Chinese racer Ma Qing Hua has secured the second seat with Team Mulsanne for the 2019 World Touring Car Cup. The 31-year-old previously spent two seasons in the WTCC and contested two rounds of the WTCR last year in a Honda Civic. Ma will partner the returning Kevin Ceccon, who was confirmed for a second … More »
The Münnich Motorsport team will enter its seventh season in World Touring Cars in 2019, running two Honda Civic TCRs for Argentinian racers Esteban Guerrieri and Néstor Girolami in the World Touring Car Cup. 34-year-old Guerrieri will be entering his third full season in the championship. The Argentinian racing star made his World Touring Car … More »
World Touring Car Cup team principals René Münnich and Zoltan Zengõ won between them the first three races of the opening round of the 2019 TCR Middle East series, which fielded a disastrous grid of just three cars at the Dubai Autodrome. In the third year of the series, and the first year under its … More »
Néstor Girolami looks set to make a return to the world stage in 2019 after reports emerged linking him to a seat in the World Touring Car Cup. Girolami finished ninth in the WTCC standings driving a Volvo for Cyan Racing in 2017 before returning to his native Argentina last year as part of the … More »
Reigning World Rallycross and STCC champion Johan Kristoffersson is aiming for race wins in his debut WTCR season. “The goal is to stay away from problems and claim victories,” said Kristoffersson. While the 30-year-old is aiming high, he admits that his lack of experience of the international circuits will be a challenge. “All competitors are … More »
The new championship points system which has been introduced for the 2019 World Touring Car Cup, had they been used for 2018, would have meant Gabriele Tarquini would not have taken his second world title, but in fact seen Yvan Muller take his fifth. The FIA World Motor Sport Council confirmed a new points system … More »
Gordon Shedden says he feels confident about his chances heading into the 2019 World Touring Car Cup season despite the ever-increasing level of competition on the grid. The multiple BTCC champion will return for a second season as one of four Audi Sport drivers on the grid, having made his debut on the world stage … More »
We have reached the final part of 12th annual TouringCarTimes’ staff rundown of the Top 30 touring car drivers of the 2018 season. We have over the past week gone through who we think are the best touring car drivers in the world from the BTCC, DTM, STCC, Supercars, TCR and WTCR championships and here … More »
It is time for the second part of the 12th annual TouringCarTimes’ staff rundown of the Top 30 touring car drivers of the 2018 season. We rank the best touring car drivers in the world from the major national and international BTCC, DTM, STCC, Supercars, TCR and WTCR championships. 20 Andreas Wernersson – STCC – … More »
Yann Ehrlacher has been confirmed as the fourth, and final driver, for the Lynk & Co Cyan Racing team in the 2019 World Touring Car Cup season, with the 22-year-old Frenchman departing the Münnich Motorsport Honda team after one year, as expected. Ehrlacher has been linked to the new Chinese racing team since the summer, … More »