The Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team have completed another four day test in Spain, their final test programme of the 2014 season, as the Japanese marque seeks to close the gap on season pace setters Citroen in 2015. The JAS Motorsport team were working on a number of new components designed to help improve … More »
Here is the final rundown of TouringCarTimes’ staff’s view of the Top 30 drivers in touring car racing in 2014. View 20-11 here and 30-21 here. 10 – Jason Plato (BTCC – Triple Eight – 4 Poles, 5 Wins)Last year’s position: #13 The two-time champion took more poles than any other driver, showing he certainly … More »
Today we bring you 20 to 11 in the TouringCarTimes’ staff appraisal of the top touring car drivers across the DTM, BTCC, STCC and WTCC from the 2014 season. 30 to 21 can be seen here. 20 – Gordon Shedden (BTCC – Team Dynamics – 3 Wins)Last year’s position: #17 2012 champion Gordon Shedden made … More »
The 2014 World Touring Car champion José María López has confirmed he will continue to race with his lucky #37 on his Citroën C-Elysée WTCC next season, becoming the first driver in the championship’s history to not take up the option to carry the #1 on his car in his reigning season. In previous years, … More »
Here is the first part of TouringCarTimes’ staff rundown of the top 30 drivers of the 2014 season. Looking at the performances of the drivers this year, we’ll go through over three days who we think were the top touring car drivers this season across the major national and international V8 Supercars, BTCC, WTCC, DTM … More »
In the latest of a run of national series of announced series, WSC, the promoter of the TCR International Series, has announced there will be a US-based series launched in 2015 as part of the California-based United States Touring Car Championship (USTCC) as a promotional category, with a view to moving to a full season … More »
French driver Hugo Valente will return for another full season in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2015, driving again with Campos Racing in the Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1. The 22-year-old driver, who finished on the podium three times in 2014, and led the way in Moscow until a penalty for not having his … More »
TouringCarTimes has gathered our selection of the top ten videos of touring car racing throughout the 2014 season, featuring crashes, hard fights and a lot of action. Number 10 – WTCC Salzburgring start crash chaos We start the list with position number ten and the chaotic start of the second FIA World Touring Car Championship … More »
Mehdi Bennani has joined Sébastien Loeb Racing for the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship season. “Sébastien Loeb is a great champion, I have discovered his team through its GT and Prototypes programmes. That squad is just like Sébastien himself. I am joining in to go as high as possible,” said Bennani. The Moroccan raced … More »
Triple world champion Andy Priaulx could be in line to join Sam Tordoff at West Surrey Racing for the 2015 BTCC. Priaulx, who won the WTCC in 2005, 2006 and 2007, has already confirmed an ELMS programme with Marc VDS, but is believed to be looking at dovetailing this with another series. TouringCarTimes understands Priaulx has also … More »