Citroën Racing’s Yvan Muller took his second pole position of the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship season at the Moscow Raceway, less than half-a-tenth of a second ahead of championship leader José María López, but the Citroëns didn’t have it all their own way as they were pushed hard throughout qualifying by both Honda … More »
Rob Huff was fastest of all in the final practice session at Lada’s home race at the Moscow Raceway, putting a time in during the final moments to demote the two Citroëns of Yvan Muller and José María López to second and third. The two-time champion put the Vesta WTCC on top on Lada’s home … More »
Honda World Touring Car Team’s Gabriele Tarquini was fastest for the second consecutive practice session at the Moscow Raceway, with the Italian just over a tenth of a second faster than championship leader José María López’s Citroën C-Elysée WTCC. López set the first benchmark of 1:40.219 in the 30-minute session, which was soon beaten by … More »
Chevrolet and Honda have gained compensation weight ahead of the FIA World Touring Car Championship weekend in Moscow. The Chevrolet Cruze will get 40 kilos added ahead of Moscow compared to the previous race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife in Germany. The Honda Civic will also receive more weight, although 20 kilos less than the Chevrolet, … More »
Gabriele Tarquini pipped Yvan Muller to the top spot in the first test of the FIA World Touring Car Championship weekend in Moscow, Russia. The Honda driver lapped the circuit in 1:38.460 and was a mere 0.043 seconds faster than the Citroën driver. Tiago Monteiro gave a possible hint of a strong Honda weekend by … More »
The second round of the 2015 China Touring Car Championship takes place this weekend, with a number of driver changes due to schedule clashes at the first round, and also the debut of Haima Z1 Racing in the Super Production class. The Chinese car manufacturer is entering a factory squad with three M6s, with drivers … More »
Craft-Bamboo Racing have confirmed they will be entering this year’s inaugural TCR Asia Series, in addition to their programmes in the TCR International Series and the FIA World Touring Car Championship. The UK-Hong Kong based team will run under the Craft-Bamboo Racing banner in the five event series, which begins in August at the Zhuhai … More »
After the challenge of the Nürburging Nordschleife, the FIA World Touring Car Championship heads to a completely different kind of circuit this weekend with the Moscow Raceway, and Honda are hoping the upgrades which helped carry Zengő Motorsport’s Norbert Michelisz to victory at the Hungaroring will figure well in Russia. The Civic finished on the … More »
27-year-old Dutch sports car specialist Nick Catsburg has become the latest driver to be involved in Lada Sport Rosneft’s surprise round of in-year driver changes. Catsburg replaces Russian driver Mikhail Kozlovskiy for the marque’s home race in the repaired third Vesta WTCC. ”I am really looking forward to this completely new challenge for me. The … More »
Rickard Rydell has performed a test at Mantorp Park in Sweden in preparation for his return to racing next month at the Russian round of the WTCC at the Moscow Raceway. The Nika Racing driver, who has been out of the championship since the second event of the season in Marrakech, Morocco, due to thyroiditis, … More »