Mat’o Homola, Jessica Bäckman added to Touring Car Cup grid

World Touring Car Cup race-winner Mat’o Homola and his current TCR Europe team-mate Jessica Bäckman have been announced in the latest raft of drivers who will compete in the Touring Car Cup race at the inaugural FIA Motorsport Games.

The pair are two of five drivers added to the initial list of eleven that was released last month, with Slovakia and Sweden being joined on the grid by entries representing the USA, Kuwait and Switzerland.

Both Homola and Bäckman will be at the wheel of Hyundai i30 N TCRs for the event, as will Mason Filippi as he joins the grid at the wheel of the Team USA entry.

That marks a change in model for Filippi, who has been competing in the new Veloster N TCR this season during his programmes in both TC America and the IMSA Michelin Pilot Challenge.

Team Kuwait’s entry will be run by Comtoyou Racing, with Salem Al Nusif at the wheel of an Audi RS 3 LMS, with the Swiss entry seeing experienced racer Jörg Schori join the grid in the sole Opel Astra TCR currently entered.

Hungary is the only nation of the 16 yet to announce a driver or car for the event at Vallelunga in early November.

Touring Car Cup – Entry List:

Gilles Magnus – Team Belgium – Audi RS 3 LMS
Zhang Zhen Dong – Team China – MG6 TCR
Dušan Kouřil Jr – Team Czech Republic – Hyundai i30 N TCR
Luca Engstler – Team Germany – Hyundai i30 N TCR
Jim Ka To – Team Hong Kong – Honda Civic Type R TCR
TBA – Team Hungary – TBA
Salem Al Nusif – Team Kuwait – Audi RS 3 LMS
Julius Adomavičius – Team Lithuania – Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
Faine Kahia – Team New Zealand – Audi RS 3 LMS
Klim Gavrilov – Team Russia – Audi RS 3 LMS
Mat’o Homola – Team Slovakia – Hyundai i30 N TCR
Gonzalo De Andres – Team Spain – Peugeot 308TCR
Jessica Bäckman – Team Sweden – Hyundai i30 N TCR
Jörg Schori – Team Switzerland – Opel Astra TCR
Rory Butcher – Team UK – MG6 TCR
Mason Filippi – Team USA – Hyundai i30 N TCR