SLR and Élite Motorsport join the TCR Europe field

Ahead of this weekend’s opening round of the 2022 TCR Europe at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve in Portimão, Sébastien Loeb Racing and Élite Motorsport have announced their entries.

The biggest announcement was the return to TCR Europe of John Filippi, who will drive for last year’s Teams’ champions, Sébastien Loeb Racing, although the team has switched from the Hyundai Elantra N to the CUPRA Leon Competición. Filippi last drove in TCR Europe in 2020, when he ended the season as runner-up to Mehdi Bennani in the Drivers’ championship. He then drove a Hyundai Veloster N in last year’s Pure ETCR series, in which he finished tenth.

Élite Motorsport will run two Audi RS 3 LMS II car in cooperation with Comtoyou Racing for the young Portuguese Luís Cidade the Swiss driver Miklas Born, who won TCR class in the 2020 24H series.

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