Coronel “more than happy” to take Max Verstappen’s #33 for WTCR 2022

Tom Coronel will start his 17th season of FIA World Touring Car racing and his 33rd in motorsport when he contests the 2022 WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup using a number very popular in his native Netherlands. Since 2019, Coronel has matched his race number with the number of seasons he’s been competing behind the wheel and took #30 for his WTCR campaign that year.

While his choice of #33 for 2022 was obvious, it also gives the recently-turned 50-year-old the opportunity to remember one of his country’s greatest sporting moments as it’s the race number Max Verstappen used to win the FIA Formula One World Championship in 2021. Ad/> “I thought when Max Verstappen doesn’t want number 33 this year because he is allowed to race with number 1, I am more than happy to take it,” said Coronel, who will drive a Goodyear-equipped Audi RS 3 LMS for Comtoyou DHL Team Audi Sport.

“But 33 combined with Audi is good, too, because it is also René Rast’s starting number and he already became DTM champion three times with it.” WTCRWTCR points-scoring fast female Backman a winner in Germany14 HOURS AGO Another busy year in store for CoronelAs well as chasing more WTCR success alongside Comtoyou team-mates Mehdi Bennani, Nathanaël Berthon and Gilles Magnus, Coronel − who began 2022 by competing on the Dakar Rally alongside twin brother Tim − will contest the TCR Europe Series, also in a Comtoyou Audi. In addition, Coronel will tackle the Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie, which is based entirely on the legendary Nordschleife in Germany, venue of the second event of the upcoming WTCR season.