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31-car entry confirmed for the 2019 TCR Europe series

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31 cars have been confirmed for the second season of the TCR Europe Touring Car Series, which gets underway next weekend at the Hungaroring, the first of a seven-event calendar which ends at Monza in September.

Three of the top four drivers in the 2018 standings are now competing in the World Touring Car Cup this year, leaving Dusan Borkovic, who finished third in the championship last year after scoring three race victories, as the best-placed driver from last year to return, staying with the Italian Target Competition team in a Hyundai i30 N TCR.

The Hyundai is the most prevalent model on the grid, with ten Hyundai i30 N TCRs entered for the season.

Despite departing the World Touring Car Cup this year, the low-cost Peugeot Sport developed 308TCR is the second most popular model, with six of the French cars on the grid.

With five Cupras, three Volkswagens, two Audis, and three Honda Civics competing in the series, while also taking part in the European series for the first time is the new Renault Mégane RS TCR, which will be driven by Alex Morgan and John Filippi.

High profile entries include former GP2 front-runner Luca Filippi, who will compete with the 2018 WTCR drivers’ championship-winning BRC Racing Team in a Hyundai, and WTCC and WTCR stalwart Tom Coronel, who will compete with Boutsen Ginion Racing in the same Honda Civic TCR he raced last year, except in the first race, where he’ll be replaced by 2016 TCR Benelux champion Stéphane Lémeret.

WestCoast Racing also make their return to the WSC-promoted series after racing in the TCR UK championship and the STCC last year with two Volkswagen Golf GTI TCRs.

Entry list

No – Driver – Nat – Team – Car
3 – Davit Kajaia – GEO – PCR Sport – Cupra TCR
5 – Alex Morgan – GBR – Wolf-Power Racing – Renault Mégane RS TCR
7 – Aurélien Comte – FRA – DG Sport Compétition – Peugeot 308TCR
8 – Luca Engstler – GER – M1RA – Hyundai i30 N TCR
10 – Viktor Davidovski – MKD – PSS Racing Team – Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR
12 – Nelson Panciatici – FRA – M Racing – Hyundai i30 N TCR
16 – Gilles Magnus – BEL – Comtoyou Racing – Audi RS 3 LMS
17 – Martin Ryba – SVK – Brutal Fish Racing Team – Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR
19 – Andreas Bäckman – SWE – Target Competition – Hyundai i30 N TCR
21 – Marie Baus-Coppens – FRA – JSB Compétition – Cupra TCR
23 – Tamás Tenke – HUN – Zengő Motorsport – Cupra TCR
24 – Julien Briché – FRA – JSB Compétition – Peugeot 308TCR
25 – Natan Bihel – FRA – M Racing – Hyundai i30 N TCR
26 – Jessica Bäckman – SWE – Target Competition – Hyundai i30 N TCR
27 – John Filippi – FRA – Vuković Motorsport – Renault Mégane RS TCR
30 – Luca Filippi – ITA – BRC Racing Team – Hyundai i30 N TCR
34 – Stian Paulsen – NOR – Stian Paulsen Racing – Cupra TCR
44 – Lilou Wadoux – FRA – JSB Compétition – Peugeot 308TCR
45 – Gianni Morbidelli – ITA – WestCoast Racing – Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
46 – Olli Kangas – FIN – WestCoast Racing – Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
50 – Tom Coronel – NED – Boutsen Ginion Racing – Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR
2 – Stéphane Lémeret – BEL – Boutsen Ginion Racing – Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR*
55 – Santiago Urrutia – URU – WRT – Audi RS 3 LMS
62 – Dušan Borković – SRB – Target Competition – Hyundai i30 N TCR
66 – Gilles Colombani – FRA – Team Clairet Sport – Peugeot 308TCR
81 – Stéphane Ventaja – FRA – Team Clairet Sport – Peugeot 308TCR*
70 – Mat’o Homola – SVK – Target Competition – Hyundai i30 N TCR
88 – Maxime Potty – BEL – WRT – Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
96 – Abdulla Ali Al-Khelaifi – QAT – PCR Sport – Cupra TCR
99 – Dániel Nagy – HUN – M1RA – Hyundai i30 N TCR
111 – Teddy Clairet – FRA – Team Clairet Sport – Peugeot 308TCR
112 – Jimmy Clairet – FRA – Team Clairet Sport – Peugeot 308TCR
999 – Josh Files – GBR – Target Competition – Hyundai i30 N TCR

* Hungary only, stand-in