Mehdi Bennani joins 15-car FIA TCR World Tour grid in Marrakech

Mehdi Bennani will return to world touring cars this weekend for round two of the FIA TCR World Tour on the streets of Marrakech where a total of 15 cars will race.

The Moroccan driver will race a new Cupra León VZ TCR at his home race for Team Clairet Sport, with no information so far if this is a one-off appearance only.

The last time Bennani raced in world touring cars was during the 2022 FIA WTCR season for Comtoyou Racing, finishing eleventh overall.

Team Clairet Sport will enter two cars for Marrakech, with French driver Julien Piguet joining Bennani on the grid in an Audi RS 3 LMS.

Piguet has plenty of GT experience, finishing second overall in the GT4 European Series – Am Cup last year.

GOAT Racing will enter a fourth Honda Civic Type R FL5 TCR for Victor Fernández, joining team-mates Esteban Guerrieri, Marco Butti and Dusan Borkovic.

FIA TCR World Tour entry list – Marrakech

30 – Julien Piguet – Team Clairet Sport – Audi RS 3 LMS
31 – Victor Fernández – GOAT Racing – Honda Civic Type R FL5 TCR
62 – Dusan Borkovic – GOAT Racing – Honda Civic Type R FL5 TCR
105 – Norbert Michelisz – BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse – Hyundai Elantra N
111 – Thed Björk – Lynk & Co Cyan Racing – Lynk & Co 03 FL
112 – Santiago Urrutia – Lynk & Co Cyan Racing – Lynk & Co 03 FL
125 – Mehdi Bennani – Team Clairet Sport – Cupra León VZ TCR
127 – John Filippi – Volcano Motorsport – Audi RS 3 LMS TCR
129 – Néstor Girolami – BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse – Hyundai Elantra N
155 – Ma Qing Hua – Lynk & Co Cyan Racing – Lynk & Co 03 FL
168 – Yann Ehrlacher – Lynk & Co Cyan Racing – Lynk & Co 03 FL
186 – Esteban Guerrieri – GOAT Racing – Honda Civic Type R FL5
196 – Mikel Azcona – BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse – Hyundai Elantra N
199 – Marco Butti – GOAT Racing – Honda Civic Type R FL5
212 – Sami Taoufik – Volcano Motorsport – Audi RS 3 LMS TCR