Thed Björk won his second race of the year and extended his lead in the championship today at Falkenberg. Dahlgren took second place, a fighting Huisman third with Jan Nilsson fourth and Storckenfeldt fifth. Dahlgren who had pole position kept the lead after the first corner. All cars managed to get through the first corner … More »
SEAT and BMW won a race apiece on the first visit paid by the FIA World Touring Car Championship to Brazil. A successful event that gathered 34,000 spectators on the grandstands of the Curitiba racetrack. The first race was enlivened by the fight between Alfa Romeo local boy Augusto Farfus and SEAT Sport men Jordi … More »
The dream of winning on home soil was not to come true for Farfus in Race 1 but all was not lost as he crossed the line 3rd securing a place on the podium. The victor of the race was Jordi Gené for SEAT Sport and Peter Terting passed the chequered flag in second position. … More »
There are question marks for two BMW’s in the STCC. Who will drive the second BMW for Flash Engineering at Falkenberg and who will drive West Coast Racing’s BMW at Våler. Regarding Flash Engineering, either Janne “Flash” Nilsson or Edward Sanström will be at the wheel of the second BMW. Flash Engineering suffered hard from … More »
Fabrizio Giovanardi will join the WTCC in Brazil. The ex-Alfa Romeo driver will make a guest appearance for JAS Motorsport, driving a Honda Accord. The Italian will replace Pierre-Yves Corthals and is excited about driving against his old rivals. “I am really delighted,” the Italian said to crash.net, “and it’s a fantastic opportunity to be … More »
The latest WTCC race at Oschersleben moved the championship standings closer than ever. Six drivers are within two points! Priaulx and Y.Müller heads the board with 33 points. D.Müller and Thompson share third spot with 32 points. Rydell and Tarquini are only one point further behind with 31 points. “I predict the championship will be … More »
WTCC moves on to Germany and Oschersleben. Last year Priaulx won the first with Zanardi winning the second race. BMW has dominated the races here by winning seven out of eight rounds. Rickard Rydell is the only non-BMW driver to win here in 2004. BMW is most certainly looking to continue that performance as they … More »
Welcome to the second TouringCarTimes rankings! Lists and rankings are popular and we decided to introduce our own list. We rank the two most impressive drivers and/or teams and the most unimpressive driver/team. –DTM– – Tom Kristensen He scored Audi’s first win at Oschersleben and is in the lead of the championship. Kristensen made everything … More »
Jens Edman will join the WTCC squad in his Peugeot 407 at Oschersleben. Edman participated in the opening round at Monza. Unfortunately his race was ended rather quickly as he collided with Roberto Colciago. But since then his Peugeot has been repaired. Beside his WTCC apperances, Edman is competing full time in the Danish championship … More »
The second round of STCC 2006 takes off this weekend at Gelleråsen. The premiere at Knutstorp started the new season in an spectacular way. Thed Björk won the race after colliding with leading Robin Rudholm on the very last lap. There is no reason that the second round won’t provide intense racing again! We have … More »