Lada Sport Rosneft had a weekend of mixed emotions in Shanghai, host of the tenth round of the 2015 FIA WTCC season. The Russian outfit scored some points, but incidents in both races prevented them from a bigger harvest. The rescheduled qualifying session saw Nicky Catsburg finishing in a promising third position, with Rob Huff … More »
Castrol Honda’s Gabriele Tarquini has received a penalty, after the stewards at the tenth round of the 2015 WTCC season in Shanghai found him responsible for causing a collision. During the initial stages of Race 1, Tarquini and Lada’s Rob Huff came side by side, with the Italian trying to overtake the Briton. The move … More »
The Honda squad in the FIA World Touring Car Championship recovered from a difficult qualifying result this morning in Shanghai, host of the tenth round of the season, to four points scoring positions in the races, including a podium by Gabriele Tarquini. The Civics WTCC had gained 40 kilos of compensation weight for this event, … More »
Lada Sport Rosneft driver Nicolas Lapierre has been excluded from the results of the WTCC Race 1 in Shanghai earlier this morning, after a technical infringement was found in his Vesta WTCC. The French driver, competing in his only second ever weekend in the WTCC, had survived a chaotic race to finish in seventh position, … More »
Yvan Muller completed the celebrations for Citroën Racing in Shanghai, winning the second race of the day while Honda’s Gabriele Tarquini and reigning champion José María López completed the podium after an intense battle. The Lada and Honda mechanics made the most of the repair time and during the first race to get Rob Huff’s … More »
Citroën Racing secured a 1-2-3 result today at Race 1 in Shanghai to secure the manufacturers’ crown in the WTCC for the second year in a row. José María López won a chaotic race, with team-mates Yvan Muller and Sebastien Loeb completing the podium. At the start, both Ma Qing Hua and Hugo Valente didn’t … More »
Citroën Racing’s José María López made the most of the changing track conditions to achieve yet another pole position in Shanghai, host of the tenth round of the 2015 FIA World Touring Car season. The reigning champion set a best lap of 1:49.447, piping local hero Ma Qing Hua by just 0.114 seconds. The session … More »
Citroën Racing and Ma Qing Hua had a dominant day in Shanghai, host of the tenth round of the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship season, and had expected to carry the momentum into the fight for the pole position. With the qualifying session rescheduled for early tomorrow morning, the Chinese driver could have to … More »
The qualifying session for the WTCC in China, which was due to take place today at 14:30 local time, has been postponed until Sunday morning. A heavy accident in the GT Asia Series, a support competition in this weekend’s programme, has resulted in damage to the barriers, which couldn’t be fixed in time to hold … More »
Ma Qing Hua has continued to be the fastest man of the day, topping the time sheets in the second free practice session this morning in Shanghai, host of the tenth round of the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship season. The Chinese driver was significantly faster than his Citroën team-mates in the final practice … More »