Yvan Muller won the second race of the day in Morocco from the reversed grid pole position for Citroën, while having to fight off team-mate Sébastien Loeb for the whole race for the lead, in a race that saw much contact, though without the need for the safety car. Tom Coronel’s ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet had … More »
Reigning champion José María López took a dominant win in Morocco, leading from start to finish just as he did in his first race with Citroën at the circuit a year ago, while Ma Qing Hua and Sébastien Loeb completed the podium, with local driver Mehdi Bennani challenging for the final podium spot against Loeb, … More »
Mehdi Bennani will start second on the grid for the first of today’s World Touring Car Championship races at the Circuit Moulay El Hassan, after setting the second fastest time in qualifying in the Sébastien Loeb Racing Citroën C-Elysée WTCC. Although the Moroccan has had good grid positions before, including last year where he shared … More »
Citroën Racing’s José María López matched Yvan Muller’s World Touring Car Championship record of five consecutive pole positions in qualifying for tomorrow’s race at the Circuit Moulay El Hassan at Marrakech, but admits he’s concerned about the second race where he starts tenth, while championship rival Yvan Muller starts from pole position in the sister … More »
José María López has claimed pole position for the second round of the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship in Marrakech in a mixed up qualifying session, which saw a red flag in the one-lap shootout, and with Yvan Muller taking a strategic reversed grid pole for race two in the sister Citroën. In the … More »
Citroën’s José María López completed a practice hat-trick in Morocco, finishing on top in the final practice session of the weekend for the second round of the WTCC at Marrakech, while the session was ended early after Lada Sport Rosneft’s Rob Huff crashed out at Turn 7 with just over a minute to go. It … More »
FIA World Touring Car Championship points leader José María López led Free Practice 1 on Saturday at the Marrakech street circuit, leading his Citroën team-mate Sébastien Loeb in the thirty minute session which saw six different drivers on the top of the time sheet. The session was delayed by ten minutes due to technical problems … More »
The grid for Sunday’s two World Touring Car Championship races in Morocco are set to be shaken up by a number of engine change and driving infringement penalties, which is clear even before qualifying has taken place, with five cars having changed their engine since the first round of the season in Argentina last month, … More »
Citroën Racing’s José María López was fastest of all in the Friday afternoon test session at the Circuit Moulay El Hassan street circuit in Marrakech, pipping his team-mate Yvan Muller by over half a second just after the chequered flag fell. The Citroëns all swapped the top spot on the time sheets during the 30 … More »
The CTCC Committee has released a revised preliminary calendar for the 2015 season, with the season start now moved to May 17th at the Guangdong International Circuit, before the Championship heads to the Shanghai International Circuit and Shanghai Tianma Circuit in June, then visiting the South Korean Korea International Circuit in July 19th. The CTCC … More »