Tom Coronel is thrilled with his win in the second WTCC race at Suzuka ahead of fellow BMW driver, Mehdi Bennani, to claim a historic victory in the series’ 200th race. The Dutchman dropped behind Bennani off the grid in race two, but managed to take the lead in the second half of the race, … More »
Bamboo Engineering’s Alex MacDowall was pleased to hold off newly crowned WTCC champion, Yvan Muller, in the first race of two at Suzuka. The Briton was almost able to edge up alongside pole sitter, Norbert Michelisz, going into the first corner of the first race after the rolling start, but eventually decided to tuck in … More »
bamboo-engineering’s James Nash is “fairly happy” with his performance at Suzuka following fifth place finishes in races one and two. The Briton qualified in fifth in the first 26-lap race, and sixth in the reverse-grid second. He then managed to maintain his advantage to finish fifth in both races, and declared himself “fairly happy” after … More »
2012 WTCC champion, Rob Huff, has rued a difficult weekend at Suzuka after finishing seventh in race one, and eighth in race two. Despite dropping back to 12th place in the weekend’s first race, Huff managed to claw his way back to seventh, despite dropping back from the ensuing battle between James Thompson, and the … More »
Newly crowned WTCC champion, Yvan Muller, said his title win is his “a good payback” to the RML team after a difficult 2013 pre-season. Muller, who clinched his fourth WTCC championship at Suzuka, told Eurosport that the lack of pre-season due to Chevrolet’s withdrawal from the series made his title win even sweeter. “I’m proud … More »
Tom Coronel took victory in the WTCC’s 200th race, after beating fellow BMW man, Mehdi Bennani, to the chequered flag in race two at Suzuka. Tiago Monteiro managed to cling on to third to complete the final step on the podium, despite his Honda Civic slowing dramatically as he crossed the line, almost allowing team-mate, … More »
RML Chevrolet’s Yvan Muller took a record fourth WTCC championship at Suzuka with third place, after pole-sitter, Norbert Michelisz, took a home victory in his Zengo run Honda. Muller initially dropped back from his fourth place qualifying position after being jumped by Tiago Monteiro’s fast-starting Honda. Howewer, the Portuguese lost his advantage after fighting with … More »
JAS Honda’s Tiago Monteiro feels he could have been on pole after qualifying fifth and sixth for tomorrow’s WTCC Japanese races at Suzuka. The Portuguese set the fastest time in this morning’s free practice session, but failed to carry the speed over to the qualifying. “This is a good result, but with a little more … More »
Tiago Monteiro set the fastest time in first practice session at Suzuka, ahead of Honda stable-mate and local driver, Takuya Izawa. The Portuguese set the fastest time the session’ opening stages, but once again improved to his fastest time of 53.876s with minutes to go. 2013’s WTCC Champion-in-waiting, Yvan Muller, was third in his RML … More »
Franz Engstler has been replaced by Masaki Kano at Suzuka due to illness. Kano, 37, has competed in each Japanese WTCC round, since the Championship’s inaugural race in the country in 2008. Each of his Suzuka appearances has been in one of the Engstler team’s BMW 3-Series’. Engstler is expected to be fit for the … More »