Citroën Total WTCC driver Sébastien Loeb led a 1-2 for the team in the second race at Morocco, which was incident filled from the start, with pole-sitter Tom Coronel eliminated, taking with him reigning champion Yvan Muller. The start of the race had been initially delayed as a number of cars were out of position … More »
José María López has won the first round of the 2014 FIA World Touring Car Championship season in Marrakech, leading team-mates Sébastien Loeb and Yvan Muller with a lights to flag victory at the Circuit Moulay El Hassan. All three Citroëns were up to the top three positions by the first corner, with Yvan Muller … More »
Petr Fulín will not make his WTCC debut this weekend in Marrakech, as Campos Racing have been unable to repair his car due to the damage he sustained when he crashed at the second chicane in Q1 yesterday. The 36-year-old Czech was set to make his debut for Campos Racing in the team’s SEAT León … More »
Citroën’s Yvan Muller drops to fourth on the grid after his lap time was disallowed from the third part of qualifying for cutting the second chicane. This promotes Sébastien Loeb to the front row for his WTCC debut, and ROAL’s Tom Chilton to third. The Frenchman admitted his error after qualifying. His time was still … More »
Although Yvan Muller and Sébastien Loeb topped the time sheets in every practice session up to qualifying, it was 30-year-old José María López who outperformed his two World Champion team-mates in qualifying, capitalising on a rare error by Yvan Muller to take pole position in Marrakech. During the new three part qualifying format, Yvan Muller … More »
Gabriele Tarquini will miss the start of the 2014 WTCC season after an incident in the final practice session, when the Honda driver was hit by Gianni Morbidelli’s Münnich Motorsport Chevrolet while it was off the circuit. The 52-year-old Italian had gone wide at the second chicane on dust which had been left after the … More »
Citroën Racing’s Yvan Muller was fastest of all in the second free practice session, just under a tenth of a second ahead of Argentina’s José María López, in a session which was red flagged due to an incident between Honda’s Gabriele Tarquini and Münnich Motorsport’s Gianni Morbidelli. The three Citroëns were out in force from … More »
Hungary’s Norbert Michelisz says the team are focussing on the set-up and development of the new Honda Civic WTCC this weekend to prepare for the next few rounds, most critically the team’s home race at the start of next month. Michelisz was 13th fastest in the 30 minute Friday test session, improving to 11th in … More »
The new colours and cars of the 2014 FIA World Touring Car Championship had their first official track activity of the year at the circuit Moulay El Hassan yesterday. Here’s a rundown of the new liveries. Above is Tom Chilton’s interim livery on his ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet Cruze TC1. The car is in full-black with … More »
21-year-old Hugo Valente was happy with his pace as the best non-Citroën driver in the first 30 minute test session at this weekend’s WTCC Race of Morocco, although the new Campos Racing-run Chevrolet Cruze was almost two-seconds off the pace of reigning champion Yvan Muller’s Citroën C-Elysée. Valente improved late in the session along with … More »