The FIA World Touring Car Cup kicks off on the streets of Pau-Ville in France this weekend, featuring a reduced field of just 17 full-season entries. Will the reduction in numbers mean anything in terms of the quality and the future of the championship? Join us as we try to find out in the 2022 … More »
The 2022 ETCR eTouring Car World Cup season starts this weekend at the Pau Ville street circuit, with the all-electric series running under the FIA umbrella for the first time. The series, born as PURE ETCR for its debut season in 2021, will again feature entries from Cupra, Hyundai and Romeo Ferraris, all of whom … More »
Éric Cayrolle will make his touring car return in the 2022 FIA World Touring Car Cup opener at Pau-Ville as a wild card entry for Comtoyou Racing. “I know the competition is very tough in WTCR and because I have not driven front-wheel drive for 20 years it will be hard and the car is … More »
Zengő Motorsport will be back on the FIA WTCR grid for 2022, reducing its line-up from four to two cars for Rob Huff and Dániel Nagy. “I don’t want to say what we can achieve because we will see in the end of the season, but we are very confident with our two drivers, Rob … More »
Salvatore Tavano, who claimed the 2018-22 TCR Italy titles, will be back for the 2022 season that starts this weekend at Monza. The 42-year-old will once again race a Cupra León Competición for Scuderia del Girasole, having finished third overall last year for the Italian outfit. Tavano has a vast background in GT and touring … More »
Hyundai has named Andrea Cisotti as its new Customer Racing manager following a raft of changes over the winter. Andrea Adamo – who had overseen the customer racing department since 2015 – announced his immediate departure from the company back in December, whilst customer racing manager Andrew Johns left his position earlier this month. Cisotti … More »
Discovery Sports Events – the promoter of the World Touring Car Cup – has announced that the WTCR Trophy will be expanded for the 2022 season to include two additional awards. Whilst the main trophy will once again go to the best performing Independent driver who doesn’t benefit from any manufacturer support, two extra trophies … More »
Every year when the British Touring Car Championship heads for North Yorkshire for the annual visit to Croft, one driver more than any other is almost expected to end the weekend having taken at least one visit to the top step of the podium. Colin Turkington is widely regarded as the ‘King of Croft’ thanks … More »
We will start the touring car year of 2022 with our most difficult quiz so far, can you name all the driver pairings of the legendary 1998 Bathurst 1000 race? The race featured an iconic scrap between Volvo and Nissan for the win, with less than two seconds separating the top two after close to … More »
We have arrived at the final part of the 15th annual TouringCarTimes’ staff rundown of the Top 30 touring car drivers in the world, looking back across the season of 2021. Over the past week, we have ranked the drivers we think are the best from the BTCC, Supercars, WTCR and various TCR championships. Here … More »