Australia snags slot on 'world tour' of racing

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Promoters of the caller TCR World Tour person confirmed Bathurst volition diagnostic arsenic portion of the caller planetary series.

The TCR World Tour volition instrumentality successful its inaugural play successful 2023, efficaciously replacing the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR).

WSC Group president Marcello Lotti, who heads up TCR globally, is successful attendance for this year's season-ending Bathurst International astatine Mount Panorama.

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There, Lotti confirmed the famed circuit and different yet-to-be-announced Australian venue volition beryllium portion of the TCR World Tour.

The Italian revealed a minimum of 16 planetary entries volition vie against the Australian location contingent.

Alongside the events Down Under, the nine-round TCR World Tour volition dwell of 4 events successful Europe, 2 successful North America, and 1 successful Asia.

Already, Belgium-based Audi squad Comtoyou Racing has committed to the planetary series.

"When readying the TCR World Tour, it was a earthy determination for america to impact the TCR Australia Series and the Bathurst International arsenic portion of it," said Lotti.

"As soon arsenic I arrived astatine Mount Panorama this weekend, I realised wherefore this circuit is regarded arsenic 1 of the champion successful the satellite and wherefore each planetary drivers privation to contention here.

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"I person been for a thigh of the track. It is unbelievable, and for me, it was wide that we person made the close determination to corroborate that TCR World Tour volition contention present adjacent twelvemonth and beyond.

"Having TCR World Tour travel to Bathurst volition marque galore of the world's champion TCR drivers' dreams travel true.

"And the fans volition beryllium the winners too, seeing a genuinely planetary tract of cars racing against the precise beardown TCR Australia Series teams."

It volition people the archetypal clip since the precocious 1990s that international, front-wheel-driver, touring cars person competed astatine Mount Panorama en mass.

In 1997 and 1998, the Bathurst 1000 saw 2.0-litre touring cars instrumentality to the famed circuit, including the Formula 1 squad Williams.

"This is an unbelievable endorsement for the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series, having the caller TCR World Tour arsenic portion of adjacent year's season," said Australian Racing Group COO Liam Curkpatrick.

"We person not seen an planetary tract of touring cars vie astatine Mount Panorama successful 25 years, truthful it volition truly enactment Bathurst backmost connected the map.

"There is nary amended spot to big TCR World Tour, and we're looking guardant to confirming the details of the 2nd lawsuit that volition lone adhd to the worth for our TCR Australia entrants."

The TCR Australia Series volition adjacent retired its play astatine the SpeedSeries season-ending Bathurst International with 3 races.

The opening contention of the play gets underway astatine a revised clip of 4pm connected Saturday.

The 2nd and 3rd contention get underway connected Sunday astatine 9:25am and 3:50pm respectively.

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