Lada Sport’s driver trio of James Thompson, Rob Huff and Mikhail Kozlovskiy visited the Russian manufacturer’s base in Togliatti yesterday, visiting the factory workers who will build the road going model of Lada Sport’s new car, the Vesta, which will make its debut next season. Thompson, Huff and Kozlovskiy will all remain with the Russian … More »
Chinese driver Ma Qing Hua is likely to step up to a full time race seat in 2015, with the 26-year-old expected to join the newest team to the WTCC, Sébastien Loeb Racing, driving one of the team’s two Citroën C-Elysée WTCCs as a privateer entry. Ma, who became the first Chinese driver to win … More »
TCR International Series CEO Marcello Lotti says his new championship will soon be ready with a full 24 grid for its opening round on March 29th at the Sepang International Circuit, where it will support the second round of the 2015 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. “I can confirm we have 20 cars signed now,” … More »
After dominating in their first season in the FIA World Touring Car Championship, with ten poles from 12 events and 17 wins from 23 races, Citroën team principal Yves Matton reflects on the French manufacturers’ first season, which saw close inner-team battles within Citroën as well as a late charge from the rivals at the … More »
José María López has collected his trophy for winning the 2014 FIA World Touring Car Championship drivers’ title in Doha, Qatar at the FIA Gala. The Citroën driver became the first rookie to win the Championship this year, taking ten wins from 23 races in what was also the French manufacturer’s first season in the … More »
The FIA World Motor Sport Council has revealed the schedule for the 2015 FIA European Touring Car Cup, which will expand to six events for the 2015 season, with the first three events shared with the WTCC, followed by three standalone events in the second half of the year. The ETCC, which featured four classes … More »
The FIA World Motor Sport Council has given approval for the new TC3 series in 2015, which will be renamed the TCR International Series for its inaugural season. The FIA has to sanction all international motorsport championships. The promoter of the series has been recognised as WSC Ltd. run by Marcello Lotti, who has now … More »
RML, in their first year in the WTCC as a car supplier and not running their own team, are hailing the success of the Chevrolet Cruze TC1 in the 2014 season, the only car which stopped Citroën taking a clean sweep of pole positions, as well as the only car to take a race win … More »
The FIA has announced plans to endorse two classifications of national touring car regulations from 2015, which will be classed as TCN-1 and TCN-2, based on the regulations used in the MSA British Touring Car Championship in the United Kingdom, and the Argentinian Turismo Nacional Championship. The British Touring Car Championship’s current technical blueprint, introduced … More »
Adding to its programme as the Honda factory team in the World Touring Car Championship, JAS Motorsport will also be building a number of Honda Civic Type-Rs for the inaugural TC3 International Series next season, though there will only be three cars ready for the full season, which will be run by top Swedish squad … More »