The FIA World Motor Sport Council has confirmed details of the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship calendar today, which starts in Termas de Río Hondo in Argentina in March, and it set to end at Losail in Qatar in November, replacing the traditional finale at the Macau Grand Prix. The championship will commence in … More »
Portugal will be back on the WTCC calendar in 2015 with a new race at the Circuito Internacional de Vila Real, a street circuit 100km east of Porto, which last hosted the Portuguese round in 2013, subject to confirmation from the FIA World Motor Sport Council next week. The race will take place on July … More »
With the 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship, its 11th season, just over three months away, we take a quick look out how the grid is shaping up for the new season, which will feature just the latest TC1 class cars after a successful implementation of the new regulations this year. With three manufacturers on … More »
Hungaroring race winner Gianni Morbidelli fears his return to the FIA World Touring Car Championship may be just for one season, due to the lack of opportunities available next season for professional drivers outside of the factory teams. Morbidelli, who returned to the WTCC after eight years away for the Münnich Motorsport team this season, … More »
The Guia Race of Macau could be back on the 2015 WTCC calendar after a last minute deal is believed to have been brokered at the weekend. The race was set to be dropped from the WTCC calendar in 2015, with a night race in a middle east country set to be become the new … More »
Volvo are believed to be ready to launch a programme joining the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2016, with a car hotly anticipated to be entered in the final rounds of the 2015 season in order to prepare for the assault. The Swedish manufacturer embarked on an ‘evaluation season’ in 2011 with an upgraded … More »
Sébastien Loeb finished sixth in both races in Macau, having dropped away from a potential podium position in race one after a mistake at Lisboa. The nine-time World Rally champion finished third in the drivers’ championship in his debut season in the WTCC, and for 2015 will bring his team, Sébastien Loeb Racing into the … More »
Tom Chilton will provisionally start from the front row for race two after securing the ninth fastest time in qualifying, and hopes to convert that into victory to aid his bid to be the highest ranked Chevrolet RML driver in the 2014 championship, and also to be classified as the last ever winner of an … More »
The FIA World Touring Car Championship heads to Macau this weekend for what is set to be the last time, having been host to the final round of the WTCC since the current form’s inception in 2005, with pride the main honour to be fought for with every trophy already allocated. José María López enters … More »