The WTCC has confirmed that the two SUNRED drivers Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro, as well as ROAL Motorsport’s Tom Coronel will not be eligible for the Yokohama Independents’ Trophy this season.
New BTCC team Rob Austin Racing is confident their new Next Generation Touring Car specification Audis will be a highly competitive package, with one driver now in place for the season.
Darryl O’Young is going to take part in the FIA World Touring Car Championship 2011 for Bamboo Engineering with start from the second race of the season at Zolder in a Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T.
BMW Motorsport has confirmed the teams to run cars for the German manufacturer in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters 2012. RBM, Schnitzer and Reinhold Motorsport are going to field two cars each.
The FIA World Touring Car Championship round at Marrakech in Morocco has been cancelled.
Bamboo Engineering have confirmed Darryl O’Young and Yukinori Taniguchi will race for the team this season, and that they’ll race with 1.6 turbocharged Chevrolet Cruzes from the second round of the championship at Zolder.
Zengő Motorsport have confirmed they will switch to the BMW 320 TC with WTCC Rookie Champion Norbert Michelisz, joining the grid from Zolder.
Wiechers-Sport has confirmed the identity of their new driver for the first part of the FIA World Touring Car Championship 2011: 46-year-old Swiss driver Urs Sonderegger.
Jason Plato has confirmed to Motorsport News that he is going to continue in the British Touring Car Championship 2011 for RML Chevrolet with a new one-year deal.
Rob Huff is giving the new 1.6 litre Cruze a final test ahead of next months opening round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship at Curitiba.