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TCR welcomes Ben Constanduros
as TV commentator
The TCR family welcomes Ben Constanduros as TV commentator for the Interna-
tional Series. The son of F1 commentator and journalist Bob Constanduros, Ben
has established himself as one of the most respected voices in motorsport. His
past experiences as a presenter, commentator and producer have included F1,
the Goodwood Festival of Speed, the Le Mans 24 Hours, the Race of Champions
and the WTCC.
“I have closely followed TCR in its first year and truly believe it is the future of
real, competitive and entertaining Touring Car racing that I can really get excited
about. Getting into the commentary box will be a return to where my career
began and I also look forward to having a technical look at the cars in closer
detail for ‘Bens Blog’. I look forward to working with the experienced and pas-
sionate team,” said Ben who will work together with pit reporter Mark James.
Teams confirm programmes
for the TCR Asia Series
With five weeks still to go until the
TCR Asia Series championship officially
begins at Korea International Circuit,
news about team participation follow
one another.
“Almost daily we get new enquiries
from both new and established teams
in the region,” WSC Asia CEO David So-
nenscher explained.
China's Teamwork Motorsport and En-
gstler Motorsport will enter two Vol-
kswagen Golf Gti TCR cars each. Team-
work Motorsport demonstrated its skill
and expertise by winning several titles
in the China and Hong Kong Touring
Car Championships. Engstler Motor-
sport returns to the Asia touring cars
after a long streak of successes in re-
cent years; the German team has si-
gned Andy Yan and Filipe de Souza,
multiple champions in the China and
Macau touring cars respectively.
Singapore’s Douglas Khoo will also re-
turn to the TCR Asia Series with Niza
Racing, the Sepang-based operation
confirmed they will campaign two
SEAT León TCR cars upgraded to 2016
specs.
Reigning TCR Asia Series Teams’
champion Asia Racing Team will have
two SEAT cars as well for the opening
round of the 2016 season in South
Korea.