WORLD TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP ADOPTS TCR REGULATIONS
WTCC will adopt TCR regulations in 2018 – Photo: LAT
The FIA have ratified changes that will see the World Touring Car Championship adopt TCR regulations in 2018.
As part of the changes the World Touring Car Championship will be rebranded as the World Touring Car Cup as the WTCC moves away from FIA world championship to a world cup and adopts the ‘WTCR’ acronym.
TCR regulations will be licensed to WTCC promoter Eurosport Events in a deal agreed upon between the FIA and TCR promoter World Sporting Consulting. The deal will also see both the TCR International Series and the European Touring Car Cup discontinued.
WTCR will only be open to private entries, with no factory teams allowed to enter. However manufacturers will be allowed to offer teams technical support.
The changes ratified and formally announced after Wednesday’s meeting of the World Motor Sport Council in Paris.
Read the offical statement below.
The World Council confirmed that the FIA World Touring Car Championship and its associated brand will cease on 8 December. A new FIA World Cup will be introduced for 2018/2019 called WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup, which will be promoted by Eurosport Events Limited.
The Cup will run to FIA TCR Regulations for 2018-19 which will remain frozen for this period. Only TCR cars with an FIA World Cup passport delivered by the FIA will be eligible to compete.
The Cup will replace the TCR International Series and is for private entries only, with no manufacturer title or entries permitted. A minimum of two cars per team must be entered, with a fee of €150,000 applicable for a two-car team. There will be a maximum entry of 26 cars, and FIA-validated balance of performance and success ballast systems will be implemented.
Official tyre and fuel suppliers, as well as the 2018 calendar, will be confirmed in due course.
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