WTCC set for 26 car grid at Macau finale
The provisional entry list for the 2011 World Touring Car Championship finale features 26 cars, with additional entries being run by several teams as often has been the case in recent years.
The provisional entry list for the 2011 World Touring Car Championship finale features 26 cars, with additional entries being run by several teams as often has been the case in recent years.
The WTCC will switch from the Guangdong International Circuit to Shanghai in a last minute change on November 6th.
The FIA World Touring Car Championship has released the calendar for the 2012 season at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council today. The season remains 12 rounds long and is broken into half European, half flyaway rounds.
British Touring Car team Arena International Motorsport are still waiting for a decision from Ford before they’re able to confirm plans to enter the World Touring Car Championship in 2012 with their Super 2000 specification Ford Focuses.
The FIA World Touring Car Championship will make its debut in the United States of America next year at Sears Point.
2008 and 2010 WTCC Independents’ champion Sergio Hernández is hoping to return to the World Touring Car Championship next season, after a trying season in the International Superstars series.
We’re at that point again during the season where rumours are abound of various manufacturers set to join the WTCC in coming years, but for once the rumours have a lot more weight behind them in previous years – so will Chevrolet have a lot more to fight against by 2013?
Seven-times FIA World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb has tested the works Chevrolet Cruze 1.6 turbo at the Rockingham circuit in the UK, sparking speculation that the French driver maybe looking at other options outside of the WRC.
Two weeks ago, Franz Engstler took his first career podium at Donington Park with a third place. The Liqui-Moly Engstler BMW driver has gone one better today to take the first official win for an independent competitor in the WTCC.
Colin Turkington qualified the Wiechers-Sport BMW 320 TC in fifth overall for the first race of the day and the top qualifying independent in a frenetic qualifying session, and hopes for dry weather tomorrow.