World Touring Car News

WTCC welcomes Honda entry
World Touring Car Championship promoter Marcello Lotti believes that Honda's decision to enter the series means it has achieved its 'ultimate goal'

Slovakia added to WTCC calendar
The World Touring Car Championship will visit Slovakia for the first time this year after confirming a date at the Slovakia Ring on April 29

Honda to enter WTCC
Honda will enter the World Touring Car Championship later this year with a works programme based around its Civic model

Thompson makes WTCC comeback
James Thompson will return to the World Touring Car Championship with Lada this year, this week's AUTOSPORT magazine can reveal

Argentina off WTCC calendar
The World Touring Car Championship has amended its 2012 calendar, dropping Argentina's provisional round, scheduled for July 8, and replacing it with an event in Europe on April 29

Bamboo to run works-spec Cruzes
Bamboo Engineering has revealed that it will run two Chevrolet Cruzes in identical specification to the works cars fielded by RML in the World Touring Car Championship this year.

Bennani stays with Proteam for 2012
Mehdi Bennani will stay with the Proteam WTCC BMW squad for 2012

Chevrolet gets weight increase
Chevrolet has had the weight of its Cruze model increased by 30kg for this year's World Touring Car Championship, following its domination of the 2011 series

Tarquini sticks with SEAT for 2012
Former World Touring Car champion Gabriele Tarquini will drive a SEAT under the Lukoil Racing banner again in 2012

Coronel staying with ROAL
Tom Coronel will remain with the ROAL BMW squad for this year's World Touring Car Championship as the Italian team expands to two cars

Arena shakes down WTCC Focus
Arena's new Ford Focus World Touring Car enjoyed a successful first shakedown at Ford's technical centre at Dunton, Essex, just before the Christmas break

LADA to make 2012 WTCC return
LADA will return to the FIA World Touring Car Championship in 2012 after parent company AVTOVAZ confirmed plans to contest two rounds with the LADA Granta Sport car.

UK round dropped from 2012 WTCC
The World Touring Car Championship will not have a round in the UK in 2012, after the FIA confirmed next season's calendar.

Special Tuning eyes WTCC expansion
British Touring Car squad Special Tuning Racing is planning to expand into the World Touring Car Championship next season.

Muller: Grid system key in slow start
World Touring Car champion Yvan Muller said he allowed himself to become spooked by the series' new qualifying format in early 2011, and that this impaired his form at the start of his title defence

Huff: I did all I could to win title
Rob Huff believes he did all he could to prevent Yvan Muller winning the World Touring Car Championship, despite coming up short against his Chevrolet team-mate at the Macau season finale

Huff says 2011 his finest year
Rob Huff said he had every reason to be proud of his achievements in the World Touring Car Championship this season, despite missing out on the title by just three points

Muller: Huff deserved title too
Yvan Muller reckoned that Chevrolet team-mate Rob Huff deserved the title as much as him, after claiming his third world crown in Macau on Sunday

Muller retains title despite Huff's win
Rob Huff won the final round of the World Touring Car Championship in Macau on Sunday, but it was not enough to prevent Chevrolet team-mate Yvan Muller capturing the title

Huff resists Muller in race one
Rob Huff held off Chevrolet team-mate Yvan Muller to take victory in the first World Touring Car Championship race in Macau - and keep his title hopes alive

Huff battled pain to grab Macau pole
Rob Huff has revealed that he had to battle the pain barrier as he grabbed pole position for the World Touring Car Championship finale in Macau on Friday.

Dahlgren, Barth ruled out of Macau
Robert Dahlgren and Freddy Barth will both be forced to miss the season finale of the World Touring Car Championship in Macau on Sunday following their accidents earlier today

Huff beats Muller to Macau pole
Rob Huff took pole position for the first of the World Touring Car Championship finale races on Friday, after outpacing title rival and Chevrolet team-mate Yvan Muller in a thrilling battle for the top spot

Huff quickest, Barth has big crash
Rob Huff maintained Chevrolet's dominance of the World Touring Car Championship season finale in Macau by setting the fastest time in second practice on Friday, but the session was red-flagged after a fiery accident involving Fredy Barth

Menu leads opening Macau practice
Alain Menu led the way during first practice for the World Touring Car Championship season finale in Macau on Friday, but tricky weather conditions meant drivers were adopting a cautious approach

Taniguchi to miss Macau
Yukinori Taniguchi has been ruled out of this weekend's final round of the World Touring Car Championship at Macau following a crash at Tianma last time out

BMWs get weight increase for Macau
The turbocharged BMWs in the World Touring Car Championship will run at equal weight to the Chevrolets in the series finale in Macau next weekend

Turkington replaced for Macau
Canadian driver Gary Kwok will replace Colin Turkington at the Wiechers-Sport team for the final round of the World Touring Car Championship at Macau

Muller stretches lead with race two win
Yvan Muller extended his championship lead with a dominant victory in the second of today's World Touring Car races at the Tianma circuit near Shanghai

Menu resists Turkington in race one
Alain Menu held off a strong challenge from BMW privateer Colin Turkington to win the opening race of this weekend's World Touring Car Championship round at Shanghai's Tianma circuit