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Monteiro describes “floating” feeling ahead of WTCR’s Vila Real return

Home hero Tiago Monteiro is preparing to enter into a “different state of mind” when Vila Real hosts the fifth event of the 2022 WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup from Saturday morning. LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler’s Portuguese star holds the record as the last driver to win on the town’s challenging streets following his euphoric success in the third of three races in 2019. He returns in a latest-specification Honda Civic Type R TCR run on Goodyear tyres and said: “We all remember very well every inch of the track, but the thing is the confidence, especially at a track like this when you have to commit so much more than at any other track.

Michelisz does the WTCR maths: Nordschleife + Macau = Vila Real

Former King of WTCR Norbert Michelisz has been doing the maths ahead of WTCR Race of Portugal. The BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse driver calculated that Circuito Internacional de Vila Real is the sum total of the Nürburgring Nordscleife and the Circuita da Guia in Macau due to the intense challenge it presents.

Mixed WTCR emotions as Bjork returns to “Baby Macau”

Thed Björk has recalled one of the standout moments of his WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup career ahead of the series returning to Vila Real this weekend. Björk was caught up in the multi-car crash at the start of Race 1 at WTCR Race of Portugal in 2018. But after his Cyan-assisted YMR team worked through the night he was able to qualify on pole for Race 3 and promptly took victory to complete a dramatic transformation of fortunes.

Why Vila Real is WTCR racer Coronel’s “extra plus”

Tom Coronel plans to capitalise on previous street race heroics when the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup returns to Vila Real after a gap of three years. The challenging street circuit hosts WTCR Race of Portugal for the third time this weekend and Coronel can’t wait to take to the 4.790-kilometre circuit aboard his Goodyear-equipped Audi RS 3 LMS.