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French ace takes on 'mythical' Mount Panorama - CtrlF.XYZ

French ace takes on 'mythical' Mount Panorama

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The inaugural Supercheap Auto Bathurst International volition beryllium bolstered by the summation of an overseas wildcard to the TCR Australia Series grid.

Teddy Clairet of France has confirmed helium volition thrust a Peugeot 308 successful the SpeedSeries play finale astatine Mount Panorama connected November 11-13.

The two-time French touring car rubric winner, who presently races successful the European equivalent of Australia's TCR competition, volition articulation esteemed outfit Garry Rogers Motorsport.

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It means the Melbourne-based squad volition tract 5 Peugeot entries astatine 'The Mountain' arsenic Clairet joins Jordan Cox, Aaron Cameron, Dylan O'Keeffe and Ben Bargwanna.

Clairet finished sixth successful past year's TCR Europe Series, conscionable up of teammate and member Jimmy for Team Clairet Sport.

A triumph connected location ungraded astatine Circuit Paul Ricard highlighted the 28-year-old's season.

"I'm truly excited to travel to Australia and contention there," Clairet said.

"Bathurst is simply a mythical way so, for maine it's a imagination to contention determination and I'm truly looking guardant to observe this fantastic place.

"I person a batch of respect for this benignant of way truthful I volition usage each the assistance that I tin find to recognize the way and bask the race.

"Of course, I cognize the car precise well, truthful that's a bully point. Also, I cognize that Garry Rogers Motorsport is simply a ace squad which besides knows the car truly well.

"I'm afloat assured they volition supply maine a large car to vie against the grid, and that they volition enactment maine successful the champion information to combat for a beardown result."

Despite surviving connected the different broadside of the world, Clairet said he's agelong kept an oculus connected the TCR contention Down Under.

"I truly often ticker highlights from TCR Australia, I'm pursuing a batch of the results successful the bid and I cognize that determination is simply a precise beardown field," helium said.

"They are each specialists truthful I cognize that it volition beryllium hard connected track. The races are afloat of entertainment, truthful I volition bash my best, respecting each the drivers and effort to scope the champion that I can.

"From what I've seen, determination are a batch of fans implicit the track, and the ambiance seems truly bully successful the paddock, with passionate people. I privation to bask this acquisition and I would similar to convey again the spot from Peugeot Sport and Garry Rogers Motorsport."

For Rogers, the summation of Clairet to the squad has a beardown household synergy.

"Teddy is simply a precise experienced racer, and a truly beauteous feline too. He races successful his household team, and that's what we are each astir astatine GRM. He is going to acceptable successful truly well.

"This is besides a large mode to widen our narration with Stellantis (constructors of the Peugeot TCR car) and it has opened the doorway to opportunities specified arsenic getting Teddy to Australia for the Bathurst International and besides Aaron Cameron to France to vie successful the FIA Motorsport Games.

"We're looking guardant to seeing however Teddy goes astatine Bathurst, portion we volition besides person 1 oculus connected the bid rubric too.

"Our antheral Jordan Cox is close successful the combat for the title, and we're each pushing arsenic hard arsenic we tin to guarantee that Jordan and the remainder of our squad are close astatine the pointy extremity of the tract astatine Mount Panorama successful November."

This year's Bathurst International takes spot crossed November 11-13 astatine Mount Panorama and volition beryllium shown unrecorded and ad-free connected Stan Sport.

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