Wiechers-Sport’s Stefano D’Aste took his first WTCC career victory at the Salzburgring, despite Chevrolet looking set for a repeat 1-2-3 performance, with punctures taking out all three drivers late in the race.
Rob Huff took his first pole position of the season at the Salzburgring and closes the gap to Yvan Muller by one point and Alain Menu by two, and hopes to hold on for his second win of the season on the WTCC’s first visit to Austria.
Alain Menu left it to the last second to displace Yvan Muller for the fastest time in the second and final free practice session at the Salzburgring.
Two-time Ukrainian Touring Car champion Igor Skuz returns to the European Touring Car Cup this weekend for Spanish team SUNRED Engineering in Austria.
The World Touring Car Championship heads to the Salzburgring this weekend, and the Championship leading Chevrolet team expects the fast Austrian circuit to deliver an interesting race.
The newly created TTA – Racing Elite League hosts their first ever race weekend at Karlskoga Motorstadion in Sweden this weekend.
Reigning Scandinavian Touring Car Champion Rickard Rydell is happy with the two second places he took at Mantorp Park last weekend, which keeps him just 14 points behind the Team Biogas.se Volkswagen of Johan Kristoffersson.
Mehdi Bennani secured his two best WTCC career results at the Hungaroring with fourth place in race one and third in race two to take his first WTCC podium result.
The World Touring Car Championship could add India and Russia to the 2013 calendar.
Lada had a good weekend on its return to the World Touring Car Championship after leaving at the end of 2009 in Hungary this weekend, with James Thompson confident the new Granta Sport has far more potential than the previous Priora.