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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.

FIA WTCR Race of Hungary Race 2 report

Santiago Urrutia says his victory in the second FIA World Touring Car Cup race at the Hungaroring was ‘the race of my life’ after he had to withstand race-long pressure from Rob Huff for the win.

Photo: DPPI Néstor Girolami will start the second race of the new season from pole position, while the opening reversed-grid race will be led by Yvan Muller. The weekend’s races look set to be close affairs though, as Honda, Hyundai and Lynk & Co all look well-matched heading into the new campaign. In a race against the weather, everyone took to the circuit immediately in qualifying to set a lap time while the surface was still dry. Of the first round of lap times, the four Cyan Racing Lyn...

Hannes Morin tops final Ljungbyhed test despite hitting tyre stack 3 days ago Audi driver Hannes Morin topped the final (very wet) STCC TCR Scandinavia pre-season test day at Ljungbyhed Park, despite making contact with a tyre stack that forced him to be towed back into the pits. The Brink Motorsport driver lapped the 1950m circuit in 52.093 when the track briefly dried up and was close to one second faster than Lestrup Racing Team driver Oliver Söderström who finished second. Morin struck a ...

Robert Dahlgren continues on top in twice red-flagged Ljungbyhed test 3 weeks ago Robert Dahlgren continued his strong form in the STCC TCR Scandinavia pre-season testing at Ljungbyhed, lapping the morning session in 57.395, beating reigning champion Rob Huff by 0.292 seconds. The session was stopped twice, the first incident happening 45 minutes into the session when Cupra driver Rasmus Hedberg hit the wall at Turn 1. Hedberg was unhurt while the suspension of his Cupra TCR received a lot of d...

Robert Dahlgren on top in red flagged Ljungbyhed test as Robin Knutsson crashes 1 day ago Robert Dahlgren was fastest in a very wet STCC TCR Scandinavia test at Ljungbyhed Park, a test that was red flagged as championship newcomer Robin Knutsson crashed. The Lestrup Racing Team driver lost control at Turn 6, striking the earth wall with substantial to his Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR. The 19-year-old was taken to hospital for a routine check up as the session resumed with 18 minutes left on the cloc...

Oliver Söderström and Rob Huff tops first STCC test of 2021 at Knutstorp 4 weeks ago Lestrup Racing Team drivers Oliver Söderström and Rob Huff topped the first of two official STCC TCR Scandinavia pre-season test days at Ring Knutstorp. Reigning champion Huff topped the time sheets initially but was beaten by team-mate Söderström by three tenths of a second. And the duo were alone in setting sub-one minute times with their Volkswagen Golf GTI TCRs, 59.6 and 59.9 respectively. Mattias And...

Tobias Brink sets sights on 2021 STCC title 2 days ago Tobias Brink has confirmed that he will continue racing in the 2021 STCC TCR Scandinavia season with Brink Motorsport, aiming for the title after a disappointing end to last year’s season. “Considering how we have performed over the last couple of years, there is only one goal for 2021 and that is the STCC title,” said Brink. The 32-year-old headed the standings for the majority of the 2020 season, only to drop down to finish third be...

Mikael Karlsson completes Lestrup Racing Team’s four-car line-up for the 2021 STCC TCR Scandinavia season, joining team-mates Rob Huff, Oliver Söderström and Robin Knutsson. “I am very excited to join Lestrup Racing Team, especially after their impressive season last year and I hope to play a part in their title defense this year,” said Karlsson. … More »