Bathurst 1000 winner's son goes global

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Ben Bargwanna is acceptable to marque his planetary racing debut aboriginal this twelvemonth successful the TCR World Tour.

Son of Bathurst 1000 victor Jason Bargwanna, the young weapon has confirmed his instrumentality to the TCR Australia Series with Garry Rogers Motorsport.

He'll contention the bid successful its entirety arsenic good arsenic 2 TCR World Tour events successful Portugal and Belgium.

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That volition spot him contention astatine Algarve archetypal connected April 28-30 arsenic good arsenic the Spa-Francorchamps connected May 26-28.

Algarve hosted the Portuguese Grand Prix successful 2020 and 2021 portion Spa-Francorchamps has agelong been a staple of the Formula 1 calendar for decades.

Bargwanna volition contention a Peugeot 308 successful the TCR Australia Series and the TCR World Tour, the second seeing him articulation Team Clairet Sport.

In total, it volition mean Bargwanna contests 4 TCR World Tour events with Mount Panorama and different yet-to-be-confirmed circuit successful Australia to big a limb of the tour.

"When the World Tour format go public, and determination was a hint of a accidental to compete, it was thing I wanted to beryllium a portion of," said Bargwanna.

"For it present to go a world has made maine consciousness a ft taller with pridefulness and excitement.

"The thought that I volition correspond Australia astatine a satellite title level and to beryllium capable to person ace astatine Algarve and Spa is mind-blowing. I can't hold to onslaught Eau Rouge, fto maine astatine it!

"It's just to accidental my simulator volition get a workout this twelvemonth successful mentation for the 2 starts successful Europe.

"Our main extremity is to triumph the Australian title, but I americium definite my 3 different GRM Peugeot teammates volition commencement the twelvemonth with the aforesaid objective.

"I look guardant to making the Peugeots one, two, 3 and 4 successful the championship, and gathering a beardown run and delivering the effect the squad deserves."

In confirming his 2023 racing plans, Bargwanna besides revealed his livery.

A behind-the-scenes documentary pursuing his travel volition besides beryllium produced this twelvemonth and aired exclusively connected Stan Sport.

The opening circular of this year's TCR Australia Series takes spot astatine Symmons Plains Raceway connected February 24-26.

Stan Sport volition transportation live, ad-free, and uninterrupted sum connected Saturday and Sunday.

The Nine Network volition transportation 3 hours of free-to-air sum connected Saturday from 2pm to 5pm.

2023 TCR Australia Series calendar:

Round 1: Race Tasmania, Symmons Plains – February 24-26

Round 2: Phillip Island – May 12-14

Round 3: Winton Raceway – June 9-11

Round 4: Sydney Motorsport Park – June 23-25

Round 5: Queensland Raceway – August 11-13

Round 6: Sandown International Raceway – September 8-10

Round 7: Bathurst International (TCR World Tour) – November 10-12

2023 TCR World Tour calendar (provisional):

Round 1: Algarve International Circuit, Portugal – April 28-30

Round 2: Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium – May 26-28

Round 3: Vallelunga Circuit, Spain – June 9-11

Round 4: Hungaroring, Hungary – June 16-18

Round 5: Autódromo Víctor Borrat Fabini, Uruguay – August 18-20

Round 6: Autódromo Rosendo Hernández, Argentina – August 25-27

Round 7: TBC – TBC

Round 8: Mount Panorama, Australia – November 10-12

Round 9: Guia Circuit, Macau – November 17-19

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