Lada Sport Rosneft will field just two cars for this weekend’s round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship at the Nürburgring, due to substantial damage to the second of the team’s Vestas in testing last week in Hungary. The team stayed on to test at the Hungaroring on the Tuesday after the last race, … More »
Michel Nykjaer was the second best placed of the Target Competition drivers after qualifiying at Portimao for the TCR International Series, setting the ninth fastest time which gives him a front-row slot for the second race. The Dane admits there was a slight scare as he always fell out in Q1 which would have forced … More »
Citroën Racings five entries for the FIA World Touring Car Championship’s first visit to the Nürburgring Nordschleife will again carry the maximum possible compensation weight of 60kg for the race, while Honda, Chevrolet RML and Lada will be ballast free for the second consecutive race. In Argentina and Morocco, all cars carried the maximum ballast, … More »
Jaap van Lagen has been appointed to replace James Thompson for the Race of Germany, which is scheduled for next week at the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife. The Dutchman rejoins Lada after leaving the team in 2009, and his huge experience at the German track has played a role in the choice as van Lagen has … More »
After an intense weekend in Valencia, Spain, for the opener of the European season of the TCR International series, the championship is back on track in Portugal for a back-to-back event in Algarve. An exciting Race of Spain saw SEAT dominate the weekend, with a Craft-Bamboo Lukoil 1-2-3 led by local star Pepe Oriola in … More »
Marcello Lotti has recently developed the TCR concept, based on customer racing and affordable prices, but also on a wide circle of regional and national series which will be complementary to the International Series. TouringCarTimes met up with the Italian promoter in Valencia, and discussed the birth of the concept as well as its future: … More »
Gabriele Tarquini says that Honda must be able to fight Citroën for wins in the coming rounds when taking advantage of compensation weight, after a race where he was surprised by the French cars overall pace in qualifying. Tarquini’s races in Hungary were blighted by a mistake in qualifying, where he damaged the newly upgraded … More »
Former WTCC driver Jaap van Lagen is going to test for Lada at the Hungaroring today, alongside Argentinian Néstor Girolami and current driver Rob Huff. The test is part of Lada’s in-season development of the new-for-2015 Vesta WTCC. Following James Thompson’s withdrawal from the race at the Hungaroring due to emergency medical treatment for a … More »
ROAL Motorsport’s Tom Coronel secured his first points of 2015 five races in with tenth in the first race at the Hungaroring, and followed this up with second place in race two, his first podium since Beijing last season. The Dutchman had a good start in race one, but avoided battles in the first race … More »
German driver Andreas Pfister had a troubled start to the 2015 FIA European Touring Car Cup, with broken suspension at the end of the first race forcing a conservative run in race two as a points gathering exercise, but the two-time ETCC Single-Make Trophy runner-up driver hopes to bounce back at the Slovakiaring next month. … More »