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First Aussie TCR World Tour drivers revealed

TCR World Tour

By Auto Action

Date posted: 12 August 2023

The first nine global drivers and key teams to tackle the pair of TCR World Tour rounds in Australia this November have been confirmed.  

Racing alongside the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series, a host of international competitors will join the locals at two events at Sydney Motorsport Park on November 3-4, and Bathurst on the November 10-12 weekend.

The first nine international entries have been confirmed and include a pair of former World Champions with more than 100 international TCR race wins and four factory outfits.

Their confirmation signals a powerful return of international Touring Car Racing to Australia for the first time in more than three decades.

The highly successful Cyan Racing Lynk & Co team will deliver four of the Sweedish-Chinese racers to Australia headed by current TCR World Tour leader Yann Ehrlacher.

Swedish 2017 World Touring Car Champion Thed Björk, former TCR China champion Ma Quing Hua and Uruguayan driver Santiago Urrutia will complete the Lynk & Co team.

The factory-backed BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse team has confirmed a pair of cars driven by Hungarian Norbert Michelisz and Spanish driver Mikel Azcona.

Audi Sport Team Comtoyou will field a pair of Audi RS 3 LMS TCR entries with two drivers familiar to Aussie fans via their exploits at the Bathurst 12 Hour.

Both drivers, Belgian Frédéric Vervisch and British ace Rob Huff, have tackled the Mountain in GT Machinery.

Honda will field at least two of their latest-generation Honda Civic Type R FL5 TCR entries but have only confirmed Argentinian Néstor Girolami, who drove for Wall Racing at Sandown in the first year of the category down under in 2019.

More teams and drivers will be confirmed in the lead up to the dual international events this November as excitement builds for the return of international touring car racing to Australia.

KUMHO TCR WORLD TOUR – CONFIRMED ENTRIES (12/08/2023) 

Thed Björk (SWE) – #111 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co

Santiago Urrutia (URU) – #112 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co

Ma Qing Hua (CHN) – #155 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co

Yann Ehrlacher (FRA) – #168 Cyan Racing Lynk & Co

Rob Huff (GBR) – #179 Audi Sport Team Comtoyou

Frédéric Vervisch (BEL) –  #122 Audi Sport Team Comtoyou

Mikel Azcona (ESP) – #196 BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse

Norbert Michelisz (HUN) – #105 BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse

Néstor Girolami (ARG) – #129 / Honda

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