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October102013 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Loeb will be fighting for the title by 2015

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Former Citroen boss GuyFrequelin believes nine-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb in the WTCC series will be fighting for the title as early as the 2015 season. Frequelin left the team at the end of 2007 but remained Loeb's adviser. He is convinced that the Frenchman can reach for his first victories in his inaugural season of the WTCC World Touring Car Championship. "There's a big difference between speed trials and rally racing, but Sebastien has tested a lot. He showed what he's capable of with his GT race car," Frequelin said. "He will be fast in dry conditions and much much faster in the rain. He may need one season before he can compete on an equal footing with teammate Yvan Muller, but after that he will also be able to win the world title. I hope he will be at

Avg312013 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Zanardi won the title of champion among paraplegic cyclists

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Two-time champion and former Formula 1 racer Alex Zanardi won the victory in Canada, earning him the title of world champion among paraplegic riders. The 46-year-old Italian, who lost both legs in a collision with a card in Germany in the American Memorial 2001 race in 500, thus won the H4 category. He managed to cover the 17,3-kilometer route in just 27 minutes and fifteen seconds. Zanardi was certainly looking forward to the event, but he himself said: “This is it, I became a world champion. I know it won't take long, but now I'm happy. ” in the WTCC. In 2007, six years after the accident when

Jun302013 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Citroen wants Kubica ob Loebu

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French carmaker Citroen will compete for the WTCC European Touring Champion title next season. This week, they confirmed their plans, which have been speculated about for a long time, and as a regular racer, they also confirmed nine-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb. Now they have expressed a desire to persuade the Pole Robert Kubica to participate, who is gradually returning to Formula One, where he competed before a serious injury in 2011. Kubica is competing in the WRC2 with Citroen this season. “It’s important to lure experienced people into the team,” team boss Yves Matton explained. "If he was interested, we would be happy to offer Kubica a performance in at least one race."

Jun62013 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

WTCC: BMW before exiting?

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The World Touring Car Championship awaits a major change in technical rules in the coming season, which is why the German carmaker is already considering exiting this championship. BMW last raced with the factory team in the WTCC in 2010, after which it has competed with the non-factory Roal Motorsport, Wiechers-Sport and Team Engstler to this day. BMW's sporting director Jens Marquardt believes that their current 1,6-liter turbo engines can no longer be upgraded, and due to incomplete rules, he adds: "I simply can't imagine a powertrain that would meet the new rules, which after all, they are not quite complete yet. There is talk of 400 horsepower, and that is impossible for us. Our TC engine is developed on the basis of a 1,6-liter block, as it is not

May72013 by Blaž Štremfelj50 Comments

SEAT has introduced the new Leon Cup car concept

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Next week, the GTI meeting will take place in Austria, where Seat will show the 330-horsepower model of the new race car for the Leon Cup. The race car will also be on display at the next racing weekend of the World Touring Car Championship in the Salzburgring. Anyway, we haven't seen the car for once, but the first pictures of the concept have come to light, which indicates what the cars should be like in the mentioned championship. Let us mention that the tests are announced for the coming months, and for once, the fate of participation in the WTCC is still unknown, where Seat no longer cooperates with the factory teams. Nevertheless, Seat is very active in other touring championships (European, British and Scandinavian), and they also actively participated in the preparation of new rules for the WTCC, but Jaime Puig is the head of the Seat sports department.

Mar72013 by Blaž Štremfelj50 Comments

Loeb tested a Citroen WTCC race car

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Sebastien Loeb recently tested a prototype race car in Valencia based on the Citroen DS3 WRC he was driving when he won his last two of nine rally championship titles. The races in the WRC World Rally Championship, like the WTCC racing cars, are powered by 1.6-liter turbo engines, what the purpose of testing remains remains a mystery, but it was probably related to Citroen's desire to enter the WTCC World Touring Car Championship. In doing so, the French depend on external sources of funding, and their future in motorsport is also questionable. Citroen has not revealed what model of car they would compete in the WTCC series this year. One option is the DS4 car, as sources report that the prototype DS3 did not perform best. He heads the most