Rob Huff will join Sébastien Loeb Racing for the 2018 World Touring Car Cup, pairing up with Morocco’s Mehdi Bennani at the French squad, which will campaign a pair of Volkswagen Golf GTI TCRs in the brand-new series. 2012 WTCC champion Huff moves across after racing for Münnich Motorsport in the WTCC last year and … More »
The new World Touring Car Cup heads to Suzuka this year, racing on the Japanese circuit from 27th-28th October where the WTCC last raced in 2014, and will share the weekend with the top single-seater Super Formula series’ season finale. “We are delighted to bring the WTCR to such a long-established and highly-acclaimed circuit,” said … More »
The new World Touring Car Cup has confirmed that all 26 grid spots have been taken up for the 2018 season, after the deadline for full-season entries closed yesterday. The new series, replacing the World Touring Car Championship, and adopting TCR technical regulations for this year, has confirmed that it has a reached its full … More »
BRC Racing Team has confirmed that it will run a pair of Hyundai i30 N TCRs in this year’s inaugural World Touring Car Cup for 2009 WTCC drivers’ champion Gabriele Tarquini and last year’s runner-up Norbert Michelisz. The Italian team ran the cars for Tarquini and Alain Menu during the final two rounds of the … More »
2017 WTCC drivers’ championship runner-up Norbert Michelisz is set for a move to join the Hyundai customer racing squad this season, ending a five-year association with Honda in the championship. The 33-year-old became Honda’s lead charge in the championship battle last year after team-mate Tiago Monteiro dropped out mid-season following a testing crash. The Hungarian … More »
In the latest of our top ten series, we look at the most entertaining and controversial feuds in touring car racing, compiled by our European correspondent, Pietro Casillo. 10 – Tom Coronel vs. Ma Qing Hua (WTCC – Vila Real – 2015) ROAL Motorsport’s Tom Coronel was left fuming after this incident at Vila Real, … More »
Belgian media reports that Gordon Shedden could be set to join the World Touring Car Cup this year alongside last year’s TCR International Series champion Jean-Karl Vernay, driving for Team WRT, which are also set to switch to the Audi RS 3 LMS, and change their spots from Leopard colours to Lukoil. The Belgian squad … More »
Having named Denis Dupont as the first driver for its programme in the new FIA World Touring Car Cup, the Comtoyou Racing team has moved quickly to name Aurélien Panis as its second driver. The 23-year-old son of former F1 racer Olivier Panis made his touring car debut in the WTCC last season with Zengo … More »
This is the latest in a series of top tens from the team at TouringCarTimes, and features the best circuits for touring car racing around the world. The list has been put together by our STCC correspondent Stephen Brunsdon, who took up the challenge of trying to create his ideal ten round calendar… 10 – Rockingham … More »
The DG Sport Competition team has revealed that it is working towards an entry into the new FIA World Touring Car Cup this season with a pair of Peugeot 308TCRs. The Belgian team moved into the TCR International Series last year running the Opel Astra and just missed out on a top ten championship finish … More »