Andy Priaulx will line up alongside Yvan Muller and Thed Bjork for Cyan Racing in 2019.
A night race held at Sepang is a new addition to the World Touring Car Cup calendar for 2019, while the Chinese race on the streets of Wuhan has been dropped.
Francois Ribeiro, Head of Eurosport Events, has revealed a couple of key changes that are set to be made to the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) for the 2019 season.
Former WTCC stars, Augusto Farfus and Nicky Catsburg, shall return to the top level of touring car racing after signing with Hyundai for the 2019 season.
Geely Group Motorsport’s 2019 preparation has stepped up another gear, as testing got underway with the new Lynk & Co 03 TCR.
Hyundai have announced that they will produce TCR race cars based on the new Veloster N, and that they will also use the car as a basis to enter ETCR in 2020.
2018 championship runner-up, Yvan Muller, will return to the World Touring Car Cup next season with Cyan Racing.
At 56 years of age, Gabriele Tarquini proved that he’s still got plenty of speed left in him as he was crowned FIA World Touring Car Champion, while Esteban Guerrieri won the final WTCR race of the year.
Frederic Vervisch took his, and Comtoyou Racing’s, first race victory in the World Touring Car Cup after defeating pole-sitter, Timo Scheider.
Jean-Karl Vernay took a somewhat surprise race win in the opening WTCR race at Macau, while Gabriele Tarquini and Yvan Muller are now the only drivers left standing with a mathematical shot of being champion.
Rob Huff took pole position for races 1&3 at Macau this weekend, while Timo Scheider will start from the front of the reversed-grid in race 2.
Rob Huff broke the TCR lap record in the second practice session at Macau, showing scintillating form ahead of qualifying.
With seven drivers still in contention for the championship, the 2018 World Touring Car Cup season will reach its conclusion this weekend on the legendary Macau street circuit.
Six local drivers will take to the streets of Macau as wildcard entries for the final World Touring Car Cup event of the year.
With Tiago Monteiro electing to skip the WTCR event at Macau due to health risks, Ma Qing Hua will step back into the vacant Boutsen Ginion Racing Honda Civic this weekend.
Although Kevin Ceccon took victory on the road, a five second penalty meant that he’d drop behind championship leader Gabriele Tarquini.
Rob Huff took his second race win of 2018 after beating Pepe Oriola, while Norbert Michelisz made a long-awaited return to the top three.
