Eurosport Events boss Francois Ribeiro has offered fresh insight into the projected new ETCR touring car series due to launch in 2020, saying the all-electric championship will be “completely different” to the combustion-engine WTCR sister platform. ETCR is currently gaining momentum behind the scenes, with Hyundai, Cupra and an independent Alfa Romeo programme having already … More »
2019 World Touring Car Cup teams’ champions Cyan Racing have moved to raise their game further still next season, despite taking home a third world title in as many years and with as many makes of car. The Swedish outfit has fronted the all-new Lynk & Co operation in the WTCR this season, running four … More »
Tom Coronel is confident the World Touring Car Cup is facing a bright future, saying he has never seen the series in better shape throughout any of its previous incarnations. Recent drop-out announcements from both Audi and Volkswagen have fuelled speculation about the future direction of WTCR, but Coronel has moved to the unambiguous support … More »
Championship leader Norbert Michelisz has pinpointed Yvan Muller as the main hurdle he will have to overcome in the hunt for the 2019 World Touring Car Cup title. Heading into this weekend’s season-finale at Sepang, BRC Hyundai driver Michelisz leads the standings by a mere nine points from Honda’s Esteban Guerrieri. Muller, however, is just … More »
The World Touring Car Cup will go down to the wire this weekend in a dramatic title climax at the Sepang International Circuit, as four of the sport’s star drivers prepare to battle it out for the most esteemed prize in international touring car racing. Leading the charge ahead of the season-finale, which takes the … More »
The calendar for the 2020 World Touring Car Cup season has been revealed, with two new venues compared to 2019. As previously announced, the Spanish circuit of Motorland Aragón will appear on the calendar for the first time, taking the place of Zandvoort during the European leg of the season. Further change comes during the … More »
João Paulo de Oliveira has been entered as a wild card by team KCMG for the World Touring Car Cup season finale at Sepang next weekend. “It will be quite a challenge as I have never driven a TCR car before, but I hope to adapt quickly and be competitive throughout the weekend,” said de … More »
Andy Priaulx does not know what his future will look like beyond the 2019 World Touring Car Cup season, with his prospects of stringing together a serious title attack a key factor in whether he will remain in the series or not. The triple world touring car champion is returning to the highest level of … More »
Triple world champion Andy Priaulx found strength in higher powers as he celebrated his first world touring car win since 2010 on Sunday, winning the final race of the Macau World Touring Car Cup meeting. Priaulx, who returns to the world touring car stage this season after nine years away, completed a clean-sweep of Macau … More »
Reigning TCR Scandinavia championship champion Robert Dahlgren says he is keen to get his imminent World Touring Car Cup debut underway at Macau, and has described his emotions heading into this weekend’s event as “a mixture of fear and fun”. Dahlgren has been drafted in by PWR Racing to replace Daniel Haglöf in one of … More »