Honda has revealed that it will field an unchanged driver lineup for the 2020 FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR) within the customer teams that compete in the series.

The news, which was released at the Tokyo Motor Show, confirmed that Esteban Guerrieri and Nestor Girolami will return, along with both Attila Tassi and Tiago Monteiro, to spearhead the Japanese brand’s effort.

Whilst the four Honda backed drivers are back, it’s not been made clear which teams will be running the four pilots. In 2018, Münnich Motorsport ran a three-car programme whilst Boutsen-Ginion fielded a two-car effort. Last year saw Münnich Motorsport slim down to two cars for Guerrieri and Girolami, whilst Tassi and Monteiro drove for KCMG.

All four drivers will return with the Honda Civic FK7 Type R TCR, which secured the WSC Group award of “TCR Model of the Year” for 2019, due to the car’s performance in TCR Series globally.

This announcement is the first confirmation of entries lodge for the 2020 season, with uncertainty surrounding WTCR after the recent announcements of Volkswagen moving to an all-electric motorsport programme for 2020 and Audi Sport pulling its backing for a customer WTCR programme.

With the FIA agreeing a new three year deal with Eurosport Events as promoter and Goodyear signing on as the series tyre supplier for the next three years, the driver market for WTCR will be an interesting subject of discussion over the winter.

The 2020 pre-season test has been confirmed to take place at MotorLand Aragón over the weekend of 24-26 March. The first round of the season gets underway soon after with the WTCR Race of Morocco, which takes place at the Circuit Moulay El Hassan during the weekend of April 3-5.



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