Reigning champion Salvatore Tavano returns with Scuderia del Girasole
1 day ago
Reigning TCR Italy champion Salvatore Tavano will be back for the 2021 season with Scuderia del Girasole.
“I am very happy and honored by the trust placed in me, so I can only consider myself lucky to be able to give my best again,” said Tavano.
“The competition is strong, the opponents are fierce, the task increasingly difficult because we have three consecutive titles to defend.”
Tavano will drive a Cupra León Competición this season, just as he did last year when he claimed the title under controversial circumstances.
Jan Magnussen tops first official TCR Denmark test day
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Jan Magnussen was fastest of all in day one of the first official TCR Denmark pre-season test of 2021 at Jyllandsringen behind the wheel of his new LM Racing-prepared Cupra León Competición.
The former F1 driver lapped the circuit in 1:09.073 and was close to two tenths faster than reigning champion and Honda driver Kasper Jensen.
Magnussen’s team-mate Nicolai Sylvest was third fastest, just 36 thousands of a second behind Jensen.
Casper Elgaard, who signed for Peugeot Sport Danmark ahead of 2021, was fourth fastest ahead of rival Peugeot driver Michael Markussen, both just over seven tenths of a second from the top time.
Michele Imberti secures Cupra TCR for 2021
5 days ago
Michele Imberti will graduate into a new Cupra León TCR for the 2021 TCR Italy season with the ELITE Motorsport team.
Imberti took the took the Italian TCR DSG title with the team last year in an older Cupra (pictured) but will now target the overall crown – as well as the Under 25 title – during the year ahead in the latest León Competición.
“I am really happy with this opportunity!” he said. “I want to do well and I want to be ready from the first race. With ELITE Motorsport I feel good and we share the same goals. I don’t want to make any predictions, but I feel confident, I like the car and I feel at ease. At Monza, we will see where we will be.
1 month ago
Mikel Azcona will join Cupra for the inaugural PURE ETCR season, a campaign he hopes to combine with a continued World Touring Car Cup programme.
“I would love to combine it with WTCR, with the aim of fighting for the title,” said Azcona.
The Spaniard raced a Cupra León Competición in the WTCR last year for Zengo Motorsport and the Hungarian team is yet to confirm its plans for 2021.
Azcona completed his first laps with the new Cupra e-Racer last week at Motorland Aragón in Spain.
“I really want to start, get in the car and continue developing the car together with Jordi and Mattias,” said Azcona.
LM Racing confirm Louise Frost for 2021 season
2 months ago
LM Racing has confirmed that a deal has been struck that will see Louise Frost join the team for the 2021 TCR Denmark season.
The team had revealed prior to Christmas that it was working to try and get Frost into one of the Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR cars that it fielded in the series last year – although it was dependent on funding being sourced.
Now however, the deal for the 26-year-old to join the team has been confirmed and she will line-up alongside Jan Magnussen and Nicolai Sylvest, both of whom will run in new Cupra León Competicións, in what it currently a three-car team.