Håkan Malmborg will enter the privateers cup for in STCC this year. He will drive only a couple of races but will hopefully do full season next year. He will use a Ford Focus from 2003 which was build by the same team that run the new Ford Focus in WTCC. – First year will … More »
Italy-based Proteam Motorsport, the winner of the 2005 FIA WTCC Teams’ Trophy, have unveiled their own 2006 campaign. The team owned by Valmiro Presenzini will run two BMW cars for Luca Rangoni and Stefano D’Aste. The former returns to the FIA Touring Cars after a successful 2004 season in the European Championship, while D’Aste faces … More »
After the recent unveiling of the new Honda Accord Super 2000, JAS Motorsport has confirmed that it will return to the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2006. With backing from shock absorber brand Monroe, the team will compete in the Yokohama Independents Trophy with a single car for 30-year-old Belgian driver Pierre-Yves Corthals – … More »
Tom Chilton has taken pole position for tommorow’s opening round of the BTCC at the circuit of Brands Hatch. Reigning champion Matt Neal will start from last of the grid after crashing in his first outlap. Neal’s car suffered a rare brake failure and nearly tipped over when it spun into a gravel trap at … More »
Three Alfa Romeo 156 cars will be run by N.technology in the 2006 FIA World Touring Car Championship. The team directed by Mauro and Monica Sipsz will represent the Italian car maker who will also compete in the Manufacturers’ Championship. The 22-year old Brazilian Augusto Farfus is facing his third consecutive season with the team … More »
Three teams and five drivers will defend again BMW’s colours in the 2006 FIA World Touring Car Championship. “In 2005, we won everything there was to win in WTCC,” said BMW Motorsport Director Mario Theissen. “Obviously it’s our goal to repeat these achievements with our BMW 320si, entered for the 2006 season, which is a … More »
Germany-based Wiechers-Sport launched a new campaign in the FIA World Touring Car Championship in which they won the 2005 Independents’ Trophy with Marc Hennerici. For the new season the team double their efforts, lining-up two BMW cars compared to the one they raced last year, for Diego Romanini and Emmet O’Brien. Romanini, 27-year old Italian … More »
Vallelunga hosted Alfa Romeo and BMW teams for a three-day test. From Friday to Sunday Alfa Romeo Racing, BMW Team Germany and BMW Team Italy-Spain covered a great deal of laps around the circuit located near to Rome. The Alfa Romeo team ran a single 156 car. Brazilian youngster Augusto Farfus – who had claimed … More »
Chevrolet FIA WTCC team successfully shook the first 2006-spec Chevrolet Lacetti car down at Millbrook. Just like last year it was British driver, Rob Huff, the first to drive the new race car. “It was a very positive experience,” Huff said. “The car feels very comfortable and the left-hand drive is definitely a positive move. … More »
JAS Motorsport has finally unveiled the 2006 version of their Honda Accord Euro R FIA Super 2000, evolution of the car which claimed one pole position and several Indipendent wins in the WTCC 2005. The new Accord includes a number of upgradings, the most important of which is certainly the engine. The well known Honda … More »