It had become clear over the past decade that the former video game racer had an elite level of talent behind the wheel, yet he could never quite shake off his identity as an underdog. Until this point, last year’s runner-up had scored just two podium finishes in the entire season, and was sitting down in sixth place in the standings, nearly 80 points behind Guerrieri.It came as a bit of a shock then, when he stormed to two victories and a third place finish from the three races at China’s Ningbo circuit. Watch coverage of the first race in Morocco of the 2019 World Touring Car Cup.

Wiping the floor with his competition, Norbi stormed to two pole positions, setting up what many presumed would be a relatively inevitable saunter to championship victory. It has had different incarnation of a World Touring Car Cup held between 1993 and 1995. Just like that, he had won the intra-team battle for supremacy, and for the ultimate support of the team’s tacticians.Evidently keen to justify his team’s decision, Yvan Muller took victory in the first race around the Guia circuit, having started from sixth on the grid.

This practically halved the gap between Guerrieri and Michelisz in the standings to just 24 points, while a relatively noncompetitive weekend for Thed Bjork meant that Lynk & Co’s main man was still in third place, another 26 points back.So, the World Touring Car Cup circus moved onto Asia, and with that, Yvan Muller seemed to wake up from his 2019 slumber. The 2019 season of the WTCR – World Touring Car Cup is set to be broadcast on the UK’s BBC channel this year, marking the first time the FIA world touring cars has been shown on free-to-air TV in the UK in 11 years. Azcona would go on to receive a penalty for the role he played, but don’t for a minute think that Michelisz’s victory is not deserved.Of course, we never got the chance to find out for sure, but it looked as though it was only a matter of time before Azcona and/or Kristoffersson would legitimately get by Guerrieri anyway; particularly the latter who had remarkably stormed all the way up from 22nd on the grid to take the race win. Touring car racing will return to the BBC for the first time in almost two decades with the opening rounds of the 2019 FIA World Touring Car Cup to be broadcast live on the BBC Sport website and BBC iPlayer on 6-7 April. Jack Cozens How WTCR's last real independent has stayed in play The World Touring Car Cup has gone from strength to strength for 2019 - but one small team in partic... 1555977600 WTCR Plus, although Guerrieri’s fightback was incredible to watch, Michelisz’s overall command of the weekend and newfound consistency throughout the year cannot be overlooked. The Malaysian round of the 2019 World Touring Car Cup will go down as one of the classics. With overtaking being notoriously difficult on the Macanese street circuit, qualifying would be vital, and it was the Frenchman who ended up performing better of the two.

In the standings, things had really closed up. Onto race … That meant that in the final race of the year it would be a straight fight between Esteban Guerrieri and Norbert Michelisz, separated by just a handful of points and a few feet on the grid.The race which occurred next will no doubt go down in history as one of the true classics. He was in the mix, make no mistake about that, but so far he had lacked that outright cutting edge. However, with the task more difficult than ever before, the people’s champion finally earned his crown. Guerrieri would go on to take the victory and the hefty amount of points that comes with it, putting the pressure firmly back on Michelisz’s shoulders, who crossed the line in eighth.Muller again charged his way up from mid-grid obscurity to sixth, but it wasn’t enough.

However, it didn’t quite work out that way. Michelisz limited the damage however, with victory in the second race. Sezon rozpoczął się 6 kwietnia na Circuit International Automobile Moulay El Hassan w Maroku, a zakończył się 22 listopada na Sepang International Circuit Malezji, po rozegraniu 10 rund składających się z 30 wyścigów.

2019 FIA WTCR - WORLD TOURING CAR CUP . Sezon 2019 w World Touring Car Championship – druga edycja serii wyścigowej World Touring Car Cup. It appeared then, that unless things changed, 2019 would simply be another year where Norbert Michelisz flattered to deceive.Luckily for him, that victory drought wouldn’t last much longer.

Ultimately, the Honda would overheat, ending any hopes of Guerrieri claiming the title this year, as he gradually dropped out of contention. But, that wasn’t enough from a points perspective, and so his newly-won lead of the championship standings had to once again be relinquished to Guerrieri.At this point in the campaign, with two events left to go, Thed Bjork was placed third in the standings, eight points ahead of Lynk & Co team-mate Yvan Muller in fourth. - FIA Motorsport Games 2019,SATURDAY'S ACTION! Norbert Michelisz regained the lead with 316 points, while Esteban Guerrieri and Yvan Muller sat in second and third place with 307 and 305 points respectively.With just eleven points between them, it would all come down to this – a three-way shoot-out between Hyundai, Honda & Lynk & Co at the season finale in Malaysia. The Sporting Regulations of the 2019 FIA WTCR - World Touring Car up, are nowC available on the . All Rights Reserved.

All episodes of 2019 World Touring Car Cup. Instead, Girolami again struggled to even get into the top ten, while a pretty dire event for Guerrieri was saved by a third place finish in race two. Initially then, it looked as though,The other two race wins at the Circuit Moulay el-Hassen went to Esteban Guerrieri (,The next round in Hungary would be a great opportunity for Michelisz to shine, with the support from his home fans along the pit straight being audible from even inside the car during races. A poor round for Girolami saw him drop to third, while another podium finish meant that Michelisz found himself no lower than fourth, maintaining his status as the top-ranked Hyundai driver while Tarquini found himself in a woeful run of form.Still though, four events in, and the Hungarian was winless.