Salzburgring fastest qualifier Gianni Morbidelli has been awarded a five-place post-qualifying grid penalty for Sunday's opening World Touring Car Championship race, handing pole position to Yvan Muller.Munnich Motorsport driver Morbidelli was judged by race officials to have set his fastest lap in the opening Q1 segment of the three-part qualifying...

World Touring Car Championship rookie Sebastien Loeb claimed his second victory of the season, and his first feature race success, in a rain-curtailed race at the Slovakia-Ring.From the outside of the front row, the World Rally Championship legend made a strong start to lead into the first corner, thereby stealing...

Reigning World Touring Car champion Yvan Muller achieved his second consecutive pole position for Citroen at the Hungaroring.The Alsace driver set a stunning first sector time en route to a pole time of 1m48.727s. Championship leader and Q1 pacesetter Jose Maria Lopez finished just 0.034 second adrift in second, while...

World Touring Car champion Yvan Muller set the fastest time in the Saturday practice sessions at the Hungaroring on Saturday. Muller set a benchmark of 1m49.301s in the second session, outpacing Citroen team-mate Jose Maria Lopez, who had been quickest in the morning.The track was officially declared wet before the...

Gabriele Tarquini headed an all-Honda top three in the pre-race World Touring Car Championship test at the Hungaroring. The Italian factory driver led the Proteam Civic of Mehdi Bennani by 0.061 second at the end of Friday's half-hour session.Tarquini's teammate Tiago Monteiro was third, while ROAL Chevrolet driver Tom Chilton...

Mehdi Bennani has been given a grid penalty for Paul Ricard for causing the Marrakech World Touring Car Championship start crash - and excluded from the race for being underweight.Proteam Honda driver Bennani came together with the ROAL Chevrolet of fellow front-row start Tom Coronel on the run off the...

Jose Maria Lopez began his Citroen career with a victory in the World Touring Car season opener in Marrakech, leading a 1-2-3 for the French manufacturer.Once fourth starter Yvan Muller had out-braked ROAL Chevrolet racer Tom Chilton for third into Turn 1 away from the standing start, the three Citroen's...