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WTCR confirms two-day official test at Barcelona

The FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) has confirmed it will hold a two-day official pre-season test at Circuit de Barcelona on 28-29 March.

Mid-December WTCR finale and first Sepang wildcard confirmed

The season finale of the 2019 FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) will take place on the 13 – 15 December 2019, whilst TCR Asia series runner-up Mitchell Cheah has been confirmed as the first wildcard driver for the event.

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Aurélien Panis will remain with Belgian team Comtoyou Racing for the 2019 FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR), with the Frenchman switching to CUPRA machinery due to the new rules restricting the number of cars per brand.

Dutchman Niels Langeveld will be promoted to racing in the FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) in 2019 when he joins Gordon Shedden, Jean-Karl Vernay and Frédéric Vervisch as part of Audi’s quartet of drivers.

Team Mulsanne has signed WTCC race winner Ma Qing Hua to partner Kevin Ceccon in one of the outfit’s Alfa Romeo Giulietta cars in the 2019 FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) season.

Team Mulsanne has confirmed that it will retain Kevin Ceccon in the 2019 FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR), as the Alfa Romeo squad seeks to continue the form that culminated in a maiden win with Ceccon late last year.

Benjamin Leuchter will be the fourth Sébastien Loeb Racing Volkswagen driver in the 2019 FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR), graduating from TCR Germany to join Rob Huff, Mehdi Bennani and Johan Kristoffersson in a Golf GTi.

Néstor Girolami will return to the top-level of FIA World Touring Cars in 2019 after being revealed as an official Honda Racing driver for the coming FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) season.

The Romeo Ferraris outfit, responsible for building the Alfa Romeo Giulietta cars in TCR, has reported a significant upturn in car sales, but at the same time confirmed it will not be expanding to four cars in FIA WTCR.

Team Mulsanne has confirmed that it will again run in the FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) in 2019, fielding its Romeo Ferraris-built Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR cars for yet-to-be-named drivers.

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New Hyundai signings Nicky Catsburg and Augusto Farfus – together with regular drivers Gabriele Tarquini and Norbert Michelisz – got to grips with the i30 N TCR for the first time in testing at the Algarve Circuit in Portugal.

Reigning Scandinavian Touring Car and World Rallycross Champion Johan Kristoffersson will join the FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) grid in 2019 as part of an expanded four-car Volkswagen Golf line-up at Sébastien Loeb Racing.

Yann Ehrlacher has been revealed as the fourth driver signing for Lynk & Co Cyan Racing, partnering his World Champions Yvan Muller, Andy Priaulx and Thed Björk in the Swedish outfit’s WTCR driver line-up.
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2019 Calendars

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