Oriola joins TCR Asia with Hyundai i30 N TCR and Solite Indigo Racing
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2019.03.29
Having to race in TCR international, WTCR series, Pepe Oriola now joins Solite Indigo Racing
Pepe is to participate in 2019 TCR Asia series with Jinsoo Kim
Seoul, Mar. 29, 2019 - Pepe Oriola will race in the 2019 TCR Asia Series at the wheel of a Hyundai i30 N TCR after confirming a deal with the Korea-based customer team Solite Indigo Racing. As the TCR Korea-winning squad expands their TCR program, Solite Indigo Racing will become the first Korean team to compete in the TCR Asia Series.
- Though this year will be his first time running the Asian championship, Oriola will bring considerable experience to the team for the upcoming campaign. Having competed in all three seasons of the TCR International Series following its foundation in 2015, as well as the inaugural WTCR FIA World Touring Car Cup season, he is one of the most experienced drivers in TCR-specification machinery, and also one of the most successful. He claimed seven race wins in the TCR International Series, and finished sixth in the points’ standings, scoring one win among eight podiums.
- In 2017, he was the title contender until final race. He obtain 4 podiums (2 wins, 1 second place and a third place). Finishing in the absolute 4th place in the final of the Championship.
- In 2016 he was title contender until the last race in Macau. Ended 4th with ( 4wins,3 second places and one 3rd place).
- In 2015 he became runner-up of the TCR International Series, with Craft-Bamboo Lukoil with a SEAT Leon Cup Racer.(2 wins, 7 second places and 3 3rd places ).Finishing in the absolute 2nd place in the final of the Championship.
- In 2013 he was the youngest driver in history to win a FIA’s race at the age of 18, beating the record of Sebastian Vettel. Finishing in the absolute 8º place in the final of the Championship.
- In 2012 he became the youngest driver in history to be on the podium in a FIA’s competition (WTCC) at the age of 17. In the same competition, he was 2nd of the world in the Independent Category. He was 2nd of Europe. (1 win).
In 2011 he became the youngest driver to debut and score in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) at the age of 16 and he became runner-up of Europe (ETCC).
The combination of Oriola and the Korea-based Indigo Racing Team will be very capable of delivering race, and ultimately, championship victories with the i30N TCR. The team’s Korean background extends to its second driver line-up courtesy of Jinsoo Kim, who clinched first place in the final 2018 TCR Korea round. Together they should put the Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing-built machine at the front of a TCR series once more following a remarkable 2018 for customer teams during the car’s first full season of competition.
Indigo Racing Team, established in 1997 by Hyundai Sungwoo, has played a vital role in developing Korea’s motorsport environment for over 20 years. The team is proudly supported by Solite Battery, one of Korea’s leading automotive and industrial battery companies and internationally-renowned OEM Hyundai Sungwoo. Motorsport is considered an ideal tool for proving and continuously improving the company’s high-performance technology in batteries, wheels, and brake discs.
Solite Indigo Racing won both the teams’ and drivers’ titles - as well as helping Hyundai clinch the manufacturers’ crown - from the inaugural TCR Korea season, after their i30N TCR won three of the series’ six races. Their success in the national championship was repeated by Hyundai’s customers in WTCR. After winning nearly half of the races during the season i30N TCR customers secured both the drivers’ and teams’ titles from the WTCR season. Hyundai drivers also scored wins in TCR Europe and national series in Italy, Germany and the USA.
Like any i30 N TCR team, Indigo Racing Team will be able to call upon the support of the Customer Racing department. They will be able to request an experienced engineer to be on site, as well as rely on a swift spare parts supply to keep the cars at their peak performance throughout the year.
The 2019 TCR Asia Series begins at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia on the weekend of April 5-7. A six-round calendar will take Oriola and the Hyundai i30 N TCR to venues in Korea and China, with the season finale scheduled for the Bangsaen Street Circuit in Thailand on September 1.
- Though this year will be his first time running the Asian championship, Oriola will bring considerable experience to the team for the upcoming campaign. Having competed in all three seasons of the TCR International Series following its foundation in 2015, as well as the inaugural WTCR FIA World Touring Car Cup season, he is one of the most experienced drivers in TCR-specification machinery, and also one of the most successful. He claimed seven race wins in the TCR International Series, and finished sixth in the points’ standings, scoring one win among eight podiums.
- In 2017, he was the title contender until final race. He obtain 4 podiums (2 wins, 1 second place and a third place). Finishing in the absolute 4th place in the final of the Championship.
- In 2016 he was title contender until the last race in Macau. Ended 4th with ( 4wins,3 second places and one 3rd place).
- In 2015 he became runner-up of the TCR International Series, with Craft-Bamboo Lukoil with a SEAT Leon Cup Racer.(2 wins, 7 second places and 3 3rd places ).Finishing in the absolute 2nd place in the final of the Championship.
- In 2013 he was the youngest driver in history to win a FIA’s race at the age of 18, beating the record of Sebastian Vettel. Finishing in the absolute 8º place in the final of the Championship.
- In 2012 he became the youngest driver in history to be on the podium in a FIA’s competition (WTCC) at the age of 17. In the same competition, he was 2nd of the world in the Independent Category. He was 2nd of Europe. (1 win).
In 2011 he became the youngest driver to debut and score in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) at the age of 16 and he became runner-up of Europe (ETCC).
The combination of Oriola and the Korea-based Indigo Racing Team will be very capable of delivering race, and ultimately, championship victories with the i30N TCR. The team’s Korean background extends to its second driver line-up courtesy of Jinsoo Kim, who clinched first place in the final 2018 TCR Korea round. Together they should put the Hyundai Motorsport Customer Racing-built machine at the front of a TCR series once more following a remarkable 2018 for customer teams during the car’s first full season of competition.
Indigo Racing Team, established in 1997 by Hyundai Sungwoo, has played a vital role in developing Korea’s motorsport environment for over 20 years. The team is proudly supported by Solite Battery, one of Korea’s leading automotive and industrial battery companies and internationally-renowned OEM Hyundai Sungwoo. Motorsport is considered an ideal tool for proving and continuously improving the company’s high-performance technology in batteries, wheels, and brake discs.
Solite Indigo Racing won both the teams’ and drivers’ titles - as well as helping Hyundai clinch the manufacturers’ crown - from the inaugural TCR Korea season, after their i30N TCR won three of the series’ six races. Their success in the national championship was repeated by Hyundai’s customers in WTCR. After winning nearly half of the races during the season i30N TCR customers secured both the drivers’ and teams’ titles from the WTCR season. Hyundai drivers also scored wins in TCR Europe and national series in Italy, Germany and the USA.
Like any i30 N TCR team, Indigo Racing Team will be able to call upon the support of the Customer Racing department. They will be able to request an experienced engineer to be on site, as well as rely on a swift spare parts supply to keep the cars at their peak performance throughout the year.
The 2019 TCR Asia Series begins at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia on the weekend of April 5-7. A six-round calendar will take Oriola and the Hyundai i30 N TCR to venues in Korea and China, with the season finale scheduled for the Bangsaen Street Circuit in Thailand on September 1.
