Touring Car, November 2009, Volume 9, No. 11

Against the odds, Zanardi has had success in the WTCC (pic credit: BMW)

As has probably some of you did, I have also read the news of my "retirement" from WTCC which has appeared, at various times, on news channels on the subject and I feel that a more precise information is needed since the perception from the reported news misrepresents, in my opinion, not only my real thoughts but also the way things happened.

Allan Simonsen won his class in Classic Adelaide

More from the weekend in sports and touring car racing events including Australian V8 Supercars, Classic Adelaide, Formula Le Mans Winter Series and the Vallelunga 6 Hours.

WTCC were racing at Macau this weekend

The brief from Macau and news from the SCCA Speed GT Championship makes up today's news.

Touring cars around the world have struggled with safety cars this year. First of all there was this damaging impact in the WTCC, now the V8 Supercars have had their own issues, although no where near as catastrophic as the WTCC version. Although it could have been worse.