As part of a unique chassis share between the two open-wheeler categories, the 18 TRS cars will substitute the regular W Series cars for the undercard appearances at the Spanish and Japanese Grands Prix.
The idea is to streamline the logistics for the W Series and allow more freight to go by sea rather than air during the season.
Both TRS and W Series use the same Tatuus chassis, however the New Zealand version is powered by a Toyota engine and the other an Autotecnica Motori engine.
The Toyota powerplants will be left in the TRS cars for their W Series appearances.
The TRS cars will then return to New Zealand in time for that series organisers hope will be the first normal TRS season since the pandemic.
“We actually started talking about our collaboration in early 2020,” said TRS Category & Operations Manager Nicolas Caillol.
“With the pandemic cancelling W Series’ 2020 season and reducing the scale of the 2021 season, the arrangement was put on hold until now.
“The main…
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