Squadra Martino’s Matías Cravero (Honda) scored his first-ever TCR South America pole position at Buenos Aires, host of the eighth round of the 2024 season The Q1 session started with Leonel Pernía and Norberto Fontana (Honda Civic FL5) at the top of the time sheets. The Toyota Corolla TCR drivers of Toyota Team Argentina waited … More »
Former World Touring Car champion José María López will make his TCR debut this weekend when he joins the grid for the TCR South America event in Buenos Aires. López lifted the WTCC title for three successive seasons as part of the all-conquering Citroen line-up between 2014 and 2016, and has since gone on to … More »
Tom Ingram kept his cool to remain at the summit of the British Touring Car Championship standings at Knockhill, after having to produce a superb race day fight back which culminated in a podium finish. The EXCELR8 Motorsport driver headed into the weekend in Scotland with a comfortable buffer to the chasing pack however a … More »
Thed Björk has emerged as the leading Lynk & Co Cyan Racing driver after a win and podium finish in the FIA TCR World Tour weekend at El Pinar. The Swede climbed from fifth to third in the first race and from sixth to first in the second race. “The second race was crazy! A … More »
The final season half of the FIA TCR World Tour will heat up this weekend in Uruguay with just three rounds remaining of 2024, as a joint field with TCR South America makes it 29 cars on the grid. Norbert Michelisz handled a heavy car well during the previous round at Interlagos in Brazil, winning … More »
Leonel Pernía will join the TCR South America grid from the second event of the season the Autódromo de Cascavel later this month. Pernía will drive a Peugeot 308 TCR for the PMO Racing team having tested the car in Buenos Aires over the winter. One of the most experienced touring car drivers from South … More »
Yann Ehrlacher made his World Touring Car Championship debut in Marrakech seven years ago and was fastest in qualifying, but was removed from the results after failing to visit the weighbridge. This weekend he gets a chance to make up for that. Back then the Frenchman was 20 years old and driving an RC Motorsport-run … More »
2017 WTCC champion Thed Björk provided most of the entertainment in the first FIA TCR World Tour heat at Vallelunga. The Lynk & Co driver defended hard from Honda’s Marco Butti and Hyundai’s Mikel Azcona for most of the race, which was a masterclass in defensive driving until the Swede made contact with BF Motorsport’s … More »
Reigning TCR Europe champion Tom Coronel will not be back on the grid as the season starts next weekend at Vallelunga. The touring car veteran will instead race a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup for Max Kruse Racing in the Nürburgring Langstrecken Serie. Coronel’s switch to GTs will mean that he will not race full-time in … More »
We have arrived at the final part of the 17th annual TouringCarTimes’ staff rundown of the Top 30 touring car drivers in the world. Over the past weeks, we have ranked who we judged as the best touring car drivers from the major international and national series, including the BTCC, Supercars, TCR World Tour, TCR … More »