Discovery Sports Events developing new format and looking to the future

With the 2022 WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup set to be the fifth and final season in its current guise, WTCR promoter Discovery Sports Events (DSE) is looking to the future. Preparing to complete its agreement as promoter of the WTCR − FIA World Touring Car Cup after five seasons and 108 action-packed races when the 2022 title chase concludes next month, DSE will switch its focus on promoting the ETCR FIA eTouring Car World Cup while also developing a new competition format for TCR cars.

Ad In cooperation with World Sporting Consulting (WSC), the owner of the TCR regulations and trademark, DSE is working to finalise details of a new one-off event format that will showcase the TCR category at the highest level possible, while also promoting greater sustainability. WTCRFIA to re-evaluate its World Touring Car competition18 MINUTES AGO Moving away from the WTCR’s current multi-venue format, DSE and WSC will aim to develop a competition that promotes international participation to an even greater extent than the WTCR is currently able to do, but still utilising the existing TCR technical regulations.

Full details will be revealed in the event of the proposed format being approved by the FIA with whom DSE has worked in partnership with over an 18-year period. Q&A: FRANÇOIS RIBEIRO, HEAD OF DISCOVERY SPORTS EVENTS Why is DSE working on a new competition format?“Last year, when we announced the extension of our long-term partnership with the FIA to promote the WTCR – FIA World Touring Car Cup for the mid-term, we did so with the aim of making WTCR even more environmentally sustainable as part of our roadmap to deliver more sustainable motorsport.