It’s time for the 16th annual TouringCarTimes rundown of the Top 30 touring car drivers in the world, where our staff makes their choice based on the 2022 season. We will present what we rank as the best touring car drivers from the major international and national series over the coming days, including the BTCC, … More »
Rob Huff has announced that he will not compete in the penultimate meeting of the FIA World Touring Car Cup this weekend in Bahrain, or the season finale in Saudi Arabia, as a result of ‘ongoing difficulties within the Zengo Motorsport team’. The Briton had moved up to third in the championship standings having taken … More »
Eight summers ago, at a time when national championships were struggling and World Touring Car Championship projects were being shelved, Marcelo Lotti created new touring car regulations and established what was then known as the TC3 International Series. Once the concept had become reality, TC3’s name had become TCR and there were series across Europe … More »
The FIA World Touring Car Cup looks set to return to South America for two rounds in 2023, one in Argentina and one in Uruguay. “Yes, we have been working on this project for a year, under the lead of Felipe McGough,” said Julio Maglione, president of the Uruguayan Racing Drivers Association to Motor Mario. … More »
Rui Santos, the major of Vila Real, has stated that the continuation of its street race it at risk due lack of support and increasing demands on the local organisers. “First of all, I want to thank to all the people that have worked so hard to organise this event for so many years, they’ve … More »
Cyan Racing’s Thed Björk has received a grid-drop penalty for his contact with BRC Motorsport’s Mikel Azcona the first FIA WTCR race at Vila Real, with the Spaniard criticising the Swedish driver. “It was a very difficult race, above all when you are a target for certain drivers and they go for you to try … More »
The FIA World Touring Car Cup field heads Spain this weekend as start of a double header with the street race of Vila Real coming up the weekend after. The field will take onto a very hot Motorland Aragón, with temperatures forecasted to hit more than 30 degrees celsius this weekend, something that could add … More »
Comtoyou Racing’s Mehdi Bennani says he put in “the lap of my life” to secure his first-ever World Touring Car Cup pole position at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. The Audi RS 3 LMS TCR driver was one of the last drivers to cross the line in qualifying and snatch the top spot from his team-mate Gilles … More »
New WTCR director Jean-Baptiste Ley is working for the series to return to a global calendar as soon as the current travel situation allows it. The series has had two seasons with Europe-only races due to the travel restrictions connected to the COVID pandemic. For 2022 the series had scheduled a ten-event calendar, including Russia, … More »
Néstor and Franco Girolami have become the first brothers to lead two major touring car championships following their success in the WTCR and TCR Europe openers. Franco claimed a win and the TCR Europe lead after the Portimao premiere two weeks ago, while Néstor won the opening Pau-Ville race last weekend and heads the WTCR … More »