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FIA TCR World Tour returns to Australia in 2025 with TCR Australia and Supercars

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The FIA TCR World Tour will return to Australia in 2025 and race during The Bend 500 weekend alongside TCR Australia and the Supercars Championship in September.

“We are thrilled to welcome back the Kumho FIA TCR World Tour, and it’s fantastic to see the series joining such a high-profile event in The Bend 500,” said Liam Curkpatrick, Managing Director of the Australian Racing Group.

The TCR World Tour held two rounds in Australia in 2023 together with TCR Australia while the 2024 season saw no Australian round.

“The international presence in and around the category brought a phenomenal level of interest and excitement in the final two rounds of 2023, and we’re ready to bring that excitement back for a blockbuster weekend of racing,” said Curkpatrick.

“This is just the first piece of the puzzle in the 2025 Supercheap Auto TCR Australia Series calendar, and we look forward to announcing the rest of our exciting calendar shortly.”

The 2025 round will be held on September 12-14 and is the first officially confirmed round for the 2025 FIA TCR World Tour calendar.

“We are delighted to bring the Kumho FIA TCR World Tour back to Australia next year, especially now that the World Tour has been granted the FIA status,” said Marcello Lotti, president of WSC, the TCR World Tour promoter.

“Our previous visit in 2023, with the two joint events with TCR Australia at Sydney Motorsport Park and Bathurst, was incredibly successful.

“We delivered some spectacular races, with the international Touring Car stars facing strong competition from their Australian colleagues, as it was proved by Ben Bargwanna’s pole position and Will Brown’s double victory at Sydney and by the podium finishes of Tony D’Alberto and Aaron Cameron in Bathurst.”