The new sporting director of the Super TC 2000 championship Edgardo Fernández has confirmed that they are aiming to switch from the current V8 engines to 1.6 or 2.0 litre four-cylinder turbo engines “as quickly as possible”.

“We are looking after those engines for many reasons, they are more economical than the current ones, the revision and maintenance is easier, and when it comes to touring car racing, it’s a global trending we need to follow,” said Fernández to TouringCarTimes.com.

The current Radical V8 engines, introduced for 2012 when the series was renamed from TC 2000 to Super TC 2000, have proven powerful and spectacular, but also lacking reliability.

“If I had joined earlier I’d be working right now on it, we want the new engines as soon as possible, but to be realistic, we should target 2020,” said Fernández, adding:

“We are running CFD research, and noticed how turbo engines solve an issue with the aspirated engines when the car enters the slipstream flow.”

Fernández joined as the sporting director of the Argentinian championship last week as Antonio Abrazian resigned from his position as series president. Fernández ran the factory squad of Renault in the championship until 2011, having done the same for Peugeot previously.