PURE ETCR to become FIA eTouring Car World Cup from 2022
1 month ago
The PURE ETCR series, which is set for its inaugural season this year, will be recognised as an FIA World Cup from 2022.
“It is with great pleasure to see the FIA family of touring car competitions further broadened with the addition of the FIA eTouring Car World Cup,” said Alan Gow, FIA Touring Car Commission President.
“It’s the ideal scenario for FIA-sanctioned touring cars to have the traditional combustion-engined WTCR coexist with a new all-electric competition discipline utilising an innovative format. This is an important step for all parties involved and I’m looking ahead with great excitement to see this new competition take shape.”
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Nicolas Baert has been confirmed for a second season in TCR Europe with Comtoyou Racing, where he will race an Audi RS3 LMS alongside Tom Coronel and Dušan Borković.
Baert, son of Team Principal Jean-Michel Baert, finished third overall in last year’s championship, whilst also clinching the Rookie champion honours and the TCR Benelux accolade.
The Belgian claimed his first win in only his second event, winning race one at Zolder, whilst visiting the podium on one other occasion when he was third at Monza.
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Baert put together a highly consistent campaign which saw him finish ten of the season’s 12 races, with all ten finishes being inside the top ten in each race.
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Siblings Andreas and Jessica Bäckman joins 2021 WTCR grid
9 hours ago
Andreas and Jessica Bäckma will join the 2021 World Touring Car Cup grid with Target Competition in a pair of Hyundai Elantra N TCRs.
“One of my biggest goals in my career has been to compete against the best drivers in the world in the WTCR − FIA FIA World Touring Car Cup,” said Jessica Bäckman.
“It feels unreal that I now can announce that I have reached that goal.”
The duo has driven in the TCR Europe series for the past two seasons, with Andreas Bäckman finishing sixth overall and Jessica Bäckman 18th overall last year.
Jordi Gené and Mikel Azcona confirmed in Cupra line-up
5 hours ago
Cupra has confirmed that it will be represented on the 2021 World Touring Car Cup grid with four cars, two of which will be driven by Jordi Gené and Mikel Azcona.
The pair – who will represent Cupra in ETCR this season – will be part of the Zengő Motorsport line-up as the Hungarian team is once again given the honour of campaigning the Leon Competición during the yesr ahead.
The car appeared in the series for the first time last year, with Azcona taking victory on home soil at Motorland Aragon.