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R-Motorsport's Paul di Resta was in an upbeat mood after finishing seventh in the penultimate DTM race of the year at Hockenheim, the best placed Aston Martin Vantage DTM in the classification for R-Motorsport. The day did however not start well for the Scot, who had managed to set the sixth best lap time during ...

Robert Dahlgren is jubilant after winning his second Scandinavian touring car title in three years, with the PWR Racing driver doing what he needed to do with a third and fourth place finish at Mantorp Park enough to win the battle. The 39-year-old qualified in second place on the grid in his Cupra TCR, but ...

René Rast completed another perfect day at Hockenheim, claiming pole and the victory, and the 32-year-old has not settled down after securing the 2019 drivers' championship at the Nürburgring three weeks ago. "It's a great feeling competing without pressure," Rast told TouringCarTimes. "This is a unique feeling and getting the pole position and winning like ...

Team Kunimitsu's Jenson Button, taking part in this weekend's DTM season finale at Hockenheim as a guest driver with a Honda NSX-GT, hit out at BMW Team RBM's Sheldon van der Linde after the South African pushed him off the track after a safety car restart. Van der Linde received a warning for the maneuver ...

Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline's Nico Müller was "surprised" and unhappy about the safety car intervention in today's race at Hockenheim, just as Marco Wittmann. The DTM sporting regulations states that pit stops cannot be completed whilst the safety car is deployed. Team Abt Sportsline had scheduled Müller's pit stop for the end of lap ...

BMW Team RMG driver Marco Wittmann says he could have fought for the victory in the first race of the Hockenheim DTM season finale, but that the safety car intervention ruined his chances of overtaking already crowned champion René Rast. "The undercut would have worked if it wasn't for the safety car," said Wittmann to ...

Audi Motorsport boss Dieter Gass confirmed today that British driver Jamie Green will continue driving for the Ingolstadt-based manufacturer in the DTM next season. 2017 and 2019 champion René Rast is already confirmed for next season, as is this year's runner up Nico Müller, although the Swiss will have a clash for the Norisring round ...

Robert Dahlgren has taken the 2019 TCR Scandinavia championship drivers' title after finishing fourth in the final race of the season at Mantorp Park, while Andreas Wernersson took his fourth victory of the season, sealing the teams' title for Brink Motorsport. Wernersson started the race from pole position and led the way ahead of PWR ...

Audi Sport Team Rosberg driver René Rast drove a clean race to take his seventh DTM win of the season at Hockenheim, ahead of BMW Team RMG's Marco Wittmann and fellow Audi driver at Team Phoenix Mike Rockenfeller. Jenson Button was the best placed driver of the Super GT entries, taking his Honda NSX-GT to ...

Tobias Brink has slammed MA:GP Honda driver for "ugly" driving, after the title contender lost the victory in Race 1 at Mantorp Park in a final corner move. Brink had led the whole race and was set to take 15 points out of PWR Racing driver Robert Dahlgren's points lead, until he came under attack ...

Mattias Andersson has claimed his second win of the 2019 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship, and could have ended Tobias Brink's title chances, after an epic battle in the final laps of the first race at Mantorp Park. Andersson launched from third on the grid to second into the first corner in his MA:GP Honda ...

Jaap van Lagen has claimed the TCR Spa 500 pole position in difficult weather conditions at Spa-Francorchamps for NKPP Racing by Bas Koeten Racing. The Dutchman beat fellow Cupra driver Rik Breukers of Red Camel-Jordans.nl by 1,1 seconds. Finnish Audi RS 3 LMS driver Rory Penttinen made a late improvement to claim third position on ...

Audi Sport Team Rosberg driver René Rast took his eighth DTM pole position of the year in a wet and difficult season finale qualifying session at Hockenheim. Honda driver Jenson Button made the most of his Honda NSX-GT to take the sixth spot on the grid as the leading Super GT driver. The rain had ...

Managing and adapting to the Hankook DTM specification slick and wet tyres is set to be the main struggle for the guest Japanese teams racing at this weekend's season finale at Hockenheim. The Japanese Super GT runs with four tyre manufacturers (Dunlop, Michelin, Bridgestone and Yokohama) present, with three different slick compounds and freedom to ...

Honda driver Mattias Andersson was quickest of all at the Mantorp Park circuit in the ten-minute morning warm up, leading the way in icy conditions after temperatures dropped to sub-zero overnight. The MA:GP driver produced a best lap of 1:19.882, just six-tenths a second away from yesterday's pole position time in his Honda Civic TCR, ...

The TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship is aiming for a grid optimum of 24 cars for its 2020 season, and has also bought the rights to the STCC name, with the plan to rebrand back to STCC TCR Scandinavia next year. At a press conference at their season finale at the Mantorp Park circuit, the ...

The TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship has unveiled a seven-round calendar for 2020, with a new event, a street race in Copenhagen as part of an expanded cooperation with the new Danish championship, and a new promoter. The championship, which effectively launched this year after the previous promoter and championship, STCC AB, declared its bankruptcy ...

BMW Team RMG driver Marco Wittmann set the fastest lap time in the second and final free practice session at Hockenheim ahead of Audi Sport Team Rosberg driver René Rast. The rain stopped falling 40 minutes before the session, with the track drying quickly and the entire field venturing out on the track on slicks. ...

Tobias Brink said he knew the car had good pace, and had flattered to deceive in practice, after the car's performance wasn't seen through old tyres and a brake issue against Robert Dahlgren's Cupra. Dahlgren had led the way in both of the practice sessions, but it was Honda's Mattias Andersson and Audi's Tobias Brink ...

Mattias Andersson has claimed third position on the grid at Mantorp Park in his MA:GP Honda Civic TCR, despite missing out on the second practice session following a suspension issue. Andersson had been second fastest to PWR Racing's Robert Dahlgren in the first test in the morning, but just ahead of the second test the ...

Andreas Wernersson has said Honda driver Mattias Andersson got in his way on his fast lap and ruined the championship contender's chances of fighting for pole position at Mantorp Park. Wernersson qualified in sixth, half a second away from pole in his Audi RS 3 LMS, which hands him a useful pole position for the ...

Cobra Sport AmD team boss Shaun Hollamby has vowed that the British Touring Car Championship season finale at Brands Hatch will be "elbows out time" for the Honda squad as it looks to secure three championship titles. Although Rory Butcher saw his chances of the overall title come to an end at Silverstone, the Scot ...

World Touring Car Cup race-winner Mat'o Homola and his current TCR Europe team-mate Jessica Bäckman have been announced in the latest raft of drivers who will compete in the Touring Car Cup race at the inaugural FIA Motorsport Games. The pair are two of five drivers added to the initial list of eleven that was ...

Tobias Brink has moved one point closer to Robert Dahlgren in the championship, after the Audi driver took a last-gasp pole position in qualifying at Mantorp Park, despite Dahlgren having shown everyone the way in practice. It was Mattias Andersson, in his repaired Honda Civic TCR, who was fastest in Qualifying 1 with a time ...

The DTM's technical department hasn't come to a decision on a possible balance of performance for the three Super GT cars racing in the 2019 season finale at this weekend at Hockenheim. The Honda NSX-GT, the Nissan GT-R and the Lexus LC500 took part in two one-hour sessions on Thursday to evaluate their performance, with ...

BMW Team RMG driver Timo Glock set the fastest lap time in a difficult first free practice session of the DTM season finale at Hockenheim, with heavy rain falling during the first joint competitive session between the DTM and Japanese Super GT cars. Nick Cassidy was at the centre of the first incident of the ...

Robert Dahlgren was uncatchable for the second session running at Mantorp Park, with the PWR Racing Cupra driver finishing four-tenths ahead of championship rival Andreas Wernersson's Audi, with team-mate Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky completing the top three. Dahlgren threw down the gauntlet early on with a time of 1:19.868, just slightly faster than his first practice time, ...

PWR Racing's Robert Dahlgren has set the first benchmark for the weekend in practice at Mantorp Park, as he set the pace despite running with the maximum possible compensation weight and success ballast onboard his Cupra TCR. Carrying 60kg of compensation weight, and 20kg of success ballast, the 2017 champion was over six-tenths of a ...

The team split across PWR Racing has been confirmed for this weekend's races at Mantorp Park, with Daniel Haglöf nominated as the second driver to score points alongside Robert Dahlgren, as the team fight to defend its teams' title. PWR Racing, entered as PWR Racing - SEAT Dealer Team, trail Brink Motorsport by 20 points ...

The DTM organisation has confirmed the Russian circuit Igora Drive for the third round of the 2020 season on May 30-31st, as the start of a five-year deal. "We are really happy to be back in Russia. We are also proud to be the first race series to race at Igora Drive, it is an ...