17 cars have been entered for the first round of the 2019 TCR Italy championship season that starts this weekend at Monza.

The list includes reigning champion Salvatore Tavano, driving for the Scuderia del Girasole team in a Cupra TCR, with Matteo Greco as team-mate.

Matteo Greco, who finished third last year, will be back for Scuderia del Girasole, also driving a Cupra TCR.

Non-Italian entries to the series include Russian drivers Lev Tolkacheev, Honda Civic, and Klim Gavrilov, Audi RS 3 LMS, as well as four Austrian drivers in the form of Felix Wimmer, Cupra TCR, Peter Gross, Cupra TCR, Gunter Benninger, Cupra TCR, and Christian Voithofer, Cupra TCR.

A total of six brands are represented on the grid, including Alfa Romeo, Audi, Cupra, Honda, Hyundai and Opel.

The season opener starts with qualifying on Friday April 5th at 18:00 CET.

Entry list

No – Driver – Team – Car

2 – Andrea Agenti – South Italy RT – Opel Astra TCR

3 – Massimiliano Mugelli – PRS Group – Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR

4 – Salvatore Tavano – Scuderia del Girasole – Cupra TCR

8 – Lev Tolkacheev – MM Motorsport – Honda Civic TCR

9 – Emanuele Nardilli – MM Motorsport – Honda Civic TCR

14 – Klim Gavrilov – LTA Rally – Audi RS 3 LMS

18 – Nello Nataloni – TBA – Opel Astra TCR

19 – Eric Scalvini – Scuderia del Girasole – Cupra TCR

24 – Felix Wimmer – Team Wimmer Werk MS – Cupra TCR

34 – Matteo Greco – Scuderia del Girasole – Cupra TCR

55 – Peter Gross – Team Wimmer Werk MS – Cupra TCR

56 – Gunter Benninger – Team Wimmer Werk MS – Cupra TCR

67 – Marco Anatrella Pellegrini – Target Competition – Hyundai i30 TCR

69 – Enrico Bettera – Pit Lane Competizioni – Audi RS 3 LMS

71 – Jacopo Guidetti – BF Motorsport – Cupra TCR

72 – Matteo Bergonzini – BF Motorsport – Cupra TCR

99 – Christian Volthofer – Team Wimmer Werk MS – Cupra TCR