Shanghai opener set for 17 car field

The new TCR Asia and TCR China seasons will kick off this weekend, with a 17 car entry set to do battle in Shanghai.

The field is headed by the three-car entry from defending TCR China title winners Teamwork Motorsport, which will enter Ma Qing Hua. Jason Zhang and Sunny Wong, with main rivals MG XPower heading into battle with four cars.

Rodolfo Ávila and Zhang Zhen Dong both return having battled Ma hard for the TCR China crown last year and will be joined in the line-up by former British F3 racer Martin Cao and Yan Chuang.

Two more MG 6 TCR cars will feature this weekend for Lin Qi and Wang Tao, both of whom are entered by the Auto Home Racing team.

The Huffsport TM team headed by former WTCC title winner Rob Huff fields two Audi cars for Yang Xi and Ken Tian, with 326 Motorsport also running a pair of Audis for Mi Qi and Wu Yifan.

The field is the rounded out by four cars from Z.Speed representing Volkswagen, Audi and CUPRA.

TCR Asia Entry:

3 – Yang Xi – Huffsport TM – Audi RS 3 LMS
7 – Yan Chuang – MG Xpower – MG 6 TCR
12 – Sunny Wong – Shell Teamwork – Lynk & Co 03 TCR
15 – Ken Tian – Huffsport TM – Audi RS 3 LMS
16 – Ruan Cun Fan – Z.Speed – Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
17 – Yang Xiao Wei Z.Speed – Audi RS 3 LMS DSG
18 – Zhang Zhen Dong – MG Xpower – MG 6 TCR
20 – Rodolfo Ávila – MG Xpower – MG 6 TCR
36 – Jason Zhang – Shell Teamwork – Lynk & Co 03 TCR
51 – Wu Yifan – 326 Motorsport – Audi RS 3 LMS
55 – Ma Qing Hua – Shell Teamwork – Lynk & Co 03 TCR
66 – Chen Ze Xun – Z.Speed – CUPRA TCR DSG
77 – Samuel Qiu – Z.Speed – Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR
88 – Martin Cao Hong Wei – MG Xpower – MG 6 TCR
106 – Mi Qi – 326 Motorsport – Audi RS 3 LMS
601 – Wang Tao – Auto Home Racing Team – MG 6 TCR
818 – Lin Qi – Auto Home Racing Team – MG 6 TCR