World title-winning Alsace touring car aces launch home WTCR counter
Alsace racing drivers Yann Ehrlacher and Yvan Muller, who have a combined six FIA World Touring Car titles between them, joined local officials and event organisers to launch the build-up to the inaugural WTCR Race of Alsace GrandEst, which is scheduled to take place at Anneau du Rhin from August 6/7. Twenty-five-year-old Ehrlacher and his legendary uncle Muller, 52, compete in the WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup for Cyan Racing Lynk & Co. The all-action series promoted by Paris-based Discovery Sports Events visits the Alsace venue for the first time this summer for two races broadcast live in more than 185 countries and contested by car brands Audi, CUPRA, Honda, Hyundai and Lynk & Co through their customer racing departments.
