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TCR CHINA
The team counts that first endurance
outing as an exciting start to their
plans for 2019, their first event outside
of Asia, as they completed the gruelling
endurance event in an Audi RS 3 LMS,
with Wong
and Hui
joined by Paul
Poon and Alex
Fung,
"The team is
planning to
participate in
more TCR
enduros, as
these types of
races where
drivers work together creates more
opportunities to do something for a
reasonable budget
," said team principal
Paul Hui.
"
There's also a greater element of fun
when a group of drivers and friends are
travelling together
," added Wong. "
With
that in mind, the newly launched TCR-
only Spa 500 this October is very much
also on our agenda.
"
The team took part in the season
opener of the TCR Malaysia
championship, running their
Volkswagen for long-time coach and
development driver Rob Huff, and will
be back with Cherry Cheung Ying for
the season finale later this month.
They're also looking towards various
programmes across the world to race
their Volkswagen and Audi TCR cars
later in the
year.
Returning to
defend their
TCR China
championship
title is an
option, while
returning to
the TCR Asia
Series after a
year away is
also a strong possibility.
A more left field programme the team is
evaluating is entering the second
season of TCR UK. Alex Hui attended
the Oulton Park round of the
championship last year, and as the
team's technical staff includes engineers
who work with front-running teams
such as WestCoast, West Surrey and
Cyan Racing, they expect to be able to
put together a competitive package.
"We'll soon decide which championships
to enter,
" said Paul Hui.
"TCR Asia,
China, and even the UK championships
are all ones we're considering, because
we believe the competition will be on the
right level in all those series. Also, as
Teamwork Motorsport has a very strong
network of engineers and teams in
Europe, we can collaborate with local
resources if we did enter the TCR UK
championship, and the budget will still
be on target.
"