Summary JAS Motorsport and
Honda Racing retained their 2020 drivers –
Attila Tassi,
Tiago Monteiro,
Néstor Girolami and
Esteban Guerrieri – for the 2021 season. On 15 January it was announced that all four drivers would continue to compete for
Münnich Motorsport and announced that
Attila Tassi and
Tiago Monteiro would join the ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport with
Néstor Girolami and
Esteban Guerrieri remaining at the ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport.
Comtoyou Racing switched from the running
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR to the all-new facelifted
Audi RS 3 LMS TCR (2021).
Nathanaël Berthon,
Gilles Magnus and
Tom Coronel remained with
Comtoyou Racing and
Frédéric Vervisch returned to the series and the team after having last raced in
2019.
Cyan Racing committed to run four
Lynk & Co 03 TCR cars for the season,
Yann Ehrlacher and
Yvan Muller were confirmed as drivers for
Cyan Racing Lynk & Co and announced that
Thed Björk and
Santiago Urrutia were confirmed as drivers for
Cyan Performance Lynk & Co.
Hyundai switched from the running
Hyundai i30 N TCR to the all-new
Hyundai Elantra N TCR.
BRC Racing Team entered under the BRC Hyundai N Lukoil Squadra Corse banner with two former champions in
Norbert Michelisz and
Gabriele Tarquini, while
Engstler Motorsport entered the remaining two Hyundai cars under the Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team name for
Luca Engstler and
Jean-Karl Vernay, the latter having switched from
Team Mulsanne to replace
Nicky Catsburg.
Target Competition joined full-time from the
TCR Europe with Swedish siblings Andreas and
Jessica Bäckman, who became the first woman to race in the championship.
2017 TCR Italy Touring Car Championship winner
Nicola Baldan is also set to participate at selected rounds as a guest driver. The
Zengő Motorsport structure continued at the WTCR and expanded to four
Cupra León Competición TCR cars, running under two distinct banners. Bence Boldizs and
Mikel Azcona remained with the team, with series returnees
Jordi Gené, who had last taken part in the series in
2010, when it was called the
World Touring Car Championship, and
2012 World Touring Car Championship &
2020 STCC TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship winner
Robert Huff, who came back after a year's absence, joining them at Zengő Motorsport Drivers’ Academy and Zengő Motorsport Services KFT respectively. ==Calendar==