2016 WTCC Race of Russia

[Loran]

Originally Posted by AoB Special Stage

It's now obvious how to win in WTCC. Just threaten to leave.

Citroen begins to pull out and then Honda gets banhammered on a part no one can see to secure Lopez-Citroen the title (because no one remembers when they tried that on the Renault mass damper in F1 for Schumi-Ferrari), then Lada makes an statement of uncertainty and dominates the next race.

I'd rather not be the conspiracy theorist, but it's getting a little suspicious at this point.

Just Eurosport tries to make the second DTM.
But they have forgotten to give the management of the championship to factory teams ))

[Rubio]

Oh, come on.. First everyone moans about Citroen having bought the championship now everyone moans about Lada having bought the race result (or the weather, actually). So is it now turn for Honda and Volvo to buy a few races?

I believe Lada just found something with the set-up or tyre pressures, don't forget they have have the super experienced Tarquini. And it came just at the right time and at the right place.

Great pair of races obviously, really happy to see different faces on the podium. Also, a lot of credit goes to Ferenc Ficza - great battles in Race 2

[FIRE]

I don't believe the conspiracy.

Great racing in both races.
Ficza impressive.

[GM10]

In Moscow, Ladas always ran better than the other racetracks, with both Granta TC2 and TC1 and with Vesta last year. Nothing strange with yesterday's double win.

Citroën's troubles are caused by the different ballast with the other cars, nothing else.

[helgi]

Since "sandbagging" is a mainstream in our "balanced" days, it wouldn't be a surprise if Lada hadn't show all the cards at Nordschleife (and tyre issue helped a lot) to save some weight for a home event.

[thlbtcc]

Certainly, the Citroens were still visibly quicker on the straights, traction seemed to be the key for the Ladas.