The first official test of the season is completed. The place was Monza in Italy and Alfa Romeo came out on top with Augusto Farfus being fastest. The Italian lapped the circuit in 1:58.783 and was the only driver to breach 1:59. BMW were right behind only a couple of tenths away in the times. … More »
Previous Volvo-man Janne “Flash” Nilsson has confirmed that he will drive a BMW this year. The BMW will be run by the same team that runs Carl Rosenblad´s BMW in the WTCC, Elgh Motorsport. The car that Janne will drive is the one that Rosenblad drove in the ETCC last year. No official decision is … More »
Augusto Farfus emerged again as the fastest driver on the second FIA WTCC official test day in Monza. Alfa Romeo’s Brazilian youngster improved by 7 tenths of a second his yesterday’s time and set the fastest lap at 1:58.783. He was the only driver to go under the 1:59. mark. Second fastest was his team … More »
The 2005 FIA World Touring Championship was launched today, during a crowdy press conference in Monza. More than 200 journalists, photographers and TV crew members coming from twenty different countries attendend the event, together with as many guests, including the Manufacturers’s representatives and drivers. The press conference took place in the media centre, during a … More »
32 drivers and 17 teams will take part in the 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship official testing session in Monza, on March 22 and 23. Besides those who have confirmed their participation in the FIA WTCC, led by the 2004 FIA European Champion Andy Priaulx, the field will be completed by five competitors of … More »
It is now official that the STCC Volvo team changes owner. Janne “Flash” Nilsson, as we earlier reported, leaves Volvo. Earlier part owner Christian Dahl now takes over the team which changes name from Flash Engineering to Polestar Racing Ab. Polestar continues the co-operation with Volvo in the STCC. “It is a good deal which … More »
The Alfa Romeo drivers topped the times at Valencia. Augusto Farfus drove around the track with a time of 1:42.11. He had his three team mates behind him with Tarquini second, Giovanardi third and Thompson fourth. Rickard Rydell was best of the rest in his SEAT Toledo setting fifth best time 0.5 seconds behind Farfus … More »
The SEAT Sport team have spent the past three days testing in Albacete and Valencia, continuing the development programme of the SEAT Toledo Cupra car that will race in the upcoming FIA World Touring Car Championship. With just over a month left before the first FIA WTCC race in Monza, the three SEAT Sport drivers … More »
For three days, from Tuesday 22 to Thursday 24, five teams tested in Monza in view of the 2005 FIA WTCC. Most of the first day was lost due to a hard snowfall; the weather improved on Wednesday and Thursday, however temperature remained very low. BMW Team Deutschland’s Dirk and Jörg Müller took turns behind … More »
Chevrolet could introduce customer race cars in 2006. The team that builds the current WTCC cars for Chevrolet, RML, are interested in building customer chassies. “We are aiming to make customer cars avalible. Just where they would go, I don´t know. That depends on individual countries and marketing decisions.” “We are certainly expecting to see … More »