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Old 15 Feb 2018, 13:55 (Ref:3801581)   #448
Tarzaan
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Tarzaan should be qualifying in the top 10 on the grid
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Originally Posted by Speed-King View Post
The Audi is actually not the best TCR car. The longer wheelbase makes it well-suited for high speed tracks, but that comes at a cost when being raced on tight and twisty circuits, where it's outpaced by the more nimble hatchbacks.

I think teams are drawn to Audi mostly by the highly marketable brand image and the above average customer support program. (Not necessarily in that order)

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The BOP test was done in Valencia. In the wtcc the sedans was the competitve cars inTC1 and S2000 era too.

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Originally Posted by Bcarr6 View Post
As far as I can tell this is the full list of ANNOUNCED entries...

World Touring Car Cup Entry List 2018

Bousten Ginion Racing - Honda Civic FK8 Type R TCR - Tiago Monteiro
Bousten Ginion Racing - Honda Civic FK8 Type R TCR - TBA
BRC Racing Team - Hyundai i30 N TCR - Norbert Michelisz
BRC Racing Team - Hyundai i30 N TCR - Gabriele Tarquini
Comtoyou Racing - Audi RS3 LMS TCR - Nathanael Berton
Comtoyou Racing - Audi RS3 LMS TCR - Denis Dupont
Comtoyou Racing - Audi RS3 LMS TCR - Aurelien Panis
Comtoyou Racing - Audi RS3 LMS TCR - Frederic Vervisch
DG Sport Competition - Peugeot 308TCR - TBA
DG Sport Competition - Peugeot 308TCR - TBA
Munnich Motorsport - Honda Civic FK8 Type R TCR - Esteban Guerrieri
Munnich Motorsport - Honda Civic FK8 Type R TCR - TBA
Romeo Ferraris - Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR - TBA
Romeo Ferraris - Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR - TBA
Sebastian Loeb Racing - Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR - Mehdi Bennani
Sebastian Loeb Racing - Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR - Rob Huff
Team WRT - Audi RS3 LMS TCR - Gordon Shedden
Team WRT - Audi RS3 LMS TCR - Jean-Karl Vernay
Yvan Muller Racing - Hyundai i30 N TCR - Thed Bjork
Yvan Muller Racing - Hyundai i30 N TCR - Tvan Muller
That's 20 cars.

2 or 3 Campos Seat almost sure (and Oriola as one of their driver) and maybe +1 Honda for Tassi Attila.
+2 car might be belong to Zengő.

I read a rumor in a comment that might be M1RA would run their year old civics for the wild card/guest drivers.

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