Um olhar sobre as corridas

Hyundai N LUKOIL Squadrão Corse

“Jogo pronto para o FIA WTCR 2020! 👀 BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Squadrão Corse tem um novo visual para a temporada que se avizinha”

Hyundai I30 N TCR WTCR 2020

A BRC Racing Team agora BRC Hyundai N Lukoil Squadra Corse. irá inscrever Norbert Michelisz, vencedor do título de piloto e Gabriele Tarquini.

A Engstler Motorsport entra no WTCR como Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly e conta com Nicky Catsburg e Luca Engstler, filho do dono da equipa, Franz Engstler.

O brasileiro Augusto Farfus Jr, é o piloto da marca sul-coreana no desenvolvimento do carro eléctrico para o PureETCR.

Terceira corrida do WTCR Vila Real

Race WINNER Thed Björk Bang-Melchior! 👏🏻
P2. Gabriele Tarquini
P3. Michelisz Norbert

Thed Björk stamped his mark on Race 3 at WTCR Race of Portugal with an emphatic lights-to-flag victory. 👊🏻

Segunda corrida do WTCR Vila Real 

The FIA WTCR / Oscaro at #VilaReal was host to more than a few high-pressure moments this weekend as Mato Homola performed the perfect joker lap and zoomed into first place, unseating the touring car legend Yvan Muller! Congratulations for the magnificent performance, Mato! #TAGHeuerIsMotorRacing #DontCrackUnderPressure

Primeira corrida do WTCR 

 Na TVI

Ocorria a primeira volta da prova do WTCR em Vila Real 

WTCR Vila Real 2018 Race 1 Start Huge Crash Pile Up

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 Bizarre crash and aftermath Vila Real race 1 WTCR with Tom Coronel

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WTCR 2018 Vila Real Portugal - Race 1

Inscritos WTCR 

WTCC Free Practice 1 continuação  

Os Automóveis do WTCC concorrentes ao 47º Circuito Internacional de Vila Real continuavam a sua adaptação à pista Vila-realense 

Manuel Pedro Fernandes continuava a sua adaptação ao Lada Vesta   

"Honda ready for WTCC street fight in Portugal

WTCC Race of Portugal

Circuito Internacional de Vila Real, Portugal

Honda continues its fight for the FIA World Touring Car Championship on the streets of Vila Real, Portugal, this weekend with three drivers hungry for success.

Having crossed the line first at every street circuit since the start of 2016, the Civic WTCC is aiming to power Tiago Monteiro, Norbert Michelisz and Ryo Michigami to strong results as the season reaches its midway point.

Tiago’s victories in Morocco and Hungary have put him second in the Drivers’ Championship, just two points away from the top spot.

Having grown up in the Douro region in which Vila Real is located, the Portuguese driver was treated to a hero’s reception at his home circuit last year when he claimed a hugely emotional victory. Should he repeat the achievement, it would be a fourth win of his WTCC career in Portugal.

After twice being taken out of victory contention by contact from rival cars, Norbert leapt back into title contention with a strong second-place finish at the Nurburgring last month.

Seventh in the Drivers’ Championship, the Hungarian is within a Main Race win’s worth of points of the series lead and has already put his recent bad luck behind him as the WTCC embarks upon its final European-based event of 2017.

Norbert has finished on the podium in Vila Real in each of the past two seasons and is aiming to repeat that achievement this weekend as he continues his surge back up the points table.

Unlike Tiago and Norbert, Ryo has never raced at the Circuito Internacional de Vila Real, but has been learning the layout on a Simulator as he prepares to do battle on the streets and add to his current points tally.

New to the Honda Racing Team JAS driver – and all the competitors – this weekend is the addition of a ‘joker lap’; the first time such an innovation has been used in an FIA World Championship circuit-racing series.

An alternative route through the final corner has been added, which each driver must use once during races; the aim being to increase the likelihood of overtaking on the narrow 4.6km circuit and create an additional action spot for fans as drivers employ different strategies.

The Hondas will all carry 50kg of compensation weight this weekend, making them 20kg lighter than they were in Germany last time out.

Tiago Monteiro ¹⁸

- Castrol Honda WTCC

Norbert Michelisz ⁵

- Castrol Honda WTCC

Ryo Michigami ³⁴

- Honda Racing Team JAS"

Campeonato do Mundo de Carros de Turismo (WTCC) - adaptação á pista

A prova principal da etapa de Vila Real do Campeonato do Mundo de Carros de Turismo (WTCC) iniciava agora a adaptação ao Circuito Transmontano.

WTCC testes em Vallelunga - dia 2

Honda Racing WTCC adicionou 4 fotos novas.

End of day two, which has been affected by rain at Vallelunga. Michelisz Norbert has ended up P6, but has amassed over 400km of useful running over the two days.

"Michelisz: No need for ultimate speed in WTCC testing

 03/03/2016 22:00

New factory Honda driver Norbert Michelisz has said rapid lap times weren’t the priority during official pre-season FIA World Touring Car Championship testing at Vallelunga this week.

Michelisz set the fifth best overall time yesterday and was sixth quickest outright today in his Honda Racing Team JAS Civic.

But by completing 96 laps of the 4.085-kilometre Rome track, Michelisz insists it was a case of mission accomplished. “It’s been a really good test for us,” said the reigning WTCC Trophy champion. “We didn’t come here to set a lap time; we came here to get everything in place to set fast lap times at every round.

“It’s a shame that the weather wasn’t great on the second day, which meant we had to change our plan a little bit, but the results look good and we’ve made some very positive steps forward with the suspension and balance. We have another few days planned over the next few weeks before the start of the season so we should be in a good shape for Paul Ricard at the season opener.”

Although they didn’t take to the track, Michelisz’s fellow factory Honda drivers Rob Huff and Tiago Monteiro were also present during the two-day tes."

segundo dia da Citroen

The new Citroën C-Elysée WTCC took the track with Jose Maria "Pechito" Lopez and Yvan Muller! Watch this!

Test report: López tops day two of WTCC testing

03/03/2016 18:30

WTCC title holder José María López has topped day two of official FIA World Touring Car Championship testing in Italy today.

Rain – even a freak hail storm – had dampened the Vallelunga circuit and appeared to have made the early running decisive in terms of the fastest lap times until the factory Citroën driver struck during the day’s fifth and final session with a best lap of 1m37.123s around the the 4.085-kilometre Rome track.

Team-mate Yvan Muller set the bar with a 1m37.730s in the opening dry session and was quickest again in the second session before handing over the C-Eylsée WTCC test car to López. But while López also set the pace in session four, the third session of the day was notable following Fredrik Ekblom’s pacesetting time in his Volvo S60 Polestar TC1.

The Swedish make’s performance brand is embarking on a long-term WTCC campaign from 2016 and the results of testing will give the factory Polestar squad plenty of cause for optimism, particularly after Ekblom’s team-mate, Thed Björk went second quickest in the dry first session to complete the day in third overall.

“We have had two extremely valuable test days,” said Björk. “While we can’t draw any real conclusions until the first race, it is satisfying to see that we straight out of the box are quite close to the top times.”

Mehdi Bennani, who was fastest of all on the dry opening day of testing on Wednesday, underlined his WTCC Trophy title credentials with fourth overall in his Sébastien Loeb Racing Citroën. Behind Ekblom in the overall standings, Nobert Michelisz was sixth in a works Honda Civic WTCC followed by Grégoire Demoustier, Tom Chilton and René Münnich.

The two-day official WTCC test was in preparation for the opening weekend of the 2016 season at Circuit Paul Ricard in France from 1-3 April when a number of drivers not in action at Vallelunga, including works LADA trio Nicky Catsburg, Gabriele Tarquini and Hugo Valente, plus Honda pair Rob Huff and Tiago Monteiro, will be on track.

WTCC Official Test day two, combined classification:

1 José María López (ARG) Citroën C-Elysée WTCC (1m37.123s);

2 Yvan Muller (FRA) Citroën C-Elysée WTCC (1m37.730s);

3 Thed Björk (SWE) Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 (1m38.527s);

4 Mehdi Bennani (MAR) Citroën C-Elysée WTCC (1m39.016s);

5 Fredrik Ekblom (SWE) Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 (1m39.223s);

6 Norbert Michelisz (HUN) Honda Civic WTCC (1m39.795s);

7 Grégoire Demoustier (FRA) Citroën C-Elysée WTCC (1m39.795s);

8 Tom Chilton (GBR) Citroën C-Elysée WTCC (1m49.291s);

9 René Münnich (DEU) Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 (1m40.371s).

"Polestar pair on track and on the pace in the WTCC

 03/03/2016 20:00

Polestar Cyan Racing put its factory Volvo S60 TC1s up against its FIA World Touring Car Championship rivals for the first time in Italy this week and more than held its own.

Thed Björk and Fredrik Ekblom impressed during two days of official testing at Vallelunga with Ekblom fastest of all in Thursday’s third test session.

“We have waited for a long time to get on track with the competitors of the championship,” said Ekblom. “We worked through a lot of vital issues during the days, providing us with a lot of answers. There is still plenty of work ahead of us all season but the feeling is good ahead of the first race.”

Team-mate Björk added: “We have had two extremely valuable test days. While we can’t draw any real conclusions until the first race, it is satisfying to see that we straight out of the box are quite close to the top times.”

Volvo, through its performance brand Polestar, has made a long-term commitment to the WTCC from 2016

Day 1

Morning session – Top 5
1 José María López Citroën C-Elysée 1:37.348
2 Mehdi Bennani Citroën C-Elysée +0.414
3 Fredrik Ekblom Volvo S60 +0.853
4 John Filippi Chevrolet Cruze +0.876
5 Thed Björk Volvo S60 +0.985

Afternoon session – Top 5
1 Mehdi Bennani Citroën C-Elysée 1:37.000
2 Thed Björk Volvo S60 +0.352
3 Tom Chilton Citroën C-Elysée +0.427
4 Norbert Michelisz Honda Civic +0.524
5 Yvan Muller Citroën C-Elysée +0.673
…
6 Fredrik Ekblom Volvo S60 +1.088

Day 2

Session 1 – Top 5
1 Yvan Muller Citroën C-Elysée 1:37.730
2 Thed Björk Volvo S60 +0.797
3 Mehdi Bennani Citroën C-Elysée +1.286
4 Fredrik Ekblom Volvo S60 +1.493
5 Norbert Michelisz Honda Civic +2.065

Session 2 – Top 5
1 Yvan Muller Citroën C-Elysée 1:54.731
2 Mehdi Bennani Citroën C-Elysée +1.153
3 Fredrik Ekblom Volvo S60 +4.734
4 Tom Chilton Citroën C-Elysée +5.272
5 Grégoire Demoustier Citroën C-Elysée +5.644
…
7 Thed Björk Volvo S60 +8.463

Session 3 – Top 5
1 Fredrik Ekblom Volvo S60 1:40.606
2 Mehdi Bennani Citroën C-Elysée +1.398
3 Thed Björk Volvo S60 +2.789
4 Grégorie Demoustier Citroën C-Elysée +4.179
5 Norbert Michelisz Citroën C-Elysée +9.998

Session 4 – Top 5
1 José María López Citroën C-Elysée 1:45.420
2 Mehdi Bennani Citroën C-Elysée +4.638
3 Thed Björk Volvo S60 +4.842
4 René Münnich Chevrolet Cruze +5.508
5 Fredrik Ekblom Volvo S60 +5.991

Session 5 – Top 5
1 José María López Citroën C-Elysée 1:37.123
2 Thed Björk Volvo S60 +2.698
3 Fredrik Ekblom Volvo S60 +3.054
4 Norbert Michelisz Honda Civic +4.542