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How TCR offers a platform for combustion and electric tin-top racing

How TCR offers a platform for combustion and electric tin-top racing

With common regulations across national and international championships around the globe, the same cars can be used almost anywhere.

A cornerstone of the TCR format is its accessibility, with regulations designed to keep budgets low and competition high through performance balancing measures.

It has led to the success of TCR being fuelled by customer racing, avoiding the boom-and-bust cycle that inevitably follows big-budget manufacturer programmes.

Customers can buy factory-developed machinery and compete at the highest level internationally or in one of more than a dozen national championships running to TCR rules.

And, with the advent of Pure ETCR last year, now that can be in cars with electric powertrains as well as more traditional internal combustion engines.

The Cupra e-Racer led the way in the first year of all-electric multi-marque touring car racing. It won three of five Pure ETCR rounds, powering Mattias Ekstrom to the crown ahead of the series gaining FIA World Cup…

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