Fernando Monje to miss Morocco
SUNRED Engineering will field just three cars at Marrakech with the SUNRED León 1.6T of Fernando Monje set to miss this weekend’s meeting.
SUNRED Engineering will field just three cars at Marrakech with the SUNRED León 1.6T of Fernando Monje set to miss this weekend’s meeting.
Reigning BTCC independents’ champion James Nash is expecting the Ford Focus to be podium contender before the year’s out, with the team still coming to grips with the new car and new circuits since switching to the WTCC for the 2012 season.
The third round of the 2012 FIA World Touring Car Championship will see compensation weights come into effect, with the Chevrolet Cruze still the reference model and will be carrying the most weight.
Michel Nykjær is going to be team mate with Rickard Rydell in the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship this year.
World Touring Car racer Tiago Monteiro has been linked with a possible switch to the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship as team-mate to Rickard Rydell after engine supply issues look set to damage his WTCC campaign.
After winning the first three races of the season, Yvan Muller heads to Marrakech with a 27 point lead in the standings over Chevrolet team-mate Alain Menu, with Tom Coronel breaking into the Chevrolet trio with two podium finishes today.
Chevrolet’s Rob Huff was fastest of all at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia ahead of this afternoon’s pole sitter and team-mate Yvan Muller, with Norbert Michelisz completing the top three.
Tiago Monteiro qualified 11th on the grid for both of tomorrow’s WTCC races, now running with the SUNRED 1.6 turbo engine as he ran for most of last season, but hopes to get his hands on the new SEAT engine as soon as possible.
Reigning WTCC champion Yvan Muller has taken pole position in Spain ahead of Gabriele Tarquini, with Tom Coronel making it three different marques in the top three positions.
Gabriele Tarquini set the fastest time in the second free practice session in Valencia for the Lukoil Racing SEAT team ahead of the Chevrolet pair of Rob Huff and Yvan Muller.