Lada Sport Rosneft’s Mikhail Kozlovskiy will start from the back of the grid for the first race tomorrow at the Hungaroring following a penalty for changing his engine after Marrakech two weeks ago. The Russian driver was involved in a collision with team-mate Rob Huff at the start of the second race at the Circuit … More »
Citroën Racing’s José María López dominated the first free practice session for the FIA World Touring Car Championship at the Hungaroring, which took place in wet conditions, while team-mate and closest points rival Sébastien Loeb was in trouble early on, crashing out and causing heavy damage to his C-Elysée WTCC. Loeb lost control of his … More »
Dusan Borkovic finished the first test session for the FIA European Touring Car Cup weekend second fastest, just under two-tenths of a second behind Petr Fulín, also driving a SEAT León Cup Racer in the Single-Make Trophy class, and was happy with his pace in his first experience with the car. The Serbian led the … More »
Krenek Motorsport’s Petr Fulín was fastest of all in the first test session of the 2015 FIA European Touring Car Cup at the Hungaroring, leading NIS Petrol Racing’s Dusan Borkovic and Pfister Racing’s Andreas Pfister, as the SEAT León Cup Racers dominated the top three positions in the 45 minute test. Fulín, last year’s TC2 … More »
Lada Sport Rosneft’s James Thompson is one of a small number of drivers who is not looking forward to the Nürburgring Nordschleife round of this year’s FIA World Touring Car Championship, believing the event doesn’t suit the WTCC’s cars and offers a high risk of heavy damage. Coming from the Circuit Moulay El Hassan in … More »
The six-event 2015 FIA European Touring Car Cup gets underway this weekend with 20 cars entered for the opening round, with a hot competition anticipated to come from the revitalised Single-Make Trophy class which features seven all-new SEAT León Cup Racers. The ETCC has expanded to six events, three of which will support the World … More »
The FIA World Touring Car Championship’s European season kicks off this weekend at the Hungaroring, home to Norbert Michelisz, who will be chasing his first race victory since October 2013 in the Zengő Motorsport Honda Civic, but it’s the Citroëns who will be the most fancied after their early season performance, although they will now … More »
As the HSCC Super Touring Car Challenge prepares to take on Donington Park for the first time, TouringCarTimes caught up with 1989 and 1995 British Touring Car Champion John Cleland to discuss ‘that’ race at Donington in 1998, which saw the Scot battle his way to the top step after what many hail as one … More »
Rickard Rydell has not yet recovered from his illness, thyroiditis, and neither he nor the team will be at the FIA World Touring Car Championship races at the Hungaroring this weekend. ”This is a difficult situation for all of us, and it’s a real shame to miss out on so much valuable running in this … More »
The Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team have introduce a new aerokit update for their Civic WTCC at the Nürburgring Nordschleife test, adding the Type-R family face to their World Touring Car Championship challenger. The Japanese marque’s Type-R facelift brings the WTCC car in to line with Honda’s other touring car programmes in the British … More »