Citroën Total WTCC’s José María López started the defence of his world title in style, taking pole position by 1.2 seconds ahead of team-mate Yvan Muller, with Sébastien Loeb third, with Ma Qing Hua making it a factory Citroën 1-2-3-4, while there was delight for Lada, with James Thompson grabbing the reversed grid pole for … More »
Citroën Total WTCC locked out the top three spots in FP2, the final practice before qualifying, with José María López ahead of Ma Qing Hua and Yvan Muller, with the Honda of Tiago Monteiro still close by in fourth. Yvan Muller set the time to beat on his first lap of 1:46.979, although this was … More »
Citroën Total WTCC driver José María López was fastest of all in the first free practice session on Saturday at the Termas de Río Hondo circuit, leading the Honda Civic of Tiago Monteiro, who put in a late flyer to displace the Sébastien Loeb Racing Citroën of Mehdi Bennani. The session saw an early red … More »
Citroën Total WTCC driver Sébastien Loeb toped the time sheets for the first test session of the 2015 WTCC season at Termas de Río Hondo, but believes the damp conditions perhaps just favoured him more than it did his competitors. Loeb was almost three-tenths of a second quicker than team-mate Yvan Muller, with reigning champion … More »
Former BTCC and STCC champion Rickard Rydell is about to start the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship with Nika Racing. ”I am really looking forward to getting the season underway. I’ve been waiting for this weekend for the past year, and I’m truly excited about this brand new adventure with Honda – even though … More »
Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil has signed Pepe Oriola for the inaugural TCR International Series season. ”It has been a hard road filled with sacrifices, but it’s worth it. I now have the reward of becoming a professional driver and I will be participating in a new competition that will become a milestone in international touring car … More »
Campos Racing driver Hugo Valente crashed his TC1 specification Chevrolet Cruze during a private test session at Paul Ricard in France yesterday. The Frenchman crashed as a wheel came off, sending the Chevrolet into the barriers at high speed with major front-end damage to the car, but fortunately without injuries for Valente. ”The wheel came … More »
Craft-Bamboo will compete in the new-for-2015 TCR International Series, fielding three SEAT Leóns under the Team Craft-Bamboo LUKOIL banner this year, with the Anglo-Hong Kong operation returning to touring car racing this year, also fielding a single car in the WTCC for Gregoire Demoustier. All three cars will run with Lukoil colours, which has seen … More »
Lada Sport Rosneft will start the season with just two new cars for Rob Huff and James Thompson, while the team’s third driver, Mikhail Kozlovskiy, will wait until Marrakech to start his season when the team will have prepared the third all-new TC1-spec car. Lada are the only team to change their model for this … More »
The British Touring Car Championship teams continued testing at Thruxton with Jason Plato and Colin Turkington turning their first laps in the BMR prepared Volkswagen CCs. Andy Priaulx continued on his second day of testing with West Surrey Racing and the multiple WTCC champion was pleased with his first lap times. “The car is really … More »