Stian Paulsen joins Spa grid

Stian Paulsen will return to the TCR Europe grid for the first time since 2022 after confirming an entry to the Spa event with his own team.

The Norwegian will be at the wheel of an Audi RS 3 LMS for the event and is the first of a number of new additions that are expected to bolster the grid.

“I’m looking forward so crazily much to being back on the grid,” he said. “I’ve had this car for two years now and finally I’ve had the opportunity to come back and race with it. I’m super-happy to have got a place on the grid.

“In terms of preparation, I’ve been out twice at my local track Rudskogen, but it’s not really a track you can compare with Spa. It’s been four years since I last raced in TCR Europe, and the last time with my own team was in 2019, so my expectations are just to have fun! That’s my main goal, to have fun with my team and have a really nice weekend and have something to look back on as a good weekend.

“I’ve been wanting to come back for a long time. Over the last years I’ve been rebuilding a new workshop here in Norway, and now we’re at the level where I can come back and do some racing. I’ve missed racing every week since 2019. I’ve been doing go-karting, so I’ve been racing in a way which will hopefully help me to keep the speed up, but we’ll find out at Spa!”