grégoire Demoustier will join the team for 2016, pairing with Mehdi Bennani in one of their Citroën C-Elysée WTCCs, while the team hopes to be able to add a third car, keeping the total of Citroëns on the grid at five, with Citroën Racing fielding just two cars for … More »
The promoter of the World Touring Car Championship has confirmed that the prize fund on offer for the 2016 season to drivers and teams in the independents’ classification will be doubled to 500,000 EUR in 2016, as part of the championship’s commitment to help privateers compete against the manufacturer might of Citroën, Honda, Lada and … More »
Honda’s Gabriele Tarquini wants to be back on the grid with the Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team in 2016, and expects the developments that are coming will help the team close the gap to Citroën for next season. “I want to race again next year,” said Tarquini to TouringCarTimes. “If Honda let me race…I … More »
Sébastien Loeb Racing’s Mehdi Bennani missed out on winning the WTCC’s independents’ title for the first time at Qatar by just four points to Zengő’s Norbert Michelisz, but is happy after finishing the season on a high with second overall in race one. The Moroccan driver won the independents’ classification in race one, but third … More »
Yvan Muller says his motivation to sign with Citroën for the 2016 season is fully to challenge for the drivers’ title against team-mate José María López in the French manaufacturer’s final season in the WTCC, Muller and López will be the only two drivers fielded by Citroën for 2016, paired since the manufacturer entered the … More »
Lada Sport’s Nicky Catsburg says the stewards need to take action in future against incidents at the start of the race, after the Dutch driver was taken out at the start of race two in Losail which also saw Münnich Motorsport’s Stefano D’Aste eliminated from the race. Catsburg was up to fifth at the start … More »
Lada Sport’s Rob Huff had a weekend to forget at the Losail circuit in Qatar, qualifying second to last with the Vesta WTCC which struggled with a handling problem all weekend. The 2012 champion and last weekend’s Guia Race of Macau winner put down to damage from his high speed shunt in Hungaroing testing back … More »
Campos Racing’s Hugo Valente was the closest challenger to Citroën’s José María López in the final practice session, running on almost-new tyres, and with all the Chevrolet RML cars performing well at the Losail circuit, the WTCC’s independent contingent has a good opportunity this weekend. Valente finished the session ahead of Craft-Bamboo Racing’s Gregoire Demoustier, … More »
Mehdi Bennani was in the top three in both of the first 30 minute practices in Losail in the Sébastien Loeb Racing Citroën C-Elysée, and hopes to find more pace as the Moroccan fights for the independents’ trophy against the privateer Honda of Norbert Michelisz. Bennani was quick in both practice sessions, with second position … More »