In spite of the plan to compete in the final five meetings of the current season, Peugeot Sport Denmark team have announced their decision to stop the FIA WTCC programme this for this year. Their 407 car proved to be uncompetitive on its first appearances at Spa and Oschersleben. Peugeot Sport Denmark and Peugeot Sport … More »
Rickard Pålsson is the new owner of STCC. For many he is mostly known as MD for Veidec, the main sponsor of STCC since a couple of years. But at the end of august it was made public that Pålsson takes command of the STCC. The official owner change takes place on 1 October. Previously … More »
BMW revealed their new WTCC-racer for the first time ever at the Frankfurt Motorshow. The racer is based on the new 3-series and will be introduced for WTCC next year. The biggest news is that BMW changes from six cylinders to four. The new engine (320si) is on 2 litres and delivers 275 bhp at … More »
STCC Honda-driver Tomas Engström will join WTCC at Valencia, Spain. Tomas will drive his own car but in JAS colours. This weekend Engström drives the STCC finale at Mantorp, right after that his car will be sent to Italy to be prepared by JAS. “It feels good, especially that we extend the co-operation with JAS. … More »
Turkish motorsport fans have another reason to attend the FIA WTCC rounds at the new Istanbul Park: the participation of a local driver. Erkut Kizilirmak will be at the wheel of a GR Asia SEAT Toledo Cupra car, alongside Independents’ Trophy title contender Tom Coronel. The 36 year old Kizilirmak began his motorsport activity in … More »
Ford will most likely remain in the WTCC next year. The recent WTCC round at Oschersleben Ford made good progress. Michael Funke was on the way to the points when a puncture stopped him, and he was fastest in both free practice sessions before the race. “Oschersleben gave an indication of the potential of the … More »
Andy Priaulx claimed his first win of the season. At the start the Briton overtook Farfus, which left only James Thompson’s Alfa Romeo ahead of him. Unusually, Thompson had incurred a drive through penalty before the start of the race because his car was still on air-jacks when the three minute board was shown. It … More »
Yesterday Jordi Gené gave the new SEAT León Cupra WTCC car its first public outing at Oschersleben, where the Spaniard drove a number of journalists around the German circuit. Because the sporting regulations ban testing on the race tracks that will be hosting championship rounds, SEAT Sport received from the FIA a special authorisation to … More »
According to the latest issue of Motorsport Aktuell – Volvo is on the move to introduce the new S40 to touring car racing. The homologation of the S40 was just recently completed. The model is expected to make its debut in the STCC first, replacing the current S60 that originally was built by Prodrive. This … More »
SEAT Sport will keep their promise to race the new León Cupra in S2000 specs at the next meeting of the FIA World Touring Car Championship in Oschersleben, on 28th August. Since the announcement of this plan, on May 5 when the new car was unveiled at the Barcelona International Motor Show, the Spanish team … More »