LUKOIL has formally announced that it will sponsor both RML and Lada in this year’s WTCC. The Russian firm will back Yvan Muller’s title challenge at RML, as well as title sponsorship of the LADA Sport LUKOIL racing team. After two years in the WTCC with SEAT, LUKOIL now splits its support across two teams. … More »
Russian oil firm LUKOIL will back Yvan Muller’s championship challenge with RML this season, as the three-time champion competes without manufacturer support for the title for the first time. In a widely anticipated move, LUKOIL will support Yvan Muller’s championship challenge with RML in the Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T, as well as Lada’s touring car programme … More »
Turkish touring car star Ibrahim Okyay returns to the FIA European Touring Car Cup in a bid for the 2013 title, driving the Borusan Otomotiv Motorsport-run BMW 320si. Okyay has been a regular in the World Touring Car Championship and European Touring Car Cup in recent years. The 43-year-old competed in the full 2008 WTCC … More »
Campos Racing has confirmed it will field Spaniard Fernando Monje and Frenchman Hugo Valente for the 2013 World Touring Car Championship season. The Spanish team, formed with SUNRED Engineering moving its operation to within the Campos Racing group this season, will field two SEAT León WTCCs. 20-year-old Fernando Monje, who drove for the team in … More »
West Surrey Racing have launched their new car in Richmond with which Rob Collard, Colin Turkington and Nick Foster will compete with in the 2013 British Touring Car Championship. The car is the first new car the team have built since 2001, when they developed the MG-ZS to BTC-specification for Anthony Reid and Warren Hughes. … More »
Bamboo Engineering have been testing at Pembrey as the British independent team’s preparations continue for this year’s WTCC. The team’s drivers James Nash and Alex MacDowall were both driving the team’s Chevrolet Cruze 1.6Ts. The team were able to test despite the cold conditions at the circuit in southern Wales, and a brief snow-storm. A … More »
This year the BTCC has introduced something new in the Jack Sears Trophy for 2013. Named after the first ever champion of the BTCC back in 1958, who will ultimately present the trophy at the end of the season to the winner. Who is eligible? Anyone who is competing with a Super 2000 (S2000) specification … More »
Zengő Motosport will compete in this year’s FIA European Touring Car Cup, running a pair of SEAT León Supercopas for Ferenc Ficza and Norbert Nagy in the Single-Make Trophy. In a joint programme between the MNASZ Track Racing department and Zengő Motorsport, the Zengő Junior Team has been created to compete in this year’s ETCC. … More »
Experienced French driver and four-time Trophée Andros champion Jean-Philippe Dayraut will join the WTCC grid at Monza for new team ANOME, with the team targeting a full season.The French team has bought a BMW 320 TC from Zengo Motorsport, and if things go well at Monza, the team hopes to compete in the full 2013 … More »
Yvan Muller and Tom Chilton were happy after their first test ahead of the 2013 FIA World Touring Car Championship, driving the team’s Chevrolet Cruze at Snetterton and Brands Hatch last week. Muller and Chilton both drove the car last Tuesday at the Snetterton circuit in Norfolk, England, with Chilton getting his hands on the … More »