Ahead of the final round of the European leg of the 2013 FIA World Touring Car Championship, the World Motor Sport Council confirmed the new sporting and technical regulations for next year’s championship, which will see a new generation of Super 2000 cars competing as well as a number of sporting regulation changes. The provisional … More »
Citroën Racing plan to have a driver with a WTCC title winning level of experience in their team alongside Sébastien Loeb when they join the Championship next season, and also haven’t ruled out Robert Kubica joining the team with a limited programme. The French manufacturer will join the Championship next season with either two or … More »
Every day thousands of accidents occur around the world and while some just being minor others resulting in fetal deaths. And while some people are compensated for the injuries or trauma they suffer from with the help of attorneys from Nehora Law Firm, not all are so fortunate. As per Fort Myers car accident statistics … More »
The grid for both of tomorrow’s races has been amended after a transponder error in qualifying which recorded the wrong lap times for Tuenti Racing’s Pepe Oriola and Honda’s Gabriele Tarquini. Gabriele Tarquini had been listed as having qualified in sixth position and Pepe Oriola 12th after crashing out after his first run, but revised … More »
Tuenti Racing’s Pepe Oriola was surprised by his own lap time at the end of the first free practice session at Porto. The 19-year-old Spaniard switches to the Chevrolet Cruze this weekend after driving a SEAT since he joined the WTCC in 2011. Oriola’s time of 2:08.385 was good enough for third at the end … More »
LADA Sport Lukoil drivers James Thompson and Mikhail Kozlovskiy head to a track where they both have experience this weekend at the Circuito da Boavista in Porto, Portugal. Thompson last raced at Porto when the World Touring Car Championship first visited the street circuit back in 2009, then in his first year with the Lada … More »
49-year-old Italian Nicola Larini will join former Alfa Romeo Euro STC & ETCC team-mate Fabrizio Giovanardi at Petri Corse. The former Formula 1 driver, who made an appearance in the Superstars Series back in 2010 at the wheel of a Mercedes C63 AMG, will drive the Porsche Panamera S for the first time this Wednesday. … More »
The three Honda Civic Super 2000 TCs in the WTCC will benefit from a 30kg weight reduction at the next round after the FIA’s latest calculation of compensation ballast. The compensation weight applied each weekend in the Championship is based on the qualifying and race performances (fastest lap time) of the two best cars of … More »
33-year-old Danish driver Michel Nykjaer has assumed the lead of the Yokahama Trophy for independent drivers’ following his third win of the season at Moscow Raceway. A pair of class victories, finishing seventh overall in race one and then winning race two from second on the grid saw the Dane move up to third overall … More »
18-year-old Pepe Oriola will switch to Chevrolet from the next round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship at Porto in Portugal. The Spanish driver, who moved up into the top ten in the standings today after a fourth place finish in race two at Moscow, confirmed the rumour which had circulated earlier today on … More »