2022 Touring Car Discussion Thread - TCR, BTCC, etc.Touring Cars

[MagpieRacer]

4 cars for Motorbase/Napa Racing UK. Ash Sutton, Dan Cammish, Sam Osborne and Dan Rowbottom.

 

[05XR8]

For those outside of Australia, that would like to watch some of the action this weekend.

Speedcafe.com and ARG form international streaming parternship -

The Australian Racing Group has chosen Speedcafe.com as its international streaming partner ahead of this weekend's AWC Race Tasmania

www.speedcafe.com

 

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Just announced by Barry Rogers of GRM. They’ve been blessed to design, build and homologate, the new Peugeot 308 TCR.

Bathurst winners strike deal with French marque

All-new model to debut in 2024

wwos.nine.com.au

 

[Michelin Man]

A couple more BTCC announcements from the last couple of days:

PMR have acquired the services of Árón Taylor-Smith, as he switches from Team HARD.



Also, EXCELR8 yesterday revealed their new liveries for Chilton and Ingram's Hyundai's, and they really pop. I'm liking it a lot. (Livery reveal was quite funny too )

 

[R55NA]

Cars are looking fantastic!

 

[Michelin Man]

PMR have also announced that they've secured a third TBL, vacated by Team HARD.



Will be interesting to see how competitive PMR can be this year, as those Astra's are starting to age a little compared to some of the more modern body shapes on the grid. Though I respect it's a big financial upkeep to build a brand-new chassis from a new model these days

 

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New Lynk & Co to debut in 2023 - TCR Australia

Geely Group Motorsport has launched a new version of its successful Lynk & Co 03 TCR, which is set to debut in the upcoming inaugural Kumho TCR World Tour. The new model replaces the multiple WTCR winning version debuted back […]

tcraustralia.com

 

[R55NA]

Love the look of these cars.

 

[Michelin Man]

Mikey Doble makes his BTCC debut for 2023, as PMR sign their second rookie (the other being Andrew Watson). Which completes their 3 car lineup.



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Yesterday WSR also revealed their liveries for the season ahead. Not the best of liveries, but by no means the worst, just 'meh' I suppose 🤷‍♂️. Never quite sure if WSR BMW's looked better in all black based liveries, or the more usual white M-sport colours.

Aside from that though, it would be great to see Morgan mount a title challenge this year (that's no disrespect to his years at Ciceley), I rate him as a very solid driver these days. Wouldn't discount Jelley either.

Going back to car/livery reveals, the next one I'm interested in are the Team Dynamics Hondas . Given Rowbottoms departure there's potential for shakeup in their driver line-up too.

 

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If they could find a way to remove the rear wings and race that way

 

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Double world champion set to race on Australian shores - TCR Australia

Lynk & Co’s Kumho TCR World Tour representative team Cyan Racing has confirmed the final two drivers for its globe trotting campaign, with one a multiple World Touring Car Cup champion. Following the confirmation of previous World Touring Car Championship […]

tcraustralia.com

 

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Good memories of watching Super Touring at the Macau GP, on SpeedVision(when I lived in the states).

Plans announced to host Kumho TCR World Tour at Macau - TCR Australia

The inaugural Kumho TCR World Tour continues to take shape as Macau is set to join the impressive venues on the calendar as the final round of the season. Macau’s annual Guia Race has hosted international teams through various iterations […]

tcraustralia.com

 

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Lynk & Co 03 TCR model set for TCR Australia debut with Autoglym Team ASM - TCR Australia

The Lynk & Co 03 TCR model, which has seen strong international success with a total of seven World Titles since its introduction in 2019, will debut in the Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series during the 2023 season. Autoglym Team […]

tcraustralia.com

 

[MagpieRacer]

BTCC | Team Dynamics to take hiatus from BTCC in 2023

British Touring Car Championship official site

www.btcc.net

Sad to see this. One of the top teams in BTCC history, will be strange to not see them on the grid. They will still support One Motorsport (formerly BTC Racing) in the championship and build classic and GT cars and customer vehicles globally.

 

[Michelin Man]

Very sad to see indeed, given the succes they've helped bring Honda as a manufacturer in the BTCC. Hopefully it's not a lengthy hiatus 🤞. In any case, the added support for One Motorsport could be useful in finally enabling an overall title challenge.

Also, in other recent BTCC news Speedworks-Toyota have revealed their 3 car lineup with Collard, Butcher and Gamble set to drive for them in 2023:

BTCC | Toyota GAZOO Racing UK reveals expanded BTCC line-up

British Touring Car Championship official site

www.btcc.net

Jade Edwards has also made the switch to Team HARD, and will race one of the Cupra's this season. Good to see she remains on the grid as a full season entry 👍 .

BTCC | Edwards joins Team HARD. Racing for 2023

British Touring Car Championship official site

www.btcc.net

 

[MagpieRacer]

Very sad to see indeed, given the succes they've helped bring Honda as a manufacturer in the BTCC. Hopefully it's not a lengthy hiatus 🤞. In any case, the added support for One Motorsport could be useful in finally enabling an overall title challenge.

Also, in other recent BTCC news Speedworks-Toyota have revealed their 3 car lineup with Collard, Butcher and Gamble set to drive for them in 2023:

BTCC | Toyota GAZOO Racing UK reveals expanded BTCC line-up

British Touring Car Championship official site

www.btcc.net

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Jade Edwards has also made the switch to Team HARD, and will race one of the Cupra's this season. Good to see she remains on the grid as a full season entry 👍 .

BTCC | Edwards joins Team HARD. Racing for 2023

British Touring Car Championship official site

www.btcc.net

Yeah hopefully One can do some good with those resources, they've always been hovering around the top and maybe this can give them that little shove. Nice to see Toyota go to a 3 car team as well.

 

[Har1MAS1415]

BTCC | Team Dynamics to take hiatus from BTCC in 2023

British Touring Car Championship official site

www.btcc.net

Sad to see this. One of the top teams in BTCC history, will be strange to not see them on the grid. They will still support One Motorsport (formerly BTC Racing) in the championship and build classic and GT cars and customer vehicles globally.

Yeah hopefully One can do some good with those resources, they've always been hovering around the top and maybe this can give them that little shove. Nice to see Toyota go to a 3 car team as well.

No Shedden then, at least Gamble found another team after Ciceley's departure, surprised but glad to see Collard continue. Must be one of the shortest retirements of recent times.

 

[Har1MAS1415]

BTCC | Hamilton completes Team HARD. Racing line-up and reveals striking 2023 livery

British Touring Car Championship official site

www.btcc.net

Nic Hamilton completes Team HARD's line-up.

Shouldn't there be a 2023 thread by now?