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The decision to cancel the World Touring Car Cup races last weekend on the Nurburgring Nordschleife because of Goodyear tyre safety fears, just 15 minutes before the first was due to start, couldn’t be anything other than painful, costly and humiliating for everyone with skin in the game. But it was also the right call, or more accurately as Honda’s William de Braekeleer put it, “the least worst decision”.
Tiago Monteiro will assist official WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup tyre partner Goodyear as it continues the exhaustive process of analysing and addressing the issues that led to Race 1 and Race 2 at WTCR Race of Germany not taking place for safety reasons. The LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler driver backed the decision not to go ahead with the two races on the Nürburgring Nordschleife yesterday.
Tiago Monteiro has described the iconic Nürburgring Nordschleife, venue of this week’s WTCR Race of Germany, as “one of those hardcore tracks”. Monteiro, who won Race 1 at WTCR Race of Germany last season, is competing in this season’s WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup as part of the LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler line-up in a Goodyear-equipped Honda Civic Type R TCR. Ad/> Speaking ahead of the WTCR’s fifth consecutive visit to the legendary track, Portuguese ace Monteiro said: “Nordschleife is obviously a very unique place in the world of motorsport.
The WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup heads to the legendary Nürburgring Nordschleife next week. Here's some essential information.
Tiago Monteiro will start next week’s WTCR Race of Germany on the legendary Nüburgring Nordschleife fresh from his latest American adventure. The Honda-powered LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler star was in action in the IMSA Challenge event at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, driving a Honda Civic Type R TCR for LA Honda World Racing.
Team boss Franz Engstler has highlighted the issues that prevented new-for-2022-signing Attila Tassi from challenging for a top result at WTCR Clean Fuels for All at Circuit de Pau-Ville recently. Tassi, who has joined fellow Honda Racing-supported driver Tiago Monteiro in the new-look LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler line-up for this season, started Race 2 from the front row of the grid only for contact with pole-sitter Norbert Michelisz to drop him out of contention and wreck his hopes of victory.
Mikel Azcona’s triumph in Race 2 at WTCR Clean Fuels for All Race of France last weekend earned him membership to an exclusive club. By winning on the streets of Circuit de Pau-Ville, the BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse driver became the eighth different driver to win a race on the opening weekend of the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup season.
Tiago Monteiro was twice in the points-paying places when season five of the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup kicked off at Circuit de Pau Ville yesterday. But despite his best efforts, the Portuguese ace was unable to run at the front in either race on his first appearance for LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler.