Citroën Racing Team Principal Yves Matton has confirmed the team will thoughoughly investigate the cut-off valve failure which has seen José María López and Sébastien Loeb excluded from qualifying in the second round of the 2014 WTCC season, which may include changing their supplier. Loeb and López had all their times deleted after the fuel … More »
Sébastien Loeb and José María López have lost their front row positions for tomorrow’s WTCC race at Paul Ricard after the automatic fuel cut-off system didn’t function correctly in scrutineering. The two drivers will now start from the back of the grid for both races, promoting their team-mate Yvan Muller to pole ahead of Honda’s … More »
After a car saving exercise at the tricky Marrakech circuit last weekend in the first race of 2014, Citroën have confirmed all three drivers will be clear to race each other when they start first, secnd and third on the grid in the first race tomorrow at Circuit Paul Ricard. “There’s no technical issue here, … More »
Citroën Total WTCC locked out the top three positions in qualifying for the first World Touring Car Championship race at the Paul Ricard circuit in France, with Sébastien Loeb claiming his first pole position at his home race ahead of José María López, with Yvan Muller third. In the first part of qualifying, Yvan Muller … More »
Nikolay Karamyshev has claimed his first overall pole position in the FIA European Touring Car Cup, after a session long battle with Campos Racing team-mate Igor Skuz. The Russian left it the final moments to put a storming lap in, going over one second faster than Skuz to secure pole position. In the 30 minute … More »
Campos Racing’s Hugo Valente becomes the first non-Citroën driver to top a timed session in the 2014 WTCC season, with the Chevrolet driver fastest ahead of ROAL’s Tom Chilton and Honda’s Tiago Monteiro in FP2, with Yvan Muller the fastest Citroën driver in fifth. In a calmer session than the first, Yvan Muller was the … More »
Citroën’s Sébastien Loeb was fastest of all in the first practice session at Saturday, just under two-tenths of a second ahead of Campos Racing’s Hugo Valente, in a session which was briefly red flagged after four-time champion Yvan Muller crashed his Citroën at the first chicane. José María López set the first target in the … More »
Citroën Total WTCC’s José María ‘Pechito’ López, says he’s able to push harder from the start at the Paul Ricard circuit after topping the time sheets in the 30 minute Friday test session, as opposed to the tricky Marrakech street circuit event last weekend. The current championship leader was just over a tenth of a … More »
Castrol Honda’s Gabriele Tarquini completed what was effectively a shakedown run for his new Civic in the first test session a Paul Ricard. Tarquini’s car has been rebuilt in the aftermath of his crash last week in Morocco in the. The Italian was forced to abort running in today’s session early after a gearbox installation … More »
Campos Racing’s Igor Skuz led the way in the first test session at the Paul Ricard circuit in his Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T ahead of team-mate Nikolay Karamyshev, with Liqui Moly Team Engstler’s Franz Engstler in third. Russian driver Karamyshev was fastest through the bulk of the session, with Skuz improving to go two-tenths faster in … More »