TCR promoters World Sporting Consulting LTD and the Adria International Raceway have announced that they are partnering up to launch the newly-formed TCR International Academy.
This will provide young drivers looking to progress in their careers via the increasingly successful TCR platform, which has been expanding at a rapid rate since the 2015 season.
The Academy will be based at the Adria Raceway itself, who have been considering such a scheme at the Italian track, according to Adria Director Mario Altoè.
“After the building of the karting track we pushed hard to make it happen. However, the opportunity did not arise until we found the perfect partner in WSC and its TCR concept,” he explained, further stating that the facility will have on-hand professional instruction via driving and engineering coaches.
“We will buy TCR-homologated cars of different brands and will use them to offer several opportunities, from personally dedicated sessions in which a driver will be able to make an exhaustive test of the car of his choice, to different levels of three-day group sessions.”
Altoé also admitted that the TCR platform is also a favourable one for young drivers, as Adria Raceway is closely in talks with ACI (Automobile Club d’Italia) Sport to work with the CSAI Federal Racing School, based at the Tatuus facility in Concorezzo.
“This is to offer Beginners’ sessions that would lead the participants through successive steps – karting, production Touring Cars and TCR – until they are granted a ‘C’ grade racing licence,” announced Altoé.
“The TCR International Academy is intended to meet the growing demand from young drivers who want to approach TCR racing and get to know the secrets of the TCR cars,” explained WSC Chief Executive Marcello Lotti.
“I believe that the Adria International Raceway is the perfect location to develop this project, because its modern facilities are perfectly suited to satisfy every need of a top level Racing Academy,”