Magny-Cours is a BMW track. At least so it seems when you look at the results of the three latest seasons. Since 2003, every time the FIA Touring Car Championship visited the circuit in the Nievre region, the Bavarian cars won all the races. Jörg Müller claimed two wins in the 2003 FIA European Touring … More »
The Chinese manufacturer Brilliance announced plans in the fall of 2004 that they were going to enter WTCC. The plan then was to enter the championship in 2005 with the British entrepreneur and former BTCC driver, John Batchelor as team leader. But from then until now many unfortunate events have stopped the Chinese manufacturer from … More »
Number one Alfa Romeo-man Augusto Farfus Jr. made the most of his pole position and managed to keep the lead from start to finish. Despite hard attacks from Alessandro Zanardi and a damaged front side, the victory went to Brazil. Zanardi was close for many laps and seemed to have the pace of Farfus. But … More »
Welcome to the new version of TouringCarTimes! We are happy to announce that on the eleventh year (1995 – 2006) of online time – TouringCarTimes will get a new strong partner. Rob Veltman is merging his site TouringCarNews with TouringCarTimes, forming a strong alliance! TouringCarTimes was founded in 1995 under the name BTCC-Magazine. In 1999 … More »
Andy Priaulx took pole position with only one minute left of the session. Yvan Müller held pole position before that in his first WTCC race for SEAT after completing only one lap. Augusto Farfus took third place making it three different makes in top three. Andy Priaulx, pole position “I’m delighted to get pole, for … More »
Lada announced earlier that they will compete in WTCC this year. This is the first time ever that a Russian manufacturer enters a FIA championship. But the racing programme for the Russian manufacturer is delayed. At first they were supposed to be on the grid for the first race at Monza. But there are no … More »
Carl Rosenblad will, as we have speculated in earlier, switch back to STCC from WTCC. He will be on the grid in may with a brand new BMW 320 2006 spec. His goals are clear for the season: – I am coming back to STCC with one goal, and that is to be fastest from … More »
The second day of official FIA WTCC testing is underway and in contrast to yesterday’s conditions the track is dry. The times set were almost immediately ten seconds faster than previous sessions and the top 10 times were all within one second. Again, it was the N.technology Alfa Romeo cars that set the pace. Salvatore … More »
34 drivers took part in the second day of the official FIA WTCC testing at Monza today. Gabriele Tarquini missed two sessions out of three due to a slight indisposition. 26-year old Scotsman Ryan Sharp made his first appearance at the wheel of a Honda Accord, having signed a deal with JAS Motorsport for being … More »
The start of the 2006 FIA WTCC season is approaching. The competitors have completed the first of six official test sessions in Monza, each lasting one hour. In damp conditions it was Andy Priaulx who set the pace to begin with. As the times dropped the leading driver changed with Rickard Rydell, Jörg Müller, Dirk … More »