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WTCR 2019 SUPERGRID gets 26 all-season racers

The 2019 WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup presented by OSCARO has attracted a high-level entry with 26 all-season racers set for battle from next week’s curtain-raiser in Morocco to the super-finale in Malaysia in mid-December.

Headed by 2018 WTCR / OSCARO title winner Gabriele Tarquini, the entry consists of 13 teams representing seven customer racing brands and nine new drivers to WTCR.

On the list are seven FIA world title winners and 12 drivers who claimed race victories in last season’s WTCR / OSCARO glory chase. A total of 43 major titles have been won by the 26 season- long racers, while the flags of 14 different countries will be flown.

François Ribeiro, Head of Eurosport Events, the WTCR promoter, said: “The variety of cars, the level of customer teams, the amount of champions, the mix of generations of drivers and the spread of forces across the field will make WTCR a unique flagship for the entire global TCR category. The #WTCR2019SUPERGRID is probably the best international touring car entry list we have seen in decades, certainly a level above 2018. I expect nothing else than 20 cars within one second in qualifying, fights at every level in all 30 races, plus one great champion crowned in Malaysia on 15 December.”

In addition to the all-season entries, wildcards to a maximum of six will be permitted at selected events, albeit subject to track and pitlane capacity. Meanwhile, WTCR Race of Morocco hosts the start of the 2019 season in Marrakech from 5-7 April.

WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup presented by OSCARO 2019 entry list:

1 BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Gabriele Tarquini (ITA) Hyundai i30 N TCR

5 BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse Norbert Michelisz (HUN) Hyundai i30 N TCR

8 BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team Augusto Farfus (BRA) Hyundai i30 N TCR

9 KCMG Attila Tassi (HUN) Honda Civic Type R TCR

10 Comtoyou Team Audi Sport Niels Langeveld (NLD) Audi RS 3 LMS

11 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co Thed Björk (SWE) Lynk & Co 03 TCR

12 SLR VW Motorsport Rob Huff (GBR) Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR

14 SLR Volkswagen Johan Kristoffersson (SWE) Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR

18 KCMG Tiago Monteiro (PRT) Honda Civic Type R TCR

21 Comtoyou DHL Team CUPRA Racing Aurélien Panis (FRA) CUPRA TCR

22 Comtoyou Team Audi Sport Frédéric Vervisch (BEL) Audi RS 3 LMS

25 SLR VW Motorsport Mehdi Bennani (MAR) Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR

29 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Néstor Girolami (ARG) Honda Civic Type R TCR

31 Team Mulsanne Kevin Ceccon (ITA) Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR

33 SLR Volkswagen Benjamin Leuchter (DEU) Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR

37 PWR Racing Daniel Haglöf (SWE) CUPRA TCR

50 Comtoyou DHL Team CUPRA Racing Tom Coronel (NLD) CUPRA TCR

52 Leopard Racing Team Audi Sport Gordon Shedden (GBR) Audi RS 3 LMS

55 Team Mulsanne Ma Qinghua (CHN) Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR

68 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Yann Ehrlacher (FRA) Lynk & Co 03 TCR

69 Leopard Racing Team Audi Sport Jean-Karl Vernay (FRA) Audi RS 3 LMS

86 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport Esteban Guerrieri (ARG) Honda Civic Type R TCR

88 BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Racing Team Nicky Catsburg (NLD) Hyundai i30 N TCR

96 PWR Racing Mikel Azcona (ESP) CUPRA TCR

100 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co  Yvan Muller (FRA) Lynk & Co 03 TCR

111 Cyan Performance Lynk & Co Andy Priaulx (GBR) Lynk & Co 03 TCR

Zdroj: fiawtcr.com