Ben Bargwanna returns to TCR Australia for his fourth season

Ben Bargwanna will return for his fourth season in TCR Australia in a Hangcha Forklifts-backed Peugeot 308, prepared by Garry Rogers Motorsport.

Bargwanna is also eying more international TCR competition in 2024 after three successful Kumho TCR World Tour events off Australian shores last year.

Bargwanna joined TCR Australia back in 2021, claiming the rookie of the year award; since then he has scored one race win, five podiums and two pole positions – one of which came in front of the world’s best international drivers in the first of two TCR World Tour events at Sydney Motorsport Park last year when he finished seventh in TCR Australia standings.

Bargwanna will start the season in the existing Peugeot 308 before a planned mid-season switch to the latest GRM-constructed 308 – set to be the first TCR car homologated by an Australian racing team.

“It’s going to be a big year,” said Bargwanna. “The way we approach the season will be very different to previous years and it will be important to maximise the results when we don’t have the new Peugeot. Then, when the new 308 TCR comes on stream, we can take full advantage to be in title contention at the end of the year. At the moment we’re focused on Australia, but if we can make some things happen overseas it would be awesome, and we’ll be pushing hard to get those opportunities. I travelled overseas last year and got a taste for what it's like to compete against the best TCR teams and drivers. I know what to expect, and I really hope we can get the right deals across the line to get back there and have another crack.”

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