Reigning Super TC 2000 champion Néstor Girolami is going to make his FIA World Touring Car Championship debut for Honda Racing team Sweden at the Slovakiaring, a career move he ranks highly. ”It’s definitely the best opportunity I have had in my career,” said Girolami. The Argentinian’s learning curve is going to be steep in … More »
Lada Sport Rosneft are set to field their first unchanged driver line-up of the season for the upcoming round of the World Touring Car Championship at the Slovakiaring, with Rob Huff, Jaap van Lagen and Nicky Catsburg all remaining at the team for the race. Catsburg made his WTCC debut with Lada last weekend at … More »
Proteam Racing team owner Valmiro Presenzini Mattoli has revealed in an interview with TouringCarTimes the team will not return to the FIA World Touring Car Championship. The Italian outfit had signed Dusan Borkovic ahead of this season, but the Serbian left the team in Marrakech after a dispute about the specification of the car and … More »
Mat’o Homola will become the first Slovakian driver to compete in the FIA World Touring Car Championship next weekend when he drives for Campos Racing in the team’s third Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 alongside his commitments in the supporting FIA European Touring Car Cup. Homola, who has finished runner-up in the ETCC Super 2000 class … More »
WTCC General Manager Francois Ribeiro has warned that Lada Sport Rosneft’s new Dutch duo Jaap van Lagen and Nick Catsburg will need to show they’re at the “top level” or risk “not staying very long” at the Russian marque, and could potentially face the same fate as the team’s previous drivers James Thompson and Mikhail … More »
The organisers of the WTCC are delighted with the achievement with the first event at the Nürburging Nordschliefe, tackling the challenge of broadcasting from the 25km race, using skills from the FIA ERC team as well as the local Wige media team that broadcast the Nürburgring 24 hours. Reigning champion José María López won the … More »
Citroën’s José María López claimed pole position for the WTCC’s first race at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, improving on every lap to set the target for future years at the iconic track with a time of 8:37.327, over a second faster than his closest rival, Hugo Valente. The reigning champion’s closest championship rival, Sébastien Loeb, was … More »
Reigning Super TC 2000 champion Néstor Girolami is likely to make his WTCC debut later this season following a successful test with Lada Sport Rosneft last week, and is being considered as a possible driver at the Russian manufacturer themselves to take the fight to Citroën and José María López in 2016. Girolami was in … More »
Now in its second full-year of title sponsorship of Zengő Motorsport and their star driver Norbert Michelisz, fresh from another crowd pleasing home win at Budapest two weeks ago, the Mol Group aims to use the FIA World Touring Car Championship to push itself further and take on the other oil and gas giants of … More »
