An engine change resulted in Terting dropped by ten position on the grid. Tarquini also was demoted to 14th despite qualifying 5th due to the implementation of the suspended penalty he incurred at Silverstone. The start of the race saw García overtake Giovanardi off the line and in quick succession Priaulx also overtook the Alfa … More »
The fight for the FIA WTCC titles is closer than ever after Silverstone. The top four in the Drivers’ Championship are covered by only 5 points, and 13 separate the current leader, Dirk Müller, from 8th placed Antonio García. In the Manufacturers’ Championship, BMW leads by 6 points ahead of Alfa Romeo, while SEAT is … More »
The FIA World Touring Car Championship welcomes Mexican youngster Carlos Mastretta Aguilera. The 21-year old will join Tom Coronel at the GR Asia team for the events in Imola and Puebla. Mastretta will take the wheel of the SEAT Toledo Cupra that was driven by Valle Mäkelä in the first three race meetings of the … More »
Alfa Romeo had a perfect result in round 5 of the FIA WTCC at Silverstone. All four of the team’s drivers finished ahead of the rest of the field resulting in an all-red podium. Gabriele Tarquini, got a good start from the pole and despite efforts from James Thompson, did not give away his lead. … More »
The Touring Car Bureau has decided to reduce the minimum weight of the front-wheel drive cars by 20 kg, for this weekend’s FIA World Touring Car Championship event in Silverstone. This is the first intervention of the Bureau, that was established at the beginning of the year with the task of taking quick decisions about … More »
John Batchelor, running the WTCC Brilliance project, has confirmed that we won´t see them on track this year. “We had a hiccup with a contractor,” he said to Autosport. “and we have had to start again. The Chinese still want to be involved, and we´ve had some constructive dialouge. We want to come back with … More »
The dominating performance of BMW in the WTCC this year have upset the other teams. Several teams now require that the weight limit for RWD cars (BMW) must be raised with another 30 kilos. BMW has won three of four races so far and dominated the last race in France despite several BMW-drivers carrying success … More »
Following its official unveiling at the Barcelona International Motor Show, the SEAT León World Touring Car is due to make its debut in the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) this season. It is one of the most advanced racing cars ever to have been built by the Spanish brand, inspired by the desire to … More »
In an extremely competitive championship like the FIA WTCC, Independent teams have to struggle to keep on the pace with those backed by the Manufacturers. However, some of them are proving that is possible to fight for the points even without a factory support. JAS Motorsport have little budget if compared to their strongest competitors, … More »
BMW´s Jörg Müller took pole position today at Magny-Cours in France. Jörg´s closest contender was SEAT-man Rickard Rydell 0.338 seconds behind. And it was a mixed top three of the grid. Alfa Romeo´s Augusto Farfus took third place trailing Rydell with only 0.04 seconds. Priaulx took fourth place with Tarquini fifth. Best privateer was the … More »