The schedule for the World Touring Car Championship race weekend at Macau has been confirmed, with the event running over four days. Free practice will start on Thursday, with qualifying and the MAC3 time trial on Friday. The first race is on Saturday, in a break with tradition, where the touring car races both took … More »
The European leg of the World Touring Car Championship came to a close last month, and the drivers’ championship battle is still as close as it’s ever been as the drivers, cars and teams head to South America for the Argentinian round this weekend. The WTCC visits the Termas de Río Hondo circuit in northern … More »
Sébastien Loeb Racing’s Mehdi Bennani won the opening race at Vila Real, the first race to feature the all-new joker lap, while new championship leader Tiago Monteiro made his way from seventh to second at his home race for Honda. The key to Bennani’s victory was in his start, as the Citroën driver leapt from … More »
Polestar Cyan Racing’s Nicky Catsburg broke the World Touring Car Championship lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife in the second free practice session, lapping the circuit with a time of 8:34.813, over half a second faster than José María López’s qualifiying record from last year. The Dutchman set his time after the chequered flag fell … More »
This weekend, the third round of the World Touring Car Championship gets underway at the Hungaroring near Budapest, with a strong home crowd expected to cheer on home hero Norbert Michelisz, but Honda could struggle to repeat their early season form now carrying the maximum compensation weight. After two races, the compensation weight system kicks … More »
Thed Björk has claimed Volvo’s first pole position in the WTCC at Monza, fighting off Honda’s Tiago Monteiro and Citroën’s Rob Huff in a close-right during the one-lap shootout. In the first part of qualifying, Honda’s Tiago Monteiro was the first to break under the 1:53 barrier, but was soon bettered by Rob Huff in … More »
The World Touring Car Championship returns to Monza for the first time in four years this weekend, and the high-speed Italian circuit is set to be a complete contrast to the tight, street circuit season opener in Morocco three weeks’ ago. The Italian circuit will host the current generation TC1 cars for the first time. … More »
Kevin Gleason will be the latest addition to the grid this weekend at Monza, driving RC Motorsport’s second Lada Vesta, bringing to field up to 16 cars at the historic Italian circuit. The American will be making his World Touring Car Championship debut, after two years racing on-and-off in the TCR International Series with WestCoast … More »
