Fatality for Phillip Yau in the Macau Touring Car Cup
Look Fong Racing Team driver Phillip Yau has tragically died after a crash in the CTM Macau Cup qualifying session, which took place this afternoon at the circuit.
Look Fong Racing Team driver Phillip Yau has tragically died after a crash in the CTM Macau Cup qualifying session, which took place this afternoon at the circuit.
Rob Huff has taken pole for the last round of the 2012 World Touring Car Championship at Macau, breaking the qualifying lap record previously held by his team-mate Alain Menu with a time of 2:29.422.
Russian driver Aleksei Dudukalo has indicated that he expects to be racing for Lada in the 2013 season in a two car team alongside double British Touring Car champion James Thompson, with backing from LUKOIL, as was rumoured earlier in the year.
The Portuguese says that points are possible for Honda at the legendary street circuit.
Get your best pair of voting boots on: It’s time for the TouringCarTimes Awards 2012, kicking off with the British Touring Car Championship.
35 cars are set to compete in the annual Macau Touring Car Cup around the streets of the Chinese Special Administrative Region on Saturday this weekend, forming part of the the WTCC season finale and Macau F3’s supporting line-up.
All three of Chevrolet’s drivers have a chance of claiming the 2012 FIA World Touring Car Championship’s drivers’ title at the US brand’s last race as a constructor this weekend at Macau.
Tiago Monteiro’s Honda Civic and the six SEAT León WTCCs will both drop 20kg of weight for the season finale at Macau, whilst the BMW 320 TC gains 20kg and is now back up to base weight. The Championship leading Chevrolets continue at maximum ballast as they have all season.
Rob Huff heads to the season finale in the best position possible to win the 2012 drivers’ championship in Chevrolet’s final season in the WTCC, after a win and a second place in Shanghai.
Tiago Monteiro, Fredy Barth and Tom Boardman were all given 30-second penalties applied in race one which drops them out of the points. Hugo Valente and James Nash also received similar penalties in the race for cutting the corner at Turn 4.