A number of drivers have voiced their concerns over the Monza race weekend, fearing that Yvan Muller is in the position to run away with the drivers’ title unchallenged for the first time in the Championship’s history. Yvan Muller took pole position and completed his fourth ever “double victory” last weekend, and leads the standings … More »
The WTCC could finally make its first appearance on Argentinean soil this year. Plans are being put in place in case the round scheduled for July 28th at Curitiba is dropped from the calendar. At the last meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council, Curitiba’s confirmed place on the calendar was once again put … More »
Pole position and two race victories sees the more relaxed three-times champion leave Monza with a 23 point lead over his nearest rival after the first meeting of the 2013 WTCC season at Monza. The Frenchman smashed the qualifying lap record on Saturday and topped every session bar the wet Sunday morning warm-up, winning the … More »
Tom Chilton starts from his career best position in this afternoon’s opening round of the WTCC at Monza in what is guaranteed to be a wet race – and the 28-year-old is hoping his experience in the wet will bode well for him. Driving for the RML Chevrolet team, Chilton grabbed P2 in qualifying and … More »
Tiago Monteiro believes that Yvan Muller will be Honda’s biggest threat as the Japanese marque enters the 2013 WTCC with the goal of winning the Championship. The Portuguese driver joined Honda for the final three rounds of 2012, and now enters this year as a full works driver for the first time since 2009, alongside … More »
With the season premiere of the 2013 FIA World Touring Car Championship just being a couple of days away, the first picture has been released of RML’s new livery for this season. Long gone are the blue colours of last year when RML ran the official factory Chevrolet programme. This year’s design features the red … More »
Honda unveiled a new livery for the 2013 FIA World Touring Car Championship season with Castrol as title sponsor. “We are delighted to have Castrol join us as our team’s title sponsor. Like Honda, Castrol has a long and proud history in the world of motorsport and their enthusiasm and passion for racing matches our … More »
Gabriele Tarquini was fastest in pre-season testing at Monza, as eight teams took the Italian circuit ahead of the opening round of the 2013 WTCC next weekend. Tarquini set the quickest time in the Honda Civic Super 2000 TC ahead of Spaniard Pepe Oriola in the Tuenti Racing SEAT León. Tarquini’s Honda Racing Team JAS … More »
A record 36 cars have been entered for the first round of the FIA European Touring Car Cup for the opening round at Monza on March 24th. The grid features 17 cars in the Super 2000 category, nine in the Super 1600 class, all of which are Ford Fiestas, and 10 in the Single-Make Trophy … More »
Michel Nykjær has been confirmed as driver for Swedish Chevrolet team Nika Racing in the 2013 FIA World Touring Car Championship. “I’m thrilled to return to action in the WTCC, and especially with NIKA Racing. We have gained huge respect for each other in our STCC programme, and we are definitely ready to take this … More »