Hyundai driver Lewis Kent has confirmed on his Social Media channels that he has a secured a Wildcard entry for the opening round of the 2020 TCR Europe Touring Car Series.

The Essex and Kent Motorsport driver, who finished as runner up in the 2019 TCR UK Touring Car Championship, will be making his second Wildcard appearance in the series.

During last years event, the Hyundai driver finished in twenty-fifth place in race one before going better in the second race of the weekend to finish in twenty-first position. These results are all the more impressive as this was Kent’s debut in the series, amongst a strong entry of thirty-four cars.

Having already confirmed his entry in this years TCR UK series, Kent will once again be taking on Europes best during the opening weekend of action.

“So it’s official!! We are entered for Spa TCR Europe for a second year running,” explained Kent on his Social Media channels.

“After loving the high competition and the fast-flowing track for Spa Francorchamps we are going back for another year! And I can’t wait.”

The British driver will join the already confirmed full-season entries of Daniel Lloyd at Brutal Fish Racing, Giles Magnus at Comtoyou Racing, Jacopo Guidetti with Élite Motorsport and José Manuel Sapag, who will make his full time debut for Target Competition.

Kent is in his third year of TCR Competition, using the family-run Hyundai i30 N since the start of the 2018 season. With previous knowledge of the circuit, the British driver will be looking to go better during this year’s event.

The 2020 TCR Europe Touring Car Series gets underway at Spa-Francorchamps in Belgium during the first weekend of May, taking place alongside the second running of the TCR Spa 500.

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