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26-car field announced for Paul Ricard curtain raiser

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The entry list for the TCR Europe curtain raiser at Paul Ricard, France, has been released. It features 26 cars, of which eight Hyundai i30 N TCRs and five Honda Civic TCRs.

National champions Josh Files (Germany and Middle East) and Nicola Baldan (Italy) will race alongside two former International Series champions, with Stefano Comini at the wheel of a Subaru WRX STI TCR and Jean-Karl Vernay in his WRT-run Audi RS 3 LMS.

Pit Lane Competizioni have entered four cars as TCR Italy will race at the same venue the following weekend, including Enrico Bettera who is currently second in the championship after the season opener at Imola.

The Hyundai patrol stands out as former ETCC champion Kris Richard, TCR International Series front runner Dusan Borkovic and Daniel Nagy, fresh from his WTCR wild card entry on his home soil will all be on the grid. Honda feature multiple TCR Germany champion and TCR International Series race winner Attila Tassi. Five Cupras have been entered, including former SEAT León Eurocup front runner Mikel Azcona.

Among the four Audis entered will be Jean-Karl Vernay, as well as Enrico Bettera. Volkswagen will be represented by a single entry with TCR Benelux race winner Maxime Potty’s Golf GTI TCR run by Comtoyou Racing.

Entry List

No – Driver (Nat) – Team – Car
4 – Julien Briché (FRA) – JSB Compétition – Peugeot 308TCR
7 – Igor Stefanovski (MKD) – Stefanovski Racing Team – Hyundai i30 N TCR
8 – Reece Barr (GBR) – Target Competition – Hyundai i30 N TCR
9 – Attila Tassi (HUN) – KCMG – Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR
10 – Viktor Davidovsky (MKD) – PSS Racing Team – Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR
11 – Jens Reno Møller (DEN) – Reno Racing – Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR
13 – Cedric Piro (GER) – Autodis Racing by Piro Sports – Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR
14 – Loris Cencetti (LUX) – Autodis Racing by Piro Sports – Hyundai i30 N TCR
16 – Nicola Baldan (ITA) – Pit Lane Competizioni – Hyundai i30 N TCR
20 – Márk Jedlóczky (HUN) – JLG Sport – Cupra TCR
23 – Francisco Abreu (POR) – Sports & You – Peugeot 308TCR
24 – Gustavo Moura (POR) – Speedy Motorsport – Audi RS 3 LMS
25 – Mikel Azcona (ESP) – PCR Sport – Cupra TCR
26 – Francisco Mora (POR) – M1RA – Hyundai i30 N TCR
34 – Stian Paulsen (NOR) – Stian Paulsen Racing – Cupra TCR
38 – Danny Kroes (NED) – PCR Sport – Cupra TCR
42 – Stefano Comini (SUI) – Race Republic – Subaru WRX STI TCR
62 – Dušan Borković (SRB) – Target Competition – Hyundai i30 N TCR
63 – Giovanni Altoè (ITA) – Pit Lane Competizioni – Audi RS 3 LMS DSG
66 – Andrea Larini (ITA) – Pit Lane Competizioni – Cupra TCR
69 – Jean-Karl Vernay (FRA) – Team WRT – Audi RS 3 LMS
71 – Enrico Bettera (ITA) – Pit Lane Competizioni – Audi RS 3 LMS
88 – Maxime Potty (BEL) – Comtoyou Racing – Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
94 – Kris Richard (SUI) – Target Competition – Hyundai i30 N TCR
99 – Josh Files (GBR) – KCMG – Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR
999 – Dániel Nagy (HUN) – M1RA – Hyundai i30 N TCR