Citroën has released a video from testing at Valencia in Spain when José María López got to drive the new C-Elysée WTCC racer. López could become the third driver for next year’s FIA World Touring Car Championship alongside already signed Sébastien Loeb and Yvan Muller, but the announcement will not come this year. “The final … More »
WTCC championship leader, Yvan Muller, claimed the fastest time in a red flag hit practice session at Suzuka, ahead of Pepe Oriola and Tiago Monteiro. The RML driver, who is poised to clinch his fourth WTCC drivers’ title this weekend at the Japanese circuit, set his fastest time of 54.081s in the closing stages of … More »
Japanese driver Hiroki Yoshimoto has been confirmed as the replacement for Michel Nykjaer at the Swedish Nika Racing team for this weekend’s race at Suzuka, as well as the season finale at Macau in November. 33-year-old Yoshimoto has twice raced in the WTCC before at Suzuka, driving for SUNRED Engineering in 2011 and 2012, and … More »
Current World Touring Car Championship points leader Yvan Muller says his two-year deal with Citroën is the culmination of two years of negotiation with the French manufacturer to enter the WTCC. Muller, who leaves the RML team after four years with the British-based Chevrolet squad, will join nine-time World Rally champion Sébastien Loeb at Citroën … More »
Proteam Racing will field a BMW 320si for Russian driver Mikhail Grachev at the final round of the 2013 FIA European Touring Car Cup at Brno on October 6th. Grachev competed at the opening round of the Cup at Monza back in March, then driving for AMG Motorsport, also in a BMW 320si, but will … More »
The BMW 320sis of RPM Racing and Liqui Moly Team Engstler, the Chevrolet Cruze LTs of China Dragon and Son Veng Racing, and the Honda Civic of Takuya Izawa, will all run at base weight on their 2013 WTCC season debut at Suzuka next weekend. With no normally aspirated cars having competed this season, no … More »
Yukinori Taniguchi will return to the World Touring Car Championship grid for his home race next weekend, replacing Swiss driver Fredy Barth who has other commitments with the Emil Frey sports car project. The 44-year-old last drove in the WTCC in 2011, racing for the full season with bamboo-engineering with the Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T, with … More »
The unique banked oval challenge of Rockingham Motor Speedway is next up for the British Touring Car Championship competitors, as the title protagonists prepare for the end of season run-in. Matt Neal, Andrew Jordan, Gordon Shedden and Colin Turkington are separated by just 30 points with nine races to go, with the ever-present threat of … More »
Hong Kong-based team China Dragon Racing will field a pair of normally aspirated Chevrolet Cruze LTs for Macanese drivers Filipe Clemente de Souza and Ng Kin Veng for the last three rounds of the 2014 WTCC season, which constitute the WTCC Asia Trophy. De Souza and Veng both raced for the team at Macau last … More »
Macanese driver Jerónimo António Badaraco will join the field for the last three rounds of the 2013 FIA World Touring Car Championship, driving in a normally aspirated Chevrolet Cruze LT, and will compete for the new-for-2013 WTCC Asia Trophy. The 39-year-old will make his WTCC debut at Suzuka, having previously driven a Honda Accord in … More »