Electric tin-top series is go for 2020 demo season

MATT KEW

PURE ETCR An all-electric touring car category has been anticipated for some time. It was back in 2018 that WSC Technology, a subdivision of the WSC Group that originally developed the TCR regulations, confirmed it would launch a fully fledged ETCR concept. In that time both Cupra – the SEAT spin-off – and Hyundai announced potential challengers. Finally, last week in Paris the new series was christened and its format revealed. Named Pure ETCR, it will kick off with a demonstration season, which includes a time trial at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed and finishes with an event at January’s Daytona 24 Hours, before an eight-round championship in 2021. The cars will run Williams Advanced Engineering powertrains that will remain standardised for the first two or three years, says Francois Ribeiro, head…

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