WTCC Archive

  • Harry Vaulkhard at Brands Hatch - Photo credit: Vince Pettit Photography

    Vaulkhard Set To Miss Remainder Of WTCC Campaign

    British driver Harry Vaulkhard has today announced he is set to miss the remainder of his maiden campaign in the World Touring Car Championship. The Bamboo Engineering driver is being forced to watch the remaining eight races from the sidelines after the withdrawal of a...

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  • Coronel

    Oschersleben To Host Battle Of The Dutch

    Back in 2008, SEAT World Touring Car driver Tom Coronel had the chance to drive a KTM X-Bow during Bavaria City Racing in Rotterdam, over the Willemsbrug.  And on September 4th, the Dutchman battles with a KTM again. Only this time, there is an old...

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  • Rob Huff leads the way

    Huff Gets Off The Mark In Brno

    Chevrolet’s Rob Huff took the checkered flag for Round 13 of the World Touring Car Championship at Brno, signalling the Britons first win of the season. Huff kept the rolling start, keeping SEAT’s Gabriele Tarquini and BMW’s Colin Turkington at bay, while Team RBM BMW’s Augusto...

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  • Colin Turkington - Photo credit: Vince Pettit Photography

    Good Week Bad Week 8

    It’s been a relatively quiet week – unless of course you woke up a dormant volcano. The volcano in question is of course metaphorical, but just when you think these two have stopped getting at each others throats, they manage to find a new way...

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  • Yvan Muller takes Race 1 win at Brands Hatch - Photo credit: Vince Pettit Photography

    Muller Leads Home Chevy 1-2 At Brands Hatch

    FIA World Touring Car Championship leader Yvan Muller drove a dominant race to take a lights to flag victory in race one at Brands Hatch this weekend. Morning warm up would see Independent runner Colin Turkington top the times heading a BMW 1-2-3 followed by...

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  • Yvan Muller pushes hard at Brands Hatch - Photo credit: Vince Pettit

    Muller Leads Cruze Domination In Brands Hatch Qualifying

    Championship leader Yvan Muller lead a clean sweep for Chevrolet as they took the top three spots in Qualifying for the Brands Hatch Round of the FIA World Touring Car Championship. Q1 saw Rob Huff top the time sheets for much of the session but...

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  • Rob Huff - Photo Credit: Vince Pettit

    WTCC 2010: Brands Hatch – Saturday Photos

    Photos from Saturday at Brands Hatch World Touring Car Championship

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  • Tiago Monteiro - Photo credit: Vince Pettit Photography

    Tiago Monteiro Hopeful Of Points At Brands Hatch

    Two weeks after his impressive first victory of this years FIA World Touring Car Championship  in front of his home crowd in Portimao, Tiago Monteiro is hoping for another impressive performance this weekend, to improve on his 5th place in the Championship. Brands Hatch is...

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  • Augusto Farfus at Brands Hatch in 2009

    BMW Looking Good For Strong Performance At Brands Hatch

    BMW are heading to Brands Hatch this weekend in a positive mood as Andy Priaulx looks to win in front of his home crowd. The German manufacturer have a good track record at the Kent circuit with Priaulx taking a win at Brands Hatch in...

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  • Tom Boardman - Photo credit: Vince Pettit Photography

    Boardman’s Brands Hatch WTCC Return

    British Touring Car Championship driver Tom Boardman will make his return to the World Touring Car Championship next weekend as he takes part in a one-off appearence at Brands Hatch. Taking part in a petrol-powered SEAT León entered under the SUNRED engineering banner, the Englishman...

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  • Volvo C30

    Volvo Enter WTCC Rounds In Look To Long Term Plans

    Polestar Racing, Volvo Motorsport’s official partner has announced that they will be taking part in the Brands Hatch and Okayama rounds of this years World Touring Car Championship with a view of full time commitment in 2011 from the Swedish Manufacturer. The Polestar Racing team...

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  • WTCC Portimao - Photo credit: fiawtcc.com

    WTCC Portimão 2010 Race 2 – Live Coverage

    WTCC 2010 Portimao – Race 2 Tweet

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  • Any Priaulx and Harry Vaulkhard - Photo credit: fiawtcc.com

    WTCC Portimão 2010 Race 1 – Live Coverage

    WTCC 2010 Portimao – Race 1 Tweet

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  • Any Priaulx and Harry Vaulkhard - Photo credit: fiawtcc.com

    WTCC Portimão 2010 Warm Up – Live Coverage

    We will keep you updated with live coverage from the World Touring Car Championship Warm Up session at Portimão from 18.30 BST – Sunday 4 July 2010.

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  • SR-Sport mechanics repair the damage to Monteiro's car in Q1 - Photo credit: fiawtcc.com

    Local Hero Monteiro Snatches Pole In Portimão

    Portugal’s own Tiago Monteiro will start on pole position for Round 9 of the World Touring Car Championship in Portimão. Monteiro posted a time of 1:55.372s despite having a collision with BMW’s Andy Priaulx early on in Q1, causing them both to pit before posting...

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    WTCC Portimão 2010 Qualifying – Live Coverage

    We will keep you updated with live coverage from the World Touring Car Championship Qualifying session at Portimão from 17.30 BST – Saturday 3 July 2010. WTCC 2010 Portimao – Qualifying Tweet

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  • Augusto Farfus - Photo credit: fiawtcc.com

    WTCC 2010 – Portimão Free Practice 2 Times

    Augusto Farfus leads the field in Free Practice 2, Colin Turkington fastest of the Independents.

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  • Jordi Gene - Photo credit: fiawtcc.com

    WTCC 2010 – Portimão Free Practice 1 Times

    Gene tops the first of the Free Practice sessions.

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  • Norbert Michelisz - Photo credit: fiawtcc.com

    Norbert Michelisz Rues Dissapointing Test

    The World Touring Car Championship heads to Portimão in Portugal this weekend for Rounds 9&10, Norbert Michelisz heads in to this leading the Rookies Challenge. Today saw him suffer a disappointing test session, finishing  seventeenth, almost 2 and a half seconds off the pace. “It was terrifying how understeered...

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  • Colin Turkington Leads the Way In The Independents - Photo credit: fiawtcc.com

    WTCC 2010 – Portimão Test Times

    BMWs top the overall and Independent timesheets.

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  • Andy Priaulx - Photo credit: fiawtcc.com

    Advantage BMW In Portimão Test

    Andy Priaulx set the pace in the first practice session for the ninth and tenth rounds of the World Touring Car Championship, in Portimão. His time of 1:56.810 was the fastest of the day, as the majority of the field had their first taste of...

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  • Tiago Monteiro - Photo credit: fiawtcc.com

    Tiago Monteiro Looks Forward To Portimão Homecoming

    The World Touring Car Championship heads to sunny Portugal this weekend, for Round 5 of the Championship and Tiago Monteiro is relishing the chance to participate in the series’ first race at the Internation Autodromo of Algarve, situated in Portimão. Having already raced at Estoril...

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  • Chevrolet WTCC team at Zolder - Photo credit: fiawtcc.com

    Chevrolet Upbeat Ahead Of Portimão Weekend

    RML and the Chevrolet World Touring Car Championship team will be looking to build on their championship lead this weekend as the series heads to the Algarve. Championship leader Yvan Muller is hoping the weather holds out this weekend but admits he isn’t going to...

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  • Harry Vaulkhard - Photo credit: fiawtcc.com

    Vaulkhard Looking Forward To Portimão Rollercoaster

    This weekend the World Touring Car Championship heads to Portimão, Portugal, and in the build up to rounds 9 & 10 we spoke to Harry Vaulkhard who is taking part in the series this year in the Independent championship. In his first year of WTCC...

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  • Andy Priaulx at the opening rounds of the 2006 championship - Photo credit: fiawtcc.com

    100 Not Out For Yokohama

    Yokohama will celebrate it's one-hundreth World Touring Car Championship race this weekend as the series heads to Portugal for rounds nine and ten of the 2010 season.

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  • Colin Turkington - Photo credit: Jakob Ebrey

    Turkington Ready For Race Return

    2009 British Touring Car Champion Colin Turkington will take part in a race for the first time in 2010 as he joins the World Touring Car Championship round at Portimao. West Surrey Racing who took him to his BTCC title will be running the BMW320si...

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  • Yvan Muller testing at Portimão - Photo credit: fiawtcc.com

    WTCC 2010: Portimão Entry List

    Official entry list for the Portimão round of the World Touring Car Championship

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  • Andy Priaulx

    BMW Positive For Portimão Challenge

    BMW Team RBM are looking forward to the next round of the World Touring Car Championship as the series heads the Portuguese circuit of Portimão this weekend.

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  • WTCC at Zolder - Photo credit: fiawtcc.com

    No Change for WTCC Compensation Weights

    Organisers for the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) have announced there will be no change to the handicap weights for the upcoming races in Portugal. With the weight determined by the lap times set in Morocco, Italy and Belgium the car that carries the...

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    Tom Coronel Disappointed Despite Double Points Haul

    Tom Coronel came away from his home round of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) with a double points haul, having finished ninth, then tenth in the series’ two races. However, the Dutchman still felt he should have performed better, leaving Belgium with less than...

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