While last year’s WTCC was hard to call going in, it was only really down to at most five names (which was a lot), this year, almost double that could well be in contention for the new title, which has the potential to be the most exciting season of touring car racing this year, if … More »
Yvan Muller’s retirement from being behind the wheel lasted less than 12 months, when he was put back in action at Losail last year by Polestar Cyan Racing to support Thed Björk’s title bid. Now the Frenchman is back to racing full time, spurred on by his own team to race in this year’s WTCR. … More »
Yvan Muller Racing’s Thed Björk says the new World Touring Car Cup will be a very different experience, as the Cyan Racing-contracted driver will now be racing a spec Hyundai i30 N TCR, which will be very different to his bespoke Volvo S60 TC1 from last year. Björk will now race for Yvan Muller, Cyan … More »
New Honda signing Esteban Guerrieri is excited ahead of the 2018 World Touring Car Cup season, to be racing with Münnich Motorsport in the brand-new Honda Civic Type R TCR, and explains the last 18 months have led to this perfect opportunity. 33-year-old Guerrieri, who remained in contention for the 2017 WTCC drivers’ title up … More »
The World Touring Car Cup’s promoter, Eurosport Events, has confirmed that it will broadcast the qualifying sessions and the first of the weekend’s three races live online, via social media or partner Oscaro’s website this year, with only Race 2 and 3 live on its own TV network and partner broadcasters this year. The new … More »
The WTCR field completed an intense day of testing at Barcelona in preparation for the first race of the World Touring Car Cup season in just a weeks’ time. Campos Racing drivers John Filippi and Pepe Oriola were fastest in the two sessions, but gave a cautious evaluation of the day’s running, especially since the … More »
2012 WTCC drivers’ champion Rob Huff has been forced to miss the season launch event for the 2018 World Touring Car Cup after being stricken by a virus, missing the final test day at the Circuit de Catalunya before the start of the championship in Morocco next week. The 38-year-old was the only driver absent … More »
The World Touring Car Cup is set to visit China twice in two weeks for its inaugural season, with Wuhan due to be announced as holding a street race on October 7th, a week after the WTCR visits the Ningbo International Speedpark, which hosted its first race just six months ago for the WTCC. The … More »
Fabrizio Giovanardi will be reunited with the Italian brand with which he enjoyed success in the early part of the 21st century, driving an Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR for Romeo Ferraris in the 2018 World Touring Car Cup. The 51-year-old is the latest touring car superstar confirmed for the 2018 WTCR season, which has already … More »
Facundo Ardusso of Renault Sport has won the qualifying race of the Super TC 2000 season opener at the Oscar y Juan Gálvez circuit in Buenos Aires. The reigning champion started from pole position and won the race, leading from lights to flag ahead of YPF Chevrolet’s Agustín Canapino and Renault Sport’s Leonel Pernía. At … More »