The PURE ETCR series will benefit from live coverage on Eurosport when it gets underway later this season Coverage of the electric series will air in 75 countries thanks to the deal, which will allow fans to follow the action on both Eurosport 1 and Eurosport 2, with ETCR becoming the latest form of motorsport … More »
We are still some time away from the start of the major touring car championships seasons of 2021, let’s get ready with a quiz. The 1998 British Touring Car Championship season is regarded by many as one of the best, if not THE best, season in the history of the championship. A total of eight … More »
Racing Bart Mampaey will scale down its racing activities following last week’s announcement of BMW ending its cooperation with the team. “It was for sure a very difficult decision to take. Racing has always been in my focus, it is my life, as is my racing team,” said team owner Bart Mampaey. The team has … More »
BMW has announced that it will split with long-time partners Schnitzer and RBM as part of changes to its motorsport programmes. Schnitzer has been linked to BMW since the 1960s and secured countless touring car titles through the years, including the 1987 World Touring Car Championship with Roberto Ravaglia, the 1993 BTCC with Jo Winkelhock … More »
Late starter, early bloomer – that would be the short way to sum up Yann Ehrlacher’s unique rise to become the youngest world touring car champion of all time. It is a story well worth telling in finer detail, however, and one that could very probably expand with many more record-breaking chapters in the future. … More »
World touring car teams’ champions Cyan Racing refused to be drawn on a potential driver line-up for its 2021 WTCR title defence, but are widely expected to retain most of its star-studded quartet. Cyan Racing took its fourth consecutive world teams’ title thanks to an emphatic performance at the MotorLand Aragón finale on Sunday, where … More »
2017 world touring car champion Thed Björk believes Cyan Racing team-mate Yann Ehrlacher has now proven worthy of winning this year’s WTCR title, after delivering in the high-pressure environment of qualifying for the season-finale at Aragón. Ehrlacher leads the standings heading into the final round of the shortened 2020 campaign, and overcame the first major … More »
Target Competition driver John Filippi finished the 2020 TCR Europe season on a high after claiming his maiden victory in the series at the season finale at Jarama. The result also allowed the Frenchman to finish second in the championship, but he wanted more. Filippi could only manage to finish eleventh in the first race … More »
Esteban Guerrieri said he was delighted with the double pole position in Hungary that allowed him to make up ground in the World Touring Car Cup title race. The Münnich Motorsport driver was the man to beat across Saturday in tricky wet conditions at the Hungaroring, topping every session of the day with the exception … More »
Rob Huff became the first non-Scandinavian driver since 2002 to claim the STCC TCR Scandinavia title and the Brit hailed Lestrup Racing Team. “This is just crazy! What a day, what a win! Huge thanks to Lestrup Racing Team, without these boys and girls it could not have been done,” said Huff. The 2012 WTCC … More »