Citroën’s Sébastien Loeb won his second career race in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in a race which lasted just six laps before the safety car was called, when heavy rain descended upon the circuit. The rain had started falling heavily an hour before the race but had begun to lighten leaving a wet … More »
Citroën Total WTCC’s José María López is revelling in his success at the Slovakiaring track, a circuit where he has never been to before, after topping every session and claiming his second pole position of the season, and extends his points lead over Yvan Muller by two points as a result. The 31-year-old Argentinian claimed … More »
Mat’o Homola is delighted after securing his first pole position in the FIA European Touring Car Cup in front of his home crowd, and hopes to convert it to another home victory tomorrow, though the battle will be tough ahead of the two Campos Chevrolets and the threat of rain on Sunday. Homola outpaced points … More »
Citroën Total WTCC team’s José María López was fastest for the second consecutive session in his C-Elysée WTCC, again the only driver in the 2:05s, finishing the session ahead of Zengõ Motorsport’s Norbert Michelisz. The 30 minute session was relatively uneventful, except for a late off for Campos Racing’s Hugo Valente who found himself in … More »
Citroën Total WTCC’s José María López was fastest of all in the first test session at the Slovakiaring, almost a second faster than his closest rival, the Honda of Tiago Monteiro, with the independent Honda of Mehdi Bennani third fastest at the end of the 30 minute session. López set the quickest of all of … More »
FIA European Touring Car Cup TC2T-class points leader Nikolay Karamsyshev was fastest of all on a wet but drying circuit at the Slovakiaring, going faster than Liqui Moly Team Engstler’s Franz Engstler in the final moments of the session by just over a tenth of the second, then improving his time on his second lap … More »
The China Touring Car Championship heads to the Zhuhai International Circuit this weekend for the second round of the Championship, with Volkswagen’s Jiang Tengyi aiming to defend his lead from his former team, Changan Ford FRD Team. The Shanghai VW 333 Racing Team has reason to feel confident after their successes at the circuit last … More »
Castrol Honda’s Tiago Monteiro was fastest in a private test at the Hungaroring today, with all four Hondas, two Ladas and the Chevrolet of Tom Chilton all working on development of their cars ahead of this weekend’s race at the nearby Slovakiaring. The Portuguese driver was three-tenths of a second faster than his lap from … More »
Honda’s Tiago Monteiro and ALL-INKL Münnich Motorsport’s Gianni Morbidelli weren’t too worried about the incident on the final lap in Hungary, with Monteiro admitting he backed off in order to allow Morbidelli to recover, which left the two briefly vulnerable to Campos Racing’s Hugo Valente. Morbidelli had to defend against Monteiro throughout the entire race … More »
Following the race weekend in Hungary, there will be no changes to compensation weight for the next round in Slovakia, with the Citroën C-Elysée calculated to be over a second faster than all the marques over the first three events of the season. Although the cars were much closer in Hungary, the large gap when … More »