Robert huff, better known as rob and nicknamed huffy, is a former world touring car championship title winner and one of the most successful british touring cars drivers. Finished 3rd in drivers standings and top british driver. Huff the 2012 wtcc champion returned to the endurance racing scene in december, helping rotek racing to an emphatic win in the 20 25 hours of. He won the superstars series championship in 2012, the same year in which he claimed the scandinavian touring car championship and porsche carrera cup scandinavia titles. Johan david kristoffersson born johan david kristoffersen, born 6 december 1988, is a swedish racecar driver. Com munnich motorsport in february 20, driving one of the teams seat leon wtccs and replacing markus winkelhock in their lineup for the 20 season. Robert rob peter huff born 25 december 1979 is a british professional racing driver. While driving for chevrolet, he was three more times in the worlds top 3 drivers. Briton rob huff has signed to race for starworks motorsport in select rounds of the 2014 international motor sports assn imsa tudor united sportscar championship. A selfconfessed veteran of the world touring car championship, the 37yearold cambridgebased driver will be heading into the new campaign with the same enthusiasm as when. Rob huff will race in the inaugural tcr malaysia series race in sepang this weekend, joining teamwork motorsport to compete in one of the hong kong outfits volkswagen golf gti cars. Toronto mayor rob ford, who just days ago admitted to drinking and driving, mocked a fellow councillor at city hall on monday for also consuming alcohol and driving.
Rob huffs lm700 gtr posted by iain litchfield on 1st march, 20 in akrapovic, alcon, engine, exhaust, gtr, nissan, stage upgrade, suspension. Rob huff is the 2012 fia wtcc champion, a ninetime macau gp winner, a thunderhill 25 hour winner and runnerup in the. Champion yvan muller and 2012 wtcc champion rob huff jet rabe november 27, 20 15. While tarquini is a former f1 driver who won the 2009 world touring car championship at the age of 47, making him the oldest fia champion in history which he then broke by taking the title again in 2018 at the age of 56. Initially scheduled for monza, the team made a last minute switch to the slovakiaring due to bad weather at the italian circuit. Dec 08, 20 rob huff drove impeccably to help rotek racing to a commanding win in the 20 united states air force usaf national auto sport association nasa 25 hours of thunderhill in willows, california 78 december. The following graph shows the change in the driverdb rating of norbert michelisz and rob huff over time since january 1st 20. Rob huff is expecting lots of overtaking in this weekends fia world touring car cup wtcr races at the hungaroring, as he predicts that the less aerodynamicdependent cars will. Robert huff, better known as rob and nicknamed huffy, is a former world touring car championship title winner and one of the most successful british touring cars drivers he was the wtcc champion in 2012, driving a factoryentered chevrolet cruze. Thirteen may be unlucky for some, but rob huff believes that it could prove to be a magic number. The official website of rob huff 2019 sebastien loeb racing wtcr driver.
He was the wtcc champion in 2012, driving a factoryentered chevrolet cruze. The latest headtohead comparisons generated for rob huff. The race featured two lengthy stoppages, the first coming just seconds into the race, with a multicar pileup on the front straight at the start. Nov 18, 20 rob huff stayed out of trouble to take the final wtcc race victory of 20, after the race started with a red flag and went downhill form there into total carnage. The series underwent changes in 20, retaining gt3 cars as the mainstay, but creating subclasses for. Reigning champion rob huff and team ownerdriver rene munnich have completed a two day test at the slovakiaring ahead of the 20 fia world touring car championship season. At the 20 fia wtcc race of china it was announced huff would join lada sport for the 2014 world touring car championship season, having signed a twoyear deal with the team.
Rob huff delivers 2nd victory of 20 wtcc race report. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover robs connections and jobs at similar companies. One of the drivers in the team was robert huff, who was the 2012 drivers champion and now drives a seat. The championship, which was reserved for cars run to super 2000 regulations, began with the race of italy on 23 march and concluded with the race of macau in support of the macau grand prix at the guia circuit on 17 november, after. Chevrolet wtcc driver rob huff drives home first ukspec. Rob huff helps rotek racing to emphatic 25 hours of. View rob huffs profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Champions muller and huff split fia wtcc wins at 20. Rob huff has left honda to reunite with the munnich motorsport team for the 2017 world touring car championship. Robert huff career history the worlds largest repository of motor racing results and statistics from f1 to wrc, from motogp, covering 50 events every weekend with stats dating back to 1894. Rob huff drove impeccably to help rotek racing to a commanding win in the 20 united states air force usaf national auto sport association nasa 25 hours of thunderhill in willows, california 78 december the 25hour superenduro held at thunderhill park raceway, just north of sacramento is regarded by many as one of the sternest challenges in north american motorsport. The socalled crack video was released after the conclusion of a court case involving fords friend and driver alexander sandro lisi, who faced an extortion charge related to efforts made to.
With nine victories, huff is the most successful driver in the history of the macau grand prix. Competed in wtcc between 2010 and 20, best finish 4th. British driver huff was the 2012 world touring car champion. Wtcc champion huff baulked in suzukas highspeed freight. Rob ford crack video released as charge against driver dropped. Nov 27, 20 champions muller and huff split fia wtcc wins at 20 macau gp. He is the son of former racing driver and kristoffersson motorsport kms team owner tommy kristoffersson. Rob huff stayed out of trouble to take the final wtcc race victory of 20, after the race started with a red flag and went downhill form there into total carnage. Sep 22, 20 rob huff was prevented from maximising his full potential while baulked in the pack during rounds 19 and 20 of the 20 fia world touring car championship wtcc on japans twisty suzuka circuit 2122 september.
See the complete profile on linkedin and discover robs connections and. Rob huff will make a shock switch to seat machinery this year and defend his world touring car championship title with series newcomer munnich motorsport the 33yearold briton won last years. Former chevrolet wtcc driver and champion rob huff survived an accident after his chevy camaro ss was totaled after. The 39yearold cambridgebased driver will be racing in the fia world touring car cup again, but will also add another string to his bow.
Rob huff vln drives available with audi customer racing. Robert rob peter huff is a british professional racing driver. Champions muller and huff split fia wtcc wins at 20 macau gp. Dec 30, 20 rob huff has signed to race for starworks motorsport in selected rounds of the 2014 tudor united sportscar championship uscc. Huff has a long association with teamwork, having worked with them since 20 in the role of driver development and coaching as well as technical development of. Rob huff was prevented from maximising his full potential while baulked in the pack during rounds 19 and 20 of the 20 fia world touring car championship wtcc on japans twisty suzuka circuit 2122 september huff recorded a 54. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover rob s connections and jobs at similar companies. Rob huff pro race driver for munnich motorsport team. View rob huff s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Huff joins starworks sportscar program speed sport. Rob huff joins munnich seat for 20 world touring car. The cambridge driver will drive a citroen celysee, the top performing.
Dezember 1979 in cambridge ist ein britischer rennfahrer. Rob huff links up with teamwork motorsport to launch teamwork. Rob huff drove impeccably to help rotek racing to a commanding win in the 20 united states air force usaf national auto sport association nasa 25 hours of thunderhill in willows, california 78 december. Robert huff career history the worlds largest repository of motor racing results and statistics from f1 to wrc, from motogp, covering 50 events every weekend with stats dating back to 1894 motorsport stats. Rob huff joins teamwork motorsport for tcr malaysia. Im november gab er bekannt, dass er 2014 neben seinem landsmann. Rob huff has signed to race for starworks motorsport in selected rounds of the 2014 tudor united sportscar championship uscc. The 20 world touring car championship season was the tenth season of the fia world touring car championship, and the ninth since the series was revived in 2005. From 2014 racing exclusively in blancpain endurance series. Gabriel gardel c ompeted in fia gt, le mans series and grandam rolex series. Com munnich motorsport in february 20, driving one of the teams seat leon wtccs and replacing markus winkelhock in their lineup for the 20.
The series underwent changes in 20, retaining gt3 cars as the mainstay, but creating subclasses for pro, proam and gentleman driver lineups. Rob huff completes first test with munnich motorsport. He currently competes in the world touring car cup driving for sebastien loeb racing. Nov 18, 20 toronto mayor rob ford, who just days ago admitted to drinking and driving, mocked a fellow councillor at city hall on monday for also consuming alcohol and driving. Former teammates rob huff and yvan muller claims top podium spots for the 7th and 8th round of the fia wtcc.
In the 2014 season, robert huff, the champion of the 2012 season, also joined the team in a third car. When rob huff earns another checkered flag in the world touring car championship driving the chevy cruze race car, he can drive back home in his new ukspec inferno orange chevy camaro. Rob huff links up with teamwork motorsport to launch. To put it lightly, huffs an amazing race car driver on the track. Won gteam class at the 2011 le mans 24h, finished 2nd in the same years petit le mans. Choosing rob huff as a new driver is an excellent solution. He failed to set a time in qualifying for the race of italy having collided with the wiecherssport car of fredy barth in the first few minutes of q1 and breaking his suspension. Jan 20, 2017 rob huff has left honda to reunite with the munnich motorsport team for the 2017 world touring car championship. To put it lightly, huff s an amazing race car driver on the track. Raceroom macau guide with gabriele tarquini and rob huff. The 20 fia gt series was the first season following on from the demise of the sro groups fia gt1 world championship, an auto racing series for grand tourer cars. Champions muller and huff split fia wtcc wins at 20 macau. Audis newest factory sportscar driver oliver jarvis, 2014 gp3 champion alex lynn and former world touring car champion rob huff will join the likes of david coulthard, allan mcnish, and colin turkington for the 25th anniversary of the show. Rob huff excited by prospects with munnich motorsport in.
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