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FIA to re-asses WTCR format after 2022 as ETCR to continue in 2023
The FIA is to re-assess whether to continue the WTCR format or end it after the 2022 season, but ETCR is to continue in 2023. The FIA is set to carry out an in-depth assessment of its World Touring Car category ahead of a future format change for its premier competition for combustion engine touring…
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Mohammed Ben Sulayem named new FIA President succeeding Todt
Mohammed Ben Sulayem has been elected as the new FIA President after defeating Graham Stoker in presidential election. Sulayem won against Stoker (36.62%) after 61.62% of votes went in favour of the UAE native in the presidential election, as he succeeds Jean Todt whose 12-year reign came to an end in 2021 after the Frenchman…
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Alonso, Hamilton, Piastri & others win awards in 2021 FIA Prize Gala
The 2021 FIA Gala had trophy ceremony not only for the champions but the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Oscar Piastri and more were rewarded as well. Despite the COVID-19 restrictions in place, the 2021 FIA Gala was held with most present in the ceremony after it was held virtually in 2020. There were…
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Portimao circuits gets FIA Grade 1 license, can now hold F1-level races
The Algarve International Autodrome, also known as Portimao circuit, has obtained the FIA Grade 1 license as it can now hold F1-level races. The circuit in Portugal, which was built in the Algarve region – specifically in Portimao – 12 years ago, has made some modifications that has granted it the FIA Grade 1 license.…
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MotoGP racer Syahrin gets WTCR and EWC outing in Malaysia
MotoGP racer Hafizh Syahrin will race in the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCR) and FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC) in Malaysia this year. Syahrin will make his racing car debut later this year on December 13-15 in the season-finale of WTCR series in Malaysia at Sepang International Circuit as a wildcard entrant. The Malaysian…
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FIA changes F1 super license points for multiple championships
The FIA has released a revised list of championships offering super license points for a driver to accumulate to compete in F1. The decision was taken and approved at the last World Motor Sport Council meet in Russia with the altered list available at the FIA site. The points for top series like Formula 2,…
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WTCR: Tarquini’s Race 2 win hands him points lead after Slovakia
The Round 6 in the 2018 FIA World Touring Car Cup in Slovakia saw a championship change of hands with BRC Racing Team’s Gabriele Tarquini taking over from M Racing YMR’s Yvan Muller. After the controversial weekend of racing at the Vila Real circuit in Portugal, the WTCR moved to the SlovakiaRing in the Czech…
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WTCR: Muller takes points lead in Portugal amid Race 1 carnage
The 2018 FIA World Touring Car Cup made its way to the historic Vila Real circuit in Portugal for Rounds 13, 14 and 15 of the season won by Yvan Muller, Mat’o Homola and Thed Bjork. Saturday In Qualifying for Race 1 on Saturday, it became evident from practice that Hyundai teams were back on…
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Ehrlacher out to extend WTCR points leads from Muller in Portugal
TCR Talk previews this weekends action from the 2018 FIA WTCR Race of Portugal with the first race on Saturday and the second and third races taking place on Sunday afternoon. This weekend we are treated to the return of World Touring Car Cup after the massive four day UBER TCR Festival that took place at Zandvoort in the Netherlands. The…
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Gordon Shedden, triple champion of the BTCC, joins Audi in the WTCR
The Audi WRT team has announced the Scottish driver as Vernay’s teammate. Gordon Shedden has officially become Audi’s new driver for the World Touring Car Cup. The Scottish driver joins the WRT team and will share team with Jean-Karl Vernay. Shedden, 38, has been three-time BTCC champion, the last one in 2016. The Scottish announced last…
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Muller and Bjork will fight for WTCR
Four-time WTCC champions, Yvan Muller, returns to the competition to assault the WTCR with the current champion Thed Bjork. Muller was the WTCC champion with more victories, concretely 48. French driver retired the last season in 2016, at the same time that Citroën (his team). Then, he was Volvo development driver and advisory of the…
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Honda confirms Esteban Guerrieri and Tiago Monteiro for WTCR
Honda has confirmed its first drivers for the first WTCR season, which starts after the union of WTCC and TCR. The chosen drivers are Argentinian driver Esteban Guerrieri, who will race Münnich Motorsport; and Portuguese driver Tiago Monteiro, who joins Boutsen Ginion Racing. Honda’s first incorporations for the brand-new WTCR Cup will be Tiago Monteiro and Esteban Guerrieri,…
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Sébastien Loeb Racing switches to Volkswagen for the opening WTCR season
Sébastien Loeb Racing stars in the latest surprise for the opening season of the WTCR, switching to Volkswagen despite the obvious link between the French driver and the PSA group that houses Citroën and Peugeot. It would have been expected to see Sébastien Loeb Racing continuing their association with PSA for the first season of…