Spanish team Campos Racing will field a pair of Opel Astra OPCs in the first two rounds of the 2015 TCR International Series, with Ukrainian Igor Skuz one of the team’s drivers, before expanding to three cars at the start of the European leg of the season in Spain in May. Campos, which field two … More »
Tom Coronel had a tough FIA World Touring Car Championship season start in Argentina with technical problems and driver mistakes. “I threw it away myself, especially in the second race. Too bad, because things were getting better and better as the weekend progressed,” said Coronel. The Dutchman qualified ninth but had to pit from fourth … More »
Nine-time World Rally champion Sébastien Loeb leaves Termas de Río Hondo second in the standings, five points behind his Citroën team-mate José María López, after winning the second race from eighth on the grid, comfortably holding off his team-mate for his third career victory in the WTCC. Loeb secured third in the first race completing … More »
Finishing fourth and third in the two races in Termas de Río Hondo, Honda’s Tiago Monteiro is happy with the improvements that Honda and JAS Motorsport have made to the Honda Civic WTCC, which kept them snapping at the heels of the Citroën squad this weekend. After shining in free practice, a mistake in qualifying … More »
Reigning champion José María López got the 2015 season off on a high with a win and a second place at the Termas de Río Hondo circuit in Argentina, fighting off a challenge from Yvan Muller at the start of race one, and working his way forward from tenth to second in race two behind … More »
Citroën Total WTCC’s Yvan Muller has received a five-place grid penalty for the next round of the Championship in Morocco in six weeks for contact with Sébastien Loeb Racing driver Mehdi Bennani in race two in Argentina, while Zengő Motorsport’s Norbert Michelisz has been put back one spot in the final results by the stewards … More »
Mehdi Bennani claimed fifth overall and the Yokohama Indepedents’ Trophy class win in race two in Argentina, but a drive-through penalty following an incident with Rob Huff’s Lada in race one relegated the Moroccan to 13th in the final order and outside of the points after a promising start in the Sébastien Loeb Racing Citroën … More »
Citroën’s Sébastien Loeb won the second race of the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship season at Termas de Río Hondo, driving from eighth on the grid to first, finishing ahead of team-mate José María López, who leaves his home race with the championship lead in a race which saw plenty of incident. After damage … More »
Two-time British Touring Car champion James Thompson starts tomorrow’s second race at Termas de Río Hondo from pole position in the brand new Lada Vesta, echoing the performance of team-mate Rob Huff from the Argentinian round last season, who qualified tenth and then went on to finish second in race two. Thompson qualified in tenth … More »
Yvan Muller finished qualifying in second place behind his Citroën Total WTCC team-mate José María López by 1.2 seconds, but was happy with the result after initially struggling in qualifying, believing the the increasing heat had dramatically changed the behaviour of the circuit throughout the day, with the hot and humid conditions expected to continue … More »