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Calendar for inaugural TCR Japan series revealed in Japan

The provisional calendar for the first season of TCR Japan was unveiled at Suzuka in the context of the FIA World Touring Car Cup weekend, with the series visiting six venues over six race weekends.

WSC Technology launches all-electric ETCR series in Barcelona

WSC Technology launched the all-new ETCR – the first global multi-brand electric touring car series – at Circuit de Catalunya today, with the inaugural season set for 2020.

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An agreement to launch a TCR Eastern Europe Trophy for 2019 has been reached between WSC Ltd. and Race Event Management, with rounds to be both shared with TCR Europe and run as standalone events.

WSC Ltd, the promoter of the TCR concept, has announced that it will introduce a standard and common Electronic Control Unit (ECU) in TCR to improve the monitoring of engines.

The Opel Astra TCR and the Peugeot 308 TCR have been given an increase in their minimum racing weights, whilst the LADA Vesta TCR has had its minimum weight reduced.

Volkswagen has revealed that it carried out the testing for the electric motor on its I.D. R Pikes Peak record-breaking car in a Golf GTi TCR car earlier in the year.

CUPRA Racing Director Jaime Puig says he wants to see the brand’s new E-Racer TCR car racing before the end of 2018, as further steps are taken towards the inaugural electric touring car series in 2019.

CUPRA continued the testing of their new E-Racer TCR car at the Parcmotor Castellolí circuit near Barcelona this week, with development driver Jordi Gené verifying the engine output and the car’s driveability.

Italian team Tecnodom Sport have unveiled the Fiat Tipo TCR, which it has been designing and building over the past year, with the car set to run in TCR Italy later in the season.

The previous generation Honda Civic FK2 TCR and the LADA Vesta TCR have been given an immediate change to the TCR Balance of Performance [BoP] for this weekend's races.

Maximum Racing’s Lo Sze Ho took a convincing victory in the second TCR Asia / TCR Thailand race on the streets of Bangsaen in Thailand, with Liqui Moly Team Engstler team mates Diego Moran and Mitchell Cheah completing the podium.

TCR Thailand racer Pattarapol Vongprai claimed victory in the first TCR Asia / TCR Thailand on the streets of Bangsaen in Thailand, after Luca Engstler was hit with a drive through penalty.

Liqui Moly Team Engstler's Luca Engstler stormed to pole position in qualifying for the TCR Asia series on the Bangsaen street circuit in Thailand, beating Maximum Racing's Lo Sze Ho by just over two seconds.

Former British Touring Car Championship driver Mat Jackson will return to the wheel of a touring car this weekend when he partners Stewart Lines in Maximum Motorsport’s TCR-spec CUPRA TCR car.
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2018 Calendars

Rd
Circuit
Date
1, 2
Marrakech
07 Apr
3, 4
Hungaroring
28 Apr
5, 6
Nürburgring Nordschleife
10 May
7, 8
Circuit Park Zandvoort
19 May
9, 10
Vila Real
23 Jun
11, 12
Slovakiaring
14 Jul
13, 14
Ningbo Int. Speedpark
29 Sep
15, 16
Wuhan Street Circuit
06 Oct
17, 18
Suzuka Circuit
27 Oct
19, 20
Circuito da Guia
15 Nov
Rd
Circuit
Date
1, 2, 3
Brands Hatch Indy
7 Apr
4, 5, 6
Donington Park National
28 Apr
7, 8, 9
Thruxton
19 May
10, 11, 12
Oulton Park Island
9 Jun
13, 14, 15
Croft
23 Jun
16, 17, 18
Snetterton 300
28 Jul
19, 20, 21
Rockingham
11 Aug
22, 23, 24
Knockhill
25 Aug
25, 26, 27
Silverstone National
15 Sept
28, 29, 30
Brands Hatch GP
29 Sept
Rd
Circuit
Date
1, 2
Hockenheimring
4 - 6 May
3, 4
Lausitzring
18 - 20 May
5, 6
Hungaroring
1 - 3 Jun
7, 8
Norisring
22 - 24 Jun
9, 10
Zandvoort
13 - 15 Jul
11, 12
Brands Hatch
11 - 12 Aug
13, 14
Misano
24 - 26 Aug
15, 16
Nürburgring
7 - 9 Sept
17, 18
Red Bull Ring
21 - 23 Sept
19, 20
Hockenheimring
12 - 14 October
Rd
Circuit
Date
1, 2
Circuit Paul Ricard
5 - 6 May
3, 4
Zandvoort
19 - 21 May
5, 6
Spa Francorchamps
9 - 10 Jun
7, 8
Hungaroring
7 - 8 Jul
9, 10
TT Circuit Assen
18 - 19 Aug
11, 12
Monza
22 - 23 Sept
13, 14
Barcelona
20 - 21 Oct
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