TCR Europe 2023

[Alessio]

Fair enough, all that does make sense. I guess I really I wasn't considering that the brand recognition does make an impact to sponsors and PR. Thank you. It still doesn't quite explain what happened to VW, but then they never really got involved to begin with.

To GasGasfuss, I think there's probably around 10 Alfa's around compared to over 200ish SEAT/Cupra's? Sad to think so many of them are coup'd away in a warehouse somewhere when they're still premium racing cars with plenty of useabiltiy.

[FIRE]

Volkswagen ceased their motorsport department.

A lot of TCR cars have found their way to all sorts of series.

[FIRE]

About Cupra.
They moved to Formula E and Extreme E (both with Abt).

I don't follow these series so their involvement is unnoted for me.

[GusGasfuss]

Yes, Cupra seemed to have changed to completely E-Racing (as mentioned + ETCR). So the Leon Competicion is now maybe not build anymore????


I think, Audi has a good customer support, same as Hyundai. Honda can be a problem, as maybe JAS is maybe busy with other things.


Some years ago, it was Seat with best support, parts truck at many events etc.



@Alessio: i meaned Alfa touring cars in general (since 60s). When i see, how many Seat Supercopas, WTCC-Leon (incl. Diesel), Leon TCR, Leon Competition were built...
I agree - too many race cars sit somewhere unused, waiting (or rusting) for next race...


Last sunday i visited Engstler Motorsport...they have at least 2x Hyundai, 2x Honda TCR cars sitting in showroom/garage, not speaking about BMW Z4 GT3 etc.....

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by GusGasfuss

Last sunday i visited Engstler Motorsport...they have at least 2x Hyundai, 2x Honda TCR cars sitting in showroom/garage, not speaking about BMW Z4 GT3 etc.....

Do they run only 1 Audi GT3 for Luca or do they run some cars for customers?
TCR Germany + WTCR to one car this year is a step down.

[Racing Harz]

Originally Posted by FIRE

Do they run only 1 Audi GT3 for Luca or do they run some cars for customers?

One car in DTM
One car in ADAC GT Masters
One car in International GT Open

[FIRE]

Five extra cars at Pau:

Pau’s touring car hero Eric Cayrolle leads the quintet of French drivers who have joined TCR Europe for the event on the streets of the historical city at the foot of the Pyrenees.

Cayrolle, who has always found a way to take part in his home race when WTCC and WTCR visited Pau, will be at the wheel of a Comtoyou Racing second-generation Audi RS 3 LMS. Together they form a terrific package that can aim for some impressive results.

CDRS teammates Christian Phillippon and Julien Nougaret are regulars in the TCR class of the FFSA TC France series; Philippon drives a first-generation Audi RS 3 LMS and Nougaret a CUPRA TCR. The same team has entered another CUPRA for Olivier López who comes from the Peugeot Racing Cups.

The local patrol is completed by Michel Leal’s Volkswagen Golf GTI, run by Team Leal Compétition.

https://tcr-worldranking.com/news/it...-europe-at-pau

[Rubio]

Hopefully next rounds will also bring enough wildcards, as the full season entry list is really small (unfortunately)

[v8supes]

edit: Error, wrong link

[GusGasfuss]

Originally Posted by Racing Harz

One car in DTM
One car in ADAC GT Masters
One car in International GT Open

And they run 3-4 Ferraris in the Ferrari Challenge as "Charles Pozzi GT Racing". Franz Engstler drives himself too (and wins sometimes still).

[touring fan01]

only 14 cars for this weekend

[Evantra]

Originally Posted by touring fan01

only 14 cars for this weekend

Down to 12… https://twitter.com/touringcartimes/...T11pmdgnSSDQzA

So it’s essentially just an Audi one-make series now!

[Rubio]

Frankly, their reasoning sounds a bit silly

They race the same car in TCR Italy (same BOP for all TCR models bar success ballast), still took poles on fast circuits like Imola and Mugello (1km straight)

Wonder if it has something with Borkovic's usual emotional behaviour

Anyway a shame, TCR Europe already had a lot of struggles

[Evantra]

Lotti’s statement on the Target situation:

https://twitter.com/tcr_series/statu...T11pmdgnSSDQzA

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by Rubio

Frankly, their reasoning sounds a bit silly

They race the same car in TCR Italy (same BOP for all TCR models bar success ballast), still took poles on fast circuits like Imola and Mugello (1km straight)

Wonder if it has something with Borkovic's usual emotional behaviour

Anyway a shame, TCR Europe already had a lot of struggles

With TCR Italy in mind I don't understand this decision.

I admit Comtoyou is very experienced and running a lot of cars in TCR Europe and World Tour. They are probably the best in TCR Europe in terms of engineering and drivers.

[Juntos]

Target team is well known for their arrogance. Now, they got a big bill to pay.

[Rubio]

Great Race 2 today, Monza is tailored-made for touring car racing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sGMMq1bLg8&t=1822s

Shame still only 14 cars on grid. Hope the championship goes for the some kind of rebooth next year

[pimmy]

Very good race! Exactly what I expect to see at Monza.

[FIRE]

Last weekend the TCR Europe season came to an end.
Tom Coronel is the new champion.

01 Tom Coronel Audi 468
02 John Filippi Audi 441
03 Kobe Pauwels Audi 433
04 Viktor Davidovski Audi 266
05 Viktor Andersson Lynk & Co 247
06 Lewis Brown Audi 247
07 Nicola Baldan Audi 235
08 Dušan Borkovic Hyundai 190
09 Ruben Volt Honda 171
10 Isaac Smith Audi 121

Due to small grid it was a disappointing season.
Will Comtoyou return next season or will they focus on GT3 and GT4 with Aston Martin?