Reigning World Champion Yvan Muller was fastest on the Monza test day ahead of this weekend’s third round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship. The Chevrolet driver was fastest from the BMWs of Kristian Poulsen & Tom Coronel.
Gabriele Tarquini is expected to run the new 1.6 litre turbocharged engine this weekend at Monza for the Italian’s home race, after a private test yesterday with the new Lehmann developed engine.
The high-speed Monza track will suit the turbocharged Chevrolet Cruze, even with the Chevrolet team now running with an extra 40kg of ballast this weekend.
The Superstars Series gets back on track after a four week break. The first event to be held outside from Italy will be hosted by the Ricardo Tormo circuit in Valencia.
The British and World Touring Car Championship winning Chevrolet Cruze S2000 car was voted by TouringCarTimes readers as the best touring car in the world for 2010.
Turkish racing driver Ibrahim Okyay will make an appearance at the next round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship at Monza.
The Chevrolet TC2000 team have revealed the new Cruze that will race this weekend at San Martín, Mendoza for drivers Agustín Canapino and Christian Ledesma.
In this feature, we look at manufacturer support in the top three Super 2000 (currently) based championships and determine how much a championship can survive without manufacturer support
Darryl O’Young was voted by TouringCarTimes readers as the best rookie driver in Touring Car racing in 2010, and was delighted to receive his fan voted reward last weekend in Belgium, where he took his first independent win of 2011 with the new Cruze.
Proteam Racing driver Fabio Fabiani presently looks destined to spend the final 16 races of the 2011 World Touring Car Championship on the podium, and surely can’t be stopped from being the WTCC’s newest trophy’s winner?