The two Lada Sport Rosneft Vestas of Rob Huff and Jaap van Lagen met a quick end in qualifying for the WTCC round at the Nürburgring Nordschliefe, with van Lagen’s car crawling back to the pits and with Rob Huff stopping on track after setting the 13th fastest time. The team are investigating the issue, … More »
2014 WTCC champion José María López will start from pole position at the Nürburgring Nordschliefe, setting a time of 8:37.327 to go 1.2 seconds faster than his closest competitor, that of Campos Racing’s Hugo Valente, with López’s Citroën team-mate Sébastien Loeb third. In the special format one-hour qualifying session, it came down to three runs … More »
Citroën’s José María López was fastest in the second free practice session at the Nürburgring Nordschleife in dry conditions following on from the rain this morning, setting the best time of the weekend of 8:39.441 in his Citroën C-Elysée WTCC, just ahead of Hugo Valente’s Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1. Following on from the rain this … More »
In wet and foggy conditions typical of the Eifel mountain region, Lada’s ‘ringer’ for the Nürburgring Nordschliefe, Jaap van Lagen, finished fastest of all, just over a second clear of team-mate Rob Huff, with Tom Chilton completing the top three in his ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze. Due to the conditions, the session was delayed by … More »
Three drivers already know where they will start the first World Touring Car Championship race at the Nürburgring Nordschliefe before even testing took place, with ROAL Motorsport’s Tom Coronel, Campos Racing’s John Filippi and Sébastien Loeb Racing’s Mehdi Bennani all having changed engines before the weekend. The two Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s of Coronel and … More »
Jaap van Lagen makes his World Touring Car Championship return this weekend and was ninth fastest in the Thursday test session, the leading of the two Lada Vestas entered this weekend, and is happy with his showing on only his second outing in the TC1 class car. The Dutch driver was 5.2 seconds from the … More »
Citroën Racing’s José María López was fastest of all in the first one-hour test session at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, leading team-mates Sébastien Loeb and Yvan Muller, despite suffering a misfire while he was set to improve on his time. The reigning champion’s first lap of 8:41.192 was an early benchmark which was never bettered in … More »
Tom Chilton is going to take part in the Nürburgring 24 hour race with Rotek Racing this weekend alongside his FIA World Touring Car Championship duties with ROAL Motorsport. “I had an amazing outing with Rotek last time we hit the Nordschliefe picking up P1 in our class so I feel pretty good about tackling … More »
Sabine Schmitz will make her FIA World Touring Car Championship debut this weekend at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, a track she knows more than all the other drivers in the championship put together, and admits she’s not afraid of mixing it with the boys as she becomes the second female driver in the WTCC’s 11-year history. … More »
Nika Racing will miss their third event of the season after officially withdrawing from this weekend’s race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, with driver Rickard Rydell continuing to receive medical treatment following a diagnosis of Thyroidosis last month. The Swedish driver and team have now missed a quarter of the season’s races due to the tight … More »