In Bikes, Cars, Local News, Motorsports / By Jonathan Lee / 10 December 2018 12:51 pm / 7 comments

International automotive racing is finally coming back to Malaysia after it hosted its last Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2017. Last month, it was announced that the Japanese Super GT championship is set to return in 2020 after a seven-year hiatus, and now the World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) has confirmed that it will hold next year’s season finale at the Sepang International Circuit (SIC).

As with Super GT, WTCR will utilise the track’s night lights, with one of the three races that weekend being held after sundown. The round will form a double header alongside the 2019-2020 FIM Endurance World Championship (EWC) for motorcycles, which will also be racing on our shores for the first time.

The successor to the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC), WTCR held its debut season this year with the merger of WTCC and the TCR International Series; as the name suggests, it uses the TCR specification for touring cars. Tipped as a more cost-effective series than its previous iteration, the championship is said to put the focus on drivers on teams, rather than the manufacturers.

“Forming the deciding rounds of season two, the inaugural WTCR Race of Malaysia promises to be a very exciting addition to the schedule with the prospect of some great racing, including at night, at a venue untried by most WTCR drivers,” said boss of WTCR and EWC promoter Eurosport Events, François Ribeiro.