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Alex Zanardi emerged victorious in the Italian GT Championship finale at Mugello on Sunday in his return to motor racing.The Italian had focused on his preparations for the Rio Paralympics – where he won two golds medals and one silver in handcycling – for the past year and had been...

Alex Zanardi will return to motorsport for the first time in more than a year next month, after winning gold at the Rio Paralympics.The two-time CART IndyCar champion won two handcycling gold medals and one silver in Brazil earlier this month, matching his tally from the London 2012 games. Zanardi...

Tom Coronel took a sensational win in the opening World Touring Car Championship race in Morocco after resisting world champion Jose Maria Lopez.Coronel inherited the lead when Hugo Valente was handed a drive-through penalty for wiping out polesitter James Thompson on the opening lap, and survived a couple of late...

Tom Coronel set a blistering pace in the second World Touring Car Championship practice session in Morocco to deny Honda's Rob Huff.Huff's teammate Tiago Monteiro had set the pace in first practice and Honda looked set to top both sessions until Coronel improved on his final tour in FP2.The Dutchman...

Citroen's Jose Maria Lopez claimed his second pole position of the 2016 World Touring Car Championship season at the Hungaroring.Lopez was in a class of his own in the third part of qualifying, the pole position shootout, setting a best time of 1m46.109s which was 0.6 seconds faster than any...

Tom Chilton will drive a Citroen C-Elysee in the World Touring Car Championship this year after completing a switch to Sebastien Loeb Racing.The Briton, who has three WTCC victories to his name, finished 11th overall in the championship last year in a TC1 Chevrolet Cruze with ROAL Motorsport and scored...

Points leader Jose Maria Lopez took victory in the opening World Touring Car Championship race at Motegi ahead of polesitter Norbert Michelisz.Michelisz initially made a good getaway at the start and squeezed Lopez's Citroen out from challenging for the lead, but he was powerless to prevent the Citroen passing his...

Privateer Norbert Michelisz claimed the first Honda World Touring Car Championship race victory of 2015 with a lights-to-flag victory in front of his home crowd at the Hungaroring.Michelisz parlayed his reverse-grid pole position into a seemingly effortless lead at the race start as his rivals squabbled behind.Independent entries completed the...

Alex Zanardi will be partnered by ex-Formula 1 driver Timo Glock and 2012 DTM champion Bruno Spengler when he contests this year's Spa 24 Hours for BMW.The Blancpain Endurance Series' premier event will mark the first time that Zanardi has shared a car with teammates since he lost both legs...

Sport newsQ: Your second win of the season following a lot of early-race pressure. What was it like for you in that first race?JML: First I have to thank the team because they did a fantastic job again so thank you to Citroën and all the people who are working...