Tim Brook to drive Garage 1 CUPRA at The Bend

Garage1 has confirmed that it will run a CUPRA car in the final round of TCR Australia Series at The Bend Motorsport Park next month. Tim Brook will drive the car, marking his second start in the series after debuting at Winton in a Honda.
The arrival of the CUPRA will mean that a record ten different car brands will compete at The Bend, joining Audi, Alfa Romeo, Holden, Honda, Hyundai, Peugeot, Renault, Subaru and Volkswagen. It is expected that up 22 cars will line-up for the final event of TCR Australia’s inaugural season.

“I’m excited, for sure. It will be great to have another crack at TCR in a different car,” said Tim Brook. “I don’t really have an expectation for any results. The CUPRA is an unknown for everyone, but like almost every TCR car, they are all evenly matched. The CUPRA also shares many of the same components as the VW Golf and Audi, so if it’s close to them, then it will be competitive.”

Team owner John Evans added: “Tim had a solid race meeting in the Honda at Winton, so we felt that he was the perfect choice for our debut. We’ll test the car before we go, and we can make sure that we have everything in place. Compared to the other teams who have been racing TCR for the past six months, we’ve got some catch up to do, but we are confident that the package that CUPRA supplied, plus the support from MPC, is going to fast track our development.”