2017 WTCC champion Thed Björk was fastest of all in the first practice session at Vila Real, leading the rival BRC Hyundai of Gabriele Tarquini in the 30-minute session, with Björk’s YMR team-mate Yvan Muller third fastest. The Swedish driver jumped to the top of the time sheets after 20 minutes, and was significantly faster … More »
Tom Chilton says he is keen to build on the strong weekend he enjoyed at Oulton Park when the BTCC heads for Croft for the fifth round of the year. The former WTCC Independents’ champion enjoyed his strongest outing of the year in Cheshire two weeks ago, with a brace of podium finishes being the … More »
SEAT Motorsport Italia’s Salvatore Tavano will start on the front row alongside pole sitter Luigi Ferrara in the first race at Misano. The Cupra driver is trailing the Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR by 4.5 points in the championship, as the V-Action driver was awarded a point for pole position. “I was obviously going for pole … More »
British Touring Car Championship driver Adam Morgan will race for the Beijing Senova Racing Team at the next round of the China Touring Car Championship at the Tianma circuit in China on July 22nd, joining the team as their international driver this year. Morgan, who sits second in the BTCC drivers’ standings after four races, … More »
BMW Motorsport ambassador Alessandro Zanardi will make his DTM debut at the seventh round the season at Misano in a specially adapted BMW M4 DTM. The Italian lost both legs in a horrific crash at the Lausitzring whilst racing in Indy Car 17 years ago but went on to make a returned to motor racing … More »
Yvan Muller leads a world championship for the first time since the 2013 WTCC season after a successful pair of races on Saturday at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, following up his Thursday victory with a fourth and a third on Saturday morning to move into a 19-point lead over Gabriele Tarquini. The Frenchman was in the … More »
Thed Björk has taken another pole position at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, fighting off challenges from Comtoyou Racing’s Frédéric Vervisch and BRC’s Norbert Michelisz to set pole by over a second. Björk’s lap came at the end of the 40-minute session in response to a challenge from Norbert Michelisz, who had responded to Björk’s early benchmark … More »
Yvan Muller moved up one place in the championship standings after victory at the expense of his YMR team-mate Thed Björk in the first race in Germany, but the four-time WTCC champion says it’s still too early to think about the title. Muller jumped ahead of Björk and held him off for the victory in … More »
Team WRT’s René Rast was again fastest in the second practice session for this weekend’s round of the World Touring Car Cup at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, with the endurance specialist topping the time sheets in a drying session in his Audi RS 3 LMS. Tom Coronel had set the early pace in his Boutsen Ginion … More »
Kris Richard has become the second wild card driver to be named for the German round of the new World Touring Car Cup at the Nurburgring Nordschleife later this month. The former European Touring Car Cup title winner joins DTM champion Rene Rast on the grid for the races, with the 23-year-old having an impressive … More »