Hyundai Motorsport customer teams have marked the start of the 2019 WTCR - FIA World Touring Car Cup season with a launch event near Turin, Italy.

Taking place at the BRC Racing Team factory, two Hyundai i30 N TCR teams were officially announced alongside their 2019 driver lineup. BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse will field 2018 champion Gabriele Tarquini alongside Norbert Michelisz. WTCR debutants Augusto Farfus and Nicky Catsburg will compete for the BRC Hyundai N Lukoil Racing Team.

All four drivers were present at the event, in which the Hyundai i30 N TCR cars were seen in public for the first time in their official liveries. The cars will make their track debut in the pre-season WTCR test in Barcelona next week.