The Brisky Racing team has announced that it will no longer pursue a programme in the new TCR UK series when it launches next year.

The team was set to be one of the first to race in the championship having acquired the first VW Golf TCR on British soil, and had taken part in a number of tests in recent weeks.

However, having strengthened it’s partnership with Team HARD in the British Touring Car Championship – a partnership that will now run four VW CCs during 2018 – the decision has been taken to can the planned TCR programme, with the Golf having been placed up for sale.

“To fully commit to TCR UK for us requires running two or three cars, and to do so means a fair chunk of investment,” a statement from the team read. “We can’t make it pay sending one car, team, trucks etc to Knockhill. Being a new series, interest is taking time to build up.

“We also have two BTCC VWs that are running with Team HARD and sponsor interest is sky high. We have a very exciting BTCC year coming so it is better for us to focus on that and aim for titles as part of Team HARD/Brisky Racing.

“The intention is to allow TCR to develop and look at it again in the future. We love the idea of TCR and the cars are great. It’s definitely something we want to do when the interest and sponsorship has built up.”