Race one at the Guia Race of Macau today will see the final rolling start for the FIA World Touring Car Championship, with new sporting regulations as well as the new technical regulations come in to force for 2014. RML’s Yvan Muller and Honda’s Tiago Monteiro will lead the front row for the Championship’s final … More »
19-year-old Konstantins Calko will become the first Latvian to take part in an FIA World Touring Car Championship race this weekend, driving the #81 SEAT León WTCC which was only yesterday confirmed for Russian driver Nikolay Karamyshev. Calko is the 2012 Radical Masters Euro Series champion, as well as the 2011 Baltic Touring Car Championship … More »
The Chinese administrative region of Macau plays host to the FIA World Touring Car Championship for the ninth time this weekend, and as of next year, the event will become the only race which has had a permanent fixture on the WTCC calendar, affirming its position as the Championship’s ‘Blue Riband’ event. The street circuit … More »
Unusually for me, I hardly know where to start on the subject of WTCC qualifying, following the debacle in Shanghai. The over-riding fact is clear, however – the present system is unfit for purpose. Let’s start at the beginning and examine how the Law of Unintended Consequences has led us up a blind alley. When … More »
The current draft of the calendar for the FIA World Touring Car Championship will see the Championship kick-off on the African continent for the first time, starting on April 6th in Marrakech. As reported previously, the 12 rounds for the 2014 WTCC season will take place in Morocco, France, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Russia, Belgium, Argentina, … More »
The FIA World Touring Car Championship will make its third visit to China, and its second to the Shanghai International Circuit for the 11th and penultimate round of this year’s Championship, with the title fight now over, the battle is hotting up for second place. Yvan Muller is this year’s champion elect, the RML Chevrolet … More »
Volvo Polestar Racing tested their C30 1.6T car at Anderstorp last week ahead of their one-off appearance in the WTCC at Shanghai in two weeks’ time, with 2013 Scandinavian Touring Car champion Thed Björk behind the wheel. Björk will make his WTCC debut at the Shanghai International Circuit, with Volvo Polestar Racing making its first … More »
The 2013 season is quickly drawing to an end, but the silly season is in full swing and with new regulations on the horizon the talk isn’t so much about the movement of drivers but the movement of teams and cars. Who will come back next year, and with what? The championship will see all … More »
Former WTCC driver Rickard Rydell will make a one-off return to the World Touring Car Championship at the next round of the Championship at Shanghai, driving Nika Racing’s Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T. The 46-year-old five-time WTCC race winner will take over the team’s Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T for the Chinese round, as the team’s new driver, Hiroki … More »