FIA World Touring Car Championship regular Hugo Valente lost a great chance of scoring a good result by not starting Race 2 from pole position, which he had gained through the reversed grid. The Campos Racing driver said to TouringCarTimes: “I came here to learn the track, which is not too difficult after all. It … More »
French driver Alexandre Prémat scored his best result at Bathurst this weekend with fifth, sharing the Garry Rogers Motorsport Volvo S60 with Scott McLaughlin, and says he’s enjoying the role of an endurance co-driver in the series, but has no plans to switch back full-time. Prémat, who has switched back to endurance racing in the … More »
François Ribeiro, Head of Eurosport Events, was present at the launch of the new Volvo S60 Polestar TC1. TouringCarTimes discussed several subjects with him, starting from when did Volvo start showing interest in the championship. “We started in 2005!,” said Ribeiro. “Frankly Volvo have been the most consistent manufacturer in trying to get to the … More »
Hugo Valente is going to make a one-off TCR International Series appearance for Campos Racing in the races at Buriram’s Chang International Circuit, Thailand. ”It’s always thrilling to discover new places, a new championship and a new circuit. I’m pleased that Campos Racing offered me the opportunity to participate in the TCR event and learn … More »
Dusan Borkovic clinched the 2015 FIA European Car Cup title in the Single Make Trophy class today in Pergusa. The Serbian’s run wasn’t exempt from problems, having to fight against the circumstances until the last lap. Borkovic arrived in Sicily with a healthy 21-point lead over Mat’o Homola and with Petr Fulín a further 8 … More »
Tin Sritrai will become the first driver from Thailand to compete in the World Touring Car Championship at the next round on November 1st. He will take the wheel of Campos Racing’s third Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 alongside regular drivers Hugo Valente and John Filippi. Sritrai will join the field as the WTCC races at … More »
A spy shot of a Volvo touring car, potentially the highly anticipated WTCC challenger from the Swedish manufacturer, has been photographed testing at the Mantorp Park circuit near Stockholm. Volvo have still not confirmed any programmes outside of their Scandinavian and Australian championships next season, but it’s strongly believed that Volvo, via their performance brand … More »
The FIA World Motor Sport Council has today confirmed that TCN-2 will now represent cars that are built to the technical regulations used by the new TCR International Series, replacing the previous plan to use Argentinian Turismo Nacional cars as the blueprint for the class. As reported earlier in this month, the FIA will support … More »
Tom Coronel was looking to make amends in this weekend’s WTCC round in Shanghai, after a disappointing event in Motegi two weeks ago. After a good qualifying session, the Dutchman saw how a first corner incident put a premature finish to any hopes of a result. Coronel had got the best out of his Chevrolet … More »
Citroën Racing clinched their second consecutive manufacturers’ title in the FIA World Touring Car Championship, winning both races at Shanghai International Circuit, host of the tenth round of the season. José María López led a 1-2-3 for the French manufacturer in race one, finishing ahead of Yvan Muller and Sébastien Loeb. Ma Qing Hua also … More »