Rob Huff had yet another disappointing weekend in his Lada Granta at Spa-Francorchamps. The 2012 World champion missed out on Q2 and, from thirteenth on the grid, could only manage a sixteenth in Race 1 and P13 in the second heat. Huff was also racing at the Nurburgring 24 hour race during Saturday night, but … More »
Campos Racing’s Hugo Valente is unhappy with the stewards of the Spa-Francorchamps race weekend after he was handed a drive-through penalty in race one for exceeding the track limits at La Source on the first lap, while incidents with which he feels he was the victim in the second race went unpunished. The 21-year-old Frenchman … More »
Citroën Total WTCC’s Yvan Muller has hinted that the three team-mates should look out for each other into the La Source hairpin, the hard right-hand first corner in the first of today’s races at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. The four-time champion took his third pole position of the year and has closed down the gap to … More »
Championship leader José María López is not too concerned about qualifying third on the grid for the Belgian round of the WTCC, despite dominating the three practice sessions, and setting the new qualifying lap record during the second part of qualifying. The 31-year-old Argentinian will start behind his two French Citroën team-mates for the first … More »
Nine-time World Rally champion Sébastien Loeb is happy with his second position on the grid for tomorrow’s race at the Spa-Francorchamps, after struggles throughout the weekend at the complicated Belgian circuit, most notably the fast uphill corner through Eau Rouge and Raidillon. The Citroën Total WTCC driver outqualified championship leader José María López in the … More »
Citroën Total WTCC dominated the first practice session on Saturday at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, with José María López leading Yvan Muller, Ma Qing Hua and Sébastien Loeb in the 30 minute session. The majority of the fast times came in the first few minutes, with López setting the benchmark time of 2:24.350, more than a … More »
Championship leader José María López led the way in the 30 minute Friday test session at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, setting his best time in the final seconds to topple Citroën team-mate and main rival Yvan Muller from the top of the time sheets. The Argentinian’s time of 2:24.574 was almost ten seconds faster than the … More »
Campos Racing’s Nikolay Karamyshev was fastest in the first 45 minute test session at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit, with the TC2T points leader ahead of the TC2 points leader Petr Fulín, as light rain began to fall in the final minutes. The Russian driver lapped the circuit with a time of 2:36.058, some three seconds off … More »
The FIA World Touring Car Championship organisation has confirmed that the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife will be on the calendar next year. “The race at the Nordschleife will definitely be a highlight of the season,” said François Ribeiro, Eurosport Events COO. A single race will be held at the 25.378 kilometer circuit, including the GP circuit, … More »
Czech squad Krenek Motorsport have raised a protest against the FIA European Touring Car Cup’s change in balance of performance, which came into effect at the second round at the Slovakiaring. The protest has however been rejected by the FIA Touring Car Committee at this time and needs to be raised differently. For the first … More »