The World Touring Car Cup has revealed its new logo, and confirmed car parts retailer Oscaro as its presenting partner for its inaugural season. The logo is a splice of the previous WTCC brand identity, and that of TCR’s, which has remained the same since the formula launched in 2015. Oscaro, initially the title sponsor … More »
Tom Boardman will make a return to the BTCC for the 2018 season after being confirmed as the first driver in one of the two AmDtuning.com-run MG6 GTs. Boardman last raced in the series back in 2011 with his family-run Special Tuning Racing team, securing a maiden win at Knockhill en-route to eleventh in the … More »
Tom Coronel has become the latest driver to be confirmed on the grid for the inaugural season of the new World Touring Car Cup. The Dutch driver will partner Tiago Monteiro in a Boutsen Ginion Racing-run Honda Civic, bringing to an end his seven year stretch with Roberto Ravaglia’s ROAL Motorsport team. Coronel has experience … More »
Motorbase Performance has announced that it has parted company with Mat Jackson with immediate effect ahead of the 2018 BTCC season. The team confirmed Jackson as part of its driver line-up for the new campaign last month, with the 36-year-old set to embark on his ninth straight season with the Ford squad. Jackson finished eighth … More »
James Nash will return to the BTCC after seven years away, signing to partner Chris Smiley at BTC Norlin Racing, with the team making the switch from the Chevrolet Cruze to a pair of ex-Team Dynamics Honda Civic FK2 Type Rs this year. The 32-year-old confirmed he was looking to return to the BTCC late … More »
Yvan Muller has announced he will come out of retirement and will contest the 2018 World Touring Car Cup, racing with his own team, Yvan Muller Racing, and signing current WTCC drivers’ champion Thed Björk as his team-mate. The four-time WTCC drivers’ champion will front his own WTCR super-team, with four-time STCC champion Björk joining … More »
Honda has confirmed that Tiago Monteiro and Esteban Guerrieri will continue to race for the Japanese marque in the new World Touring Car Cup, with both of their 2017 drivers placed within privateer teams Boutsen Ginion Racing and Münnich Motorsport. Boutsen Ginion Racing confirmed two weeks’ ago its intention to race in the 2018 WTCR … More »
Former Volvo factory WTCC driver Nicky Catsburg will take part in the opening round of the Stock Car Brasil Championship next month in Sao Paulo in the “Race of doubles.” Catsburg will share a Chevrolet Cruze V8 stock car with 2017 champion Felipe Fraga, run by CIMED Racing. Catsburg joins an all-star line-up at the … More »
Yokohama has been appointed by the FIA as the tyre supplier for the World Touring Car Cup for the next two years, continuing on from their supply of tyres to the World Touring Car Championship since 2006, with Panta also confirmed to continue on as the series’ official fuel supplier. The Japanese tyre supplier has … More »
Head of Eurosport Events François Ribeiro says he has no doubt that the Sébastien Loeb Racing team will be strong contenders for honours in the inaugural season for the new FIA World Touring Car Cup. The team headed by the multiple World Rally Champion will run a pair of VW Golf GTI TCRs during the … More »