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Old 4 Mar 2019, 11:56 (Ref:3888168)   #301
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Head of motorsport at CUPRA, Jaime Puig, confirms that the two teams running in FIA WTCR / Oscaro this season will be Comtoyou Racing & PWR Racing Team
PWR drivers TBC, but bets are Haglof and Azcona. They both tested few days ago.
Does this mean that Oriola is out of Seat/Cupra programs for WTCR?
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Old 4 Mar 2019, 12:07 (Ref:3888171)   #302
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PWR is a good team and they will do a good job. A pity that Oriola will not be a Cupra driver on track this year. The spaniard is not phenomenal but he's consistent and he could have won races...

Azcona has to learn the tracks but he is fast and realible
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Old 4 Mar 2019, 12:13 (Ref:3888173)   #303
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Does this mean that Oriola is out of Seat/Cupra programs for WTCR?[/QUOTE]

Basically yes. This is the confirmation of Campos concentrating on eTCR, which was Rumoured long ago.
As for PWR, I really hope they give a chance to Dahlgren and not Haglöf. Ok, Haglöf is a decent driver, but Dahlgren is on a completely different level. Haglöf would be the René Münnich story all over again, maybe a bit faster.

As PWR have not confirmed their STCC program since the change of promoter, we can still hope for Dahlgren. Maybe not, as he was announced to remain, with that purple sponsored Cupra, but the promoter change might have moved things around.
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Old 4 Mar 2019, 12:24 (Ref:3888179)   #304
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As for PWR, I really hope they give a chance to Dahlgren and not Haglöf. Ok, Haglöf is a decent driver, but Dahlgren is on a completely different level. Haglöf would be the René Münnich story all over again, maybe a bit faster.
Of course Dahlgren has more experience outside Sweden but Haglof will be much faster than Munnich. The latter was a rallycross driver that switched in touring cars but showed no speed. Haglof has done many many years in touring cars and he's done good things in Sweden
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Old 4 Mar 2019, 21:10 (Ref:3888276)   #305
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Well, PWR entry was somewhat unexpected. I believe the driver line up will be indeed Azcona and Haglof.

Dtw, this article mentions that PWR will run 2 cars in TCR Scandinavia
http://www.tcr-series.com/news/item/...h-cupra-racing
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Old 4 Mar 2019, 22:14 (Ref:3888288)   #306
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Does this mean that Oriola is out of Seat/Cupra programs for WTCR?

Oriola was trying to sell himself to Hyundai. We all want to believe in impossible things, I suppose, to persuade ourselves that miracles can happen.
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Old 15 Mar 2019, 09:06 (Ref:3890611)   #307
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https://www.touringcartimes.com/2019...019-wtcr-grid/

Azcona and Haglof confirmed at PWR

The confirmation of Haglöf and Azcona completes the 2019 WTCR line-up, with DG Sport Compétition, Campos Racing, and Zengo Motorsport leaving the championship – with Peugeot Sport reducing support for its 308TCR project.

And yet few days ago Peugeot Sport said that winners of their cup series will be able to race in TCR Europe and WTCR with factory support...
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Old 15 Mar 2019, 09:21 (Ref:3890612)   #308
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Azcona and Haglof confirmed at PWR

The confirmation of Haglöf and Azcona completes the 2019 WTCR line-up, with DG Sport Compétition, Campos Racing, and Zengo Motorsport leaving the championship – with Peugeot Sport reducing support for its 308TCR project.

And yet few days ago Peugeot Sport said that winners of their cup series will be able to race in TCR Europe and WTCR with factory support...
26 is a good number, the quality of the grid is really high
Then of course we will see a number of wild cards in every round also


Campos should have ended their touring cars programme, DG Sport and Zengo should join the interesting TCR Europe
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Old 15 Mar 2019, 22:09 (Ref:3890866)   #309
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BRC Will field all 4 Hyundais, and they will be backed by Lukoil.
At this point I don't understand The ne rule about number of cars Cap per team: it should be 2 per team, why BRC and SLR have 4 cars?
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Old 15 Mar 2019, 23:18 (Ref:3890884)   #310
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BRC Will field all 4 Hyundais, and they will be backed by Lukoil.
At this point I don't understand The ne rule about number of cars Cap per team: it should be 2 per team, why BRC and SLR have 4 cars?
You can only enter a team of two cars, but there is no restriction on who runs those teams. So for example, two cars can be entered as 'BRC Team Lukoil' and two cars entered as 'Lukoil Team BRC', although all four will be run from the same garage.
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As you know, I am always speculating

Homola will be announcing his plans on the 21st. In his trailer video a unique race number design is shown, as those in WTCR.
So, even if a lot of big portals wrote about the grid is being full, there may be a last minute last team joining.

The other option is joining as a wildcard in the Slovakian round and that is why his unique, WTCR style race number is presented. In that case I think he will race in TCR Europe at one of the Peugeot teams, or even DG may join the series as the third PUG team.

If rumours don't appear, we will see on the 21st anyway.
You can find the trailer video on his official Facebook page.
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Old 16 Mar 2019, 14:43 (Ref:3891009)   #312
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The other option is joining as a wildcard in the Slovakian round and that is why his unique, WTCR style race number is presented.
Makes sense.
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Old 18 Mar 2019, 12:32 (Ref:3891577)   #314
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Much better liveries on the Hyundais than last year:



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Old 18 Mar 2019, 12:58 (Ref:3891583)   #315
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Much better liveries on the Hyundais than last year:



Which one is Team BRC Lukoil and which one is Lukoil Team BRC??

Haha

This Hyundai is far better looking than the new Velostar running in the US
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Old 18 Mar 2019, 14:06 (Ref:3891595)   #316
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Which one is Team BRC Lukoil and which one is Lukoil Team BRC??

Haha

This Hyundai is far better looking than the new Velostar running in the US
They came a little bit more creative Last years duo is BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse, the Lukoil one is BRC Hyundai N Lukoil Racing Team

But I also like the paintjobs.
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Nice to see more teams on the grid. Out with the old in with the new.

The paint scheme ain’t too bad
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Old 18 Mar 2019, 23:19 (Ref:3891715)   #318
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Eh? There are 2 fewer teams this year than there were last year.
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Eh? There are 2 fewer teams this year than there were last year.
Budgets are getting fat! Look at Peugeot. They gave up cause they couldn't affording the series anymore.
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Budgets are getting fat! Look at Peugeot. They gave up cause they couldn't affording the series anymore.
Or they did not want to invest in it anymore. For a brand like PSA is pocket money. But they reduced their WRC program too, and basically Abu Dhabi is sponsoring and fundig the team. They left WRX too, luckily Kenneth Hansen retook over the rallycross team again.
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Or they did not want to invest in it anymore. For a brand like PSA is pocket money. But they reduced their WRC program too, and basically Abu Dhabi is sponsoring and fundig the team. They left WRX too, luckily Kenneth Hansen retook over the rallycross team again.
PSA has a strange mentality. They come, they want the rules and then they win...

But if they can't do that, they lose, they also lose the interest for the sport and then they quit. Basically they don't know how to play the game, they want to dictate the rules otherwise they suffer the opponents.

In WTCR they have low interest I think because they have already won everything with the C-Elysee in the old WTCC. That success is still fresh, they have gained what they wanted. It's the same in other motorsport category like Dakar and probably it will be the same if they don't win in WRC with Ogier. Probably the economic aspect is critical for them: they want to be sure that they're investing money to win otherwise it's simply a waste. They were good in these years in dictating the conditions when entering in various championships.

The 308 TCR project is good but to turn it in a winning one, it needs some serious work and investiment. Right now they are happy to sell their cars, to have their own cup and to see them racing. Stop
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I think they go in for the right reasons. But they do want to win and badly

At least they give it a good go before quitting. I think they want to know they are getting a fair chance. Fair play to them for sticking around after winning the title with Citroen. They'll continue in Dakar till they have had enough. And I'm sure they'll continue in some vein in the WRC, they are lucky they have Ogier. I think they see TCR as a great opportunity

We'll see how long they go in this series. Not sure they will do another one make series, they don't need to. We'll see
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I think they have added to the series. They hate losing, but don’t give up either. And sometimes they demand too much from the rulemaker, but not always. Not sure how long they’ll continue with Dakar or WRC, maybe for as long as Ogier needs in the latter. And they see a good opportunity in TCR too. Certainly more than they would get with one make racing. They should stay while they can
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Problem is in order to sell, they have to win (somewhere)
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That's true. Wonder how long they will stick around for
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