BMW to withdraw from ALMS or WTCC?
BMW will withdraw from either sportscar racing or the World Touring Car Championship if it presses ahead with its proposed DTM entry in 2012, reveals this week’s AUTOSPORT magazine. The … Read More
Category: WTCC
BMW to make more racing cuts
BMW, on the heels of a total F1 pullout, has continued to abandon motorsports. We have to wonder if the Formula BMW program and other US sports car programs, such … Read More
Craig volunteers for WTCC position
UPDATE Andrew Craig writes, Dear AutoRacing1.com, There is a factual inaccuracy in the story and I would be very grateful if you would correct this as soon as possible. I … Read More
WTCC to get small turbo engine formula
The World Touring Car Championship will introduce a single-specification engine from the 2011 season onwards. A proposed move to a 1.6-liter turbocharged gasoline engine was agreed on by the manufacturers’ … Read More
BMW Motorsport and NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd. extend partnership.
BMW Motorsport and NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd. have extended their successful partnership in the motorsport arena. Under the terms of the new agreement – the world's No1 spark plug … Read More
Zanardi changes to sequential gearbox
Alex Zanardi's BMW Racing legend Alessandro Zanardi will switch to a sequential gearbox for the 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship. The Italian has previously used a normal H-gearbox, operating … Read More
Montiero tests for SEAT in Barcelona
Tiago Monteiro This Wednesday Tiago Monteiro was at the Circuit of Catalunya in Barcelona, where he took an active part in SEAT Sport's preparation for the upcoming 2009 FIA WTCC … Read More
Brno: Tarquini beats Zanardi in race 2
Gabriele Tarquini held off a charging Alessandro Zanardi to salvage a valuable victory for SEAT Sport from the weekend in Brno, and extend his lead in the championship. It was … Read More
Brno: Zanardi wins race 1
The BMW cars played with their opposition in the first race at Brno. Taking four of the top five positions the German manufacturer dominated, with only Alain Menu’s Chevrolet in … Read More
Menu and Priaulx win WTCC races at Macau
Alain Menu in his Chevy won Race 1 For the fifth time this season, Chevrolet Lacetti driver Alain Menu converted his pole position into a race win, an all-time record … Read More
WTCC to go ‘green’ in 2009
The World Touring Car Championship is to run solely on bio-fuels from 2009 after the FIA World Motor Sport Council gave its unanimous support to the initiative to make the … Read More
BMW sweeps WTTC races in Curitiba, Brazil
Race 1 Results N° Driver Laps Time GAP 1 2 Jorg MULLER (BMW 320si ) 16 00:25:38.208 138.36 km/h 2 1 Andy PRIAULX (BMW 320si ) 16 00:25:38.629 + 0.421 … Read More
Monteiro signs to drive for SEAT
Tiago Monteiro has signed to drive for the factory SEAT team in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) thereby ending his open wheel career forever. Open wheel drivers simply don't … Read More
Michel Jourdain driving a SEAT
Being a pop singer is fun but today in Madrid SEAT introduced his team which is going to participate the third WTCC season with a renewed sense of purpose and … Read More
Fiat to enter WTCC
"We have a lot of belief in the rally program, but we are also evaluating other avenues," Fiat's Head of Brand and Commercial Activities Luca de Meo told Italian racing … Read More
Tiago Monteiro to try SEAT WTCC car
While his management team is focused on securing his future in Formula 1 the Portuguese driver accepted this nice invitation from Seat Sport and will try, on Tuesday, a Seat … Read More
Career destroyed, Jourdain eyes WTCC
Former Champ Car driver and race winner Michel Jourdain, Jr. thought that moving to NASCAR would be a panacea, so he threw away what career he built up and tried … Read More
Huisman wins FIA WTCC finale as Priaulx takes title
Duncan Huisman won the final round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship at Macau on Sunday, but all attention was on second-placed BMW team-mate Andy Priaulx who captured the … Read More
Threats made at WTCC finale
During qualifying for the Macau GP – the final races of the WTCC this year – Chinese driver Paul Poon from Hong Kong and Brazilian driver Augusto Farfus – who … Read More