Reigning world champion team Lynk & Co Cyan Racing has entered four Lynk & Co 03 TCR race cars of the latest generation for the 2024 KUMHO FIA TCR World Tour season.
"We are proud to start our ninth consecutive season in world touring cars this year where our goal is firmly set on defending our teams' title and bringing the drivers' title back home," said Fredrik Wahlén, Team Manager of Cyan Racing.
"We are glad to see the TCR World Tour gaining FIA status and we have no doubt that the championship will be even more competitive this year, a challenge which further motivates every single team member of Cyan Racing."
The four drivers for the 2024 FIA TCR World Tour represent the most successful line-up of the championship with a total of three world titles and multiple world touring car race wins.
The line-up includes double touring car world champion Yann Ehrlacher, 2017 world champion Thed Björk and multiple world touring car race winners Santiago Urrutia and Ma Qing Hua.
"I am proud to keep representing Lynk & Co Cyan Racing in the TCR World Tour. I am as motivated for 2024 as I was for my first season with the team in 2019. We have a strong package with the Lynk & Co 03 TCR and I definitely feel ready for the challenges to come," said Yann Ehrlacher.
"I'm thrilled to start my 13th season with the team and continue our successful run together. I'm inspired by everyone's motivation and commitment to defend our team title and bring back the driver's title. We've had a good off-season with preparations ahead of the coming season and I'm more than ready," said Thed Björk.
"I'm super excited to be back for my fifth season with Cyan Racing and I'm counting the days to go back racing. It will be a really challenging season with a lot of new circuits and competitors, but I know that everyone in the team has worked really hard to improve during the off-season and I have a good feeling," said Santiago Urrutia.
"I'm proud to keep representing Lynk & Co Cyan Racing in the TCR World Tour and I'm especially excited for this season as we return to racing in my home country China. My aim is clearly set on moving forward in the standings this year, as well as defending the team title, and I am confident that we have what it takes to do just that," said Ma Qing Hua.
Cyan Racing returns to the KUMHO FIA TCR World Tour, which has gained recognition from the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) for 2024, as reigning team world champions following a successful 2023 season which resulted in the team’s sixth touring car team world title in just seven years.
"Cyan Racing's track record over the past seven years is one of a kind and we are delighted to see them embark on a new season in the KUMHO FIA TCR World Tour," said Alexander Murdzevski Schedvin, Head of Geely Group Motorsport.
"We look forward to continuing our support to their work with the Lynk & Co 03 TCR of Geely Group Motorsport in the very pinnacle of world touring competition."
The 2024 KUMHO FIA TCR World Tour season starts on April 19-21 at Vallelunga in Italy.
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Johan Meissner
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Cyan Racing
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About Cyan Racing
Cyan Racing was founded in 1996 and was formerly named Polestar until Volvo Cars acquired the performance section and trademark in 2015. Cyan Racing is privately owned and operated. The team has claimed seven touring car World Titles, most recently the 2021 WTCR drivers' and teams' titles with Lynk & Co – and participated in the development of the Polestar performance models of the Volvo S60 and V60 in the years 2013 to 2015, including the concept models Volvo C30 and S60 Polestar Concept Prototype. The company launched the Volvo P1800 Cyan in 2020, Cyan Racing’s interpretation of the iconic Volvo sports car from the sixties.
About Lynk & Co
Lynk & Co was created to provide mobility solutions for the connected generation. We do make really, really good cars (the kind that have all the features you want without you having to ask for them), but we also offer a new way of using those cars. Our membership-based approach makes it simple to get on the go. Members can access a car on a flexible, month-to-month basis and share with friends, family, and the Lynk & Co community.
About Geely Group Motorsport
Geely Group Motorsport is a brand neutral entity based within Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. It was founded in 2018 to provide strategic and tactical expertise to serve the best motorsport sporting and commercial interests for the auto brands in the group. One of its tactical assignments include the development and management of the Lynk & Co TCR and customer racing programmes.