Hyundai Motor Company wins TCR World Tour Korea race for 2 consecutive years
Quick Look
- Hyundai Motor Company won the Korean race of the ‘2026 TCR World Tour’, a touring car competition, for the second year in a row.
- The New Elantra N TCR won the 5th round held at Inje Speedium in Gangwon-do, and Mikel Azcona of the BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse team maintained first place among drivers.
AI-generated summary
Why It Matters
Hyundai Motor Company is participating in the TCR World Tour, a touring car competition, with the New Elantra N TCR. This competition will be held in a customer racing format in which professional racing teams that purchase race cars, not manufacturers, will participate.
Hyundai Motor Company won the ‘2026 TCR World Tour’ in Korea, a touring car competition, for two consecutive years.
Hyundai Motor Company [005380] announced on the 5th that ‘The New Elantra N TCR’ (Korean name: The New Avante N TCR) won the 5th round of the TCR World Tour held at Inje Speedium in Gangwon-do from the 2nd to the 4th.
Mikel Azcona of the 'BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse' team took first place in the first and third final races, respectively. In the second final, he placed 6th.
Azcona maintained first place in the overall driver rankings for the 2026 season by adding a total of 89 points in the final race and qualifying.
Norbert Michelisz of the same team placed 3rd in the first and third finals and 7th in the second finals, earning a total of 70 points. As a result, he rose to second place in the season driver rankings.
The BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse team recorded a total of 583 points until this round, maintaining second place overall in the team category.
A Hyundai Motors official said, "We are happy to have achieved the best result again based on our past winning experience," and added, "We will work hard to show good results in the remaining season."
The 6th round of the TCR World Tour will be held in Chengdu, China from the 16th to the 18th. The TCR World Tour, a 'customer racing' competition in which professional racing teams that purchase race cars rather than manufacturers participate, will be held for a total of 8 rounds this year.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Hyundai Motor Company will continue to show good results in the remaining rounds of the TCR World Tour.
Possible · Within months
Round 6 of the TCR World Tour will be held in Chengdu, China
Very likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- How will Hyundai Motor Company perform in the remaining TCR World Tour rounds?
- What are the performance improvement plans for the New Elantra N TCR?
- Which team will win the 6th round held in Chengdu, China?
