Citroën’s José María López topped the time sheets in the 30 minute testing session for his home race at the Termas de Río Hondo circuit in Argentina, finishing just 16 thousandths of a second ahead of team-mate and title rival Yvan Muller. The gap to third was also less than a tenth of a second, … More »
The Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team completed a four day test in Valencia last week ahead of the next round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship in Argentina, with a number of upgrades being fitted to the team’s Civic WTCCs which they hope will help them close the gap to the dominant Citroën … More »
Liqui Moly Team Engstler will expand to three cars in the TC2T class for the final four races of the season, starting with the Beijing Goldenport round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship on October 5th. The team has fielded two cars thus far in 2014 for Franz Engstler and Pasquale Di Sabatino, with … More »
With the Vauxhall Insignias of Team BMR being left in the garage this weekend, the iconic Vauxhall brand will not be present on the grid of a British Touring Car Championship race for the first time in 25 years. The manufacturer officially left the Championship at the end of 2009, but its cars have still … More »
Former WTCC driver Pepe Oriola has said he hopes to compete in the new TC3 International Series which is set to launch next year. The 20-year-old finished ninth in last season’s standings, driving half the year in a SEAT León WTCC and half in the Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T, and was also the runner-up in the … More »
Rob Huff made the most of his guest appearance in the HSCC Super Touring Championship, taking victory in the second race at the Silverstone Classic. It was not plain sailing for the 2012 World Touring Car Champion, who was made to work for his win by series leader James Dodd in the Honda Accord. Huff … More »
James Dodd made the most of track position to pip pole position favourite Rob Huff to the top spot ahead of the HSCC Super Touring Championship’s starring role at the Silverstone Classic. Huff took the first stint in the Ford Mondeo he will share with Richard Meins, setting a time that looked good enough for … More »
With seven weekends out of 12 complete, and with Citroën now having won 12 out of the 13 races held so far, there’s little question of this year’s World Touring Car champion coming from the French marque, but four-time champion Yvan Muller is well aware the gap between himself and points leader José María López … More »
ROAL Motorsport Team Principal Roberto Ravaglia has called for a revised classification of what constitutes and independent team, and the restoration of prize money for that class, in light of the revised manufacturer push seen this year with Citroën joining the Championship. Last season the World Touring Car Championship was dominated by independent teams, with … More »
The new TC3 International Series, announced at the start of this month by former WTCC General Manager Marcello Lotti, looks set to emulate the format of his previous Championship in a number of ways, with information now available about the planned race format and overview of the calendar. The race weekend format of the new … More »