Opel & Peugeot gain weight in latest BOP update
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The latest changes to the TCR Balance of Performance regulations have been published, with Opel and Peugeot the main losers.
Cupra Racing Director, Jaime Puig, has opened up about the Spanish marque’s e-TCR intentions in an interview with TouringCars.net
In an interview with Autosport, Francois Ribeiro has alluded to a few possible regulation & entry changes for the 2019 World Touring Car Cup season.
Norbert Michelisz’s victory in the third WTCR race at the Slovakiaring, coupled with a double DNF for Tarquini and Muller, has put the Hungarian right back into the championship battle.
Gabriele Tarquini took a relatively comfortable win in the World Touring Car Cup, ahead of Norbert Nagy and Yvan Muller.
It was a great qualifying session for the Hungarian drivers this afternoon, with Michelisz going fastest, and Nagy taking the reverse-grid pole position for race two.
Pepe Oriola controlled the race nicely en route to taking his and Campos Racing’s first race win of the 2018 campaign.
Norbert Michelisz, Yvan Muller and Thed Bjork have all been excluded from today’s qualifying session after the Hyundai trio were found to be running illegal boost levels.
Gabriele Tarquini and Norbert Michelisz will lock-out the front row of the grid for race one at the Slovakiaring, with a hefty pace advantage over the rest of the field.
Here’s the key points to take from both free practice sessions at the Slovakiaring, just before the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) gets qualifying underway.
The World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) heads to Slovakia this weekend, where local hero Mat’o Homola will be looking to build upon his maiden WTCR race victory from last time out at Vila Real.
Petr Fulin and Andrej Studenic have been announced as wildcard entries to the WTCR races this weekend at the Slovakiaring.
Italian racer, Kevin Ceccon, will make his WTCR debut after being announced as a replacement for Gianni Morbidelli at Team Mulsanne.
Thed Bjork led a Hyundai 1-2-3 in the final race of the Portuguese round of the World Touring Car Cup.
Mat’o Homola made his mark on the World Touring Car Cup by triumphing in a race-long battle with Yvan Muller.
Confirmation that Rob Huff and Mehdi Bennani have escaped serious injury means that all drivers involved should be fit to race in Slovakia.
Thed Bjork was the fastest driver on track in Sunday’s qualifying session for Race Three, while Gordon Shedden will benefit from the reversed grid rules in Race Two.
