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Jordi Gené completes Craft-Bamboo line-up

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Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil have announced that Jordi Gené will complete the team’s driver line-up for the 2015 TCR International Series, alongside Russian driver Sergey Afanasyev and Spaniard Pepe Oriola.

Gené, who has been a factory driver for SEAT since 2003, leading the development of the Super 2000 specification SEAT Toledo for the European Touring Car Championship, the León and León TDI for the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and more recently the new León Cup Racer, will compete in the new-for-2015 series for the UK/Hong Kong based operation.

Gené’s last full campaign was in 2012, when he drove the Kristoffersson Motorsport Volkswagen Scirocco in the Scandivian Touring Car Championship.

“I am really looking forward to this new project, and I’m also very motivated to participate in the TCR International Series with the SEAT Leon Cup Racer, especially after having collaborated with SEAT Sport in its development,” said Gené.

“The opportunity that Craft-Bamboo and Lukoil are giving me makes me very happy and I’m convinced that we will fight for the title from the very beginning. The SEAT Leon Cup Racer is a very fast and reliable car and the professionalism of Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil will allow us to compete at a very high level.”

“The fact that TCR is sharing some races with the F1 calendar will help promote the new series and help to increase awareness. I know the SEAT Leon Cup Racer very well and I’ve done some testing during the pre-season which I also have combined with karting to make sure my reactions and skills are up to the challenge.”

CEO of Craft-Bamboo Racing Richard Coleman added:

“It is great to finally welcome our third driver, Jordi Gené, to Team Craft-Bamboo Lukoil. He is a proven race winner and brings with him vast amounts of knowledge as a factory development driver for SEAT. I have high expectations for results with the quality of drivers and years of collective racing experience they possess, and will be looking forward to a very exciting season.”