SEAT and Ford drop weight for Portugal
Teams running the latest SEAT León and Ford Focus cars will each drop 10kg in weight at the next race in Portimão, whilst BMW and Chevrolet will continue to run at the maximum compensation weight.
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New livery for Alain Menu at Portimao
The Chevrolet Cruze of Alain Menu will be sporting a new livery at the Portuguese round of the 2012 WTCC, with the Swiss driver playing the part of French comic book motor-racing driver Michel Vaillant at the weekend.
The Touring Car Weekend in pictures
Last weekend saw a multitude of touring car championship races in Europe and Australia. TouringCarTimes has gathered a selection of the weekend’s action in a picture special.
Colin Turkington to test for WSR at Silverstone
2009 BTCC champion Colin Turkington is going to test for eBay Motors West Surrey Racing at Silverstone on Friday.
Fernando Monje on target to secure ETCC title in Imola
Fernando Monje took his fourth win from six in the FIA European Touring Car Cup at the Salzburgring, and is looking forward to joining the WTCC grid from Brazil once the Cup concludes at Imola.
Double points finish for Ford at the Salzburgring
Ford took points in both races with James Nash finishing tenth in races one and two, with Tom Chilton in 11th in race two, with Ford the only front-wheel drive manufacturer not to suffer from punctures in that race.
Rob Huff closes the gap to Muller to eight points
After a win and a second place at the Salzburgring, Rob Huff has gone from third to second in the 2012 WTCC standings, and is just eight points away from Yvan Muller at the mid-season mark.
D’Aste: “I didn’t know the race had finished”
Stefano D’Aste was ecstatic after taking his first career victory in the WTCC at the Salzburgring, and the first win for the German Wiechers-Sport team, but admitted after the race he didn’t know it was the last lap as he made his way past Rob Huff and Tom Coronel at the final corner.
Alex MacDowall takes first independents’ win
Former BTCC driver Alex MacDowall took his first independents’ class win in the WTCC in Austria after a strong showing all weekend in the Bamboo Engineering Chevrolet Cruze.
Speculation rife over multiple tyre failures in Austria
Chevrolet and SEAT were both caught out by punctures in the second race at the Salzburgring, with three of the four SEAT drivers affected and all five of the Chevrolets, which saw BMW take their second win of the year in two consecutive meetings, this time with Stefano D’Aste.