Mu gihe cy'amezi abiri, Ubwoko bwa Civic Type R bwazengurutse imizunguruko itanu yo mu Burayi - Silverstone, Spa-Francorchamps, Monza, Estoril na Hungaroring - bashaka kwerekana ko ari umuyobozi w’umuryango wuzuye.
Ahumekewe na Honda Civic Type R, yanditseho igihe cyiza kuri Nürburgring ku binyabiziga bigenda imbere - kandi iherutse gukubitwa na Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S - abashakashatsi b'ikirango cy'Ubuyapani bafashe urugero rw'imodoka ya siporo kugeza kumirongo itanu yuburayi. Icyari kigamijwe kwari ugushimangira imyanya ya Civic Type R nk'umuyobozi w'imiryango ikora neza cyane - nta guhindura imashini, yemeza ikirango.
Ibitekerezo byatangiye muri Mata gushize, ahitwa Silverstone, aho imodoka yimikino yabayapani yarangije umuziki wubwongereza muminota 2 namasegonda 44. Ntabwo yishimiye igihe cyanyuma, umukinnyi Matt Neal yagarutse nyuma yibyumweru bitatu - asanzwe afite ibihe byiza - kandi byatwaye iminota 2 namasegonda 31.
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Urugendo rwakomeje muri Gicurasi mu ruzinduko rwa Spa-Francorchamps. Umuderevu Rob Huff yayoboye igihe cyiminota 2 namasegonda 56. Ikibazo cyakurikiyeho ni umuzenguruko w'amateka ya Monza, kuriyi nshuro hamwe na Norbert Michelisz wo muri Hongiriya ku ruziga. Imodoka ya siporo yabayapani yatwaye iminota 2 namasegonda 15 kugirango irangize umuziki. Kumuzunguruko uzwi cyane wa Estoril, bitandukanye nibyari byateganijwe, Bruno Correia niwe wafashe uruziga rwa Honda Civic Type R, kubera impanuka ya Tiago Monteiro mumarushanwa ya WTCC muminsi mike ishize. Ariko, hamwe numunsi umwe gusa wamahugurwa, Bruno Correia yarangije kubona igihe cyo kwandika iminota 2 namasegonda 4.Ikibazo cyarangiye ku ya 6 kamena ahitwa Hungaroring, muri Hongiriya, hamwe nu mukinnyi wo murugo - Norbert Michelisz - arangiza ikibazo muburyo bwiza bushoboka nigihe cyanyuma cyiminota 2 namasegonda 10. Philip Ross, visi perezida wa Honda Motor Europe, yagize ati: "Iki ni gihamya ko ikipe yacu yateguye imodoka y'imikino nyayo yo guhatanira umuhanda".