ROAL Motorsport are on target to get Tom Coronel’s Chevrolet RML Cruze out a day earlier than planned so the Dutchman can get out for the 30 minute test session on Friday, and use that as a shakedown of the car which was destroyed three weeks’ ago in Marrakech, forcing him to miss the last … More »
The FIA European Touring Car Cup has published the success ballast which will be applied at the next round of the series at the Slovakiaring on May 11th, with Campos Racing’s Nikolay Karamyshev carrying the most ballast in his Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T. The ETCC uses driver-based success ballast (similar to the British Touring Car Championship, … More »
The Honda Civic WTCC, Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 and Lada Granta Sport have all been awarded the maximum possible drop in compensation weight by the FIA for the next round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship at Budapest, leaving the Citroën C-Elysée WTCCs on the maximum of 1,160kg. All four models of car began … More »
The curtain is about to open for the first round of the 2014 China Touring Car Championship at the Guangdong International Circuit, which the opening “Balancing of Performance (BoP)” sessions currently being held ahead of Sunday’s race. Competing this weekend will be the Changan Ford FRD Team and Shanghai VW 333 Racing Team, the only … More »
The three teams fielding the BMW 320 TC in the TC2T class at Paul Ricard this weekend were unhappy with the weight advantage given to the front-wheel drive Chevrolet Cruzes of Campos Racing under the European Touring Car Cup’s technical regulations. The two Chevrolets were able to run at a minimum weight of 1,170kg, with … More »
Campos Racing’s Dušan Borković suffered a mixed weekend in France, as with most of the Chevrolet teams, struggled with the wet conditions with no testing in those conditions in the TC1 class car, but enjoyed a hard battle with Citroën’s Sébastien Loeb in race two, slowing the Frenchman’s charge through the field from 17th. “The … More »
The next round for the FIA World Touring Car Championship is Norbert Michelisz’z home race at the Hungaroring, and after Citroën have dominated the first two events with four straight victories, with compensation weight now coming into force, the 29-year-old hopes that will be enough to help them stop Citroën at least in race two. … More »
José María López leaves France, his team’s home track, with a 12 point lead in the drivers’ standings after two great drives at the Circuit Paul Ricard, driving from last position to fourth in race one, and to victory in race two. The Citroën Total WTCC driver had originally qualified in second position on Saturday … More »
Campos Racing’s John Filippi was the only driver to receive an infraction post-race, when the 19-year-old was given a reprimand after colliding with the eldest driver on the grid, Franz Engstler, on lap nine of race two. The Corsican was taken to the medical centre after the crash, which left his TC2T-class SEAT León WTCC … More »
Citroën Total WTCC driver José María López has taken his second win of the 2014 WTCC season at Paul Ricard, driving from 18th and last on the grid to first, and leaves France with a 12 point lead in the drivers’ championship over Sébastien Loeb. The Argentinian was up ten places by the end of … More »