Volkswagen driver Johan Kristoffersson claimed his first World Touring Car Cup pole position in the second qualifying session at Suzuka, beating Honda driver Tiago Monteiro by 0.153 seconds. The rain ceased ahead of the qualifying session, but the lap times did not drop significantly, with several drivers complaining about the lack of grip during the … More »
Audi Motorsport boss Dieter Gass confirmed today that British driver Jamie Green will continue driving for the Ingolstadt-based manufacturer in the DTM next season. 2017 and 2019 champion René Rast is already confirmed for next season, as is this year’s runner up Nico Müller, although the Swiss will have a clash for the Norisring round … More »
Argentinian TCR star Néstor Girolami further asserted his authority over the TCR Australia series competitors after the WTCR and WTCC front-runner took a controlling race win to open the weekend at Sandown Raceway. The Wall Racing driver led from pole in his Honda Civic Type R TCR, not looking back and taking a lights-to-flag victory, … More »
The World Touring Car Cup organisation has announced a switch to the shorter 2.243km “East Course” version of the Suzuka circuit in Japan, host of the eighth race weekend of the 2019 season. Last year the WTCR raced at the full 5.807km GP version of the circuit, but this year return to the east course … More »
BRC Hyundai driver Gabriele Tarquini has hit out at the latest Balance of Performance adjustment for Lynk & Co, after the Cyan Racing team that run the cars had their best weekend of the season, with Yvan Muller taking two poles and two victories, and a podium in Race 2 in China. Tarquini finished second … More »
Former WTCC racer Pierre-Yves Corthals has been confirmed for the TCR Spa 500 endurance race with Burton Racing. The Belgian is going to drive a newly delivered Peugeot 308TCR while the team is still searching for co-drivers to him. The team has announced that they could potentially enter a second Peugeot and that the finalised … More »
The Teamwork Huff Motorsport team has become the latest outfit to confirm plans to contest the inaugural TCR Spa 500 race later this year. The race will mark the first outing in endurance competition for the team, which was set up as a joint venture by Teamwork Motorsport and former WTCC title winner Rob Huff. … More »
On Wednesday 6th September 2017, Honda Racing driver Tiago Monteiro was involved in one of the most horrific crashes in touring car history, and just under two years later, the now 42-year-old took victory in front of his home crowd at Vila Real in Portugal, culminating in one of the most passionate and exciting podium … More »
The World Touring Car Cup has become one of the most successful touring car championships in just the space of two years, but already there are a few cracks forming, with Hyundai Motorsport team director Andrea Adamo threatening to leave the championship last week due to uncertainty over the series’ direction, and he’s not the … More »
The most recent round of the World Touring Car Cup was heavily focussed on the latest Balance of Performance (BoP) changes that affected Lynk & Co, and seemingly gave the Chinese marque a free pass at Zandvoort, but it’s not BoP, but the compensation weight system that’s the biggest problem in TCR at the moment. … More »