SEAT UK has confirmed it will contest the 2006 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship with its stunning new Leon model. Jason Plato will spearhead the two-car team, although SEAT has held off confirming the identity of its second driver for the moment. Monaco-based Briton Plato was BTCC Champion in 2001 and for the last … More »
Fabrizio Giovanardi will join the Vauxhall team in BTCC for next year. The decision was announced yesterday. Giovanardi was left without a drive for a while since Alfa Romeo decided to leave WTCC, but the Italian is pleased with his new Brittish drive. “For sure I´m really excited about joining VX Racing. Personally, I think … More »
Augusto Farfus won his first FIA WTCC race at the wheel of his Alfa Romeo 156. Second place went to Andy Priaulx while Rickard Rydell completed the podium. The results meant that Priaulx was leading the championship with 93 points – a margin of 7 ahead of Dirk Müller. At the start Priaulx got away … More »
Next year SEAT Sport will be aiming for both the FIA WTCC Drivers’ and Manufacturers’ titles, and to achieve this ambitious goal they have put together one of the strongest line up ever seen in motor sport. Six top-rated Touring Car aces will drive the SEAT León cars in the 2006 FIA World Touring Car … More »
BMW’s force will be stronger than ever in Macau with the addition of Duncan Huisman. The 33-years old Dutchman will drive a BMW Team Holland car, run by RBM alongside their regular Andy Priaulx’s BMW Team UK car. Huisman, three times a winner in the Macau Guia Race for BMW – 2001, 2002 and 2003 … More »
The Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship will be contested by cars complying with the FIA ‘Super 2000’ technical regulations from 2007 onwards, BTCC Series Director Alan Gow has confirmed today. The anticipated move was ratified at the TOCA/BTCC teams meeting last week. The meeting also resulted in some additional changes to the BTCC’s technical … More »
At their home race, SEAT Sport had two drivers celebrating on the podium. With a lights-to-flag lead, Jordi Gené claimed his first win of the season with team-mate Peter Terting crossing the line 3rd. The two SEAT León cars were divided by Dirk Müller who jumped back to the championship lead by just two points. … More »
The FIA European Touring Car Cup is getting closer. The race will be held on the 16:th of October at Vallelunga, Italy. There are many drivers from many countries that are expected to show up in this race. But with the recent end of the STCC finale we will look in to which STCC teams … More »
SEAT Sport team is stepping up again to a four-car line-up for their home race in Valencia. While the team’s three regular drivers Jordi Gené, Rickard Rydell and Peter Terting will all be at the wheel of the new León (it will be the first time for Rydell and Terting), Marc Carol will make his … More »
JAS Motorsport will run two cars again in the two latest meetings of the 2005 FIA WTCC, at Valencia and Macau. The Italian team, which were forced to race only one Honda Accord car since the second was demolished in a massive crash at Puebla, have sighed Tomas Engström from Sweden and Simon Harrison from … More »