Gábor Wéber will miss the next round of the World Touring Car Championship, and possibly the remainder of the season. The Hungarian’s budget only extended to the six European rounds of the Championship, and the 40-year-old is focussed on securing sponsorship for a full season in 2013.
After today’s news that Chevrolet are withdrawing from the WTCC at the end of the 2012 season, last year’s runner-up Rob Huff, currently second in the standings behind team-mate Yvan Muller, is now even more motivated to win the drivers’ title for Chevrolet this year.
WTCC promoter Marcello Lotti is not concerned about the departure of Chevrolet from the WTCC. The head of KSO said “This is motorsport! Manufacturers come and go.”
Chevrolet Motorsport Manager Eric Nève says a change of marketing strategy is the overriding factor in the manufacturer’s withdrawal from the WTCC at the conclusion of the 2012 season.
Vitantonio Liuzzi was fastest in the final test session on Friday at the Hungaroring in his CAAL Racing Mercedes AMG C63, just ahead of local hero Norbert Michelisz in the Scuderia Giudici BMW M3 E92.
Aleksander Tosic’s withdrawal from this weekend’s round of the FIA European Touring Car Cup at Imola makes Russian driver Nikolay Karamyshev the default winner of the Super Production class, before the action has even begun.
Three-time World Touring Car champion Yvan Muller will compete at the fourth round of the Euro-RACECAR NASCAR Series at the Tours Speedway, located in the Loire Valley region of France, behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Camaro based stock car.
Brovallen Design has confirmed that Alx Danielsson is going to continue for them ahead of the mid-season race at Falkenberg in two weeks time.
Pepe Oriola and Norbert Michelisz took a win apiece on Sunday in Portugal, and have begun to build a gap in the Yokohama Independents’ Trophy to the rest of the competitors.
Gabriele Tarquini has confirmed he is in talks with Honda regarding the Japanese manufacturer’s 2013 two car programme with the new Honda Civic Super 2000.