Aussie racing champ to make series history

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TCR Australia Series champion Tony D'Alberto has confirmed he'll instrumentality for different tilt astatine the touring car title, marking a historical archetypal for the category.

The Melbourne-born operator volition go the archetypal bid victor to instrumentality aft taking the title.

He volition besides transportation the iconic No.1 connected his car, becoming the archetypal operator successful the class to bash so.

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With backing from Honda Australia, the series-winning Civic Type R volition instrumentality to the grid too.

While D'Alberto didn't person the astir wins successful 2022, it was a lawsuit of consistently finishing adjacent the beforehand that paid dividends.

"It's large to corroborate that I'll beryllium coming backmost to support my TCR Australia bid rubric with the No.1 placed connected my Honda Civic Type R," said D'Alberto.

"TCR Australia is 1 of the champion racing categories that I've ever been progressive with.

"The cars are rewarding to drive, the contention is adjacent and continues to beryllium an affordable, market-relevant class.

"The Honda Civic Type R TCR has proven astir the satellite to beryllium competitory successful each TCR series, and I was precise pleased to springiness Honda its archetypal rubric occurrence successful Australia past year.

"With the ongoing enactment from JAS Motorsport, positive the professionalism of Wall Racing, determination is nary crushed wherefore our bundle won't beryllium a unit successful 2023."

In its four-year history, nary champion has returned to the bid the twelvemonth aft with the No.1 connected their door.

The inaugural play was won by Will Brown for HMO Customer Racing successful 2019.

Due to COVID-19, the 2020 play did not spell up and precluded him from carrying the number.

The 2021 play was taken retired by Melbourne Performance Centre operator Chaz Mostert, who won the rubric with 2 races to spare.

However, helium opted not to contention successful 2022 to absorption connected his Supercars commitments with Walkinshaw Andretti United.

The 2023 TCR Australia Series gets underway astatine Symmons Plains connected February 24-26.

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