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Originally Posted by crmalcolm
Not many have tried though to be fair.
Of those drivers with BTCC pedigree who have also raced TCR (I'm not sure I would qualify it as 'up' yet), I would say there are three categories:
Successful
None
Competitive
Huff (successful in STCC)
Lloyd (successful in regional series)
Struggled
Priaulx
Shedden
Thompson
Looking at the calibre of drivers, and their respective records in BTCC (and elsewhere) it suggests to me that the TCR discipline is a different challenge and for some drivers it's an adjustment that they are not able to make.
It doesn't confirm (for me) that TCR is more or less difficult to be successful at - just different.
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Ash Sutton entered an Oulton TCR UK round a few years back and won both races by a country mile. He also dabbled in some TCR Europe a few years back and was a front runner. Spa rings a bell.
TCR UK is looking stronger this year, it may be slightly less professional than the BTCC but at least it’s genuine and doesn’t have to follow silly agendas involving electric motors to tick boxes.