WTCC racer Darryl O’Young is going to take part in the legendary Le Mans 24 hours race this year, driving a Ferrari 458. “Since I last drove at Le Mans in 2009, I have hoped for the opportunity to return again to this great race,” said O’Young. The Hong Kong driver is going to race … More »
After a strong start to the season, LADA Sport Lukoil endured a trying weekend at the Hungaroring, at the track where they made their World Touring Car Championship return last season with the Granta WTCC. With Mikhail Kozlovskiy still adapting to the car and the circuit, James Thompson missed out in qualifying after being called … More »
SEAT Sport will display a concept touring car León at the GTI meeting at Wörthersee next weekend. The prototype is to show what a new touring car SEAT León could look like, as a primer for a new Cup racing car or even for the WTCC. The ‘Leon Cup Racer’ features 330bhp and is a … More »
Franz Engstler and Gabriele Tarquini have both been released from hospital following a heavy crash on the first lap of the second WTCC race in Hungary. Honda driver Gabriele Tarquini spun off into the tyre barriers on the outside of Turn 2 after running across the nose of Yvan Muller’s Chevrolet, and bounced back onto … More »
Rob Huff won the second race of the day in Hungary and takes his first win of the year and Münnich Motorsport’s first win in the World Touring Car Championship, whilst in the title battle Gabriele Tarquini loses ground to Yvan Muller after the two made contact on the first lap. Rob Huff made a … More »
Zengõ Motorsport driver Norbert Michelisz was fastest in the warm up at the Hungararing ahead of the two champions of the last three years, Rob Huff and Yvan Muller. Yvan Muller set the first target time in the low 1:55s, but Michelisz was one of only two drivers to break into the 1:54s in the … More »
Rob Huff was the most competitive of all of the SEAT drivers in qualifying today at the Hungaroring, qualifying in eighth place for the first race which puts his SEAT León WTCC third on the grid for race two. The reigning champion’s run in Q1 was almost two-tenths of a second faster than his time … More »
Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team’s Gabriele Tarquini was fastest of all, just less than a tenth of a second off the qualifying lap record at the Hungaroring, with team-mate Tiago Monteiro second quickest in the 30 minute session. The session saw a Honda on P1 throughout with first Norbert Michelisz in the Zengõ Motorsport … More »
The Castrol Honda World Touring Car team will continue its rapid development programme over the next few weeks to prepare for when the team’s two cars leave Europe for the final five rounds in July. After struggling for pace in Monza, the next round of upgrades saw the Honda Civic grab pole position at Marrakech … More »
Castrol Honda driver Tiago Monteiro was surprised but delighted with the pace of the new Honda Civic Super 2000 TC at the Slovakiaring, with all three cars locking out the top three in qualifying and race one, but believes that the Hungaroring should be an even better circuit for the Japanese marque. After two tough … More »