2015 TCR Asia

[Monkey Head]

as the first regional series confirmed for TCR ,TCR Asia has annouced their calander which content 5 weekend 10 races:


R1-2 15-16 Aug Zhuhai International Circuit,China (CTCC)
R3-4 5-6 Sept Sepang International Circuit,Malaysia(AFOS)
R5-6 19-20 Sept Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore (Singaporean GP)*
R7-8 24-25 Oct Chang International Circuit, Buriram (AFOS,TCR)
R9-10 21-22 Nov TBA (TBA)**

*Joining TCR International Series Entry
** Possibiilty of TCR International Series Entry Joining

Hong Kong's Craft Bamboo Racing would be the biggest team joining the series with 4-5 SEAT Leon Racers possible the field,team owner Frank yu expected to drive one but no news on others.Engstler Motosports is the earliest team commit to series and drivers driven for them in WTCC asian rounds are possible to fill their seat:Macau's Filipe De Souza has told to Macauese newspaper Hojemacau that he has confirmed for one seat.

Asia is a decent market for Honda and JAS and they won't miss the field.Their long term partner AAI Racing would joining the series with pair of Civics,Eurasia speculated purchase the car too but looks like it's unlikely to happen.Other remours including FRD enter in 3 Fords,Absoulte filling with Audi S3 in later part of the season.Asia Racing Team,R-Engineering,Atlantic Racing and Taiwan Top Speed Racing also conisdering option of joining TCR Asia

[FIRE]

I think JAS will have good business in Asia coming years.

[Juntos]

Originally Posted by FIRE

I think JAS will have good business in Asia coming years.

They always did. In the prestigious buildings of Hong Kong's elite, sometimes the door you open belongs to someone else. They took the place of Schnitzer.

[FIRE]

They surely did that's why I think JAS wil continue having good business.

[Juntos]

Originally Posted by FIRE

They surely did that's why I think JAS wil continue having good business.

They will have good business if the championship succeeds. The great Asian Le Mans failure, like most other lost championships, was produced by the promoter mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the economy or drivers lack of interest.

[Monkey Head]

Engstler formally announce their plan in TCRA

http://www.asia.tcr-series.com/news/...cr-asia-series

[Monkey Head]

Kenneth Ma enter the series under Roadstar Racing banner instead of FRD ,and running not Ford but SEAT

http://www.asia.tcr-series.com/news/...cr-asia-series

[Juntos]

Is that TCR-Kenneth Ma the same Kenneth Ma of Asian Formula Renault series? I'm dreading this. As much as the truth might be a relief it's also the toughest thing he'll ever have to face.

[kurski]

Asia Racing Team is going to field two cars in the first ever season of the new TCR Asia Series.

[Metzo]

only seats entered so far, hope there will be at least some hondas as well

[Speed-King]

Originally Posted by Metzo

only seats entered so far, hope there will be at least some hondas as well

http://www.autosport.be/news/tcr-ben...gse-teams.html

There was one that was supposed to go to Indonesia, but the organizers of TCR Benelux snatched that one up for their "kick-off" event in October. No idea if that was the only Honda destined for Asia, though.

[Spanner monkey]

Team AAI have been working with Team Dynamics for the last few years even with there GT racing. Maybe Team Dynamics are doing Civic Type R TCR cars! The JAS ones are just Civics with Turbo K20 engines.

[Bramzel]

Why on earth would TD develop its own Civic TCR if they can buy a competative car straight off the shelve @ JAS? That makes no sense at all.

[Speed-King]

I don't think that would even be possible... as in GT3 all cars of one type have to come from the same constructor.

[Spanner monkey]

The JAS car is'nt a Type R Civic. The suspension and engines are completely different from what JAS have built. Plus Dynamics also build cars to make money to help fund the racing they do.

[Bramzel]

Nope, still doesn't make sense, sorry!

[DS"]

Originally Posted by Speed-King

I don't think that would even be possible... as in GT3 all cars of one type have to come from the same constructor.

I guess Team Dynamics would be abusing a loophole then, by building a Civic Type R, kinda like when Zakspeed once entered a Chrysler Viper in VLN.

[FIRE]

It doesn't make sense.

[Monkey Head]

First two JAS Honda Civic TCR will be used by their long term CUSTOMERS Ken Lau and Michael Choi

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2015/...r-asia-series/

[FIRE]

I assume these are the first of many Honda's moving to Asia.

[FIRE]

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2015/...ysia-practice/

The Ford Focus looks nice.

[Speed-King]

Originally Posted by FIRE

http://www.touringcartimes.com/2015/...ysia-practice/

The Ford Focus looks nice.

And apparently it's even relatively competitive... what happened there?

[Mark0994]

Originally Posted by Speed-King

And apparently it's even relatively competitive... what happened there?

Andy Yan started 3rd in Focus but was on the lead before first corner. But on 2nd or 3rd lap car stopped at the track...

[FIRE]

FRD's Fords are chassis #3 and #4? Or cars from Proteam?

[Go_For_Pole]

With a Google search apparently the car racing is Onyx built while the other waiting for its engine is FRD built. That's interesting.