TOP STEP World Touring Car Cup at Vallelunga

TWO MONTHS AFTER Goodyear tyre failures forced the World Touring Car Cup to cancel its races on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, more turmoil hit the series at Vallelunga in Italy. The Cyan Racing-run Lynk&Cos, top dogs in this series, couldn’t complete a race distance safely on the spec tyre, according to the Swedish team. Balance of Performance compensation weight made them by far the heaviest on the grid, which Cyan claimed was the source of the problem. And when the FIA and series promoter refused to change the rules, the team followed through on its threat to withdraw its five cars – but only after they had completed the formation laps for both races. Cue an awful mountain of bad feeling. As the Lynk&Co quintet departed, the other teams found their rubber to…

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Autocar (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 3, 2022

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