The world debut of the new Honda Brio took centrestage at Honda’s 2018 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS) stand, but we could not prevent our eyes from straying to the Honda Civic Type R TCR race car, which looks as mean as a Civic can possibly look. It made the road-going FK8 Type R next to it look tame, and that’s some feat.
The Civic Type R TCR made its debut at the Geneva Motor Show in March, and is competing in this year’s inaugural season of the FIA World Touring Car Cup (WTCR), which takes over from the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC).
According to the TCR technical regulations, derived from TC1 rules used by the WTCC, race cars must be four- or five-door sedans or hatchbacks. Only front-wheel drive, turbocharged powertrains are permitted, with a capacity of between 1,750 to 2,000 cc, and no more than 355 hp (350 bhp).
The Civic Type R TCR meets all the above requirements, and comes fitted with plenty of aerodynamic components like a full body kit and a large rear wing. A full roll cage and stripped out interior are the standard race car mods. Epic wing aside, check out the nice wide body stance and that front splitter.
Factory team entries are not allowed in WTCR, but manufacturers are allowed to offer technical support to participating teams. As a result, FIA World Cup titles will be for drivers and teams, with no manufacturers’ title up for grabs.
This Civic race car goes up against TCR versions of the Hyundai i30 N, Peugeot 308 GTi, VW Golf GTI and Audi RS3, among others. Click on the links to see the other TCR racers.
GALLERY: Honda Civic Type R
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Jog the happy memories of Proton Waja-Impian’s racing heydays in Touring Car Championship.
Proton days are long gone. Hopefully China helps the company out and brings it back to life again.
Thank you China for helping Proton and helping Malaysia
China the country ain’t doin crap for P1. Its Geely the company that saw the opportunity to help nurture P1’s potential.
Equating a corporate entity with a sovereign state is disingenuous.
Going by your logic and disdain for Geely’s involvement with P1, I’m surprised you’re not taking pot shots at Volvo.
What about Tata and JLR? India is helping GB?
No need to reason with him bro. Brain full of bollocks. If goes by his logic, then whole of EU belongs to Jermany (VW & BMW) & whole of Asia belongs to Jepun (Toyota et al). Then they have succeeded where they failed 73 years ago cuz the minda dijajah have never left.
One of the top TCR teams in TCR Asia series is the R Engineering team from Johor headed by Ah Lai. Currently they are using the last gen civic type r for the race. Hopefully to see them using this car next year.
Btw Proton, are you game enough to join the the WTCR or even the TCR Asia series?
P1 shud rejoin when they have the business reason for it and funds for it. Right now its concentrating on improving its core business.
Did you even read the article? Or you are just here for the civic photos? This tournament is not for manufacturers, clearly mentioned in the article.
Clearly you are someone who don’t understand how motorsport works (pun intended)
Civic type R is so lucky…lucky because there are no new gen of Lancer Evo or Mazdaspeed 3
Impreza is in market
I told ya all, honda civic is the best!
Well… Not ya 1.5 not-even-vtec turbo lolz…
Honda service is very terrible
Real racer heh…real racer still Mat Salleh driving Japanese car? Anyone can answer this? Who use SAP for finance system , it is from German. Germans conquer us all the way