The French present in force in TCR Europe in 2019

Désormais perçu comme un championnat d’accès vers la Coupe du monde des voitures de tourisme (WTCR), le TCR Europe confirme la bonne santé de la catégorie. L’an passé, 26 voitures avaient convergé vers le Paul-Ricard pour la première course. Cette saison, elles seront 30. Avec un règlement permissif quant au quota de voitures, les Hyundai i30 N, réputées pour être les plus performantes, figurent en force avec pas moins de 10 exemplaires. Deux modèles seront confiés à M Racing (en provenance du WTCR) pour les rookies Nelson Panciatici and Natan Bihel.

After 7 years spent in Endurance with its flying starts, we will have to relearn how to make standing starts at the wheel of the Hyundai i30 N of the M Racing team A Good start is obligatory in @TCR_Series #TCR #hyundai #yokohama #begin #race pic.twitter.com/zwBpYN0iYM

— Nelson Panciatici (@nelsonpancia) April 18th

The only car with a 1.6 liter engine compared to 2.0 liter vehicles, the Peugeot 308 TCR was chosen by six competitors. Unable to find a program globally despite a victory at Zandvoort (Netherlands) Aurélien Comte refocused at the last minute in Europe with the Belgians from DG Sport Compétition.

The Clairet brothers (Teddy and Jimmy), from the 308 Racing Cup, should play the role of preventing people from going in circles with their Peugeot 308s from the family team. Teddy is for his part directly supported by Peugeot Sport as outgoing champion of the 308 Racing Cup. The Clairet Sport will also allow gentlemen drivers Stéphane Ventaja and Gilles Colombiani to gain experience at the international level. 

 

 

 

 

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Test day in Hockenheim. . . #test #drive #car #circuit #circuithockenheim #hockenheim #testday #tcr #tcreurope #peugeot #peugeotsport #308 #308tcr #peugeot308 #teamclairetsport #clairetbrothers

A publication shared by Teddy Clairet (@teddyclairet) le 28 Mars 2019 to 12: 58 PDT

Author of some brilliant coups, the JSB Compétition remains confident in Julien Briché (a success at Spa-Francorchamps all the same) and Marie Baus-Coppens. The latter is joined by the second female on the board, the young Lilou Wadoux. Having just reached the age of majority, she climbed the ranks of Rencontres Peugeot with disconcerting ease.

John Filippi has agreed to step back at the continental level, but is tackling a big challenge: that of developing and taking the new Renault Megane RS (prepared by the Swiss Vukovic Motorsport) on the podium.

Paradoxically, this tricolor over-representation coincides with the eviction of the French round from the calendar. Promoting this category in our region is no easy task…

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