Esteban Guerrieri will remain with GOAT Racing in this year’s FIA TCR World Tour, partnering Argentine compatriot Ignacio Montenegro in a Honda Civic Type-R FL5.
Guerrieri returned to the JAS Motorsport and Honda family in 2024, after a season largely spent away from touring car racing in 2023 when he raced in the FIA World Endurance Championship.
The 40-year-old put in a solid campaign, winning once in Brazil and visiting the podium on six further occasions on his way to fourth overall in the drivers’ standings. But for his only retirement of the season in the opening race in Macau, Guerrieri might have ended the year even higher.
First introduced to international touring car racing in 2016, when he made a one-off outing in the World Touring Car Championship, Guerrieri has been a regular face at the top of touring car racing ever since.
Competing full-time in the FIA World Touring Car Cup from 2018 to 2022, Guerrieri ended up as the series’ all-time wins record holder, with ten victories to his name.
Having finished on the podium once at every event, Guerrieri believes it is this consistency, and a dynamic approach, which can continue to deliver success in 2025.
“I’m delighted to stay with GOAT Racing for a second season in the Kumho FIA TCR World Tour,” said Guerrieri. “We’re not a large team like some of the others, but we’re small and dynamic, and that has its advantages, like making quick, effective changes that can totally transform a race weekend.
“We were very good at this in 2024 and that bred consistency, which kept us in the fight for the championship even if other cars were winning.
“We’re still underdogs, but everyone knows what we are capable of and I like that.
“Teaming up with Ignacio will be very good. I coached him as part of the JAS Driver Development Programme last year and have been very impressed so I’m sure together we can do a good job.”
Pepe Oriola, Team Manager at GOAT Racing, believes that Guerrieri’s inclusion guarantees success in the coming season.
“Having Esteban in the team again was our priority after an impressive first year together,” said Oriola. “He is one of the most successful touring car drivers in the world and his experienced helped make our team strong from the first round of 2024.
“Having him in the team is a guarantee of success, as he proved last year by arriving at the Macau finale fighting for the world title.
“I’m sure that together we will bring a good show to the grid. I’m very much looking forward for the 2025 season.”
Mads Fischer, COO at JAS Motorsport, added: “After fighting for the Kumho FIA TCR World Tour title all the way to the Macau finale last year, we’re very pleased to see again that GOAT Racing’s Civic Type R TCR line-up will again feature Esteban Guerrieri; one of the best drivers to ever race a TCR car and somebody that has been a part of the JAS family since 2017.
“Last year was a lesson in how important consistency is in touring car racing as Esteban’s podiums at every event kept him in the championship hunt right to the final weekend.
“The team now have everything they need to be very successful in year two.”