Rob Huff’s new Sébastien Loeb Racing-run Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR has broken cover for the first time during testing ahead of the WTCR season at Zandvoort. The former WTCC title winner is amongst a number of drivers to be testing at the Dutch circuit as preparations continue for the opening meeting of the WTCR campaign … More »
DG Sport Compétition has signed Aurélien Comte who will drive a Peugeot 308TCR in the 2018 World Touring Car Cup season, with the team also confirming former Chevrolet Motorsport Manager and WTCC general consultant Eric Nève as their team manager. ”Having been involved in the development of the two cars, I’m well placed to confirm … More »
Volkswagen Motorsport has announced a switch in focus to production car competition after electing to call time on its spell in Formula 3. After more than a decade of success in single-seaters since returning to the scene in 2007, Volkswagen will bow out of F3 at the end of 2018 and will put greater emphasis … More »
The paint scheme for Moroccan driver Mehdi Bennani’s Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR has also been revealed by his Sébastien Loeb Racing team, with both Bennani and team-mate Rob Huff’s cars running an identical livery. Bennani’s car, running the #25 as he has throughout his WTCC career, will run with the same black, grey, white and … More »
The livery which Rob Huff will run on his Sébastien Loeb Racing-run Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR has been revealed, with the 2012 champion running a grey, black and red scheme, with a predominant union flag adorning the roof of the car. The car will run with Castrol branding on the doors, with Volkswagen on the … More »
The new World Touring Car Cup’s race weekend format and sporting regulations have been confirmed by the FIA World Motor Sport Council, with two qualifying sessions taking place per weekend, supporting the new three-race format. The WTCR had already confirmed the switch to a three-race format, with one race taking place on the Saturday, with … More »
M1RA has confirmed a TCR Europe campaign where Dániel Nagy will drive one of the team’s Hyundai i30 N TCR race cars. “First of all I must say I am grateful for the last two years in WTCC, it was a great experience. Every driver wants to fight for podium finishes just like me, but … More »
21-year-old Yann Ehrlacher will return for the 2018 World Touring Car Cup, joining the ALL-INKL.COM-backed Münnich Motorsport squad alongside Honda works driver Esteban Guerrieri. Ehrlacher and Guerrieri were the two rookie stars of the 2017 World Touring Car Championship season, with Ehrlacher taking a victory in the unfancied RC Motorsport Lada Vesta WTCC in Argentina. … More »
The World Touring Car Championship’s youngest race winner Pepe Oriola will join the new WTCR – World Touring Car Cup this year, racing a Cupra TCR run by his old WTCC team, Campos Racing. The 23-year-old last raced in the WTCC in Macau in 2014, and has since been a front-runner in the TCR International … More »
23-year-old Corsican John Filippi returns for his fifth World Touring Car campaign this year, returning to Campos Racing after a year with Sébastien Loeb Racing, and is the first driver to be confirmed to be driving a SEAT, or in this case a Cupra, in the 2018 World Touring Car Cup. Filippi, whose best results … More »