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Vila Real is all set to host the WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup’s unique Joker Lap when WTCR racing returns to the northern Portuguese town this afternoon. Inspired by the FIA World Rallycross Championship and used for the first time in an FIA-sanctioned car race when the FIA World Touring Car Championship visited Vila Real in 2017, the Joker Lap provides a passing opportunity on a circuit where overtaking isn’t always so straightforward.
While it was a WTCR Race of Portugal Qualifying woe for home hero Tiago Monteiro in Vila Real yesterday, his fellow LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler driver Attila Tassi earned himself a huge opportunity to win the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup’s 100th race. Tassi qualified ninth in the second phase of Qualifying on Saturday to earn himself a front-row start for the partially-reversed-grid Race 2, which also doubles as the WTCR’s milestone event, later today.
The WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup turns 100 today with Race 2 in Vila Real marking the 100th WTCR race to take place since the series began in 2018. Here’s a reminder of the day’s schedule: Ad/> 13h10: Race 1 (30 minutes+1 lap) (Live on Eurosport Player and other broadcasters around the world) WTCRQualifying report: Rookie rules! Urrutia the (Vila) Real deal with blistering WTCR pole lap in9 HOURS AGO 14h00 (approx.): Race 1 podium 17h15: Race 2 (25 minutes+1 lap) (Live on Eurosport Player and other broadcasters around the world) 18h00 (approx.): Race 2 podium The post The day ahead at WTCR Race of Portugal appeared first on FIA WTCR | World Touring Car Cup.
ROKiT Venturi Racing’s Edoardo Mortara secured his third race victory in Season 8 of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship at an exhilarating Marrakesh E-Prix. A fourth podium in four races for the Swiss 35-year-old has propelled him to top of the drivers' championship. Mortara leapfrogged title contenders Stoffel Vandoorne (Mercedes-EQ) and Jean-Eric Vergne (DS-TECHEETAH) with victory in the searing heat in Marrakesh.
Santiago Urrutia made light work of intense heat on the Vila Real’s city streets to bag pole position for WTCR Race of Portugal with a stunning lap on the 4.790-kilometre iconic round-the-houses track. WTCR Race of Portugal Qualifying Q3 classification 1 Santiago Urrutia (URY) Cyan Performance Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR, 1m59.626s (144.1kph) 2 Yann Ehrlacher (FRA) Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR, +0.049s 3 Néstor Girolami (ARG) ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R TCR, +0.253s 4 Ma Qing Hua (CHN) Cyan Performance Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR, +0.254s 5 Norbert Michelisz (HUN) BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse, Hyundai Elantra N TCR, +0.475sReverse-grid pole for Race 2:Yvan Muller, Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR Ad/> WTCR Race of Portugal Qualifying points allocation10 points: Yann Ehrlacher (FRA) Cyan Racing Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR 8 points: Santiago Urrutia (URY) Cyan Performance Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR 6 points: Ma Qing Hua (CHN) Cyan Performance Lynk & Co, Lynk & Co 03 TCR 4 points: Néstor Girolami (ARG) ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R TCR 2 points: Norbert Michelisz (HUN) BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse, Hyundai Elantra N TCR WTCRMuller to start 100th WTCR race from pole position4 HOURS AGO Driving a Lynk & Co 03 TCR on Goodyear tyres and in ambient temperatures of 33 degrees centigrade, the Uruguayan sensation beat King of WTCR Yann Ehrlacher to top spot by a slender margin of 0.049s with Néstor Girolami in third place, 0.204s slower than Cyan Racing Lynk & Co driver Ehrlacher.
Yvan Muller ensured he will start Race 2 at WTCR Race of Portugal – the 100th WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup race to be run – from pole position after qualifying in P10 at Vila Real. The Frenchman, who is one of only three drivers to have competed in every WTCR race run so far, will start the partially reversed-grid second encounter from the front beside LIQUI MOLY Team Engstler’s Attila Tassi, who qualified ninth in his Honda Civic TCR.
Lewis Hamilton said he felt "gutted" after qualifying fifth for the British GP, as he believes his Mercedes had the pace to seal a front-row start at Silverstone.
Santiago Urrutia claimed his first pole position of the season at WTCR Race of Portugal by beating fellow Lynk & Co driver Yann Ehrlacher to the top spot in qualifying at Vila Real. The Cyan Performance driver ended up just 0.049s faster than the King of WTCR after a tight Q3 shootout around the street circuit.