It’s been confirmed that Tom Coronel will be forced to miss this weekend’s round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship due to the substantial damage his car sustained during the first lap crash in race two at Marrakech. The team’s car is en route to Le Castellet, from there it will be sent back … More »
Swedish driver Rickard Rydell will return to the World Touring Car Championship for the first time as a full-time driver since 2009 next season, racing in a new TC1-class Honda Civic run by Nika Racing, the team that took him to the 2011 STCC drivers’ title. The team competed in the WTCC for their first … More »
On the one-year anniversary of his first race appearance in the FIA World Touring Car Championship, Russia’s Mikhail Kozlovskiy secured the best result of his career for the LADA Sport Lukoil team in Marrakech, finishing fifth in race two behind two Citroëns and two Chevrolets. The 24-year-old Russian was able to stay out of trouble … More »
Tom Boardman will sit out the 2014 FIA World Touring Car Championship season, with the availability of the new specification cars the prevailing issue as it has been for a number of drivers, but the 30-year-old hopes to be back on the grid next season. Boardman has entered the WTCC for three full-time campaigns in … More »
The German Münnich Motorsport team is ready to begin its second season in the FIA World Touring Car Championship this weekend at Marrakech, with drivers Gianni Morbidelli and René Münnich piloting their new Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s. The team have tested at Portimao, Portugal, ahead of the season with the final batch of RML’s new … More »
This weekend sees the launch of the 2014 FIA World Touring Car Championship season, with the biggest change in technical regulations introduced in the Championship’s ten year history, a new manufacturer entry with Citroën, and with that the added presence of nine-time World Rally champion Sébastien Loeb. The season kicks off at Marrakech with 20 … More »
Following an announcement back in September 2012 that the French manufacturer would enter the FIA World Touring Car Championship from 2014, that moment is now just a week away with the team ready to field what some believe will be a devastating force at Marrakech. The Citroën Racing team will field three cars with a … More »
Pasquale Di Sabatino has signed for Liqui Moly Team Engstler to drive a BMW 320 TC in the 2014 FIA World Touring Car Championship. “Coming back to WTCC is a dream come true. I’m very pleased to race alongside an experienced driver like Franz Engstler, I can learn a lot from him,” said Di Sabatino. … More »
The FIA has confirmed that 22 entries have been lodged for the 2014 FIA World Touring Car Championship season, with a number of drivers set to be announced in the coming weeks for the Championship’s TC2 class for legacy Super 2000 cars, while the Onyx Race Engineering team’s programme will not happen this season. 16 … More »