More than 30 cars for the season opener at Monza

The 2022 TCR Italy championship begins in style this weekend at Monza with a grid of thirty-two cars that represent five brands with eight different models.

The list of the title contenders includes drivers with vast international experience such as Niels Langeveld and Kevin Ceccon, both at the wheel of Hyundai Elantra cars, and the three-time Italian champion Salvatore Tavano who leads the quartet of CUPRA Leon Competición cars run by the Scuderia del Girasole.

The younger generation is represented by the MM Motorsport pair of Marco Iannotta and Carlo Tamburini, the ALM Motorsport’s Estonian duo of Mattias Vahtel and Ruben Volt, all in Honda Civic Type R cars, and by Michele Imberti in a CRM Motorsport-run Hyundai i30 N.

There is a nice group of foreign drivers, with Jack Young making a one-off appearance in a MM Motorsport Honda, the three entries from RC2 Junior Team with Rubén Fernández in a second-generation Audi RS 3 LMS, Felipe Fernández and Sergio López, both in CUPRA Leon Competición cars, the Team Clairet’s French duo of Gilles Colombani and Stéphane Ventaja.

Jonathan Giacon drives the freshly homologated Tecnodom Sport FIAT Tipo that is eligible to score points for the first time.

The field is completed by five cars that compete for the DSG Trophy. 

TCR Italy – entry list
3 Raffaele Gurrieri (Scuderia del Girasole, CUPRA Leon Competición)
4 Salvatore Tavano (Scuderia del Girasole, CUPRA Leon Competición)
6 Jonathan Giacon (Tecnodom Sport, FIAT Tipo)
8 Denis Babuin (Planet Rally/Bolza Corse, Audi RS 3 LMS II TCR)
9 Matteo Poloni (BF Motorsport, Audi RS 3 LMS)
10 Federico Paolino (Scuderia del Girasole, CUPRA Leon Competición)
11 Damiano Reduzzi (Trico WRT, Hyundai i30 N)
12 Rubén Fernández (RC2 Junior Team, Audi RS 3 LMS II TCR)
14 Marco Iannotta (MM Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R FK7)
19 Felipe Fernández (RC2 Junior Team, CUPRA Leon Competición)
20 Francesca Raffaele (Target Competition, Hyundai i30 N)
21 Nicola Guida (Scuderia del Girasole, CUPRA Leon Competición)
22 Niels Langeveld (Target Competition, Hyundai Elantra N)
23 Mattias Vahtel (ALM Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R FK7)
27 Ruben Volt (ALM Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R FK7)
31 Kevin Ceccon (Aggressive Team Italia, Hyundai Elantra N)
33 Carlo Tamburini (MM Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R FK7)
37 Sergio López (RC2 Junior Team, CUPRA Leon Competición)
39 Antti Rammo (ALM Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R FK7)
44 Michele Imberti (CRM Motorsport, Hyundai i30 N)
47 Ettore Carminati (CRM Motorsport, Hyundai i30 N)
56 Cesare Brusa (Target Competition, Hyundai i30 N)
62 Jack Young (MM Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R FK7)
66 Gilles Colombani (Team Clairet Sport, CUPRA TCR)
67 Stéphane Ventaja (Team Clairet Sport, Audi RS 3 LMS)
74 Edoardo Cappello (Aggressive Team Italia, Hyundai Elantra N)
77 Sylvain Pussier (SP Compétition, CUPRA Leon Competición)
81 Sabatino Di Mare (Scuderia Vesuvio/DMP Motorsport, CUPRA TCR DSG)
85 Rodolfo Massaro (Élite Motorsport, Audi RS 3 LMS DSG)
90 Mauro Trentin (Élite Motorsport, Audi RS 3 LMS DSG)
96 Steven Giacon (Tecnodom Sport, Audi RS 3 LMS DSG)
99 Giorgio Fantilli (PRO Race/Six Engineering, CUPRA TCR DSG)

Picture: ACI Sport