Tuenti Racing Team’s Pepe Oriola heads to Sonoma this weekend with the target of maintaining his new found season form found since the switch to the RML-built Chevrolet Cruze, with fourth his poorest result since the switch at Porto. The 19-year-old Spaniard has been charging up the championship order since the move from the SEAT … More »
Three-time World Touring Car champion Andy Priaulx and two-time DTM champion Mattias Ekström have been confirmed as the drivers of the third Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore for this year’s Bathurst 1000km, featuring sponsorship from Xbox One. Triple Eight’s third car will compete at the Bathurst 1000km event only, racing alongside the two Red … More »
The FIA World Touring Car Championship returns to Sonoma Raceway, California this weekend for the second time, where Honda can mathematically wrap up the manufacturers’ title and Yvan Muller has the chance to take a record setting fourth drivers’ title. The 4km circuit just north of San Francisco will host the ninth round of this … More »
22-year-old Alex MacDowall hopes to turn his challenge for the 2013 Yokohama Drivers’ Trophy around next weekend at Sonoma Raceway in California, and is also hoping for an overall race win during the final eight races of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season. MacDowall sits 41 points behind current leader Michel Nykjaer in the … More »
Swiss driver Alain Menu will join the French commentary team for Eurosport’s coverage of the WTCC Race of USA next weekend, which takes place at Sonoma Raceway, California. The 50-year-old, who finished second to Rob Huff in the drivers’ championship last year with Chevrolet, winning the final race of the season in Macau, will join … More »
This weekend sees the fifth round of the 2013 China Touring Car Championship taking place at the Chengdu Goldenport Circuit after the Chinese championship’s summer break. The Chang’an Ford FRD team have a strong advantage after Andy Yan has won the last three rounds of the Championship at Shanghai, Tianma and Ordos, whilst the Shanghai … More »
2012 World Touring Car champion Rob Huff has tested the China Touring Car Championship Volkswagen Polo of the Shanghai VW 333 Racing team as part of the team’s test and development programme. The Volkswagen team, which won the title last year but this year are struggling against the new Ford Focus saloons of the Chang’an … More »
The three Honda Civics will gain an extra 10kg in compensation weight for the next round of the World Touring Car Championship at Sonoma Raceway, whilst the five SEATs will shed 10kg of ballast after the latest calculations by the FIA. With the results from Moscow, Porto and Termas de Río Hondo taken into consideration, … More »
Citroën have made their intentions clear after signing Yvan Muller for the 2014 season, which could be both a safe and risky decision as the French manufacturer competes in the World Touring Car Championship for the first time. The driver call has come much sooner than expected. Citroën made it clear at a press conference … More »
Michel Nykjær, currently placed second overall in the WTCC, is going to make a guest appearance in the Danish Thundersport Championship. “The Chevrolet I drive in the WTCC has got 350 HP and front wheel drive. Now I am getting 450 HP and rear wheel drive. I will be pleased if I can reach top … More »