Three-time WTCC champion Yvan Muller leaves Austria with an 80 point lead in the Championship after scoring 38 points at the Salzburgring, whilst closest rival in the standings Gabriele Tarquini only picked up four. Although the French driver had set pole position on Saturday, Muller would have to start in the mid-field after he and … More »
Bamboo-engineering’s James Nash took his first career win in the second race at the Salzburgring, defending against RML’s Yvan Muller in the final laps of the race. After a race long battle for the lead with Nika Racing’s Michel Nykjaer in race one, Nash started from pole for the reversed grid race two, but lost … More »
After penalties handed out after qualifying yesterday, the grid for today’s first WTCC race at the Salzburgring has been confirmed, with Michel Nykjaer starting on pole position for Nika Racing ahead of James Nash’s bamboo-engineering Chevrolet. The final grid is: 1 – Michel Nykjaer – Chevrolet 2 – James Nash – Chevrolet 3 – Mehdi … More »
Yvan Muller has taken pole position in one of the most bizarre qualifying sessions in the history of the WTCC, with all 12 cars taking to the track for one final run but not making it around before the chequered flag. Yvan Muller’s time of 1:25.756 set on his first run in Q2 was enough … More »
LADA Sport Lukoil hope to be back on the pace at the Salzburgring this weekend, at a track which should favour the small Granta WTCC car more than the last two tracks in Hungary and Slovakia. The Russian squad had the pace to qualify in the top ten at the first two rounds of the … More »
British team Special Tuning Racing will miss the next two rounds of the FIA World Touring Car Championship as they continue to work to resolve issues which have plagued them since their heavy crash at Marrakech two months’ ago. The team and driver Tom Boardman will be absent from the grid as their SEAT León … More »
We’re already one third of the way into this year’s World Touring Car Championship, at least in terms of races. We still have almost seven months left in terms of time however to find out who will be the 2013 drivers’ champion, but it’s already turning into a two horse race between Yvan Muller and … More »
RMG BMW’s Andy Priaulx expects a ‘hectic’ home race at this weekend’s British round of the DTM at Brands Hatch. The Brit expects the 1.9 kilometer track to test the teams and drivers, as they have not tested the new DRS and option tyres around the circuit. However, the three times WTCC champion is aiming … More »
Christian Klien will make a return to the Superstars Series at Brno. The former Grand Prix driver, who took a win last year in the Maserati Quattroporte in a wild card drive for Swiss Team in Hungary, will drive a BMW M3 E92 prepared by Scuderia Giudici at Brno, where the now ageing Bavarian cars … More »
The Honda will join Chevrolet at the maximum possible compensation ballast of +40kg at the Salzburgring after the FIA’s latest calculations, taking into account the performances of the two models in Marrakech, Slovakia and Hungary. The Honda of Gabriele Tarquini took pole position at two of the last three rounds, with Yvan Muller taking pole … More »