Huff Beats Muller To Pole Position In Macau
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Rob Huff boosted his World Touring Car Championship title hopes by claiming pole position in qualifying in Macau, ahead of Chevrolet teammate and points leader Yvan Muller.
Rob Huff claimed first blood in the World Touring Car Championship decider at Macau with the fastest time of the test session on Thursday.
The season-long battle for the 2011 World Touring Car Championship drivers’ crown between Chevrolet teammates Yvan Muller and Rob Huff comes down to the wire this weekend at the traditional season-closer at Macau.
In preparation for an entry into the championship in 2012 representatives of Team Aon visited the World Touring Car paddock in Shanghai…
Yvan Muller has extended his points lead heading to the World Touring Car Championship season finale in Macau with a fine victory in the second race at Tianma in Shanghai.
Alain Menu kept Colin Turkington at bay to win the very first World Touring Car Championship race at Tianma in Shanghai.
Alain Menu claimed his second consecutive World Touring Car Championship pole position by going quickest in qualifying for the first WTCC Race of China at Shanghai’s Tianma Circuit.
Alain Menu recorded the fastest time in the Friday test session ahead of the WTCC Race of China at Shanghai’s Tianma Circuit.
A number of driver changes have taken place involving privateer BMW drivers ahead of the next World Touring Car Championship round at Shanghai’s Tianma Circuit. Philip Ma has replaced Fabio Fabiani at Proteam, with the Italian moving to Liqui Moly Team Engstler as Charles Ng moves over to the KK Motorsport entry.
Tom Coronel kept the Chevrolets at bay to score his first win in the ROAL Motorsport BMW in Race 2 at Suzuka.
Alain Menu won the first World Touring Car Championship race at Suzuka, with Rob Huff finishing second to cut the gap to Yvan Muller in the standings.
After setting the pace in the test and free practice sessions, Alain Menu was again the man to beat in qualifying for the WTCC Race of Japan at Suzuka, taking pole position in an extremely close session.
Alain Menu carried his pacesetting form from the Friday test session into free practice on Saturday morning in Suzuka.
Alain Menu topped the timesheets as the run-in to the World Touring Car Championship commenced with a Friday test session at Suzuka in Japan.
Colin Turkington will return to the hot-seat of the Wiechers-Sport BMW for the next two rounds of the World Touring Car Championship at Suzuka and Shanghai.
Chevrolet have announced that they will retain their current World Touring Car Championship driver lineup of Yvan Muller, Rob Huff and Alain Menu into 2012.
Hong Kong’s Charles Ng will race in the World Touring Car Championship for the first time when he joins Engstler Motorsport for the three Asian rounds that conclude the season.
