Esteban Guerrieri extends GOAT Racing stay

Esteban Guerrieri will remain with the GOAT Racing team for a second successive TCR World Tour season after the Spanish team confirmed he will continue at the wheel of its Honda Civic Type R TCRs.

The 40-year-old, who was a title contender across the 2024 season and race winner in Brazil, will partner Ignacio Montenegro after he was confirmed in the first race seat earlier this month.

Guerrieri first raced with Honda in the latter stages of the 2017 World Touring Car Championship and twice finished in the top three of the World Touring Car Cup at the wheel of a Civic Type R.

“I’m delighted to stay with GOAT Racing for a second season in the Kumho FIA TCR World Tour,” he said.

“We’re not a large team like some of the others, but we’re small and dynamic, and that has its advantages, like making quick, effective changes that can totally transform a race weekend. We were very good at this in 2024 and that bred consistency, which kept us in the fight for the championship even if other cars were winning.

“We’re still underdogs, but everyone knows what we are capable of and I like that. Teaming up with Ignacio will be very good. I coached him as part of the JAS Driver Development Programme last year and have been very impressed so I’m sure together we can do a good job.”

Team manager Pepe Oriola was delighted to retain the experienced Argentinian racer for another year.
 
“Having Esteban in the team again was our priority after an impressive first year together,” he said. “He is one of the most successful touring car drivers in the world and his experienced helped make our team strong from the first round of 2024.

“Having him in the team is a guarantee of success, as he proved last year by arriving at the Macau finale fighting for the world title. I’m sure that together we will bring a good show to the grid. I’m very much looking forward for the 2025 season.”