German team Piro Sports will enter the TCR Europe series in 2018, running a Hyundai i30 N TCR and a new Honda Civic TCR for Loris Cencetti and Cedric Piro respectively.
The team are returning to touring car racing, having raced in single-seater series in recent years, most recently the ADAC Formula 4 championship.
The team, which was founded in 1998 in Saarland, will race under the banner of ‘Autodis Racing by Piro Sports’ after announcing a partnership with Luxembourg car dealership Autodis.
20-year-old Piro will be taking part in his first season of touring car racing after previously competing in ADAC Formula 4, whilst 24-year-old Cencetti moves from the TCR Benelux series, where he raced a SEAT and Alfa Romeo in 2016, scoring a number of top ten results.
Cencetti then spent 2017 racing in rallycross in the Ssangyong SRX Cup in Belgium and The Netherlands.
“The team and both drivers have already a lot of experience and will be able to adapt to this new challenge,” said Team Principal Erwin Piro. “Of course, it won’t be easy to be at the top straight away, but we’re determined to catch up quickly with meticulous work.”