World Touring Car stalwart Gabriele Tarquini says he is "really worried" about his future in the championship, with Lada's impending exit leaving him without a drive for 2017.Having raced in the series continuously since 2001 – when it was the European Touring Car Championship – '09 champion Tarquini faced the...

Lada has confirmed it will leave the World Touring Car Championship at the end of the 2016 season.The Russian firm had been expected to announce its exit after it was reported last week that it had decided to end its five-year stay in the WTCC.Its exit was formally confirmed by...

Nicky Catsburg claimed a first World Touring Car Championship pole for himself and the Lada team in a sodden qualifying session at Moscow Raceway.First practice pacesetter Catsburg translated his dry pace when the rain arrived and topped all three parts of qualifying as he and Lada team-mates Gabriele Tarquini and...

Gabriele Tarquini will remain on the World Touring Car Championship grid in 2016 after securing a deal to race for Lada.The 2009 world champion was left without a seat for the coming season after he was jettisoned from his drive with Honda at the end of last year, having spent...

Citroen's Jose Maria Lopez was victorious in the World Touring Car Championship's first night race in Qatar, claiming a 10th win of the season in emphatic fashion.The world champion won by 7.361 seconds from the Sebastien Loeb Racing Citroen of Mehdi Bennani, with victory and fastest lap also maintaining Lopez's...

Tiago Monteiro handed Honda a home race victory in the World Touring Car Championship finale at Motegi, while Citroen's title contenders Jose Maria Lopez and Yvan Muller both retired.Campos Chevrolet driver Hugo Valente started on pole but lost out to the eventual race winner after Monteiro made a superior getaway,...

Jose Maria Lopez claimed pole position for the first Vila Real World Touring Car Championship race, while Citroen teammate Ma Qing Hua ran tactically to secure race two's reversed-grid pole.Lopez, last to run in the Q3 top-five qualifying shootout, lapped in 1m58.515s and eclipsed teammate Sebastien Loeb's already impressive 1m59.090s....

Sport newsArgentina’s reigning WTCC champion took 8m37.327s to complete the 25.378-kilometre course, regarded as the toughest in the world, in his Citroën C-Elysée WTCC. Hugo Valente was a fine second fastest for Campos Racing – 1.252s slower than López – and the top Yokohama Drivers’ Trophy contender. Sébastien Loeb took...

Sport newsPresent: José María López, Citroën Total WTCC, first position Hugo Valente, Campos Racing, second position and fastest Yokohama Drivers’ Trophy driver Sébastien Loeb, Citroën Total WTCC, third position Sabine Schmitz, ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport, top national driverQ: That was an unbelievably impressive lap securing pole position right at the end...

Jose Maria Lopez set the pace in Thursday's pre-race World Touring Car Championship test on the Nurburgring Nordschleife, despite a misfire on his Citroen.The reigning WTCC champion, who had also been quickest in the series' first run on the Nordschleife last month, set his 8m41.192s lap before the misfire struck...