TCR Denmark kicks off at Padborg Park

TCR Denmark’s third season kicks off this weekend at Padborg Park with the reigning champion Kasper H. Jensen attempting to extend his winning streak to a third consecutive title. 

Jensen has changed team, from Massive Motorsport with which he won the 2020 and 2021 championships, to the newly founded GMB Motorsport, but has remained faithful to the Honda Civic Type R car. He has been joined by Gustav Birch, the winner of last year’s Under 23 Trophy.

Competition will be fierce, with nineteen cars on the grid for the season opener and six different brands represented: Alfa Romeo, Audi, CUPRA, Honda, Hyundai and Peugeot.

Philip Lindberg brings a Hyundai car back in the series, driving a i30 N for Outzen Motorsport. But Jensen’s most serious contenders appear to be last year’s vice-champion Michael Markussen, Nicolai Sylvest who was classified third in 2020 and fourth in 2021, René Povlsen and Jacob Mathiassen.

Markussen has swapped his Peugeot 308 for a CUPRA Leon Competición run by his own squad; also in a Spanish car is Sylvest who races for the new Green Development team. Povlsen is at the wheel of a second-generation Audi RS 3 LMS entered by Meteor Racing, while Mathiassen leads the Insight Racing trio of Alfa Romeo Giulietta cars.

The event format continues to feature three races on Sunday.

TCR Denmark – entry list
5 Johnny Vejlebo (Brian Madsen Sport, Peugeot 308 TCR)
6 Kasper H. Jensen (GMB Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR)
7 Kim Lund Johansen (Madbull Racing, Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR)
8 Allan Ø. Kristensen (Meteor Racing, Audi RS 3 LMS II TCR)
9 Jacob Mathiassen (Insight Racing, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR)
10 Kristian Moe Sætheren (Insight Racing, Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR)
11 Nicolai Sylvest (Green Development, CUPRA Leon Competición TCR)
18 Michael Markussen (Markussen Racing, CUPRA Leon Competición TCR)
20 Steffen Larsen (Larsen Motorsport, Peugeot 308 TCR)
22 Philip Lindberg (Outzen Motorsport, Hyundai i30 N TCR)
21 Anton Bergström (TP Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR)
31 Hans Hartmann (Hartmann Racing, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR)
33 Lars Højris (LM Racing, CUPRA Leon Competición TCR)
41 René Povlsen (Meteor Racing, Audi RS 3 LMS II TCR)
44 Gustav Birch (GMB Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR)
71 Carsten Lorenzen (Budweg Racing, Honda Civic Type R FK2 TCR)
77 Mike Halder (TP Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R FK7 TCR)
88 Kenn Bach (LM Racing, CUPRA Leon Competición TCR)
169 Kim König (Insight Racing, Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR)

Picture: TCR Denmark