The change that could flip series on its head

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A marque caller tyre compound could wholly alteration the complexion of this year's TCR Australia Series, according to 2 starring drivers.

The bid has ditched French tyre shaper Michelin up of the 2023 play successful favour of South Korean rubber shaper Kumho.

The alteration brings the Australian bid successful enactment with different TCR categories successful Europe and South America arsenic good arsenic the all-new TCR World Tour.

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Prior to the SpeedSeries season-opener astatine Symmons Plains connected February 24-26, an further 4 hours worthy of signifier volition instrumentality spot connected February 23.

The alteration bodes good for Garry Rogers Motorsport, who volition bring 4 cars to Tasmania for the archetypal round.

That'll springiness them a limb up connected the smaller teams with 4 information points to enactment with.

"I deliberation it's truly breathtaking having a caller tyre for the category," said Peugeot aviator Aaron Cameron.

"I deliberation it's large and levels the playing tract again arsenic with GRM moving 4 cars, it's a large limb up for america arsenic we tin conscionable cod that information truthful accelerated connected these tyre tests compared to different teams moving 1 oregon 2 cars.

"It's a large vantage for america and we've got immoderate astute people, who should beryllium capable to marque the astir of it."

It could mean a alteration of tact successful qualifying too.

"It'll beryllium absorbing to spot what happens with this tyre successful presumption of whether we tally 4 (new tyres) connected qualifying oregon conscionable enactment 2 (new tyres) connected the front," Cameron explained.

"It conscionable resets what we did with the erstwhile tyre arsenic the Kumho could beryllium a batch different.

"The tyre trial is simply a large commencement for america to larn the tyre earlier we get into the enactment astatine Symmons Plains."

Last year's TCR Australia Series victor Tony D'Alberto said the alteration could shift however teams attack car set-up.

"It's going to beryllium interesting," said D'Alberto, who returns successful his Honda.

"We had a caller tyre past twelvemonth arsenic well, which changes the equilibrium of the car truthful we're beauteous keen to get our hands connected a caller acceptable of the Kumhos to spot however the Honda reacts and the changes we request to make.

"I deliberation it's a large inaugural to spell to the aforesaid tyre that we're going to tally against the internationals aboriginal successful the year.

"The squad has spoken to JAS Motorsport implicit successful Europe to get a small spot of insight, but there's ever antithetic opinions connected those things. From each reports it's a precise bully tyre (and) we shouldn't spot immoderate issues with them.

"It's conscionable truly trying to get a consciousness for the equilibrium and spot however we request to displacement that to get the astir retired of the Type R TCR."

The opening SpeedSeries round, Race Tasmania, astatine Symmons Plains takes spot connected February 24-26.

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