Oriola switches team and car to continue in TCR Europe

Following the news of the Brutal Fish Racing Team’s withdrawal from the TCR Europe series, Pepe Oriola will continue his campaign in a Hyundai Elantra N run by Aggressive Team Italia. Oriola is currently seventh in the Drivers’ championship after two podium finishes so far this season. 

Aggressive Team Italia runs two Hyundai cars in TCR, one for Kevin Ceccon, who is currently third in the standings.

Pepe Oriola said: “It’s great to join Aggressive Team Italia and I want to thank Mauro Guastamacchia and the team for having confidence in me. This is a young outfit, but it has already proved its potential by achieving brilliant results in TCR Italy. We have quickly found an agreement and I’m happy to continue my participation in TCR Europe. Our goal is to fight consistently for the top-five positions, but also to set off together for a long and successful course.”

Team principal Mauro Guastamacchia added: “We had planned to enter TCR Europe from next year, but as this opportunity arose, we decided to seize it. We are aware that it won’t be an easy task because Pepe has never driven the Elantra, and we haven’t worked with Kumho tyres before. On top of this we are also committed to run our TCR Italy programme and support Kevin Ceccon in his title bid. Our goal is to give Pepe a competitive car, so that he can aim for some brilliant results in the remaining races and at the same time we want to gain experience in view of a more important commitment for next year.”

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