Three-time WTCC champion José María López is currently racing in the World Endurance Championship and Formula E but says that he is interested in a return to touring cars. “Definitely, yes,” said López to TouringCarTimes. “My three seasons in WTCC were the best period in my life – only my podium in Le Mans and … More »
Néstor Girolami is pushing for a double programme in 2019, racing full time in the WTCR and the Super TC 2000. “When I entered WTCC I meant to stay, but we couldn’t find an opportunity for the WTCR in 2018, however it’s always been a dream to race in Europe,” said Girolami to TouringCarTimes. The … More »
Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina’s Matías Rossi was devastated after his retirement in the Super TC 2000 race at Buenos Aires that saw him lose his chance on fighting for the title. His co-driver and triple WTCC champion Jose ‘Pechito’ María López was battling for the lead of the race before the race came to an … More »
Renault Sport driver Facundo Ardusso and co-driver Mariano Altuna won the 200 kilometre Super TC 2000 race of Buenos Aires in dominating fashion. The duo was followed on the podium by Citroën Total Racing’s Facundo Chapur with co-driver Marcelo Ciarrocchi in second place and Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina’s Julián Santero with Uruguayan co-driver Santiago Urrutia … More »
Triple WTCC champion José María López has stated he will take the start of the 200 kilometre Buenos Aries race, acting as co-driver to Toyota Gazoo Racing Argentina’s Matías Rossi. “We’ll have to do an aggressive race, we’ve taken lots of care to the car. We’ve sacrificed some pace in qualifying with our tyres. We … More »
The 2019 World Touring Car Cup season promises to be one step beyond the already hyper-competitive field of 2018, with a number of driver moves and returning stars set to bolster the field next year. Changes at the front of the field are expected, with shake-ups at YMR, BRC Racing Team and Münnich Motorsport, and … More »
Tiago Monteiro is looking ahead to the 2019 World Touring Car Cup season after a successful return to racing at Suzuka, just missing the points in the final race in the Boutsen Ginion Racing Honda Civic TCR. Last year’s WTCC drivers’ championship contender was in the mix from the off after 14 months away from … More »
Former WTCC drivers’ champions and long-term rivals Yvan Muller and Gabriele Tarquini are back tied in the lead of the championship heading into the second day of racing at Suzuka, but Muller says he knows it’ll turn back into the Italian’s favour tomorrow. Muller started and finished the first race of the weekend third in … More »
Kevin Ceccon has taken his first World Touring Car Cup victory in the first race of the weekend at Suzuka for Team Mulsanne, overtaking the pole-sitter Aurélien Comte on lap two and sailing to victory in the Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR. Comte led the way into the first corner, but the DG Sport Peugeot driver … More »
Münnich Motorsport’s Yann Ehrlacher was fastest of all in the second and last practice session ahead of qualifying this afternoon at Suzuka, leading the Peugeot 308TCR of Aurélien Comte and Honda team-mate Esteban Guerrieri. Tiago Monteiro led the time sheets for the first ten minutes in his Boutsen Ginion Racing Honda, before YMR’s Thed Björk … More »