Citroën Total WTCC driver José María López led the 30 minute test session at the Paul Ricard circuit ahead of team-mate Sébastien Loeb, with Zengõ Motorsport’s Norbert Michelisz third for Honda and Campos Racing driver Hugo Valente fourth in his Chevrolet Cruze. The first ever official session at the Paul Ricard circuit in southern France … More »
Gabriele Tarquini’s Honda Civic has been repaired and is ready to take part in this weekend’s races at the Paul Ricard circuit in France, with the team’s mechanics having worked overnight to complete repairs on the Italian’s car, which was badly damaged last week in Marrakech. The 52-year-old Italian was forced to sit out qualifying … More »
Liqui Moly Team Engstler driver Franz Engstler dominated the TC2T class at the opening round of the WTCC in Morocco, taking pole position and winning both races. This weekend the 52-year-old will compete in both the WTCC and the ETCC, competing in four races in one day. The German team will field three cars in … More »
With the start of the 2014 China Touring Car Championship season just two weeks away, just Ford and Volkswagen are confirmed to compete this season, with more teams hoped to confirm their plans in the coming days. The Changan Ford FRD Team and Shanghai VW 333 Racing Team have both confirmed their plans to compete … More »
The Citroën Total WTCC team are confident they’ll be able to repair reigning world champion Yvan Muller’s C-Elysée car before the team’s home race this weekend. Muller’s car was damaged in the second race at Marrakech, when Tom Coronel’s ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet was spun across the circuit and into his car. Muller was initially concerned … More »
Campos Racing Hugo Valente scored his best career result in round one of the 2014 WTCC at Morocco with third in race three, the only non-Citroën driver to finish on the podium at the weekend, but like many others, was struggling with braking problems all weekend. The 21-year-old Frenchman had qualified in 12th position, despite … More »
Castrol Honda Racing Team JAS driver Tiago Monteiro believes there’s more to come from the new Honda Civic WTCC, after finishing fifth in race one in Marrakech and running as high a second in race two until he was forced to stop with a broken floor. The Portuguese driver was the only works Honda in … More »
Citroën Total WTCC’s drivers José María López and Sébastien Loeb leave Marrakech at the head of the points table, with López just one point ahead of Loeb after a taking a victory each on the French manufacturer’s WTCC debut. The Citroëns, as were a number of cars on the grid, were suffering with brake problems … More »
Citroën Total WTCC driver Yvan Muller has voiced his concern that his C-Elysée WTCC car may also not be able to repaired before next weekend’s race at the Paul Ricard circuit, the Frenchman’s first home race since the 2009 season. Muller’s car was heavily damaged at the start of race two, when Tom Coronel’s ROAL … More »
Campos Racing’s Dušan Borković has lost his fifth place finish in his first WTCC race at Marrakech due to a technical infringement, with no memory card found to be in his FIA camera following the race. The stewards have served him with a ten second penalty, which drops him behind Tiago Monteiro, with whom he’d … More »