Guest stars join the Kumho FIA TCR World Tour in Valencia

The entry list for this weekend event of the Kumho FIA TCR World Tour at Valencia's Circuit Ricardo Tormo includes seven strong guest entries joining the regular contingent.

18 cars will take part in the three-race weekend that will also include support from the highly-competitive TCR Spain championship.

GOAT Racing, which runs the cars of current points leader Esteban Guerrieri and Ignacio Montenegro, will add two Honda Civic cars; one for Marco Butti, who makes his return with the team after competing with them last year, and Felipe Fernández, a pole-winning driver in TCR Europe.

Monlau Motorsport will make its maiden appearance running a CUPRA Leon VZ for the 18-year-old Eric Gené. The young Spaniard will make his FIA touring car debut twenty years after his father Jordi raced in the first FIA World Touring Car Championship with the related SEAT brand.

JSB Compétition has entered two Hyundai Elantra N cars for TCR Europe front-runner and team owner Julien Briché who will be joined by Raphaël Fournier.

The 18-year-old Fournier is making an impressive TCR debut season in the FFSA TC France series; in the two events held so far, he has won four races from eight, taking the lead in the standings.

Swedish outfit MA:GP will run a Lynk & Co 03 for the 21-year-old Viktor Andersson, who is currently competing in TCR Europe but has made occasional and successful appearances in several other TCR championships, including TCR Eastern Europe and TCR UK.

The final new entry is by ALM Motorsport, which will field a Honda Civic Type R FL5 for Ruben Volt, a title contender in both TCR Europe and TCR Italy in recent years.

The 19-year-old Volt will be the first Estonian driver to race in the FIA touring car category.

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