TCR Malaysia reveals 13-car entry for inaugural meeting

Organisers of the new TCR Malaysia series have revealed a 13 car entry for the opening round of the campaign at Sepang.

The entry is headlined WTCR race winner Rob Huff, who was announced earlier today as the driver of Teamwork Motorsport’s Volkswagen Golf.

Huff joins two TCR title winners on the grid, with TCR Asia title winner Luca Engstler spear-heading a five-strong Team Engstler entry that also includes his 2018 TCR Germany team-mate Theo Coicaud, and TCR Korea champion Charlie Kang at the wheel of a Hyundai i30 N TCR entered by Indigo Racing.

Other additions to the driver line-up already confirmed include Slovakian racer Martin Ryba in a Volkswagen Golf entered by Brutalfish Racing, Paul Ip in a KCMG-run Honda Civic Type R and Douglas Khoo in the line Cupra in the field.

Entry list

No – Driver – Nat – Team – Car
2 – Kenneth Lau – HKG – Prince Racing – Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR
3 – Kai Jordan – GER – Team Engstler – Volkwagen Golf GTI TCR
4 – Adam Khalid – MAS – Team Engstler – Volkwagen Golf GTI TCR
7 – Michael Choi – HKG – Prince Racing – Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR
8 – Luca Engstler – GER – Team Engstler – Hyundai i30 N TCR
9 – Henry Kwong – HKG – Team Engstler – Volkwagen Golf GTI TCR
12 – Rob Huff – GBR – Teamwork Motorsport – Volkwagen Golf GTI TCR
17 – Martin Ryba – SLO – Brutalfish Racing – Volkwagen Golf GTI TCR
23 – Gary Cheung/David Lau – HKG/HKG – Maximum Racing – Honda Civic Type R FK2 TCR
27 – Theo Coicaud – FRA – Team Engstler – Hyundai i30 N TCR
51 – Paul Ip – HKG – KCMG – Honda Civic Type R FK8 TCR
65 – Douglas Khoo – MAS – Viper Niza Racing – Cupra TCR
97 – Charlie Kang – KOR – Indigo Racing – Hyundai i30 N TCR