2017 WTCC champion Thed Björk had a weekend to forget in Hungary, with two ninth-place finishes his own points opportunities at the Hungaroring in his YMR Hyundai, which saw him drop from second to sixth in the championship standings. A set-up issue on Saturday saw him lose ground in Race 1, while mistakes in qualifying … More »
BRC Racing Team’s Gabriele Tarquini won the final race of the weekend in Hungary, taking his third win from six races and extending his lead of the drivers’ standings, crossing the line ahead of local hero and team-mate Norbert Michelisz in a race which was held up behind the red flag due to rain. Tarquini … More »
Norbert Michelisz has claimed pole position for Race 3 at the Hungaroring, after outqualifying his BRC Racing Team team-mate Gabriele Tarquini by four-tenths of a second. The Hungarian also set the all-time lap record in Q2, with a time of 1:52.176, faster than his practice lap from yesterday. The biggest name to fall out in … More »
Team WRT’s Jean-Karl Vernay picked up six points towards his World Touring Car Cup title bid with eighth in Race 1 in Hungary, but the reigning TCR International Series champion says they need more time to understand and make the most out of the Audi RS 3 LMS. Vernay was the best-placed of the six … More »
Yann Ehrlacher has won the first race of the weekend in Hungary, finishing ahead of team-mate Esteban Guerrieri, after the Argentinian came together with pole-sitter Norbert Michelisz on the opening lap. Guerrieri launched from second into the lead into Turn 1 in his Münnich Honda Civic, but Michelisz in the BRC Racing Team Hyundai i30 … More »
Norbert Michelisz secured pole position in the Hyundai in front of his home crowd, breaking his own qualifying lap record from the TCR International Series last year for today’s World Touring Car Cup race. YMR’s Yvan Muller set the early running, before he was pipped by both the BRC Racing Team Hyundais before the first … More »
Yvan Muller set a flyer right at the end of the second and final practice session at the Hungaroring to lead YMR team-mate Thed Björk, with Norbert Michelisz completing an all Hyundai top three. Yann Ehrlacher set the early pace in the Münnich Motorsport Honda Civic, but he was soon outpaced by FP1 pace-setter Norbert … More »
The World Touring Car Cup heads to the Hungaroring this weekend near Budapest, the home round of last year’s WTCC drivers’ championship runner-up Norbert Michelisz, and with Hyundai proving to be the car to beat, and with no changes in performance weight between the first two events, it remains to be seen if the South … More »
The 2018 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship will kick off this weekend at Imola. The championship has seen its entry increase dramatically since last year, particularly after a raft of driver announcements in the last couple of days. Defending champion Nicola Baldan, who has switched from SEAT to Hyundai with Pit Lane Competizioni, and his … More »
The Hyundai i30 N TCR has set the lap record for any TCR-spec car at the Nürburgring Nordschleife, as Target Competition along with Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing were in action at the famous circuit this weekend, getting ready for their participation in the 24-hour event next month. Target Competition fielded two cars, with Moritz Oestreich … More »