TCR Middle East kicks off with two events in the Emirates

The 2018 TCR Middle East International Series kicks off with a two back-to-back race meetings in the United Arab Emirates.
The opening event takes place this week at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina Circuit and will be followed by the second at the Dubai Autodrome next week.
The series will award two titles for Drivers and Teams that were won by Josh Files (Lap57 Motorsports Honda Civic) and Liqui Moly Team Engstler in 2017.
The event format sticks to the usual TCR pattern, but it has been adapted to the Middle East tradition that considers Saturday as race day.
Competitors will hit the track on Friday for two 30-minute Free Practice sessions, with the 30-minute Qualifying in the afternoon that will be split into Q1 (20 minutes for all the competitors) and Q2 (10 minutes for the 12 fastest drivers in Q1).
The two 60-kilometre races will be run on Saturday in the late morning and the early afternoon.

For further information, results and HD pictures: http://middleeast.tcr-series.com