After just two years away, the World Touring Car Championship has included the Guia Race of Macau on its 2017 schedule, now as the penultimate event of the season, with Monza, a key race in the history of the championship also back on the calendar. Macau has played host to the TCR International Series finale … More »
The World Touring Car Championship’s Manufacturers’ Against the Clock time-trial event will count for more points in 2016, following its introduction in 2016. The event, which immediately follows qualifying and involves the manufacturers entered in the championship sending three cars out to take part in a two-lap race, where the best combined time by each … More »
The 2017 World Touring Car Championship calendar has been reduced to just ten races, principally due to budget reasons according to series boss Francois Ribeiro. “We’ve canvassed our teams and the general consensus is 10 events works well from a budget perspective,” said Ribeiro to TouringCarTimes. ”This way we can also deliver a less congested … More »
The promoter of the World Touring Car Championship, Eurosport Events, has confirmed it will introduce a new class to run alongside the current TC1 cars in 2017. The class will feature FIA TCN2 cars, as used by the European Touring Car Cup, with variations of these featured in the various TCR series around the world. … More »
The World Touring Car Championship will return to Macau after a two-year absence, also adding Monza in Italy to its 2017 season schedule, with the calendar confirmed at the World Motor Sport Council in Vienna today. The Guia Race of Macau has returned to the WTCC calendar for 2017, which will consistent of just ten … More »
The World Touring Car Championship is set to add a second tier to the grid in 2017, adding what is to be called “WTCC2” to the grid, allowing cars that run to FIA’s TCN2 specification to the grid alongside the Super 2000 TC1 specification cars. TCN2 is currently the top class in the European Touring … More »
Yvan Muller ended his World Touring Car Championship career in Qatar, securing second in the drivers’ championship behind his Citroën team-mate José María López, and added he has no regrets about his decision to retire from racing. The four-time WTCC drivers’ champion, also a ten-time Trophée Andros Ice Racing champion but also well known for … More »
Citroën Racing’s José María López has said plans were set in motion a year ago when the team confirmed it was to return to the World Rally Championship for 2017 to leave the WTCC, with Formula E the first thing on his agenda. The Argentinian also said he couldn’t confirm speculation that he’s also going … More »
Losail in Qatar will play host to the season finale of the World Touring Car Championship this Friday, with a number of drivers set to take part in their final race in the championship, although at this point that exact number is unknown. 18 cars will take part in the special night race event of … More »
Tom Coronel has said he’s working hard to be back on the grid in the 2017 World Touring Car Championship with ROAL Motorsport, after having confirmed to TouringCarTimes earlier this year that he and the team are eyeing up a potential switch to the current top model, the Citroën C-Elysée for next year. Coronel has … More »