WSC Asia has announced that the 2020 TCR Asia series will be run in two divisions, with TCR Asia North and TCR Asia South running separately for the initial events due to challenges presented by local travel restrictions.
Geely Group Motorsport has delivered its first Lynk & Co 03 TCR cars to customer teams in Asia, with renowned TCR squad Teamwork Motorsport getting three of the cars for racing in TCR China or TCR Asia.
TCR Asia has become the latest touring car series to postpone its planned season start due to the global COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, with the plan still being to hold five events in 2020.
Josh Files will take part in the TCR Asia series in 2020, racing a Hyundai Veloster N TCR for the Solite Indigo Racing team, having made his Asian racing début earlier in the month in Malaysia.
Josh Files will join the grid of the second TCR Malaysia event of the year in Sepang this weekend, racing a Hyundai i30 N TCR for the South Korean Solite Indigo Racing team.
Moto2 rider Marcel Schrötter will make a guest start in this weekend’s ADAC TCR Germany races at the Sachsenring, racing Hyundai Team Engstler’s VIP Hyundai i30 N TCR.
Ashley Sutton ‘reaped the rewards’ of speed and fortune in the British Touring Car Championship races at Silverstone, as the Laser Tools Racing driver held on to his points lead.
Jimmy Clairet was both happy and disappointed after the TCR Europe races at Monza, after the Peugeot driver followed up his race one retirement with fourth in race two.
The 2020 TCR Asia season will feature races in Malaysia, China and Thailand, with a five-event calendar being confirmed for the sixth season of the international touring car series.
Diego Moran took victory in the second TCR Asia race on the streets of Bangsaen in Thailand, as his team-mate Luca Engstler was crowned as the champion for the second successive season.
Diego Moran kept his TCR Asia title chances alive with victory in race one on the Bangsaen Street Circuit in Thailand, after pole-sitter and series leader Luca Engstler spun on lap one and fought his way back to second.
Luca Engstler edged closer to defending his TCR Asia series title by taking pole position for race one on the streets of Bangsaen in Thailand, beating fellow Hyundai driver Pepe Oriola by just under two tenths of a second.
The fifth season of the TCR Asia series will conclude at the Bangsaen Street Circuit this weekend, where Luca Engstler is looking to secure back-to-back titles, whilst his team-mate Diego Moran is the only man who can stop him.
Liqui Moly Team Engstler’s Diego Moran claimed his second win of the TCR Asia season in race two at Zhejiang, held with TCR China, as Pepe Oriola and Luca Engstler completed the podium.
Luca Engstler claimed another dominant win in the opening TCR Asia – TCR China race at the Zhejiang International Circuit in China, winning by almost 20 seconds ahead of fellow Hyundai racer Pepe Oriola.
Luca Engstler beat Daniel Lloyd to pole position in qualifying for the joint TCR Asia – TCR China series races at the Zhejiang International Circuit in China, with the Hyundai driver four tenths clear.
